HAMMOND, LA. – The Illinois State women's tennis team secured their first win during its three-game road swing with a 4-1 win against Southeastern Louisiana.
The Redbirds took control early by snatching the doubles point from the Lions and never looked back. In the singles matches, Juniors Laura Fitzgerald and Ivon Mihaleva showed tremendous fight at the No. 3 and 5 spots respectively. Fitzgerald came back against Southeastern's Polina Slepstovafor the point 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, while Mihaleva won a tiebreaker against Ximena Yanez 6-4, 7-6. Freshman Elana Jankulovska rounded out the win for the 'Birds taking down Kim Bohlen 6-3, 6-4 at the No.