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MEMPHIS - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis picked up a pair of singles wins, but fell to No. 58 Memphis on the road Friday afternoon.
MEMPHIS 5, CINCINNATI 2
February 6, 2015 - Eldon Roark Tennis Center
Singles Order of Finish: 2,3,1,4,5,6
Doubles Order of Finish: 3,1
// DOUBLES:
No. 1 - Anki Wind/Alyssa Hibberd (Memphis) def. Lauren Bellinger/Kelly Poggensee-Wei (UC) 6-4
No. 2 - Liza Tymchenko/Marta Morga (Memphis) vs. Katya Bure/Ali Miller (UC) 4-3 unfinished
No. 3 - Kathryn Hughes/Tara McElroy (Memphis) def. Natalia Abdalla/Hannah Wille (UC) 6-1
The Bearcats were unable to secure the doubles point against the Tigers after the third doubles match went the way of Memphis by a 6-1 score. The tigers' No. 1 doubles due defeated Lauren Bellinger (Dublin, Ohio/Dubline Jerome) and Kelly Poggensee-Wei (Lake Villa, Ill./Grayslake North) by a 6-4 score. The pair of Memphis wins left the a closely contested doubles match on court two unfinished.
// SINGLES:
No. 1 - Kelly Poggensee-Wei (UC) def. Anki Wind (Memphis) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 - Liza Tymchenko (Memphis) def. Katya Bure (UC) 6-4, 6-0
No. 3 - Marta Morga (Memphis) def. Lauren Bellinger (UC) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
No. 4 - Ali Miller (UC) def. Kathryn Hughes (Memphis) 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 - Alyssa Hibberd (Memphis) def. Hannah Wille (UC) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -Tara McElroy (Memphis) vs. Natalia Abdalla (UC) 8-6
Ali Miller (Portsmouth, Ohio/Portsmouth) remained undefeated in singles play this year, earning a three-set win over Kathryn Hughes. The freshman lost a close first set by a 7-5 score before battling back to earn a 6-3 win in the second set and a 7-5 win in the third set.
Poggensee-Wei added to her singles total with a victory on court No. 1 over Anki Wind. The junior also lost the opening set only to rebound with wins by scores of 6-3 and 6-4 to secure the victory.
// COACH TOTH ON THE BEARCATS
"Today our girls put up another terrific fight against a good Memphis team and came up a little short," stated head coach Eric Toth. "IF we continue to compete like we have been in the early stages of this season and a few things break our way, we'll have a good opportunity to beat a ranked opponent. UCF will present another tremendous challenge tomorrow. We will again need to compete again at a high level and be opportunistic when matches come down the important stages for us to earn a conference win."
// UP NEXT:
Cincinnati will close the weekend out as they face conference foe Central Florida on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. The match will be a neutral site at
Eldon Roark Tennis Center.