TicketsCINCINNATI - In a match that went down to the wire, The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team dropped a heartbreaker to Ball State on Sunday afternoon inside Western Tennis & Fitness Club by a 4-3 score.
Ball State 4, Cincinnati 3
February 22, 2015 - Western Tennis & Fitness Center
Singles Order of Finish | 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 6
Doubles Order of Finish | 3, 2
// DOUBLES:
No. 1 | Bellinger/Poggensee-Wei (UC) vs. Calderon/Earnest (BSU), 5-4 unfinished
No. 2 | Moore/Wild (BSU) def. Bure/Miller (UC) 6-4
No. 3 | Ormond/Large (BSU) def. Abdalla/Wille (UC) 6-3
The Bearcats were unable to get the first point of the match as they dropped decisions on courts two and three by a score of 6-4, and 6-3. The duo of Lauren Bellinger (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) and Kelly Poggensee-Wei (Lake Villa, Ill./Grayslake North had a 5-4 lead when the doubles point was decided.
// SINGLES:
No. 1 | Poggensee-Wei (UC) def. Earnest (BSU), 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 | Wild (BSU) def. Bure (UC), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 | Rang (BSU) def. Miller (UC), 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 | Bellinger (UC) def. Moore (TU), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 | Ormond (BSU) def. Wille (UC), 6-2, 7-5
No. 6 | Abdalla (UC) def. Large (BSU), 6-0, 4-6, (2)
After starting off the singles match down 4-1, Poggensee-Wei would win six of the next seven games to take the first set by a score of 7-5. The Lake Villa native carried her momentum into the second set to win handily 6-3.
Bellinger began her singles match on a strong note, putting her opponent away in the first set 6-2. She allowed just three points to her opponent in the second set to earn a 6-3 win and give the Bearcats the first win in singles action.
Abdalla made light of her opponent in the first set sweeping her 6-0. During the second set a back-and-forth battle occured and Large of Ball State was able to hold off Abdalla, winning the second set 6-4. The freshman would follow up in the deciding tiebreaker with a commanding performance winning 10-2.
Miller saw her undefeated singles streak snapped in a closely contested match. After winning the first set in a tiebreaker Miller dropped the second set 6-4. Miller fell behind 3-0 after the first three games of the third-set tiebreaker but bounced back winning four of the next six games but ultimately dropped the game by a 6-4 score.
// UP NEXT:
Cincinnati will be off the next two weeks before they continue their home stand and face off against Marshall on Friday, March 6 at 4 p.m. at the Western Tennis & Fitness Club.