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Bulls Drop Match to Denver, 4-0

January 26, 2020

Stanford, Calif., Jan. 26, 2020 – The University of South Florida women's tennis team dropped its second match of the season to University of Denver, 4-0, in a match for over an hour because of rain earlier in the day. The 2-2 start by the Bulls this season is the team's best through four matches since 2017.
 
Freshman Grace Eland (Manchester, England) and sophomore Laura Pellicer Perello (Gandia, Valencia, Spain) fought hard but dropped their doubles set, 6-4. Soon after, Denver's Tatum Burger and Toni Nelson clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 victory against sophomore Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritius) and junior Alexandria Mjos (Austin, Texas).
 
Denver extended its lead on court one as Melville defeated Boy, 6-2, 6-1 to push the Pioneers' lead to 2-0. Tiron also lost in straight sets to No.114 Britt Pursell on court three.
 
Lucia Garrigues (Valencia, Spain) won her first set, but Denver's Burger pushed back and took the next two sets to win the point, extending Denver's lead to 4-0 and clinching the match.
 
Pellicer, Mjos, and Eland's singles duels went unfinished.
 
Quotable
Head coach Cristina Moros on Friday's victory:
"Denver proved too tough for us down the stretch today in both doubles and singles. We had a lot of opportunities that we let slip and against a good team you cannot get away with that. We cannot get away with that. We have a lot of tennis ahead of us and I am confident this team will make the necessary adjustments to get on the same page."
 
Match Results:
Singles competition:
1) Taylor Melville (DEN) d. Amelia Boy (USF) 6-2, 6-1
2) Anna Riedmiller (DEN) vs. Laura Pellicer Perello (USF) unfinished
3) No. 114 Britt Pursell (DEN) d. Evelyne Tiron (USF) 6-3, 6-2
4) Hada Chang (DEN) vs. Alexandria Mjos (USF) unfinished
5) Tatum Burger (DEN) d. Lucia Garrigues-Melendez (USF) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
6) Camille Verden-Anderson (DEN) vs. Grace Eland (USF) unfinished
 
Doubles competition:
1) Chang/Melville (DEN) d. Boy/Mjos (USF) 6-4
2) Burger/Toni Nelson (DEN) d. Eland/Pellicer Perello (USF) 6-4
3) Alessia Truden/Verdan-Anderson (DEN) vs. Clark/Tiron (USF) unfinished
Order of Finish: 2, 1
 
Up Next:
USF returns home to the USF Varsity Tennis Courts on Feb. 2 and looks to bounce back against University of North Florida. Admission is free, along with free pizza will be provided to fans.
 
About Women's Tennis
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.