Bradley University Athletics

MVC Individual Championships Begin Friday

All seven members of the Bradley Tennis team will compete in this weekend's Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championships at Missouri State

Championship Central

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Women's Tennis 10/4/2018 9:28:00 PM

SPRINGFIELD, MO – All seven members of the Bradley Tennis program will participate in the 10 flights of this weekend's Missouri Valley Conference Women's Tennis Individual Championships at the Cooper Tennis Complex.

In two tournaments to start the fall season, Bradley's players have won seven of 13 flight championships. Sophomore Sandra Maletin has led the way by taking the top singles flight during both the 4-team NIU Huskie Invitational and the 6-team Bradley Invitational, while also teaming with junior Natalia Barbery to win the top doubles flight at NIU.

With seven flight championships in the 1st two tourneys, @BradleyUTennis will try to keep the momentum rolling at the @MVCsports Individual Championships Friday-Sunday. #MVCTennis

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— Bradley Braves (@BradleyBraves) October 4, 2018

The seven Braves have combined for a 26-9 record in singles action this fall, while the three doubles pairings competing in the MVC Individual Championships have combined for an 8-6 doubles record.

Action starts a 9 a.m. each day at the Cooper Tennis Complex with the first round of play Friday in three doubles flights and seven singles flights. All semifinal matches will be played Saturday with the final round set for Sunday.

Bradley's First-Round Matches | Friday, Oct. 5
Flight 1 Doubles: Barbery/Maletin (BU) vs. Cardoso/Wei (SB)
Flight 2 Doubles: Lojpur/Wijesinghe (BU) vs. Fitzgerald/Kustkova (ILS)
Flight 3 Doubles: Gonzalez/Perlwitz (BU) vs. Darter/Presot (MSU)

Flight 1 Singles: Sandra Maletin (BU) vs. Alye Darter (MSU)
Flight 2 Singles: Bozana Lojpur (BU) vs. Natalia Bravo (WIU)
Flight 3 Singles: Natalia Barbery (BU) vs. Sasha Bekirova (SB)
Flight 4 Singles: Malini Wijesinghe (BU) vs. Ellie Burger (MSU)
Flight 5 Singles: Nikki Perlwitz (BU) vs. Vale Caro (UNI)
Flight 6 Singles: Victoria Gonzalez (BU) vs. Estelle Vanthier (ILS)
Flight 7 Singles: Kinga Kovacs (BU) vs. Olivia Fain (UNI)

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