Results

The Grand Valley State women's tennis team claimed an important GLIAC win after they defeated Saginaw Valley State, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon. With the win the Lakers improved to 7-1 overall and 7-1 in the GLIAC, while the Cardinals dropped to 4-4 overall and 4-4 in the conference.

In doubles, the Lakers claimed the important point after they won all three matches. The duo of Vera Griva and Marily Canellopoulos won 6-2, from the No. 1 position, followed by another win from Madison Ballard and Nicole Heiniger, as the pair won 6-3 from the No. 2 position and secured the doubles point for the Lakers. GVSU completed the sweep in doubles after Livia Christman and Marija Leko won 6-2 from the No. 3 pairing.
 
The Lakers continued their strong play as they also swept the Cardinals in singles action. Playing out of the No. 1 singles position was Griva, who won 6-2, 6-2, while Ballard also claimed a point for GVSU after she won 6-2, 7-5, from the No. 2 slot. Leko, played from the No. 3 position and won 7-5 in the first set, before a dominant performance in the second set where she won 6-0. Canellopoulos won her match from the No. 4 position by a score of 6-3, 6-3, while Christman added another point for the Lakers with a 6-4, 6-1 win from No. 5 singles. Completing the sweep for GVSU was Nicole Heiniger, as she was able to win 6-2, 7-5, from the No. 6 spot.
 
Grand Valley State will play Northwood on Sunday (Oct. 21) for its final GLIAC regular season match at 12 p.m. The Lakers also have a chance for a share of the GLIAC Regular Season Title if they win tomorrow's match against the Timberwolves and the winner of the match will also earn the No. 1 seed in the upcoming GLIAC Tournament.