CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Missouri State women's tennis lost its final match in the Missouri Valley Conference to Northern Iowa, 4-3, on the road on Saturday.
 
The top half of the singles lineup ended the season on a high note. No. 3 singles player Sandra Lukacova recorded her 40^th career singles win as a Bear. The senior dropped the first set to UNI's Kim Zizek 6-3 before winning the second set by the same margin. Lukacova battled in the third set to earn her landmark win with a score of 7-5. Lukacova ends her time as a Bear tied for 25^th in all-time singles wins.
 
Gunal and Gonlusen both played marathon matches in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles flights. In the No. 1 match, both the first and second set required extra points to be decided. Gunal won the first set in a tiebreaker of UNI's Darta Dalecka with a final score of 7-6 (7-5). Dalecka took the second set 7-5. Since the match had already been decided for UNI, the third set was a 10-point tiebreaker instead of a traditional 6-game set. Gunal won the tiebreaker 10-8.
 
Gonlusen secured the first point for MoState. The junior won the first set pf UNI's Lorena Cardoso with a score of 6-3. Cardoso took the second set 6-4, but Gonlusen won the final set by the same margin.
 
Missouri State closes out the season with three match wins, two of which were conference wins.
   
Results
Missouri State (3-21, 2-6 MVC) – 3, Northern Iowa (7-14, 4-4 MVC) – 4
Doubles
1. Tuana Gunal/Billur Gonlusen (MOST) lost to Darta Dalecka/Lorena Cardoso (UNI) – 6-1
2. Sandra Lukacova/Raluca Puscas (MOST) defeated Kim Zizek/Andjela Raznatovic (UNI) – 6-1
3. UNI won by default
 
Order of Finish: 2, 1
 
Singles
1. Tuana Gunal (MOST) defeated Darta Dalecka (UNI) – 7-6 (5), 5-7, 10-8
2. Billur Gonlusen (MOST) defeated Lorena Cardoso (UNI) – 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
3. Sandra Lukacova (MOST) defeated Kim Zizek (UNI) – 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
4. Raluca Puscas (MOST) lost to Andjela Raznatovic (UNI) – 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
5. Lola Federski (MOST) lost to Kanyabut Sudsaard (UNI) 0 6-1, 7-6 (4)
6. UNI won by default
 
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 2, 3, 1