TicketsOXFORD, Ohio - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team drop the doubles point, but picked up five singles wins to secure the road victory over Miami (Ohio) Saturday afternoon.
// DOUBLES
Order of Finish: 2,1,3
No. 1 | Bellinger/Poggensee-Wei (CIN) def. Ponomareva/Vasiukhina (MIAMI) 6-4
No. 2 | A. Shapovalova/Shteyn (MIAMI) def. Morton/Philp (CIN) 6-3
No. 3 | Badileanu/Struble (MIAMI) def. Hutchison/Bramato (CIN) 6-3
The RedHawks took an early lead after picking up the doubles point thanks to wins on courts No. 2 and 3. Lauren Bellinger (Dubin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) and Kelly Poggensee-Wei (Lake Villa, Ill./Grayslake North) added the lone doubles win for UC by a 6-4 score.
// SINGLES
Order of Finish: 2,6,4,5,3,1
No. 1 | Lauren Bellinger (CIN) def. A. Shapovalova (MIAMI) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
No. 2 | Kelly Poggensee-Wei (CIN) def. Hannah Shteyn (MIAMI) 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 | Antonella Bramato (CIN) def. Nelli Ponomareva (MIAMI) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 | Andreea Badileanu (MIAMI) def. Caroline Morton (CIN) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
No. 5 | Anna Philp (CIN) def. Emily Struble (MIAMI) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
No. 6 | Harley Hutchison (CIN) def. A. Vasiukhina (MIAMI) 6-0, 6-4
It was the all Bearcats during singles action with UC picking up five of six wins. Poggensee-Wei added the first victory by a 6-0, 6-2 score before Harley Hutchison (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy) added a 6-0, 6-4 win and gave UC a 2-0 lead.
Miami evened the score at 2-2 with a win on court No. 4 before Anna Philp (Burlington, Ontario/Burlington Central) and Antonella Bramato (Pachuca, Mexico/Elise Freinet) added wins to secure the victory for the Bearcats. Bramato battled back from a first-set loss, capping the win with a 6-0 sweep in the final frame. Bellinger also added a three-set win by scores of 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
// COACH TOTH ON THE BEARCATS
"This is a really nice early-season win for our girls," stated Toth of the victory. "I am really happy for them and probably most impressed with how sound we were in singles. Collectively, we need matches and I am maybe just a little surprised of how good our quality was today being we are very early in our season. Another challenge awaits at Indiana. We can't be too impressed with our result today and be ready to compete against another good program tomorrow."