TicketsHOUSTON - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team was swept by conference foe No. 48 Houston 6-0 on Thursday afternoon.
No. 48 Houston 6, Cincinnati, 0
March 19, 2015 - Houston Country Club
Singles Order of Finish | 3, 1, 2, 1, 5, 6
Doubles Order of Finish | 2, 3
// DOUBLES
No. 1 - Maria Cardenas/Tina Rupert (UH) vs. Lauren Bellinger/Kelly Poggensee-Wei (UC) 2-4, unfinished
No. 2 - Charlotte Phillips/Elena Kordolaimi (UH) def. Katya Bure/Ali Miller (UC) 6-1
No. 3 - Mina Markovic/Angela Lorenzo (UH) def. Hannah Wille/Natalia Abdalla (UC) 6-1
The Bearcats dropped doubles matches on courts two and three by identical scores of 6-1.
// SINGLES
No. 1 - #107 Elena Kordolaimi (UH) def. Kelly Poggensee-Wei (UC) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Tina Rupert (UH) def. Katya Bure (UC) 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 - Mina Markovic (UH) def. Ali Miller (UC) 6-2, 3-0, retired
No. 4 - Maria Cardenas (UH) def. Lauren Bellinger (UC) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 - Angela Lorenzo (UH) def. Hannah Wille (UC) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 - Charlotte Phillips (UH) vs. Samantha Perry (UC) 7-5, unfinished
Cincinnati fell in four courts today and didn't finish in the remaining two. Junior Kelly Poggensee-Wei (Lake Villa, Ill./Grayslake North) saw her nine-game winning streak end by ranked opponent Elena Kordolaimi.
// COACH TOTH ON THE BEARCATS
"Houston is among the class of the league and they we'recertainly the better team today. Our squad needs to keep making improvements in areas where needed and earn the quality wins left on our schedule so we will have the confidence to compete better against top level AAC teams at our conference tournament next month."
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will look to bounce back when they welcome Marquette on Sunday, March 22 at noon. The Bearcats will play their first match of the season at outdoor facility Trabert- Talbert Tennis Center.