Tampa, Fla. (January 27, 2024) – The University of South Florida women's tennis team dropped a pair of matches at the ITA Kickoff Weekend on January 26-27. The Bulls fell to host and No. 4-nationally ranked Georgia to begin competition before taking on Arizona in the consolation round.

USF suffered 4-0 setbacks in both matches with play against Arizona being shifted to a different location due to weather and consisting of only singles matches.

No. 4 Georgia

South Florida went up against a pair of ranked doubles teams and five ranked singles opponents against the Georgia Bulldogs.

Doubles 1: No. 58 Dasha Vidmonova/Aysegul Mert defeated Grace Schumacher/Nadja Bay Christians, 6-0
Doubles 2: No. 15 Guillermina Grant/Mai Nirundorn defeated Rhea Makesar/Ireland Simme, 6-0.
Singles 5: Grant defeated Gargi Pawar, 6-0, 6-0
Singles 4: No. 70 Anastasiia Lopata defeated Marta Falceto Font, 6-1, 6-2
Singles 6: No. 108 Nirundorn defeated Makesar, 6-0, 6-0

Arizona
Singles 6: Tanvi Narendran defeated Makesar, 6-1, 6-0
Singles 4: Midori Castillo-Meza defeated Kelly Vargas, 6-1, 6-0
Singles 5: Brandelyn Fulgenzi defeated Falceto Font, 6-1, 6-3
Singles 1: Reece Carter defeated Schumacher, 6-2, 6-3

Up Next
The Bulls return to Tampa for their next four matches beginning with UNF on Saturday, February 3 at 11 a.m.

About Women's Tennis
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Head coach Cristina Moros, a former collegiate national champion and four-time All-American, is in her ninth year at the helm entering the 2023-24 season. She was named the 2017 AAC Coach of the Year after leading the Bulls to the conference championship that season.
 
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