Match Details
South Florida 4, Houston 2
South Florida (5-11), Houston (11-7)
Friday, March 25, 2022 | 10:30 a.m.
Tampa, Fla. | USF Varsity Tennis Courts
 
TAMPA (March 25, 2022) – The University of South Florida women's tennis team won convincingly on Friday afternoon at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts, defeating Houston 4-2.

The Bulls (5-11) took two doubles matches and three in singles to clinch the victory against the Cougars (11-7).

In doubles play, USF's Grace Schumacher (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia) and Margriet Timmermans (Bergen Op Zoom, Netherlands) won on Court 1, 6-2, before Houston responded on Court 2 with a 6-2 win of their own.

The doubles point came down to Court 3 where the Bulls' Laura Pellicer (Gandia, Valencia, Spain) and Selin Yaylali (Gainesville, Fla.) put together a dominant performance to defeat Elena Trencheva and Sophie Gertis, 6-2.

In singles, the Cougars' Gabriela Giraldo evened the match up at one-all, defeating Yaylali, 6-2, 6-1 on court 6.

The Bulls' first singles point came after Houston's Blanca Cortijo Parreno was disqualified on Court 5. USF's Kiana Mokhtari (Hemel, Hempstead, England) was leading 6-6 (6-5) in the first set before the match was called.

The Bulls and Houston split Courts 3 and 4, with Pellicer defeating the Cougars' Azul Pedemonti 6-3, 6-3 on Court 3, while USF's Amelie Boy (Trianon, Mauritius) fell 6-2, 6-2 to Sophie Gertis on Court 4.

The Bulls clinched the match victory on Court 1, with Schumacher defeating Houston's Maria Dzemeshkevich 6-3, 6-2.

Quotable – USF Head Coach Cristina Moros
"We talked before this match about how we really wanted to end our last part of our season, so this was a good start tonight. We've been close so many times, we've played some good teams really, really close, and it just hasn't come out on our end too often. So, for that to happen today, the girls deserve it so I'm glad they got it."

Up Next
The Bulls are back in action Friday, April 1, at noon to take on Rice at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.

Match Results
Doubles
1. Pedemonti/Cortijo Parreno (UH) def. Amelie Boy/Sierra Berry (USF) 6-2
2. Grace Schumacher/Margriet Timmermans (USF) def. Slisane/Dzemeshkevich (UH) 6-2
3. Laura Pellicer/Selin Yaylali (USF) def. Trencheva/Gertis (UH) 6-2

Order of finish for doubles: (2,1,3)
 
Singles
1. Grace Schumacher (USF) def. Maria Dzemeshkevich (UH) 6-3, 6-2
2. Sierra Berry (USF) vs. Laura Slisane (UH) 6-1, 3-2, unfinished
3. Laura Pellicer (USF) def. Azul Pedemonti (UH) 6-3, 6-3
4. Sophie Gertis (UH) def. Amelie Boy (USF) 2-6, 2-6
5. Kiana Mokhtari (USF) def. B. Cortjo Parreno (UH) 6-6 (6-5), by default
6. Selin Yaylali (USF) vs. Gabriella Giraldo (UH) 2-6, 1-6
 
Order of finish for singles: (6,5,4,3,1) 

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 seventh year at the helm, as she led the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.