Bradley University Athletics

Saint Louis SLU (4-8)

Bradley BRAD (9-4)

Saint Louis SLU

(4-8)

Final

Mar. 07, 2019

Bradley BRAD

(9-4)

Box Score

Sandra Maletin in action vs Milwaukee 2019

Braves Halt Streaks vs Saint Louis

Rallying from a 3-2 deficit, Bradley halted a 2-match season skid and 10-match drought against the Billikens

Results

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | 3/7/2019 3:54:00 PM | Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications

PEORIA, IL – Halting a 10-match drought against Saint Louis and a brief, 2-match skid overall, Bradley (9-4) rallied for a 4-3 dual match victory against the visiting Billikens (4-8) Thursday afternoon at the Clubs at River City.

Facing a 3-2 deficit with two matches remaining on the courts, senior Malini Wijesinghe forced a tie with a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 3 Singles. In the only 3-set match of the day, sophomore Sandra Maletin pulled out a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 win at No. 1 Singles against Cassie McKenzie to secure Bradley's first win against the Billkens since April 13, 2005.

Bradley head coach Matt Tyler shuffled his Nos. 2 and 3 Doubles pairings for Thursday's match and the move paid off with victories in both spots to secure the leadoff doubles point. Freshmen Bozana Lojpur and Nikki Perlwitz rallied from a 1-4 deficit for a 7-5 win at No. 2 Doubles to secure the point after junior Lindsay Haight and Wijesinghe earned a 6-4 win at No. 3 Doubles.

With junior Natalia Barbery unavailable for singles action, the Braves moved players up a spot into the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 positions and the Billikens took advantage by winning at all three spots to take a 3-2 lead in the team scoring.

Lojpur earned Bradley's second point with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph at No. 2 Singles. Lojpur, Maletin and Wijesinghe all earned their 10th wins of the dual match season in their respective playing positions.

Thursday's match was Bradley's final non-conference home match of the year. The Braves will start a 4-match road swing Sunday by visiting former Missouri Valley Conference rival Tulsa in a 10 a.m. dual at the Case Tennis Center.

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Players Mentioned

Natalia Barbery: Junior

Sandra Maletin: 5' 10"; Sophomore

Malini Wijesinghe: 5' 11"; Senior

Bozana Lojpur: 5' 5"; Freshman

Nikki Perlwitz: 5' 7"; Freshman

Lindsay Haight: 5' 7"; Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Natalia Barbery
: Junior

Sandra Maletin
: 5' 10"; Sophomore

Malini Wijesinghe
: 5' 11"; Senior

Bozana Lojpur
: 5' 5"; Freshman

Nikki Perlwitz
: 5' 7"; Freshman

Lindsay Haight
: 5' 7"; Redshirt Junior

Results

#1 Doubles
UNFINISHED	1	2
McKenzie, Cassie / Rodriguez, Ariana [SLU]	5	0
Barbery, Natalia / Maletin, Sandra [BRAD]	6	UF

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Misgav, Mika / Salinas, Alba [SLU]	5
Lojpur, Bozana / Perlwitz, Nikki [BRAD]	7

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Bourgeois, Alana / McKenzie, Ally [SLU]	4
Haight, Lindsay / Wijesinghe, Malini [BRAD]	6

Order of Finish: 3, 2

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
McKenzie, Cassie [SLU]	1	6	4
Maletin, Sandra [BRAD]	6	3	6

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2
McKenzie, Ally [SLU]	2	2
Lojpur, Bozana [BRAD]	6	6

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Rojo, Mariluz [SLU]	2	5
Wijesinghe, Malini [BRAD]	6	7

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Rodriguez, Ariana [SLU]	6	6
Perlwitz, Nikki [BRAD]	4	2

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Misgav, Mika [SLU]	6	6
Gonzalez, Victoria [BRAD]	0	2

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Salinas, Alba [SLU]	7	6
Haight, Lindsay [BRAD]	5	1

Order of Finish: 5, 2, 4, 6, 3, 1