TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program fell to BYU, 4-3, at the BYU Outdoor Tennis Courts in Provo, Utah on Thursday.
// BYU 4, CINCINNATI 3
The Bearcats secured the doubles point from winning on courts No. 1 and No. 2. Rozalia Gruszczynska and Sakurako Watanabe claimed the first doubles win for Cincinnati by defeating the Cougars Gracie Levelston and Karina Mohamed 6-3.
Junior Gabby Guenther and freshman Tara Kurepa battled to a 6–3 win on court No. 2 to clinch the doubles point for the Bearcats.
In singles play, BYU grabbed the first three single match victories on courts No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 taking a 3-1 lead.
Watanabe recorded the first singles win for the Bearcats in two straight sets on court No. 3 (7-5, 6-3). Guenther secured a victory in a thrilling three-set match defeating BYU’s Kendell Kovick (5-7, 7-5, 6-6 def) to tie the match up 3-3.
Milica Popovski dropped the third set as BYU clinched the match.
// RESULTS
Doubles
- Rozalia Gruszczynska/Sakurako Watanabe (UC) def. Gracie Levelston/Karina Mohamed (BYU) 6-1
- Gabrielle Guenther/Tara Kurepa (UC) def. Kendall Kovick/YunYun Chen (BYU) 6-3
- Bella Lewis/ Sue Yan Tan (BYU) def. Anastasija “Ana” Arsic/Morgan Pyrz (UC) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
- Gracie Levelston (BYU) def. Rozalia Gruszczynska (UC) 6-1, 6-3
- Gabrielle Guenther (UC) def. Kendall Kovick (BYU) 5-7, 7-5, 6-6 def
- Sakurako Watanabe (UC) def. Sue Yan Tan 7-5(BYU) 7-5, 6-4
- YunYun Chen (BYU) def. Anastasija “Ana” Arsic (UC) 6-0, 6-4
- Sage Bergeson (BYU) def. Tara Kurepa (UC) 6-3, 6-2
- Bella Lewis (BYU) def. Milica Popovski (UC) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 6
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will travel to Salt Lake City to face the Utes at 1p.m. ET on Saturday, March 14 at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center.
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