Women’s Tennis Edges Cincinnati, 5-2
TAMPA (March 14, 2018) — The USF women's tennis team stretched its win streak to five matches with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday over conference opponent Cincinnati at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
The Bulls pulled off the win under windy conditions as junior
Vanja Klaric (Serbia) clinched the match with a victory, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 4 singles.
Senior
Juliana Cardoso (Descalvado, Brazi) started singles strong with a straight-set win, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 6 singles. In No. 5 singles, junior
Nicole Dzenga (Harare, Zimbabwe) won in three sets, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Freshman
Evelyne Tiron (Romania) also snagged a win at No. 2 singles, battling for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory after a slow start against Alexia Coutino. Senior
Jessica Cortes Chaves (Monterrey, Mexio) played on the top court for the Bulls, but fell to Ioana Guna in an intense third set tie breaker, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(9).
At No. 3 singles, junior
Ana Roman Dominguez (Spain) played to a third set, but also fell to her opponent, 3-6, 6-0, 3-6?.
The doubles pair of Dzenga and Klaric shut-out their opponents, 6-0, in No. 2 doubles to start doubles play. The senior duo of Cardoso and Cortes Chaves clinched the doubles point for USF with a 6-3 victory on the No. 1 doubles court to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead going into singles action.
Quotable:
Head coach Cristina Moros on the win…
"Today was tough. I thought we played really well in doubles, and then in singles we came out kind of flat, and they definitely took advantage of that. They're a good team, and they competed well. I thought we did a good job of staying with it and coming back where we needed to. We need to do a better job on Friday of keeping that momentum going."
Results:
Singles Competition
1. Ioana Guna (CIN) def. Jessica Chaves (USF) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9)
2.
Evelyne Tiron (USF) def. Alexia Coutino (CIN) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
3. Caroline Morton (CIN) def. Ana Roman (USF) 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
4.
Vanja Klaric (USF) def. Antonella Bramato (CIN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
5.
Nicole Dzenga (USF) def. Emma Miceli (CIN) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
6.
Juliana Cardoso (USF) def. Anna Philip (CIN) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles Competition
1.
Juliana Cardoso/Jessica Chaves (USF) def. Ioana Guna/Caroline Morton (CIN) 6-3
2.
Nicole Dzenga/
Vanja Klaric (USF) def. Alexia Coutino /Antonella Bramato (CIN) 6-0
3.
Alexandria Mjos/Ana Roman (USF) def. Emma Miceli /Ali Miller (CIN) 5-2
Match Notes:
Cincinnati: 8-7
University of South Florida: 7-7
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,3,5,4,2,1)
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Up Next:
The Bulls play one more home match on Friday at noon to complete the Spring Break tournament against another conference opponent, Houston.
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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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