TicketsSALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program fell to Utah, 4-1, outside at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center on Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah.
// UTAH 4, CINCINNATI 1
The Bearcats secured the doubles point from winning on courts No. 1 and No. 3. Rozalia Gruszczynska and Sakurako Watanabe claimed the first doubles win for Cincinnati by defeating the Utes Sara Akid and Emma Valletta, 6-4.
Junior Morgan Pyrz and sophomore Milica Popovski fought hard to a 6–4 win on court No. 3 to clinch the doubles point for the Bearcats.
In singles play, Utah grabbed the first four single match victories on courts No. 1, No. 5, No. 3 and No. 2 leading 4-1 to clinch the match.
Popovski’s match on court No. 6 went unfinished despite a strong performance. After winning the first set, 6-2, she was tied 4-4 in the second set when the match was decided.
// RESULTS
Doubles
- Rozalia Gruszczynska/Sakurako Watanabe (UC) def. Sara Akid/Emma Valletta (UTAH) 6-4
- Emma Kamper/Emmie Moore (UTAH) def. Gabrielle Guenther/Tara Kurepa (UC) 6-4
- Morgan Pyrz/Milica Popovski (UC) def. Dylan Lolofie/Kamea Medora (UTAH) 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
- Emma Kramper (UTAH) def. Rozalia Gruszczynska (UC) 6-1, 6-1
- Sara Akid (UTAH) def. Gabrielle Guenther (UC) 7-5, 6-4
- Emmie Moore (UTAH) def. Sakurako Watanabe (UC) 6-1, 7-5
- Anastasija “Ana” Arsic (UC) vs Kaila Barksdale (UTAH) 6-4, 3-6 uf
- Emma Valletta (UTAH) def. Tara Kurepa (UC) 6-2, 6-3
- Milica Popovski (UC) vs Dylan Lolofie (UTAH) 6-2, 4-4 uf
Order of finish: 1, 5, 3, 2
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will travel back home to face Arizona at 12p.m. ET on Thursday, March 19 outside at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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