CORAL GABLES, Fla., March 17, 2021 – The University of South Florida women's tennis team fought hard, but fell short against a No. 35-ranked University of Miami on Wednesday.
 
The Hurricanes (6-5) clinched the doubles point by taking sets on court one and two. However, Laura Pellicer (Gandia, Valencia, Spain) and Grace Eland (Manchester, England) got their second consecutive doubles win on court three, 6-4, defeating Miami's Daeveni Achong and Florencia Urrutia.
 
Miami clinched the duel for themselves after picking up the first three singles matches in straight sets. Even with the match decided, play continued on the remaining courts. The Bulls (5-8) got their first point on the board when Grace Schumacher (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia) defeated her second ranked opponent of the season with a victory over No. 87 Achong in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
 
On court five, Alex Mjos (Austin, Texas) took the first set, 6-3, but dropped the second set, 2-6, and eventually lost in a third set tiebreaker, 6-3, 2-6, 0-1(8-10). After dropping the first set, 6-4, Margriet Timmermans (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands) fought her way back to take set two, 7-5 and got her seventh singles win in a third set tiebreaker, 1-0 (10-7).
 
Quotable
Head coach Cristina Moros on Wednesday's loss:
"Proud of the way we responded as a whole from a setback yesterday. Grace Schumacher had an excellent couple of days in singles. And Margriet Timmermans bounced back big time after yesterday. Miami is a strong team and deserved the win."
 
Match Results:
Singles competition:
1. #2 E. Perez-Somarriba (UM) def. Laura Pellicer (USF) 6-2, 6-1
2. Isabella Pfennig (UM) def. Amelie Boy (USF) 6-0, 6-4
3. Grace Schumacher (USF) def. #87 Daevenia Achong (UM) 6-3, 6-3
4. Florencia Urrutia (UM) def. Evelyne Tiron (USF) 6-4, 6-1
5. Maya Tahan (UM) def. Alexandria Mjos (USF) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
6. Margriet Timmermans (USF) def. Nada Dimovska (UM) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7)
Order of Finish: (1,2,4,3,5,6)
 
Doubles competition:
1. E. Perez-Somarriba/Isabella Pfennig (UM) def. Amelie Boy/Alexandria Mjos (USF) 6-2
2. Diana Khodan/Maya Tahan (UM) def. Grace Schumacher/Margriet Timmermans (USF) 6-3
3. Grace Eland/Laura Pellicer (USF) def. Daevenia Achong/Florencia Urrutia (UM) 6-4
Order of Finish: (2,1,3)
 
Up Next:
South Florida returns home to host ETSU on Friday at noon, followed by a match against Central Arkansas on Monday, March 22 at 1 p.m.
 
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 sixth year at the helm, as she led the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.