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Bulls Beat Eagles 5-2 For First Win of the Season

January 13, 2019

FT. MYERS, Fla., Jan. 13, 2019 – Freshman Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritis) clinched USF women's tennis first win of the season with a 7-5, 7-5, win on court five, to defeat FGCU in the Bulls' first road match of the season. 
 
Senior Ana Roman Dominguez (Burgos, Spain), won in straight sets for the second game in a row, 6-4, 6-3, over Maja Ornberg (Kil, Sweden). Senior Vanja Klaric (Gaborone, Botswana) also won both sets against Sofia Perez (Alajuela, Costa Rica), 7-6(6), 6-2.
 
Nicole Dzenga, the senior from Harare, Zimbabwe, won her first match of the year by defeating Bridget Foster (Boca Raton, Fla.), 6-3, 6-4.
 
USF clinched the doubles point with wins on courts one and two. The pairing of Dzenga and Klaric won their match 6-4, while Roman Dominguez and Boy won their match 6-3. The doubles team of Laura Pellicer Perello (Gandia, Valencia, Spain) and Janvhi Clark (Tauranga, New Zealand) did not finish their match.
 
 
Results:
Singles Competition
1. Ana Roman Dominguez (USF) def. Maja Ornberg (FGCU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Sara Kelly (FGCU) def. Evelyne Tiron (USF) 6-1, 6-4
3. Julia Ascua (FGCU) def. Laura Pellicer Perello (USF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
4. Vanja Klaric (USF) def. Sofia Perez (FGCU) 7-6(6), 6-2
5. Amelie Boy (USF) def. Laura Font (FGCU) (FAU) 7-5, 7-5
6. Nicole Dzenga (USF) def. Bridget Forster (FGCU) 6-3, 6-4
 
Doubles Competition
1. Nicole Dzenga/ Vanja Klaric (USF) def. Julia Ascua/Maja Ornberg (FGCU) 6-4
2. Amelie Boy/Ana Roman Dominguez (USF) def. Sofia Perez/Madison Gallegos (FGCU) 6-3
3. Janvhi Clark/Laura Pellicer Perello (USF) Bridget Forster/ Sara Kelly (FGCU) 4-3 (DNF)
 
Match Notes:
University of South Florida 1-1
FGCU 0-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,6,4,3,1,5)
 
 
Up Next:
The Bulls will come home to play against LSU at noon on Sunday, Jan. 20.
 

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