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MVC Showdown in the Show-Me State

Bradley will visit Missouri State Sunday in a fight to remain near the top of the MVC Women's Tennis standings

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Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Women's Tennis 4/13/2019 11:00:00 AM

BRADLEY TENNIS NOTEBOOK
APRIL 13, 2019

Overall Record: 12-7 (.632)
MVC Record: 1-1 (.500)

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Sunday, April 14 at Missouri State, 10 a.m. (Springfield, MO/Cooper Tennis Complex)

LAST WEEK'S RESULT
Saturday, April 6 at Valparaiso, A, W, 7-0

SINGLES PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK NOMINEE
Sandra Maletin, Bradley, So., Belgrade, Serbia
Maletin set the tone for Bradley's first-ever MVC road sweep Saturday by rolling to a 6-1, 6-2 win in her No. 1 Singles match at Valparaiso … After the Braves claimed Saturday's doubles point, Maletin was the first singles match to finish, giving Bradley the early, 2-0 lead … Saturday's victory was Maletin's 20th of the year as she improved to 20-7 overall and 12-5 during the dual match season in the No. 1 position … She joins freshman Bozana Lojpur as the sixth and seventh Bradley players to ever win as many as 20 singles matches in a season and her 12 victories at No. 1 are the third-most in a season in program history.

DOUBLES TEAM-OF-THE-WEEK NOMINEE
Bozana Lojpur/Nikki Perlwitz, Bradley
The pairing of freshmen Bozana Lojpur and Nikki Perlwitz earned their first-ever Missouri Valley Conference win as a tandem by cruising to a 6-1 win at No. 2 Doubles Saturday at Valparaiso … A relatively new pairing, the all-freshmen Lojpur/Perlwitz duo improved to 3-3 overall at the No. 2 position.

FIRST-EVER VALLEY ROAD SWEEP
Saturday's 7-0 win at Valparaiso was Bradley's first-ever sweep of a Missouri Valley Conference road dual match … The Braves had not blanked a conference opponent away from home since a 9-0 neutral-site win against then-Gateway Conference member UNI March 7, 1992.

WINNING SEASON RECORD SECURED
Saturday's 7-0 win at Valparaiso also pushed the Braves to 12-7 overall this season … With just three regular-season dual matches remaining, Bradley is guaranteed to finish the season with a winning overall record for the first time since 1992-93 (14-7) … The Braves have reached 12 dual-match wins for just the eighth time in program history and now sit two wins behind the 1992-93 and 1986-87 (14-7) squads for the most wins in program history.

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