By Scott Sutton, The Miami Student
The Miami University tennis team (6-9) split the weekend with a 4-3 loss to Ball State University (16-2) Friday and a 6-1 win against University of Toledo (7-9) Sunday in Oxford, Ohio. The matches were the first of the season against Mid-American Conference rivals.
Miami started off strong with a doubles victory in the match against Ball State. The sophomore pair of Nelli Ponomareva and Anastassia Vasiukhina beat opponents Toni Ormond and Julia Sbircea by a 6-2 score. Junior Andreea Badilenu and freshman Anzhelika Shapovalova topped their opponents Carmen Blanco and Bethany Moore, 7-5.