Bulls Sweep FAMU to Clinch First Win, 7-0

Sunday, February 2

Tampa, Fla.

12:00 P.M.

University of South Florida

FAMU

USF Women's Tennis vs. Texas State (1/31)

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Bulls Sweep FAMU to Clinch First Win, 7-0

February 02, 2025 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

TAMPA, FLA. (February 2nd, 2025) - The South Florida women's tennis team (1-4) earned their first win of the season, 7-0, against Florida A&M (0-4) at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts on Sunday afternoon.

For the Bulls, it is the first sweep since March 13th, 2024, when the team won 7-0 over Cleveland State.

After a defaulted win on Court Three for USF, the pairing of Sienna Leeson/Margherita Marcon secured the opening match point with a 6-1 victory on Court One over FAMU's Sara Rakim/Genesis Whitelock.

In singles play, the Bulls added another point off a defaulted Court Six by the Rattlers. USF swept five straight solo matches to take the overall victory. Dharani Niroshan highlighted the sweep with a 2-3 comeback in set one that concluded in ten-straight game wins to take Court Five (6-3, 6-0). Niroshan and Margherita Marcon earned their first collegiate win.

UP NEXT
South Florida continues their stretch of in-state opponents on Friday, February 7th against Florida Gulf Coast. Start time is slated for 1 p.m.

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Head coach Cristina Moros, a former collegiate national champion and four-time All-American, is in her 10th year at the helm entering the 2024-25 season. She was named the 2017 AAC Coach of the Year after leading the Bulls to the conference championship that season.