Oct. 24, 2009

Box Score

East Lansing, Mich. - Grand Valley State will face Wayne State for third place at the 2009 GLIAC Tournament Sunday morning in East Lansing, Michigan. GVSU claimed a 5-0 over Lake Superior State in first-round action, but dropped a 5-4 decision to Michigan Tech in semifinal play Saturday at the Michigan Athletic Club.

GVSU claimed a 5-0 win over Lake Superior State in opening round play. The Lakers won all three doubles matches, then won at No. 1 and No. 3 singles to clinch the match. The GVSU-MTU match was close throughout. MTU's No. 1 doubles team of Nathalia Rondelli/Ploy Suthijindawong defeated GVSU's Chelsea Johnston/Darylann Trout by an 8-6 score and the Huskies' No. 2 tandem of Asel Otunchieva/Victoria Zhilkina claimed an 8-6 win over the Lakers' Tara Hayes/Katelyn Schaffer. Grand Valley State's No. 3 doubles team of Rachel Rendina/Jackie Shipman defeated MTU's Jacqueline Kukulski/Danielle Stoll 8-1. MTU won the top three singles matches, while GVSU claimed four through six.

1. Victoria Zhilkina (MT) def. Tara Hayes (GV) 6-3, 6-1

2. Ploy Suthijindawong (MT) def. Katelyn Schaffer (GV) 6-4, 6-1

3. Nathalia Rondelli (MT) def. Chelsea Johnston (GV) 6-3, 7-5

4. Darylann Trout (GV) def. Asel Otunchieva (MT) 6-1, 6-2

5. Jackie Shipman (GV) def. Danielle Stoll (MT) 6-0, 6-2

6. Rachel Rendina (GV) def. Caitlin Hartley (MT) 6-3, 6-4