Southeast Missouri SEMO (2-6)

Bradley BRAD (6-4)

Southeast Missouri SEMO

(2-6)

Final

Feb. 28, 2020

Bradley BRAD

(6-4)

Box Score

Josh Schwam

Tennis Sweeps Tie-Breakers to Beat Southeast Missouri

Bradley won all four tie-breakers in its 5-2 win to complete a 4-0 home stand

Match Results

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | 2/28/2020 8:08:00 PM | Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications

PEORIA, IL – Bradley dominated the tie-breakers and used the extra points to end a 3-match losing streak against Southeast Missouri State (2-6) by pulling out a 5-2 dual match victory against the visiting Redhawks Friday evening at the Clubs at River City.

The Braves (6-4) won all four sets that went to tie-breakers en route to their fourth consecutive victory. Bradley had dropped 4-3 decisions to Southeast Missouri the last two years and had not beaten the Redhawks since 2011.

The tie-break success began during doubles play, when the No. 2 pairing of sophomores Bozana Lojpur/Nikki Perlwitz rallied for a 7-6 (9) victory to secure the team doubles point. Junior Nina Marjanovic and freshman Victoria Sanchez Bronzetti picked up their first win of the dual match season at No. 3 Doubles to even the doubles scoring.

After Southeast Missouri leveled the match at 1-1 with a win at No. 4 Singles, the Braves moved ahead for good when Lojpur took a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory at No. 2 Singles. Sandra Maletin followed with a 7-5, 7-6 (1) win at No. 1 Singles for a 3-1 Bradley lead. The junior star rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the first set and climbed out of a 4-1 hole in the second to move into sole possession of eighth place on Bradley's career singles wins list by earning her 53rd career victory.

Perlwitz delivered the clinching win at No. 5 Singles by overcoming injury. She suffered a hamstring injury chasing down a ball down 4-1 in the third set, but managed to hobble through five straight game victories to earn a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win to push Bradley's lead to an insurmountable, 4-1.

Senior Natalia Barbery used Bradley's fourth tie-break victory to start her win at No. 3 Singles – 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3 – for the fifth point.

After sweeping its 4-match home stand, the Braves will travel for their next six dual matches, beginning March 7 in Griffith, IN versus UIC. Bradley will not return home until hosting Missouri Valley Conference rival Valparaiso April 5.

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Players Mentioned

Natalia Barbery: 5' 6"; Senior

Bozana Lojpur: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Sandra Maletin: 5' 10"; Junior

Nina Marjanovic: 5' 9"; Junior

Nikki Perlwitz: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Natalia Barbery
: 5' 6"; Senior

Bozana Lojpur
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Sandra Maletin
: 5' 10"; Junior

Nina Marjanovic
: 5' 9"; Junior

Nikki Perlwitz
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Results

#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
TARAJOVA, Romana / ZONOVA, Kseniya [SEMO]	6
Barbery, Natalia / Maletin, Sandra [BRAD]	2

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
LAI, Vivian / VALEEVA, Lera [SEMO]	6 ⁹
Lojpur, Bozana / Perlwitz, Nikki [BRAD]	7 ¹¹

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
BARRIGA, Manuela / VELKOSKA, Teona [SEMO]	5
Marjanovic, Nina / Sánchez Bronzetti, Victoria [BRAD]	7

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2
ZONOVA, Kseniya [SEMO]	5	6 ¹
Maletin, Sandra [BRAD]	7	7 ⁷

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2
TARAJOVA, Romana [SEMO]	2	6 ⁴
Lojpur, Bozana [BRAD]	6	7 ⁷

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
VALEEVA, Lera [SEMO]	6 ²	6	3
Barbery, Natalia [BRAD]	7 ⁷	3	6

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2
LAI, Vivian [SEMO]	6	6
Sánchez Bronzetti, Victoria [BRAD]	3	4

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
VELKOSKA, Teona [SEMO]	3	6	4
Perlwitz, Nikki [BRAD]	6	4	6

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
BARRIGA, Manuela [SEMO]	1	7	7
Marjanovic, Nina [BRAD]	6	5	5

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

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Tennis Sweeps Tie-Breakers to Beat Southeast Missouri

Bradley won all four tie-breakers in its 5-2 win to complete a 4-0 home stand

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Players Mentioned

Natalia Barbery

Bozana Lojpur

Sandra Maletin

Nina Marjanovic

Nikki Perlwitz

Players Mentioned

Natalia Barbery

Bozana Lojpur

Sandra Maletin

Nina Marjanovic

Nikki Perlwitz