The Ball State University women's tennis team's season came to an end today as it lost to Northern Illinois University in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
The Huskies (7-15, 1-7 MAC) knocked the Cardinals (5-14, 0-8 MAC) out of the tournament with a 4-3 win in Bowling Green, Ohio.
In the loss, Ball State won the doubles point for the first time against a MAC opponent since March 30, 2007 - a time when none of the current Cardinals were on the Ball State roster.
The No. 3 doubles team of freshman Hanna Oman and sophomore Hayley Hall defeated Katie Friedlund and Sara McLaughlin 8-2. The No. 1 team of sophomore Georgina Thomson and freshman Dena Boulieris then beat Brooke Forsberg and Martina Schnapp 8-5 to clinch the doubles point.
Northern Illinois took four of the six singles matches, however, to capture its second 4-3 victory of the year against Ball State.
Oman won 6-0, 6-4 at No. 5 singles for Ball State while Boulieris won at No. 2 singles 6-3, 6-3 against Friedlund.
At one point the Cardinals led the match 3-2 but they could not close out the win.The loss capped Ball State's first year without a conference win since the 1988-89 season, which was coach Kathy Bull's first season with the team.
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