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Senior Dominika Walterova was ill and lost her singles match by default -- this was the only point scored on IU's women's tennis team in two victories against Marquette University and No. 44 Western Michigan University Saturday.\nIn the morning, the No. 27 Hoosiers shut out Marquette (7-0) at the IU Varsity Tennis Center, following it up with a 6-1 besting of Western Michigan later at 2:30 p.m.\nWestern Michigan had previously knocked off three ranked Big Ten teams: then-No. 49 Ohio State, then-No. 45 Purdue and then-No. 35 Illinois -- and two of these were road victories.\n"The Western Michigan match was just a great win," IU coach Lin Loring said. "The three Big Ten teams that they beat all went to the tournament last year -- this win will look great when it comes time for the board to decide who gets to go to the tournament."\nThe match's doubles point came down to the No. 3 spot where senior Dora Vastag and sophomore Cecile Perton won their battles 8-5. This point was the decider of the match because the Broncos weren't used to playing without the doubles point, Loring said.\nThe win snapped a three-game Bronco win streak and pushed IU to a 6-5 spring record.\nAgainst Marquette, the Hoosiers were flawless, losing not one singles set or one doubles match.\nFreshman Amanda El-Togby saw her first action in collegiate tennis at the No. 6 singles position, winning 6-2, 6-0.\nSophomore Kara Zeder participated in her first singles match this spring, winning against Marquette in the No. 5 spot (6-3, 6-0).