USF Women’s Tennis Drops A 4-0 Decision Against TCU
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 1, 2020 –The University of South Florida women's tennis team fought hard on TCU's courts, but dropped the match on a 4-0 decision on Sunday afternoon.
TCU came out strong from the start taking the first doubles set against Senior
Janvhi Clark (Tauranga, New Zealand) and sophomore
Selin Yaylali (Gainesville, Florida). Soon after, TCU's Margaret Polk and Stevie Kennedy took the doubles point with a 6-3 win against freshman
Grace Eland (Manchester, England) and sophomore Laura Pellicer (Gandia, Valencia, Spain).
TCU then won the next two singles courts in straight sets. In the deciding match, Pellicer dropped the first set but was able to fight back and force a third set against No. 69 Marie Norris. The Horned Frogs took the third set to clinch the match win.
Sophomore
Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritius) dropped her first set but was able to force a third set against No. 119 Mercedes Aristegui that went unfinished. Clark, who saw her first singles action of the season and freshman Lucia Garrigues (Valencia, Spain) both won the first set on their courts, but play was called due to TCU clinching the win.
Quotable
Head coach Cristina Moros on Sunday's match:
"I thought we put up an extremely good fight in tough conditions but couldn't quite get the job done today. Our team showed some growth and I was very proud of them for that. We are heading in the right direction as we enter the second half of our season so we will continue to build on that."
Match Results:
Singles competition:
1. Marie Norris (TCU) def. Laura Pellicer (USF) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
2. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) vs.
Amelie Boy (USF) 6-1, 6-7 (4-0), 0-3, unfinished
3. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) def. Alexandra Mjos (USF) 6-2, 6-3
4. Margaret Polk (TCU) def.
Grace Eland (USF) 6-4, 7-6
5. Addy Guevara (TCU) vs. Lucia Garrigues (USF) 5-7, 6-6, unfinished
6. Chloe Hule (TCU) vs.
Janvhi Clark (USF) 4-6, 7-6 (0-5), unfinished
Order of finish: (3,4,1)
Doubles competition:
1. Marie Norris/Addy Guevara (TCU) vs. Alexandra Mjos/
Amelie Boy (USF) 3-4, unfinished
2. Margaret Polk/Stevie Kennedy (TCU) def.
Grace Eland/Laura Pellicer (USF) 6-3
3. Mercedes Aristegui/Chloe Hule (TCU) def.
Janvhi Clark/
Selin Yaylali (USF) 6-1
Order of finish: (3,2)
Up Next:
USF (4-6) travels back home to face Lehigh (5-4) at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts on Sunday, March 8 at noon.
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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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