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2/21/2026 | 10:00 AM


Feb. 21 (Sat) / 10:00 AM


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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Western Michigan women’s tennis team took down Oakland, 5-2, at West Hills Athletic Club on Saturday afternoon. 

The Broncos (5-4) started off by earning the doubles point. Polina Khotko and Audrey Smitek made quick work of Tara Montreuil and Maryna Piechowicz, 6-0, to give WMU the early advantage. The Grizzlies fired back with a 6-1 win at No. 1, leaving the doubles point to the No. 2 match between Western Michigan’s Julia Fazier and Sienna Osborn against Oakland’s Nisa Bulut and Oliwia Klimas. Frazier and Osborn clinched the point for the Broncos with a 6-3 win. 

Frazier put the Broncos up 2-0 with quick work at No. 6 singles, defeating Montreuil 6-1, 6-0. OU cut into the lead with a win at No. 2 by Klimas over Audrey Smitek 6-4, 6-3. Lola Glantz pushed WMU’s lead to 3-1 with a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 1 over Bulut, but the Golden Grizzlies cut it back to one after Maryna Piechowicz beat Frieda Weijerman 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2.

The remaining two singles matches went to three sets, with freshman Ayana Yaguchi earning the match-winning point for the Broncos after a 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 win over Emilia Jarvinen at No. 5. The victory was Yaguchi’s first of her career in a dual match. Osborne added WMU’s fifth and final point with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 4 over Edie Hammond. 

The Broncos head back on the road to take on Cleveland State on Saturday at 10 a.m. and then at Youngstown State on Sunday at 11 a.m.Â