Cincinnati Falls to West Virginia on Saturday

by Ally Glass

The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program fell to West Virginia, 4-0, inside at the Schoenbaum Tennis Courts on Saturday in Morgantown, W. Va.

Cincinnati Falls to West Virginia on SaturdayCincinnati Falls to West Virginia on Saturday

MORGANTOWN, W. Va – The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program fell to West Virginia, 4-0, inside at the Schoenbaum Tennis Courts on Saturday in Morgantown, W. Va.

// WEST VIRGINIA 4, CINCINNATI 0

The Mountaineers clinched the doubles point after claiming victories on courts No. 2 and No. 3, leaving court No. 1 unfinished.

In singles play, West Virginia took the first three single match victories on courts No. 2, No. 4 and No. 3 to clinch the match.

On court No. 1, junior Gabrielle Guenther fought hard going to a third set (6-4, 4-6, 1-4 uf) when the match was decided, leaving it unfinished. 

Tara Kurepa (4-2) and Milica Popovski’s (2-1) courts also went unfinished as they were both leading in their first sets.

// RESULTS

Doubles

  1. Rozalia Gruszczynska/Sakurako Watanabe (UC) vs Audrey Moutama/Julie Bousseau (WVU) 5-4, uf
  2. Lucia Tognoni/Laura V Morillo (WVU) def. Gabrielle Guenther/Tara Kurepa (UC) 6-4
  3. Lyla Byers/Sosanne Malaak (WVU) def. Morgan Pyrz/Milica Popovski (UC) 6-4

Order of finish: 2, 3

Singles

  1. Gabrielle Guenther (UC) vs Audrey Moutama (WVU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-4, uf
  2. Laura V Morillo (WVU) def. Rozalia Gruszczynska (UC) 6-2, 6-3
  3. Julie Bousseau (WVU) def. Sakurako Watanabe (UC) 6-4, 4-6, 1-6
  4. Lyla Byers (WVU) def. Anastasija “Ana” Arsic (UC) 6-4, 6-3
  5. Tara Kurepa (UC) vs Lucia Tognoni (WVU) 4-2, uf
  6. Milica Popovski (UC) vs Sosanne Malaak (WVU) 2-1, uf

Order of finish: 2, 4, 3

// UP NEXT

Cincinnati will travel to Miamisburg, Ohio to face Dayton at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 1 at the South Regency Tennis Center.

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