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CINCINNATI- The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team picked up their third conference win of the year after sweeping East Carolina by a score of 4-0.
CINCINNATI 4, ECU 0
April 11, 2015
Singles Order of Finish: 1,4,3
Doubles Order of Finish: 2,1, 3
// DOUBLES
No. 1 -- Poggensee-Wei/Bellinger (UC) def. Castro/LaDuca (ECU), 6-3
No. 2 -- Gomez/Wanko (ECU) def. Miller/Bure (UC), 6-2
No. 3 -- Abdalla/Wille (UC) def. Gray/Hoch (ECU), 7-5
The Bearcats had fallen behind early after dropping the first doubles match on court No. two 6-2. Cincinnati was able to bounce back in courts No. one and three to pick up the doubles point and take the 1-0 lead going into singles action.
// SINGLES
No. 1 -- Kelly Poggensee-Wei(UC) def. Nicole LaDuca (ECU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 -- Michelle Castro(ECU) vs. Katya Bure(UC), 7-5, 5-2, unfinished
No. 3 -- Ali Miller(UC) def. Maria Gomez (ECU), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 4 -- Lauren Bellinger(UC) def. Sarah Sarjoo (ECU), 7-6 (7-2), 6-0
No. 5 -- Hannah Wille(UC) vs. Katie Hoch (ECU), 6-0, 1-6, 3-1, unfinished
No. 6 -- Neena Wanko (ECU) vs.Natalia Abdalla (UC), 2-6, 6-3, 3-0, unfinished
The Bearcats continued their momentum from doubles play into single action.Kelly Poggensee-Wei(Lake Villa, Ill./Grayslake North) made light of her opponent as she was able to take her down by a margin of 6-2, 6-1.
Lauren Bellinger (Dublin, Ohio/ Dublin Jerome) was next to take her adversary down after going into a tiebreaker in the first set but was able to hold on to win 7-6 (2). Bellinger would dominate Sarjoo in the second set sweeping her 6-0 to give the Bearcats a 3-0 lead.
Ali Miller(Portsmouth, Ohio/Portsmouth) picked up the fourth and final point to give the Bearcats the win. Miller started strong winning her first set 6-1. Miller wastaken the distance in the second set, with the match requiring a tiebreaker, but the Portsmouth native was able to hold on 7-6 (5)
// COACH TOTH ON THE BEARCATS
"I'm really proud of how our girls handled some really adverse, windy conditions today to beat a good East Carolina team. We need to follow up today's performance with another strong showing against a good UCONN team tomorrow to put us in good position heading into next week's AAC tournament."
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats will close their regular season when they face conference rival UCONN on Sunday, April 12.