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Box Score<\/a> BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Western Michigan women’s tennis team dropped matches to UMASS and Buffalo over the weekend, falling 6-1 to the Minutemen on Friday and 4-3 to the Bulls on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Friday, the Broncos (12-8, 3-4 MAC) pushed UMASS for the doubles point after Julia Frazier<\/a> and Polina Khotko<\/a> won 6-4 at No. 3 over Martina Pavissich and Madara Markevica. The point came down to the No. 2 match between Amelia Tye\/Amanda De Oliveira and WMU’s Audrey Smitek<\/a> and Lola Glantz<\/a>. The match went to a tie-breaker, with UMASS winning it 7-6 (8-6).<\/p>\n Smitek recorded the lone point for WMU, beating Pavissich 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Sunday, the Broncos dropped the doubles point and then went down 2-0 after a loss at No. 6 singles. Smitek won her second match of the weekend, this time at No. 2 over Julia Laspro 6-2, 6-2. The victory extended Smitek’s winning streak to five matches. Sienna Osborne<\/a> tied the match up at 2-2 after a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 5 over Liv Roestel. The Bulls retook the lead with a win at No. 1 and then clinched the match victory with a win at No. 3. Ayana Yaguchi<\/a> picked up Western Michigan’s third and final point at No. 4 against Sarah Hartel 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6).<\/p>\n Western Michigan wraps up the regular season next Sunday at Eastern Michigan with the match slated to start at 12 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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