Women's Tennis Defeats Bradley

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - Belmont University women's tennis earned a 5-2 victory over Bradley Sunday from the Beaman Family Tennis Complex.
 
The Bruins showed tremendous resolve and togetherness in gutting out a well-deserved conference win.
 
The doubles' point was fiercely-contested and came down to a single decisive play.
 
After Vesa Gjinaj and Viktoria Kliimand claimed a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles, Bradley's duo of Kirstin Hailey and Andra Sirbu pulled out a 7-5 win over Mariia Hlahola and Anastasiya Zholdakova on line one.
 
In dramatic fashion, Hana Sokolovic and Aly Getty came through with a tiebreaker win 7-5 on line three to give Belmont the doubles' point.
 
Gjinaj and Zholdakova got the Bruins on the board quickly in singles, with convincing straight-set wins at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
 
Sokolovic continued her fine day with a super tiebreaker win over Mariia Pukhina at fifth singles, before Hlahola defeated Maria Bezmenova in three sets.
 
Belmont (8-7, 1-1 MVC) returns to play March 30 vs. Missouri State.
 
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