DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's tennis team (1-0 overall) defeated Walsh University (2-2 overall) on Friday in the Doris J. & Donald L. Duchene Athletic Facility.

HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
The Green and Gold was able to claim the doubles point, winning two of the three matches.

WSU triumphed in No. 1 singles, as the pairing of Dea Gorgidze (Tbilisi, Georgia) and Martyna Szpakowska (Gdansk, Poland) downed Taira Abildayeva and Olesia Ivanshchuk 6-2.

Selin Kayakent (Bursa, Turkey) and Rebecca Laynes (Saginaw, Mich. / Heritage) nabbed a win in the third slot, defeating Walsh's Liv Grete-Laarmann and Eliza Verstappen 6-4.  

Malak Arafat (Alexandria, Egypt) and Justine Beaulieu (Montreal, Que.) fell 6-4 to Aleksandra Chmir and Lina Starke in No. 2 doubles.

SINGLES
In singles action, the hosts collected four wins.

After falling in the first set 6-2, Arafat came back and earned a 6-2 win in the second, followed by a 6-1 triumph in the third to best Taira Abildayeva.

Gorgidze grabbed a 6-2, 6-1 win in the No. 2 singles over Lina Starke.

Shanice Weekes (London, England) competed for Wayne State in the No. 3 slot, collecting a 6-3, 6-1 win over Aleksandra Chmir.

Szpakowska topped Walsh student-athlete Olesia Ivanshcuk 6-2, 6-2 in the fourth position.

Kayakent and Beaulieu each had matches go unfinished in the No. 5 and No. 6 positions respectively.

UP NEXT
The Warriors will welcome the University of Findlay on Saturday, February 14.