JMU Drops 5-2 Neutral-Court Match to Marshall

Saturday, March 18

Norfolk, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

Marshall

3/18/2017 10:06:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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NORFOLK, Va. – James Madison pulled out two singles victories, but could not overcome Marshall in a neutral-court match on Saturday as the Dukes fell 5-2 to the Thundering Herd.

JMU (9-4) trailed 3-0 to Marshall (9-6) when sophomore Emma Petersen secured a come-from-behind victory at No. 3 singles to put the Dukes on the board. Petersen fell 6-2 to Maddie Silver before securing 6-2 and 6-1 wins in the second and third sets, respectively, to take the point.

The Herd clinched match point at No. 5 singles, but both teams played on. Junior Dylan Owens won her 12^th consecutive singles match dating back to tournament play when she came in at No. 6 singles and took down Nikola Novackova 6-3, 7-5.

RESULTS
Doubles (1, 3*)

Silver/Pomyatinskaya def. Guibe/Herrock 6-1
Petersen/Harris vs. Smith/Morales 4-5 unf.
Turhan/Bogicevic def. Roka/Owens 6-3

Singles (2, 4, 3, 5*, 1, 6)

Derya Turhan def. Timea Guibe 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Stephanie Smith def. Rachel Nelson 6-1, 6-4
Emma Petersen def. Maddie Silver 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Anna Pomyatinskaya def. Jona Roka 6-4, 6-1
Rachael Morales def. Rebecca Harris 6-2, 6-2
Dylan Owens def. Nikola Novackova 6-3, 7-5

UP NEXT
JMU heads to William & Mary on Sunday, March 19 in a rematch of the 2016 CAA Championship match. First serve is set for 1 p.m. in the Dukes' final road match before a nine-match home stand.