AKRON, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) -- On the opening weekend of the 2017 Mid-American Conference tennis season, Eastern Michigan University's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision at the hands of the University of Akron Sunday afternoon, March 26. The Eagles (6-10, 1-1 MAC) dropped their first conference contest of the season after defeating Bowling Green, March 24. For the Zips (17-2, 2-0 MAC), they picked up their second MAC win in as many matches.
The match began with doubles play, where the Green and White dropped a pair of matches. Ani Gogvadze (Tbilisi, Georgia-Khikani) and Maria Paula Ribero (Bucaramanga, Colombia) were the only squad to walk away with a victory as they defeated Adriana Blinova and Sophia Geier, 6-4, at No.