EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In a neutral-site match Sunday in Evansville, Indiana, the Belmont University women's tennis team was defeated 7-0 by Austin Peay. The Bruins (0-4) claimed a win at No. 2 doubles and were edged in a tiebreaker at the top doubles spot before the Governors (4-1) swept singles.
Both redshirt freshman
Savannah Webster and graduate
Cielo Tapia-Cruz pushed their opponents to third-set super tiebreakers on courts one and three in singles but were unable to close things out in the deciding 10-point breakers.
The tandem of Tapia-Cruz and freshman
Mia Jones secured a 6-4 win over Austin Peay's Pauline Bruns and Elana Thiel at second doubles. However, the Governors' Sophia Baranov and Clemence Butavand evened things out with a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles.
At the top of the doubles lineup, Webster and sophomore
Jessica Popiol narrowly fell 7-3 in a tiebreaker to Austin Peay's Luca Bohlen and Yi-Ching Huang as the Governors took the key doubles point.
Against Baranov at the top singles spot, Webster won the opening set, 6-3, but dropped the second set, 6-4, and the super tiebreaker, 10-4.
At No. 3 singles against Bohlen, Tapia-Cruz came back from a 6-4 first-set loss with a 6-3 second-set win. However, in the third-set tiebreak, Bohlen prevailed 10-6.
Up Next
Belmont returns to action in the Music City next weekend, hosting Southeast Missouri Friday and North Alabama Saturday at the Ensworth Tennis Center. First serve Friday versus the Redhawks is set for 5:30 p.m. Next Saturday's match against the Lions will start at 12:30 p.m.
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