The Ashland University tennis team finished in fifth place at the GLIAC Tournament over the weekend in Midland, Mich.

The Eagles finished their fall season with a 10-5 record and a 7-4 mark in the GLIAC regular season.

AU lost its first match at the Tournament to Wayne State 5-3 Friday (Oct. 22), dropping the Eagles into the fifth-place bracket for the rest of the tournament.

Junior Paige Cooper won her third singles match over Milena Vuksanovic, 6-1, 6-4. Freshman Kira Kotova was victorious in fifth singles, beating Debora Correa, 6-4, 7-5. Kotova combined with sophomore Erika Sullivan to win at third doubles, 8-4.

Ashland won its next two matches at the tournament, the first being a 5-0 triumph over Lake Superior State Saturday (Oct. 23). Cooper and junior Torrie Goudy won at first singles, 8-3. Seniors Corinne Pasley and Alex Ware won at second doubles, 8-4. Sullivan and Kotova were winners at third doubles, 8-4. Cooper and Pasley won in singles play to clinch the match.

Ashland secured its fifth-place finish with a 5-3 win over Michigan Tech Sunday (Oct. 24). Pasley and Ware won at second doubles and Sullivan and Kotova won at third doubles to give AU a 2-1 advantage going into singles play. Cooper, Kotova and Ware clinched the win for AU with their victories in singles.

The Eagles resume their spring schedule Feb. 19 at Mercyhurst.