The Ball State women's tennis team concluded its final day of action at the MAC Invitational Saturday afternoon.
The Cardinals went 9-9 overall, 8-7 on singles and 1-2 on doubles.
Freshman Courtney Wild defeated Toledo's Kelsey Anonsen, 6-2, 2-6, 1-0, then later went on to beat Eastern Michigan's Mariya Toncheva, 4-6, 6-1, 1-0, to win the championship of her bracket.
Ashlyn Rang had a tough singles day, first losing to Eastern Michigan's Daphne Friedrichs, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0, then was defeated by Northern Illinois' Haley Dekkinga, 6-3, 0-6, 1-0.
Sophomore Kristel Sanders was beaten by eventual "B" bracket champion, Nikki Chiricosta of Bowling Green, 6-1, 6-2. Sanders also fell to Toledo's Lexy Pitt, 6-0, 6-4.
Junior Paola Rodriguez beat Ilse Pacheco of Northern Illinois, 6-2, 6-4.
Fellow junior Lauren Pickerell beat Georgia De Lisle-Tarr from Eastern Michigan, 6-0, 6-4, then also crushed Pacheco, 6-1, 6-0.
Ball State's senior Kylee Johnson defeated Arantza De La Torre of Northern Illinois, 6-3, 6-3, then lost to Jade Johnson of Bowling Green, 6-4, 6-0.
Johnson's teammate Dena Boulieris defeated Mary Malkin of Northern Illinois, 6-1, 6-3, but then lost to Nelle Youel.
Fellow senior Sarah Hebble beat Toledo's Amanda Border, 6-3, 6-3. Hebble then was beaten by Eastern Michigan's Marcela Rivero, 6-1, 6-1.
In Saturday's doubles action, the tandem of Sanders and Wild defeated Eastern Michigan's April Kerr and Rachel Denny, 8-4.
However, that was the only doubles win the Cardinals would get on Saturday, as the team of Rang and Boulieris fell to Chiricosta and Maddy Eccleston of Bowling Green, 8-3.
Finally, Pickerell/Hebble lost to Emily Reuland and Johnson, also from Bowling Green, 8-3.
Ball State's next match is the Ball State Invitational on Oct. 7-8.
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