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CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team added a second-straight 4-3 win Friday morning, defeating Temple on the road. The victory moves the Bearcats to 4-1 this season.
// DOUBLES:
Order of Finish - 2, 1
No. 1 | Natalia Abdalla/Ali Miller (CIN) def. Alina Abdurakhimova/Anais Nussaume (TEM) 6-2
No. 2 | Harley Hutchison/Lauren Bellinger (CIN) def. Mariana Bedon/Yana Khon (TEM) 6-2
No. 3 | 3. Antonella Bramato/Katya Bure (CIN) def. Minami Okajima/Monet Stuckey-Willis (TEM) 5-4
The Bearcats picked up the doubles point for the first time in three matches thanks to the efforts on courts No. 1 and 2. Both duos were able to win by 6-2 margins. Cincinnati was leading 5-4 on the third court when play was stopped.
// SINGLES:
Order of Finish - 4,1,2,3,5,6
No. 1 | Ali Miller (CIN) def. Alina Abdurakhimova (TEM) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 | Lauren Bellinger (CIN) def. Monet Stuckey-Willis (TEM) 2-6, 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 | Antonella Bramato (CIN) def. Anais Nussaume (TEM) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
No. 4 | Minami Okajima (TEM) def. Natalia Abdalla (CIN) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 | Yana Khon (TEM) def. Katya Bure (CIN) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-0)
No. 6 | Mariana Bedon (TEM) def. Harley Hutchison (CIN) 6-2, 6-2
Temple evened the score out at one thanks to a win on court No. 4. However, the Bearcats took control from there, winning three-straight matches on courts No. 1, 2 and 3 to secure the victory for the Bearcats.
Ali Miller (Portsmouth, Ohio/Portsmouth) extended her winning streak to five straight to open the season, taking care of Alina Abdurakhimova 6-3, 6-2 on court No. 1. Since dropping the opening set of the season, Miller has won 10-straight for the Bearcats.
On courts No. 2 and 3, Lauren Bellinger (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) and Antonella Bramato () each rebounded from first-set losses. After dropping the first set 6-2, Bellinger stormed back 6-0 to force a third set. Bramato lost her opening set 6-4 before picking up the 6-3 win in the second.
Bellinger was first to secure her match with a 6-4 win in the third set. Bramato followed behind with a 7-5 victory to give the Bearcats the fourth point.
// COACH TOTH ON THE BEARCATS
"Today was another really gutsy effort by our squad," noted head coach Eric Toth. "We knew coming in that Temple has a group that competes very well and never goes away. I'm glad we had just enough to get today's win and get off to a good start in conference play."
"We must regroup quickly and be ready to go against Villanova tomorrow. The focus was to take each match one at a time and to be competing the best we can the entire weekend, not just in our conference match."