March 2, 2024

Women's Tennis Earn First Conference Win Since '21 over Blue Jays

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Elizabethtown	Juniata Women's Tennis
Score	4	5

Doubles

Medina Yessenaliyeva / Celia Navarro def. Olivia Richards / Haley Bishop 8-0
Kaylee Mustard / Morgan Bleicher def. Charley Madlock / Marilyn Ogof 8-7 (7-3)
Marta Celebic / Shveta Kalathur def. No player / No player FINAL - DEFAULT

Singles

Medina Yessenaliyeva def. Olivia Richards 6-3 , 6-1
Celia Navarro def. Haley Bishop 6-1 , 6-2
Kaylee Mustard def. Charley Madlock 2-6 , 7-5 , 11-9
Morgan Bleicher def. Marilyn Ogof 6-2 , 4-6 , 11-9
Katie Balzano def. Shveta Kalathur 4-6 , 6-1 , 6-0
Marta Celebic def. No player FINAL - DEFAULT

HUNTINGDON, Pa.- The Juniata women's team flipped results from last year's match against Elizabethtown, earning a 5-4 win for the program's first conference match win since the spring 2021 season.

Medina Yessenaliyeva and Celia Navarro de Torres efficiently dispatched their first doubles opponents 8-0, while Marta Celebic and Shveta Kalathur earned a third doubles win on default. Charley Madlock and Marilyn Ogof pushed their second doubles match to a tiebreaker before falling 7-8, 3-7.

Yessenaliyeva won in first singles 6-3, 6-1, while Navarro de Torres earned a 6-1,6-2 victory in second singles. Celebic earned a sixth singles win by default. Madlock fell in her third singles tiebreaker 6-2, 5-7, 9-11, while Ogof lost in her fourth singles tiebreaker 2-6, 6-4, 9-11. Kalathur also lost her fifth singles match after a strong start, falling 6-4, 1-6, 0-6.

The Juniata women's team host nonconference Trinity Washington University on Wednesday at 4:00 pm, the last match before the team's spring break trip to the UTSA National Tennis Center in Florida.