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URBANA, Ill.  – The Illinois women's tennis team opened the 2018 dual match season with a pair of wins in Sunday's doubleheader at the Atkins Tennis Center. The Illini swept Florida State, 4-0 and then topped Eastern Illinois, 7-0.

All four Illini freshmen made their debut in the season opener in doubles play as Illinois clinched the doubles point with wins on the first two courts. Emilee Duong, Asuka Kawai and Mia Rabinowitz competed in singles against FSU with Kawai clinching the match, 7-6(2), 7-5 on court one.

In the Eastern Illinois contest, the deciding match in doubles came down to Kawai and Rabinowitz on court three. The pair clinched the early advantage for the Orange and Blue with a 6-4 win over Slaria and Martin. In singles play, junior Jaclyn Switkes secured the match win for Illinois with a 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Stella Cliffe on court two.

The Illini will go on the road this week as they compete in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. UI will take on William and Mary on Friday at 10 am CT.

Final Results       

Illinois 4, Florida State 1

Doubles-Order of Finish: 2, 1*

1. #45 Duong/Switkes (Illinois) def. Touly/Rahmanparast (FSU) 6-4
2. Pedraza-Novak/Belaya (Illinois) def. Garcia/Prochazkova (FSU) 6-4
3. Kawai/Rabinowitz (Illinois) vs. Castaneda/Mikulski (FSU) 4-3, unf.

Singles-Order of Finish: 6, 3, 5, 1*

1. #114 Asuka Kawai (Illinois) def. Gabrielle Castaneda (FSU) 7-6(2), 7-5
2. Jaclyn Switkes (Illinois) vs. Carla Touly (FSU) 6-2, 6-7(2), 1-0, unf.
3. Mia Rabinowitz (Illinois) def. Julia Mikulski (FSU) 7-5, 6-4
4. Emilee Duong (Illinois) vs. Ariana Rahmanparast (FSU) 6-4, 6-7(4), 2-1, unf.
5. Andrea Garcia (FSU) def. Daniela Pedraza-Novak (Illinois) 7-5, 7-5
6. Grace Tapak (Illinois) def. Gabrielle Goldin (FSU) 6-2, 6-3

Records: Illinois 1-0 | FSU 1-1

Illinois 7, Eastern Illinois 0

Doubles-Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3*

1. Cliffe/Summers (EIU) def. #45 Duong/Switkes (Illinois) 6-3
2. Pedraza-Novak/Belaya (Illinois) def. Papavasilopoulis/Contreras (EIU) 6-3
3. Kawai/Rabinowitz (Illinois) def. Slaria/Martin (EIU) 6-4

Singles-Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*, 4, 5, 6

1. #114 Asuka Kawai (Illinois) def. Rachel Papavasilopoulis (EIU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Jaclyn Switkes (Illinois) def. Stella Cliffe (EIU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Mia Rabinowitz (Illinois) def. Grace Summers (EIU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Emilee Duong (Illinois) def. Karla Contreras (EIU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Grace Tapak (Illinois) def. Srishti Slaria (EIU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Sasha Belaya (Illinois) def. Abby Carpenter (EIU) 6-3, 6-1

Records: Illinois 2-0 | EIU 0-2

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