USF defeats Cincinnati 4-2 to Advance to Semifinals

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USF defeats Cincinnati 4-2 to Advance to Semifinals

April 18, 2019 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: Michael Fergusson

ORLANDO, APRIL 18, 2019 – No. 2 seeded USF women's tennis team beat No. 10 seeded Cincinnati 4-2, to advance to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Championships on Thursday afternoon.

USF (12-10, 4-2), won the doubles point against Cincinnati (12-11, 1-3), with a 6-2 win on court two from the freshman pairing of Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritis), and senior Ana Roman Dominguez (Burgos, Spain), and a 6-3 win on court three by the duo of junior Janvhi Clark (Tauranga, New Zealand), and freshman Laura Pellicer Perello (Gandia, Valencia, Spain).

USF advances to the semifinals for the fourth year and will face SMU on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m.

Pellicer Perello came out swinging and won her singles match in straight-sets 6-1, 6-4, on court two to put the Bulls up 2-0.

Cincinnati then beat Clark 6-2, 6-0, on court six to shorten USF's lead by one. Senior Nicole Dzenga (Harare, Zimbabwe), won her match in straight-sets, 6-3, 7-5, on court four. Cincinnati won their match on court three 6-4, 6-3, over Boy, leaving the Bulls up one point in a 3-2 battle.

Mjos seized her opportunity to clinch the win for the Bulls taking down her opponent in straight-sets 7-6(5), 6-3, on court five.

The match between No. 58 Roman Dominguez and Antonella Bramato went unfinished on court one.

Quotable
Head coach Cristina Moros on Thursday's victory:
"We had to deal with some adversity today and Cincinnati made it tough on us to close it out. We need to make some adjustments going into tomorrow, which I know this team will do."

Match Results:
Singles competition
1. Antonella Bramato (CIN) vs. A. Roman Dominguez (USF) no result
2. L. Pellicer Perello (USF) def. Ioana Guna (CIN) 6-1, 6-4
3. Caroline Morton (CIN) def. Amelie Boy (USF) 6-4, 6-3
4. Nicole Dzenga (USF) def. Maria Santilli (CIN) 6-3, 7-5
5. Alexandria Mjos (USF) def. Alexia Coutino (CIN) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
6. Emma Miceli (CIN) def. Janvhi Clark (USF) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Antonella Bramato/Alexia Coutino (CIN) vs. Nicole Dzenga/Alexandria Mjos (USF) no result 2. Amelie Boy/A. Roman Dominguez (USF) def. Ioana Guna/Anna Philp (CIN) 6-2
3. Janvhi Clark/L. Pellicer Perello (USF) def. Caroline Morton/Emma Miceli (CIN) 6-3

Match Notes:
Cincinnati 12-11
USF 12-10
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (2,6,4,3,5)
American Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Championship Match 8

Up Next:
USF women's tennis will play the No. 6 seed SMU (11-11, 1-4), in the semifinals of the AAC Women's Tennis Championship Friday at 2 p.m. The Mustangs' record in the conference tournament is 7-5, as they've advanced to the semifinals almost every year, except in 2014.

Be sure to follow USF women's tennis on social media (Twitter / Facebook / Instagram) and visit GoUSFBulls.com for the most up-to-date information. Head coach Cristina Moros will be in her fifth year at the helm, as she led the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.

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