Women's Tennis Takes Four Singles Matches from Murray State Saturday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Competing on the opposite end of Belmont Boulevard at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center, the Belmont University women's tennis team earned four singles victories against Missouri Valley Conference foe Murray State on the second day of the Lipscomb Hidden Duals. Redshirt freshman Savannah Webster, graduate Cielo Tapia-Cruz, freshman Ketevan Jeladze and senior Libbie Hamilton were all triumphant in singles Saturday versus the Racers.
 
After defeating North Alabama's Senem Ocal 6-2, 6-3 Friday, Jeladze improved to 2-0 on the weekend in singles with a hard-fought win over Murray State's Rebecca Widan. Jeladze took the third-set super tiebreaker 10-2 after splitting 6-3 sets with Widan.
 
Webster recovered from a 6-0 opening set loss against the Racers' Varvara Alexeyeva by securing a 7-4 second-set tiebreaker before prevailing in the third-set super tiebreaker, 10-6. Meanwhile, Tapia-Cruz outlasted Murray State's Yuna Kadowaki, 10-4, in the third-set super tiebreak after winning her first set 6-0 but falling 6-3 in the second.
 
In straight sets Hamilton dispatched the Racers' Molly Null, winning 7-5, 6-4.
 
Both sophomore Jessica Popiol and junior Emma Grant took first sets off their opponents Saturday but came up short in third-set super tiebreakers.
 
The Bruins' full results from Friday and Saturday's action can be found below.
 
Belmont takes on Murray State in doubles Sunday at 10 a.m. before facing Lipscomb in singles in the afternoon.
 
Lipscomb Hidden Duals
 
Friday Results
 
Doubles
Sofiia Paladi/Deborah Dominguez Collado (Lipscomb) def. Savannah Webster/Jessica Popiol (Belmont), 6-1
Mariia Dolzhenko/Martina Bovio (Lipscomb) def. Cielo Tapia-Cruz/Mia Jones (Belmont), 6-1
Sofiia Zhylchuk/Kameliia Tytarenko (Lipscomb) def. Ketevan Jeladze/Libbie Hamilton (Belmont), 6-2
Alina Cherniaieva/Leena Hamdan (Lipscomb) def. Emma Grant/Annika Warkentin (Belmont), 6-2
 
Singles
Emma Ansorge (North Alabama) def. Savannah Webster (Belmont), 6-3, 7-5
Eeva Ristola (North Alabama) def. Jessica Popiol (Belmont), 6-2, 6-3
Mathilde Delaney (North Alabama) def. Cielo Tapia-Cruz (Belmont), 6-0, 6-2
Ketevan Jeladze (Belmont) def. Senem Ocal (North Alabama), 6-2, 6-3
Sammie Schouten (North Alabama) def. Libbie Hamilton (Belmont), 6-3, 6-2
Louise Booker (North Alabama) def. Annika Warkentin (Belmont), 6-0, 6-0
Farah Asaad (North Alabama) def. Emma Grant (Belmont), 5-7, 6-2, (13-11)
 
Saturday Results
 
Doubles
Eeva Ristola/Louise Booker (North Alabama) def. Savannah Webster/Jessica Popiol (Belmont), 6-3
Mathilde Delaney/Sammie Schouten (North Alabama) def. Cielo Tapia-Cruz/Ketevan Jeladze (Belmont), 6-4
Emma Ansorge/Farah Asaad (North Alabama) def. Libbie Hamilton/Emma Grant (Belmont), 6-2
 
Singles
Savannah Webster (Belmont) def. Varvara Alexeyeva (Murray State), 0-6, 7-6 (4), (10-6)
Yu Kikawa (Murray State) def. Jessica Popiol (Belmont), 4-6, 6-3, (10-1)
Cielo Tapia-Cruz (Belmont) def. Yuna Kadowaki (Murray State), 6-0, 3-6, (10-4)
Ketevan Jeladze (Belmont) def. Rebecca Widan (Murray State), 6-3, 3-6, (10-2)
Libbie Hamilton (Belmont) def. Molly Null (Murray State), 7-5, 6-4
Barbora Hermanova (Murray State) def. Emma Grant (Belmont), 4-6, 7-5, (10-6)
Arden Dethridge (Murray State) def. Annika Warkentin (Belmont), 6-2, 6-4
 
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