MUNCIE, Ind. – In the final regular-season match of the season, the Akron women's tennis team fell to defending Mid-American Conference champion Ball State, 4-3, in the battle of the undefeated on Saturday at the Muncie YMCA indoors courts.
With the win, the Cardinals earned the 2017 regular-season MAC championship and the No. 1 seed for next week's MAC Tournament.
With the match tied at 3-3, the final score came down to the very last set as junior Ariadna Blinova (Riga, Latvia) lost at No. 2 singles in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 5-7.