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TAMPA, Fla. - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team returned to action after a 13-day break but suffered a 6-1 conference loss to USF Tuesday afternoon in Tampa, Florida.
// DOUBLES
The Bearcats fell short of picking up the doubles point, falling in two of the three matches. The action on court No. 1 was tied at five all when play was stopped.
Order of Finish: 3,2
No. 1 | Vera Bessonova/Olga Martinez (USF) vs. Lauren Bellinger/Ali Miller (CIN) 5-5, unfinished
No. 2 | Juliana Cardoso/Jessica Chaves (USF) def. Antonella Bramato/Katya Bure (CIN) 6-4
No. 3 | Vanja Klaric/Chloe Murphy (USF) def. Natalia Abdalla/Harley Hutchison (CIN) 6-0
// SINGLES
The Bearcats battled through several singles matches but came away with just win on court No. 6. Hannah Wille (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway Central) won a three-set match against Chloe Murphy, winning the final-set tiebreaker by a 10-7 score.
Ali Miller (Portsmouth, Ohio/Portsmouth) and Lauren Bellinger (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) each lost in three sets. Miller won the first set in a tiebreaker only to see Jessica Chaves come back to win the second set 6-4 and earn the win in the third-set tiebreaker by a 10-7 score.
Bellinger battled back from a 6-1 loss in the opening frame to take a 7-6 win in the second set after a 7-4 win in the tiebreaker. Unfortunately, the junior lost the third-set tiebreaker by a 10-2 score.
Order of Finish: 5,3,4,2,1,6
No. 1 | Jessica Chaves (USF) def. Ali Miller (CIN) 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 2 | Vera Bessonova (USF) def. Lauren Bellinger (CIN) 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-2)
No. 3 | Olga Martinez (USF) def. Antonella Bramato (CIN) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 | Juliana Cardoso (USF) def. Katya Bure (CIN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 | Nicole Dzenga (USF) def. Harley Hutchison (CIN) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 | Hannah Wille (CIN) def. Chloe Murphy (USF) 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
// COACH TOTH ON THE BEARCATS
"USF is a very hot team right now and I felt our girls really handled everything well to compete and be in a position to win against a very good team today," noted head coach Eric Toth. "USF was just better when sets and matches came right down to the end. With Marquette tomorrow we are in for another battle. We'll need to be clicking and play very well to get a win."
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats will continue play in Florida, making the short trip over to Orlando to take on Marquette at 1 p.m.