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ORLANDO - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team capped a pair of spring break matches Wednesday with a 4-3 win over Marquette.
// DOUBLES
Cincinnati lost the doubles point after the Golden Eagles took victories on the first and second courts. Natalia Abdalla (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Augusto Laranja) and Harley Hutchison (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy) won 6-3 on court No. 3 for the Bearcats.
Order of Finish: 1,2,3
No. 1 | Silvia Ambrosio/Erin Gebes (MU) def. Lauren Bellinger/Ali Miller (CIN) 6-3
No. 2 | Diana Tokar/Paula Tormos Sanchez (MU) def. Antonella Bramato/Katya Bure (CIN) 6-4
No. 3 | Natalia Abdalla/Harley Hutchison (CIN) def. Leoni Daems/Aleeza Kanner (MU) 6-3
// SINGLES
Cincinnati was in total control during singles action, winning the opening set on all six courts. Hannah Wille (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway Central) added the first point for UC after earning set wins by the scores of 6-3 and 6-2.
The bottom of the UC lineup continued to take control of the match as Katya Bure (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) won on court No. 5 6-3, 6-4 Antonella Bramato (Pachuca, Mexico/Elise Freinet) secured a point for UC with a 7-5, 6-2 victory.
Holding a 3-1 lead the Bearcats needed just one win on either of the last three courts to earn the win. With Lauren Bellinger (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) and Ali Miller (Portsmouth, Ohio/Portsmouth) both heading to decisive third-sets, Hutchison clinched things up in her second set with a 6-4 win to give UC the victory.
Order of Finish: 6,4,3,5,1,2
No. 1 | Silvia Ambrosio (MU) def. Ali Miller (CIN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 | Erin Gebes (MU) def. Lauren Bellinger (CIN) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
No. 3 | Antonella Bramato (CIN) def. Diana Tokar (MU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 4 | Katya Bure (CIN) def. Paula Tormos Sanchez (MU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 | Harley Hutchison (CIN) def. Aleeza Kanner (MU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 | Hannah Wille (CIN) def. Courtney Hebard (MU) 6-3, 6-2
// COACH TOTH ON THE BEARCATS
"We are very pleased with today's outcome," noted head coach Eric Toth. "We knew it was going to be another match that was tightly contested and come right down to the wire and that certainly was the case. The bottom of our lineup gets huge credit today for stepping up and propelling us to today's victory. The last month of the season heading into the American tournament promises to be an exciting one with many tough matches ahead. We'll take things one match at a time and hopefully keep improving so we can be at our best at the end of the season."
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats return home for the first time in over a month on Wednesday, March 30 for a meeting with Wright State. The match will start at 3 p.m. at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center.