Eagle Tennis Teams Open 2025-26 With Home Losses To Spring Arbor

The Ashland University men's and women's tennis teams began their 2025-26 seasons on Friday (Sept. 19) afternoon at the Deborah Liebert Karl Tennis Complex, and both Eagle sides lost to Spring Arbor – men 4-3 and women 5-2.
 
WOMEN'S DOUBLES MATCHES (3-0 SA, SA point)

• No. 1 – Lilah Dean/Moorea McNalley (SA) def. senior Ana Penteado/senior Constanza Arancibia (AU), 6-0
• No. 2 – Victoria Herrington/Dayra Novella (SA) def. sophomore Roberta Duran/senior Anna Corbel (AU), 6-4
• No. 3 – Lilah Dean/Kaitlyn Schmitt (SA) def. sophomore Maria Jemio/junior Evalienna Pryor (AU), 7-6

WOMEN'S SINGLES MATCHES (4-2 SA)

• No. 1 – McNalley (SA) def. Arancibia (AU), 7-5, 6-1
• No. 2 – Herrington (SA) def. Penteado (AU), 7-5, 6-2
• No. 3 – Duran (AU) def. Novella (SA), 6-1, 6-4
• No. 4 – Dean (SA) def. Corbel (AU), 6-4, 6-2
• No. 5 – Jemio (AU) def. Andrea Vandermark (SA), 7-6, 6-0
• No. 6 – Madelyn Dell (SA) def. junior Brittany Witsken (AU), 6-4, 6-2

MEN'S DOUBLES MATCHES (2-1 SA, SA point)

• No. 1 – Daniel Rodriguez Fortes/Jaume Riera Galindo (SA) def. senior Reid Opel/junior Ryohei Miyake (AU), 6-2
• No. 2 – Aziz Madatov/Andrei Negrut (SA) def. freshman Jonathan Frost/junior Kaj Salzano (AU), 6-0
• No. 3 – Junior Doug Cree/sophomore Bernardo Duarte (AU) def. Mackinley McNalley/Jakub Sevcik (SA), 6-4

MEN'S SINGLES MATCHES (3-3 tie)

• No. 1 – Madatov (SA) def. Frost (AU), 6-3, 6-2
• No. 2 – Riera Galindo (SA) def. Miyake (AU), 6-1, 6-1
• No. 3 – Rodriguez Fortes (SA) def. Salzano (AU), 6-7, 7-6, 6-2
• No. 4 – Cree (AU) def. Negrut (SA), 5-7, 6-2, 1-0
• No. 5 – Duarte (AU) def. Sevcik (SA), 6-1, 6-3
• No. 6 – Opel (AU) def. McNalley (SA), 3-6, 6-1, 1-0

NEXT UP
Both Ashland teams will play at 1 p.m. on Sept. 26 at West Virginia Wesleyan.