Bulls Fall To UNF On The Road, 6-1
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 8, 2021 – University of South Florida women's tennis team lost to North Florida on the road on Monday, 6-1.
Freshman
Grace Schumacher (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia) and sophomore
Margriet Timmermans (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands) dropped their doubles set, 6-2 to Catherine Gulihur and Ana Paula Melilo. Soon after, North Florida's Lucia Montano and Constanza Gorches clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 victory against junior
Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritius) and senior
Evelyne Tiron (Bucharest, Romania).
The Ospreys picked up the next three singles points to clinch the win. The Bulls continued to fight on the remaining three courts with Boy, Tiron, and sophomore Lucia Garrigues (Valencia, Spain) forcing their courts to third set tiebreakers. Boy got the lone point for the Bulls to close the match defeating No. 84 Lucia Montano, 6-4, 0-6, 10-5.
Quotable
Head coach Cristina Moros on Monday's loss:
"That match really could have gone either way on all the courts. UNF did better than us under pressure and they deserve the win. Our team is improving with each match that they play and I know the experience today will help them as the season goes on."
Match Results:
Singles competition:
1.
Amelie Boy (USF) def. Lucia Montano (UNF-W) 6-4, 0-6, 10-5
2. Catherine Gulihur (UNF-W) def.
Grace Schumacher (USF) 6-4, 6-4
3. Ana Paula Melilo (UNF-W) def.
Evelyne Tiron (USF) 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 11-9
4. Constanza Gorches (UNF-W) def. Laura Pellicer (USF) 7-5, 6-2
5. Valentina Mariotto (UNF-W) def. Lucia Garrigues (USF) 7-5, 1-6, 11-9
6. Summer Yardley (UNF-W) def.
Alexandria Mjos (USF) 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: (4,2,6,3,5,1)
Doubles competition:
1. Catherine Gulihur/Ana Paula Melilo (UNF-W) def.
Grace Schumacher/
Margriet Timmermans (USF) 6-2
2. Lucia Montano/Constanza Gorches (UNF-W) def.
Amelie Boy/
Evelyne Tiron (USF) 6-3
3. Valentina Mariotto/Sean Lodkzki (UNF-W) vs.
Grace Eland/Laura Pellicer (USF) 5-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: (1,2))
Up Next:
South Florida returns home to host No. 21 Florida on Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts. Due to virus mitigation measures and the size of the venue, USF will not allow fans inside the USF Varsity Tennis Courts complex.
About Women's Tennis
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Head coach Cristina Moros will be in her sixth year at the helm, as she led the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.
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