Ferris State Women's Tennis Wins GLIAC Opener Over Saginaw Valley State

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's tennis squad started Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) play with a 5-2 triumph over Saginaw Valley State on Thursday (March 19) at the Greater Midland Tennis Center.

The Bulldogs improved to 7-5 overall this year by taking the doubles point and winning four of the six singles contests.

A total of four of the singles matches went to a third set while FSU claimed wins in all three doubles flights versus the Cardinals, who fell to 6-6 on the year and 0-2 in conference play.

Ferris State will next be in action on March 27 at Davenport followed by another league encounter on March 28 at Grand Valley State.

Below are the complete match results:

MATCH RESULTS:

Doubles
Maria Hernandez & Ana Hernandez (FSU) def. Nicoletta Diamantopoulos & Fatimah Butt: 6-1
Ayva Johnstone & Madeline Peisley (FSU) def. Amelia Dickson & Lydia Liong Tng En: 6-4
Yara Madi & Ainzley Zulueta (FSU) def. Anastasia Diamantopoulos & Katie Lucke: 6-4

Singles
Madeline Peisley (FSU) def. Nicoletta Diamantopoulos: 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Amelia Dickson def. Yara Madi FSU): 6-2, 6-3
Ana Hernandez (FSU) def. Claudia Calderero Prado: 6-0, 6-4
Maria Hernandez (FSU) def. Lydia Liong Tng En: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Anastasia Diamantopoulos def. Ayva Johnstone (FSU): 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
Ainzley Zulueta (FSU) def. Fatimah Butt: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2