TAMPA, FLA. (March 9, 2025) -The South Florida women's tennis team (4-9) swept Toledo (7-3), 6-1, and Liberty (5-9), 4-3, on Friday and Sunday at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.

On Friday against Toledo, the Bulls took an early 1-0 lead with a doubles sweep over the Rockets. Sienna Leeson and Margherita Marcon secured the opening doubles victory on Court One, 6-1. Josefine Falster and Charlotte Ruud replicated that performance on Court Three, closing out paired play with another 6-1 win.

In singles play, Melisa Senli dominated Court One with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. Shortly after, Sienna Leeson delivered a strong win in two sets (6-1, 6-3) on Court Two. Margherita Marcon clinched the match for USF with a hard-fought (5-7, 6-2, 6-0) victory on Court Three. The Bulls went on to take two of the final three singles matches, securing a 6-1 overall win.

On Sunday against Liberty, the Flames claimed the opening doubles point. Although Sienna Leeson and Margherita Marcon earned a 6-2 win on Court One, the Bulls dropped the final two doubles matches.

Josefine Falster collected USF's first point in singles action, winning her first collegiate solo start with a (6-1, 7-5) victory on Court Five. Falster's win sparked a streak of three consecutive singles victories by Melisa Senli (Court One; 7-6, 6-2), Charlotte Ruud (Court Four; 2-6, 6-3, 6-3), and Sienna Leeson (Court Two; 6-4, 2-6, 7-6), who clinched the win for the Bulls.

Following the weekend's matches, USF enters Wednesday's match on a three-game win streak—their first multi-game win streak in a season since March 2024.

UP NEXT
South Florida concludes their five-match home stand on Wednesday, March 12th against Gonzaga. Start time is slated for 10 a.m. EST and streamed live on YouTube.

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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.