Women's Tennis

Oakland Defeats Wright State 5-2

Karine Celis won the No. 2 singles match 6-4, 7-6


March 16, 2013


DAYTON, Ohio - Cam Sabourin won 6-0, 6-0 and Tamara Blum tallied a 6-2, 6-0 victory in their singles matches as the Oakland women's tennis team (2-7) defeated Wright State, 5-2 Saturday at the South Regency Tennis Center.

"I think the girls really came together and played well during the singles matches as we won five out of the six matches," said head coach Heather Redshaw. "We also played very well in the doubles matches winning one and falling just short in the other two."

In the No. 1 singles match Emily Raidt won the first set 6-2 and battled through a tiebreaker to win the second set 7-6 while Karine Celis captured the No. 2 singles match with another tiebreaker victory in the second set for a 6-4, 7-6 victory. Juliana Guevara won the final singles match for the Golden Grizzlies in three sets finishing 6-1, 6-7 and 6-3.

Raidt and Blum won the only doubles match for OU as they won in a tiebreaker for the 9-8 victory. The team of Grace Keating and Sabourin forced a tiebreaker in their match but fell 9-8 while Celis and Guevera battled hard in their match but dropped their match 9-7.

The Golden Grizzlies will be in action next week as they travel to Youngstown State on Thursday, March 21 and Akron on Friday, March 22.




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