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CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis dropped a match to crosstown rival Xavier by a score of 7-0 Wednesday evening in Cincinnati.
Xavier 7, Cincinnati 0
April 1, 2015 -- Xavier University Tennis Courts
Singles Order of Finish: 1, 6, 2, 4, 5, 3
Doubles Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
// DOUBLES
No. 1 -- Amina Ismail/Sydney Liggins (XU) def. Lauren Bellinger/Kelly Poggensee-Wei (UC) 8-5
No. 2 -- Alex Brinker/Lauren Ghidotti (XU) def. Katya Bure/Natalia Abdalla (UC) 8-2
No. 3 -- Cristina Di Lorenzo/Daniella Patton (XU) def. Samantha Perry/Hannah Wille (UC) 8-3
The Bearcats fell in all three of their matches during doubles play, giving the Musketeers an early 1-0 lead.
// SINGLES
No. 1 -- Sydney Liggins (XU) def. Kelly Poggensee-Wei (UC) 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 -- Alex Brinker (XU) def. Katya Bure (UC) 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 -- Amina Ismail (XU) def. Lauren Bellinger (UC) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (5)
No. 4 -- Cristina Di Lorenzo (XU) def. Hannah Wille (UC) 6-4, 6-2,
No. 5 -- Lauren Ghidotti (XU) def. Natalia Abdalla (UC) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (8)
No. 6 -- Daniella Patton (XU) vs. Samantha Perry (UC) 6-0, 6-2
After takikng the first set by a 6-3 score, Lauren Bellinger (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) dropped the second set and evetually lost in the third set tiebreaker
Natalia Abdalla (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Augusto Laranja) had her own three set match, after bouncing back to win the second set 7-5, but eventually fell to Lauren Ghidotti.
// COACH TOTH ON THE BEARCATS
"Xavier was simply the better team from start to finish today. We need to be able to sustain our level of play better from start to finish to get back to playing where we were earlier in the season."
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will look to bounce back when they host Northern Kentucky in the final home game of the season Tuesday, April 7 at 3 p.m.