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Cincinnati Falls to Baylor on Friday

by Ally Glass

The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program fell to Baylor, 4-0, outside at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday.

Cincinnati Falls to Baylor on FridayCincinnati Falls to Baylor on Friday

CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program fell to Baylor, 4-0, outside at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday.

// BAYLOR 4, CINCINNATI 0

The pair of Gabrielle Guenther and Tara Kurepa started off doubles with a victory on court No. 2 (6-2). The Bears answered back with the doubles point from wins on courts No. 1 and No. 3.

Baylor went on to win the first three singles matches to clinch the contest.

Bearcat junior Sakurako Watanabe fought hard, claiming the first set 6-4, but Houston, Texas native Kennedy Gibbs responded by taking the second set 6-1 and leading 1-0 in the third when the match was decided, leaving it unfinished.

On Court No. 5, freshman Tara Kurepa’s match went unfinished despite a strong performance. After winning the second set, she held the lead in the third against Alain Zack when Baylor clinched the match.

// RESULTS

Doubles

  1. Zuzanna Kubacha/Gabrielle Villegas (BU) def. Rozalia Gruszczynska/Sakurako Watanabe (UC) 7-6 (3)
  2. Gabrielle Guenther/Tara Kurepa (UC) def. Kennedy Gibbs/Mu-Jie Tzeng (BU) 6-2
  3. Na Dong/Alian Zack (BU) def. Anastasija “Ana” Arsic/Milica Popovski (UC) 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

Singles

  1. Na Dong (BU) def. Gabrielle Guenther (UC) 6-1, 6-4
  2. Zuzanna Kubacha (BU) def. Rozalia Gruszczynska (UC) 6-0, 6-4
  3. Sakurako Watanabe (UC) vs Kennedy Gibbs (BU) 6-4, 1-6, 0-1 uf
  4. Mu-Jie Tzeng (BU) def. Anastasija “Ana” Arsic (UC) 6-0, 6-2
  5. Tara Kurepa (UC) vs Alain Zack (BU) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 uf
  6. Milica Popovski (UC) vs Luna Ivkovic (BU) 0-6, 5-5 uf

Order of finish: 4, 2, 1, uf

// UP NEXT

Cincinnati hosts TCU at noon on Sunday, March 8 outside at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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