Women's Tennis Drops Home Match to Rival Lipscomb

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For the second consecutive outing, the Belmont University women's tennis team was unable to tally a point as the Bruins suffered a 7-0 loss to rival Lipscomb Sunday afternoon indoors at the Ensworth Tennis Center in Nashville. The Bisons (7-6) won the all-important doubles point in convincing fashion before claiming all six singles matches.
 
Lipscomb put together 6-1 performances at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, while redshirt freshman Savannah Webster and sophomore Jessica Popiol trailed 5-4 at the top doubles spot.
 
In singles play, the Bisons took courts one, two, five and six in straight sets. Belmont (1-10) was competitive at No. 3 and No. 4 singles as both graduate Cielo Tapia-Cruz and freshman Ketevan Jeladze pushed their opponents to third-set super tiebreakers.
 
At the third spot, Tapia-Cruz edged the Bisons' Deborah Dominguez Collado 7-2 in an opening set tiebreaker before conceding the second set, 6-2. In the deciding 10-point super tiebreaker, Dominguez Collado emerged victorious, 10-6.
 
On court four, Jeladze defeated Lipscomb's Serafima Bobrovnikova 6-4 in the first set before Bobrovnikova evened the match with a 6-1 second set. The third set came down to the wire with Bobrovnikova prevailing by the narrowest of margins in the super tiebreak, 10-8.
 
Up Next
The Bruins continue a five-match homestand next weekend, opening play on campus at the Beaman Family Tennis Complex Friday morning versus New Mexico State. First serve from the Music City is slated for 10 a.m. Next Sunday, Belmont hosts Eastern Kentucky to close out non-conference play.
 
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