Tickets// CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati women's tennis looks to open its season at home against Northern Illinois on Saturday. The match is set to start at noon ET and will take place in the Western Athletic Club.
The Bearcats, who saw their 2019-20 spring season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic return eight players from a year ago.
"The true measure with all these girls is match play, and we didn't get any of that last spring, but that changes on Saturday," UC head coach Eric Toth said. "The important part is that you get a chance to compete as a team and these girls have proven already that they can make the sacrifices to make it work. They've done a really good job and I'm really proud of all of them."
Redshirt senior Anna Philp returns for her fifth year as a Bearcat. In her senior year season of 2019-20, Philp recorded a 9-3 record in singles play and 12-5 mark in doubles action. During fall 2019, she went 7-1 in singles play and 3-3 in doubles action. In the shortened 2020 spring season she was able to start with a record of 2-2 in singles and a doubles record of 9-2.
Joining Philp in the upperclassman role is transfer redshirt senior Kim Gintrand. Gintrand played her previous three seasons at Alabama where she was a two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete. Redshirt juniors Alexia Countino, Ioana Guna, Amanda Huser and Emma Miceli are also set to return for the Bearcats.
Maria Santilli is the only sophomore set to play for the Bearcats in 2021. Santilli went 13-5 in singles play and 6-3 in doubles play action in 2019-20. In fall 2019, Santilli posted a singles record of 4-3 and a doubles record of 4-2, while last spring she posted a singles record of 9-2 and matched her fall doubles record of 4-2.
The freshman class consists of redshirt freshmen Sofia Bruno and Kelli Nieaus, and newcomers Kim Gintrand, Hayley Hirsch, Cassie McLay and Sanjana Reddy.
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