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Cincinnati Concludes Weekend at Pam Whitehead Invitational

by Ally Glass

The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program finished a weekend of action at home, hosting the Pam Whitehead Invitational at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Courts in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Cincinnati Concludes Weekend at Pam Whitehead InvitationalCincinnati Concludes Weekend at Pam Whitehead Invitational
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CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program finished a weekend of action at home, hosting the Pam Whitehead Invitational at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Courts in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Bearcats hosted Marshall, Louisville and Miami (OH).
Cincinnati claimed 11 singles wins and five doubles wins over the two-day event.
Freshman Tara Kurepa earned her first victory as a Bearcat in doubles alongside partner Morgan Pryz, and freshman Ana Arsic also secured her first win as a Bearcat in doubles, teaming with Milica Popovski on the first day versus Marshall. Freshman Caterina Greco notched her first win as a Bearcat on day two in singles over Miami (OH).
The duo of Kurepa and Pryz combined for two doubles wins (6-1 vs. Marshall and 6-3 vs. Louisville), while Popovski and Arsic (6-3 vs. Marshall) and Isabel Pacheco and Sakurako Watanabe (6-2 vs. Marshall) each contributed a doubles win.
Kurepa led the Bearcats in singles action with two victories over Louisville and Miami (OH). Arsic and Popovski each recorded two singles wins, while Pacheco contributed three singles victories and Greco added a win over Miami (OH) to end the weekend.
Doubles resulted in a three-way tie, in which the tri-champions are Peresypina/Miret (LOU), Kurepa/Pryz (UC) and Gaines/Davis (LOU) with 6.
Singles play concluded with Alina Mokrynskaya (MAR) as champion, finishing with 18.

// DAY ONE RESULTS

Doubles

Cincinnati vs. Miami (OH)

  1. Pryz/Watanabe (UC) def. Komar/Oliviera (MOH) 6-0
  2. Faulkner/Chavez (MOH) def. Arsic/Popovski (UC) 6-4
  3. Risner/Voss (MOH) def. Greco/Pacheco (UC) 6-0

Marshall vs. Louisville

  1. Peresypkina/Miret (LOU) def. Mokrynskaya/Berzina (MAR) 6-4
  2. Gaines/Davis (LOU) def. Copley/Quazzani (MAR) 6-4
  3. Smith/Riley (MAR) def. Noguero/Gallegos (LOU) 6-3

Cincinnati vs. Marshall

  1. Kurepa/Pryz (UC) def. Mokrynskaya/Copley (MAR) 6-1
  2. Popovski/Arsic (UC) def. Berzina/Smith (MAR) 6-3
  3. Pacheco/Watanabe (UC) def. Quazzani/Riley (MAR) 6-2

Miami (OH) vs. Louisville

  1. Peresypkina/Miret (LOU) def. Oliviera/Faulkner (MOH) 6-2
  2. Gaines/Davis (LOU) def. Chavez/Komar (MOH) 6-3
  3. Noguero/Gallegos (LOU) def. Valentinsson/Risner (MOH) 6-3

Singles

Cincinnati vs. Louisville

  1. Noguero (LOU) def. Watanabe (UC) 4-6, 3-6, 10-4
  2. Davis (LOU) def. Arsic (UC) 6-4, 6-0
  3. Miret (LOU) def. Popovski (UC) 6-2, 6-4
  4. Kurepa(UC) def. Gallegos (LOU) 6-3, 1-6, 10-3
  5. Pacheco (UC) def. Gaines (LOU) 5-7, 7-6 (5), 10-8
  6. Jaswal (LOU) def. Greco (UC) 1-6, 6-3, 10-8

Miami (OH) vs. Marshall

  1. Mokrynskaya (MAR) def. Oliveira (MOH) 7-5, 5-7, 10-2
  2. Faulkner (MOH) def. Quazzani (MAR) 6-1, 6-7 (7), 10-8
  3. Smith (MAR) def. Risner (MOH) 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
  4. Chavez (MOH) def. Copley (MAR) 6-2, 6-2
  5. Voss (MOH) def. Berzina (MAR) 4-6, 6-3, 11-9
  6. Valentinsson (MOH) def. Limanen (MAR) 6-0, 6-0

// DAY TWO RESULTS

Doubles

Cincinnati vs. Louisville

  1. Kurepa/Pryz (UC) def. Peresypina/Miret (LOU) 6-3
  2. Gaines/Davis (LOU) def. Pacheco/Watanabe (UC) 7-6
  3. Noguero/Gallegos (LOU) def. Arsic/Popovski (UC) 6-4

Marshall vs. Miami (OH)

  1. Oliveira/Faulkner (MOH) def. Mokrynskaya/Berzina (MAR) 6-3
  2. Valentinsson/Risner (MOH) def. Copley/Quazzani (MAR) 7-6
  3. Komar/Chavez (MOH) def. Smith/Riley (MAR) 6-3

Singles

Cincinnati vs. Marshall

  1. Mokrynskaya (MAR) def. Watanabe (UC) 7-5, 6-7 (4), 10-5
  2. Arsic (UC) def. Quazzani (MAR) 6-4, 6-4
  3. Smith (MAR) def. Kurepa (UC) 6-4, 6-3
  4. Popovski (UC) def. Berzina (MAR) 6-7, (4) 7-6, (5) 12-10
  5. Pacheco (UC) def. Copley (MAR) 6-1, 6-4
  6. Pryz (UC) def. Riley (MAR) 6-3, 6-1

Miami (OH) vs. Louisville

  1. Noguero (LOU) def. Oliveira (MOH) 6-3, 6-3
  2. Miret (LOU) def. Faulkner (MOH) 6-2, 7-6
  3. Peresypkina (LOU) def. Komar (MOH) 6-3, 6-2
  4. Gaines (LOU) def. Valentinsson (MOH) 6-2, 6-3
  5. Gallegos (LOU) def. Voss (MOH) 6-1, 6-3
  6. Chavez (MOH) def. Jaswal (LOU) 6-0, 6-4

Cincinnati vs. Miami (OH)

  1. Arsic (UC) def. Faulkner (MOH) 6-4, 3-6, 10-7
  2. Kurepa (UC) def. Komar (MOH) 7-6, (3) 6-2
  3. Risner (MOH) def. Watanabe (UC) 6-4, 6-2
  4. Pacheco (UC) def. Voss (MOH) 6-4, 6-4
  5. Popovski (UC) def. Valentinsson (MOH) 6-3, 6-1
  6. Greco (UC) def. Chavez (MOH) 6-4, 6-4

Louisville vs. Marshall

  1. Mokrynskaya (MAR) def. Davis (LOU) 7-5, 6-4
  2. Peresypkina (LOU) def. Smith (MAR) 6-3, 4-6, 10-5
  3. Miret (LOU) def. Quazzani (MAR) 6-2, 6-2
  4. Gaines (LOU) def. Copley (MAR) 6-2, 6-0
  5. Gallegos (LOU) def. Riley (MAR) 6-1, 6-0
  6. Jaswal (LOU) def. Limanen (MAR) 6-1, 6-0
// UP NEXT
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