The Bulls Fall to Dartmouth in Heartbreaker
TAMPA (Jan. 28, 2018)— USF women's tennis fell to Dartmouth in a tight match that came down to the third set on court five, the last court left to play in the match to decide the game.
After USF earned a double's win on court two, juniors
Nicole Dzenga (Harare, Zimbabwe) and
Vanja Klaric (Serbia) clinched the doubles point in an intense tiebreak against Kristina Mathis and Racquel Lyn (Houston, Texas), 7-6(5).
Before Dzenga and Klaric won, Senior
Jessica Cortes Chaves (Monterrey, Mexico) and freshman
Evelyne Tiron (Romania) gave up one point to Julia Schroeder (Winnetka, Ill.) and Allison Chuang (Albany, Calif.) beating them 6-1 to start doubles.
Tiron added a second point to the board with the first singles win in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, against Dartmouth's Schroeder. Shortly after, Cortes Chaves fell to No. 78 Kristina Mathis (Greer, S.C.), 6-1, 6-3.
Klaric also defeated her opponent, Maddie Hwang (Carrollton, Texas), in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, tacking on a third point for the Bulls.
With USF and the Big Green tied at 3-3, the Bulls depended on freshman
Alexandria Mjos (Austin, Texas) on court five. She defeated Allison McCann (Amherst, Mass.) 6-4 in the second set, but ultimately fell 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
Dzenga fought to a third set in her match against Lyn on court three, but lost 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Sophomore
Janvhi Clark (Tauranga, New Zealand) fell to Chuyang Guan (San Antonio,Texas), 6-3, 7-5.
In doubles, Clark and Mjos fell to Hwang and Guan 7-5 on court three.
Quotable:
Head coach Cristina Moros on day two of the ITA Kick-Off…
"Today's match was definitely disappointing. We knew we had an uphill battle without having Ana and Juliana in our line up," said head coach
Cristina Moros. "We showed how deep we are that we put ourselves in position to win against a very good team yet again. But we have not been able to close it out when we needed to and today was another reflection of that. We are playing much better tennis than our record reflects."
Results:
Singles competition
1. #78 Mathis, Kristina (DART) def. Jessica Chaves (USF) 6-1, 6-3
2.
Evelyne Tiron (USF) def. Schroeder, Julia (DART) 6-2, 6-3
3. Lyn, Racquel (DART) def.
Nicole Dzenga (USF) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
4.
Vanja Klaric (USF) def. Hwang, Maddie (DART) 6-4, 6-2
5. McCann, Allison (DART) def.
Alexandria Mjos (USF) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
6. Guan, Chuyang (DART) def.
Janvhi Clark (USF) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles competition
1.
Nicole Dzenga/
Vanja Klaric (USF) def. Mathis, Kristina/Lyn, Racquel (DART) 7-6 (7-5)
2. Jessica Chaves/
Evelyne Tiron (USF) def. Schroeder, Julia/Chuang, Allison (DART) 6-1
3. Hwang, Maddie/Guan, Chuyang (DART) def.
Janvhi Clark/
Alexandria Mjos (USF) 7-5
Match Notes:
University of South Florida 0-4
Dartmouth 3-1
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,1,4,6,3,5)
Official: Mark Raynes T-3:50 A-121
Up Next:
The Bulls head back to Tampa, Fla. to play Troy on Saturday Feb. 3. at noon.
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Head coach Cristina Moros will be in her third year at the helm of after leading the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.
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