{"id":247777,"date":"2026-04-27T01:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247777\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:08:29","slug":"toledo-takes-down-miami-in-mac-tournament-championship-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247777\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Takes Down Miami in MAC Tournament Championship, 4-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

OXFORD, Ohio \u2013 The Toledo women’s tennis team won its second-ever Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship with a 4-2 victory at Miami on Sunday afternoon. Freshman Anastasia Akuginova<\/a> clinched the win on the No. 4 singles court.<\/p>\n

This marks the second title in program history, with both crowns coming in the past three seasons (2024, 2026).<\/p>\n

Akuginova and JJ Scholten<\/a> were named to the MAC All-Tournament Team with Scholten bringing home MVP honors.<\/p>\n

The Rockets (13-8, 6-2 MAC) got off to a hot start by picking up the doubles point with a 6-4 win on the No. 2 court and a 6-0 victory on the No. 3 court.<\/p>\n

In singles play, Scholten extended UT’s lead with a 6-4, 6-4 decision on the No. 2 court. Miami got on the board with a straight-set win on the No. 1 court to get within one, 2-1.<\/p>\n

Jone Ibanez<\/a> fired off a 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 victory on the No. 3 court to put the Rockets on the brink of match point, 3-1. The RedHawks used a straight-set win on the No. 5 court to get back within one, 3-2.<\/p>\n

Akuginova clinched match point with a three-set 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 win on the No. 5 court to send the Rockets to their second-ever NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

Quoting Head Coach Tracy Mauntler<\/a>

\n“So incredibly proud of this young team! The determination that they brought this weekend was next level! They were on a mission.”<\/p>\n

Up Next

\nToledo will learn its NCAA Tournament opponent during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on Monday, April 27 at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Toledo 4, Miami 2

\nSunday, April 26, 2026 | Oxford, Ohio<\/p>\n

Singles

\n1. Malu Oliveira (MU) def. Isabella Barretto<\/a> (TOL) 7-5, 6-4

\n2. JJ Scholten<\/a> (TOL) def. Allie Faulkner (MU) 6-4, 6-4

\n3. Jone Ibanez<\/a> (TOL) def. Avery Voss (MU) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2

\n4. Anastasia Akuginova<\/a> (TOL) def. Evelyn Risner (MU) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3

\n5. Nina Chavez (MU) def. Neha Guru<\/a> (TOL) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)

\n6. Annika Munson<\/a> (TOL) vs. Maria Komar (MU) 6-2, 4-6, 4-0, unfinished<\/p>\n

Doubles

\n1. Neha Guru<\/a>\/Isabella Barretto<\/a> (TOL) vs. Malu Oliveira\/Allie Faulkner (MU) 4-4, unfinished

\n2. Anastasia Akuginova<\/a>\/Gaby Rondon<\/a> (TOL) def. Evelyn Risner\/Avery Voss (MU) 6-4

\n3. Iva Jankovic<\/a>\/JJ Scholten<\/a> (TOL) def. Nina Chavez\/Lovisa Valentinsson (MU) 6-0<\/p>\n

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (2,1,3,5,4) \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OXFORD, Ohio \u2013 The Toledo women’s tennis team won its second-ever Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship with a 4-2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-247777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}