The University of Akron Athletics
Tennis Drops MAC Opener 4-3 At Northern Illinois
March 23 | Women's Tennis
DEKALB, Ill. – The University of Akron tennis team opened the Mid-American Conference portion of its schedule on Saturday with a 4-3 loss at Northern Illinois.
Akron (5-6, 0-1 MAC) won the doubles point for the second-straight match and eighth time in 10 outings. The Zips duo of Tanyaradzwa Gombera and Lindsey Berry scored an 8-6 win at No. 1, while the pair of Kerry Langworthy and Jeremie Benjamin played to a 9-8 victory at the No. 3 spot. Akron's Carolina Castro Cota and Alyssa Carlson suffered an 8-5 loss at the No. 2 position.
In singles competition, NIU (3-7, 1-1) won at the Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6 spots to clinch the match win. Except for the No. 1 match, the Huskies won in straight sets. Gombera won her first set at No. 1, 6-4, but went on to drop the next two by identical 6-4 scores. Berry won 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 at No. 3 and Benjamin was victorious at No. 4, 6-3, 6-4.
Akron returns home to face Miami (Ohio) on Friday and Ball State
on Saturday. Both matches get underway at 1 p.m. EDT at LaTuchie
Tennis Center in nearby Stow, Ohio.
RESULTS
Northern Illinois 4, Akron 3
Doubles
1-Gombera/Berry (UA) def. Umemura/Forsberg (NIU) 8-6
2-Castro Cota/Carlson (UA) lost to Friedlund/Asuaje (NIU) 8-5
3-Langworthy/Benjamin (UA) def. Delgadillo/Edner (NIU) 9-8
Singles
1-Tanyaradzwa Gombera (UA) lost to Nao Umemura
(NIU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
2-Carolina Castro Cota (UA) lost to Lilian Asuaje
(NIU) 6-0, 6-0
3-Lindsey Berry (UA) def. Kathryn Friedlund (NIU)
4-6, 7-5, 6-4
4-Jeremie Benjamin (UA) def. Brooke Forsberg (NIU)
6-3, 6-4
5-Alyssa Carlson (UA) lost to Jenny Edner (NIU)
2-6, 7-5, 6-1
6-Kerry Langworthy (UA) lost to Dora Delgadillo
(NIU) 6-3, 6-1
