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CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team won the opening set in four singles matches, but couldn't finish off Marshall, eventually suffering a 6-1 non-conference loss Friday night inside the Western Tennis & Fitness Club.
// DOUBLES
Order of Finish: 1,3,2
No. 1 | Turhan/ Pomyatinskaya (MAR) def. Bellinger/Poggensee-Wei (CIN) 6-1
No. 2 | Morales/ Silver (MAR) def. Morton/ Philp (CIN) 7-6 (7-5)
No. 3 | Bramato/ Hutchison (CIN) def. Smith/Dankanych (MAR) 6-4
The Bearcats played arguably the most competitive doubles match of the season Friday night. After Marshall picked up a win on the first court, Antonella Bramato (Pachuca, Mexico/Elise Freinet) and Harley Hutchison (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy) picked up a 6-4 win on court No. 3.
All attention then turned to the second court where a duo of freshmen were battling. Anna Philp (Burlington, Ontario/Burlington Central) and Caroline Morton (Dubuque, Iowa/Evert Tennis Academy) played a tight match, but came up just short in the tiebreaker.
// SINGLES
Order of Finish: 1,3,4,6,5,2
No. 1 | #90 Derya Turhan (MAR) def. Lauren Bellinger (CIN) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 | Stephanie Smith (MAR) def. Kelly Poggensee-Wei (CIN) 6-7 (7-1), 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 3 | #94 Maddie Silver (MAR) def. Antonella Bramato (CIN) 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 | Anna Pomyatinskaya (MAR) def. Caroline Morton (CIN) 1-6, 7-6 (7-6), 6-2
No. 5 | Anna Philp (CIN) def. Rachael Morales (MAR) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
No. 6 | Daniela Dankanych (MAR) def. Harley Hutchison (CIN) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
The Bearcats started strong in singles play with first-set wins on four courts. The only opening frames UC dropped were to ITA ranked players on courts No. 1 and No. 3. However, Marshall fought back to win the second set on three of the four courts.
Meanwhile, Marshall wrapped up the second and third point and took a 3-0 lead with wins on the first and third courts, forcing the Bearcats to sweep the remaining singles matches for a chance at a win.
With three of the remaining four matches in the third set, Marshall was able to secure the win with a three-set victory on court No. 5. The Thundering Herd went on to win two of the remaining three matches to account for the 6-1 win. Philp picked up her team-leading fourth singles win to remain undefeated this season. The freshman has dropped just one set to open her career as a Bearcat.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will play a pair of matches next weekend, traveling to Wright State on Saturday, Feb. 11 before hosting Ball State on Sunday, Feb. 12. The match at Western Tennis & Fitness Club will start at 2 p.m.