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Tennis Defeats Northern Kentucky 6-1 on Wednesday

by Ally Glass

The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program took down Northern Kentucky, 6-1, outside at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Tennis Defeats Northern Kentucky 6-1 on WednesdayTennis Defeats Northern Kentucky 6-1 on Wednesday

CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program took down Northern Kentucky, 6-1, outside at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

// CINCINNATI 6, NORTHERN KENTUCKY 1

The Bearcats swept the Norse for the doubles point from wins on courts No. 1 and 2. Gabrielle Guenther and Tara Kurepa quickly took the first doubles win on court No. 2 over Catharina Cardoso and Darya Gneidina 6-0. The duo of Rozalia Gruszczynska and Sakurako Watanabe clinched the doubles point for UC with a 6-2 win on court No. 1.

Cincinnati claimed the match after earning three single match wins on courts No. 5, 1 and 6 advancing 4-1 over Northern Kentucky.

On Court No. 3, Kurepa forfeited due to injury, giving NKU a point in singles play.

Milica Popovski dominated on court No. 5 marking the first singles win for the Bearcats versus the Norse’s Catharina Cardoso 6-1, 6-1. Guenther followed with another quick match recording a 6-0, 6-2 victory on court No. 1. 

Senior Isabel Pacheco clinched the match on court No. 6 over Caroli Can Der Riet with a 6-2, 6-0 win.

On court No. 2, Watanabe recorded a 6-4, 6-0 singles victory while Anastasija “Ana” Arsic tallied the last singles win (7-6(5), 7-5) on court No. 4 for Cincinnati to bring the score up to 6-1.

// RESULTS

Doubles

  1. Rozalia Gruszczynska/Sakurako Watanabe (UC) def. Alyssa Cameron/Sydney Zakic (NKU) 6-2
  2. Gabrielle Guenther/Tara Kurepa (UC) def. Catharina Cardoso/Darya Gneidina (NKU) 6-0
  3. Morgan Pyrz/Caterina Greco (UC) vs Cassia Adamowsky/Didi Steinhuis (NKU) 5-3 uf

Order of finish: 2, 1

Singles

  1. Gabrielle Guenther (UC) def. Sydney Zakic (NKU) 6-0, 6-2
  2. Sakurako Watanabe (UC) def. Darya Gneidina (NKU) 6-4, 6-0
  3. Tara Kurepa (UC) vs Aaditi Bhat (NKU) 6-1, 3-0 forfeit (injury)
  4. Anastasija “Ana” Arsic (UC) def. Haley Slay (NKU) 7-6 (5), 7-5
  5. Milica Popovski (UC) def. Cathrina Cardoso (NKU) 6-1, 6-1
  6. Isabel Pacheco (UC) def. Caroli Can Der Riet (NKU) 6-2, 6-0

Order of finish: 3, 5, 1, 6, 2, 4

// UP NEXT

Cincinnati will travel to a neutral site to face UCF at 12 p.m. ET on the outdoor courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.

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