Camila Soares/Women's Tennis | The University of Memphis
Camila Soares/Women's Tennis | The University of Memphis
The No. 52 Memphis Tigers women's tennis squad earned an impressive 4-2 win over No. 55 Columbia Saturday afternoon in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Malibu, California.
The Tigers improved to 1-3 on the season and will take on No. 9 Pepperdine at 3 p.m. CT Sunday. The winner advances to Seattle, Washington for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in February.
"This was a great win for the team, Columbia was a tough opponent today." head coach Hayden Perez said. "The girls had to dig deep and they proved how tough they were, every court was a battle.
"I'm proud of the efforts and looking forward to another battle tomorrow."
Memphis won the doubles point with Camila Soares and Monique Woog taking the first match on court two, 6-3, before Carlota Farres Carreter and Miriam Grosmann teamed up to win 6-3 at the third position.
Columbia came back to take the first two singles points on courts five and six to go in front of Memphis, 2-1.
Aran Teixido Garcia then came from behind to win 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 at the top position to tie the match before Monique Woog put the Tigers back in front on court three with a 6-0, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 decision.
Sophomore Emily Meyer then completed the victory for Memphis at the fourth position, winning 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
The Tigers face No. 10 Pepperdine at 3 p.m. CT in the championship match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
Results
Singles
1. Teixido Garcia, Aran (MEM) def. Zhang, Anna (COL) 2-6, 6-0, 6-2
2. Soares, Camila (MEM) vs. Haynes, Julia (COL) 6-3, 4-6, 2-5, unfinished
3. Woog, Monique (MEM) def. Amineni, Shivani (COL) 6-0, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4
4. Meyer, Emily (MEM) def. Rimondini, Rachele (COL) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
5. Wang, Sophia (COL) def. Tumthong, Dolavee (MEM) 6-1, 6-4
6. Lerby, Clarine (COL) def. Grosmann, Miriam (MEM) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
1. Wang, Sophia/Zhang, Anna (COL) def. Meyer, Emily/Teixido Garcia, Aran (MEM) 6-2
2. Soares, Camila/Woog, Monique (MEM) def. Keita, Fatima/Rimondini, Rachele (COL) 6-3
3. Farres Carreter, Car/Grosmann, Miriam (MEM) def. Amineni, Shivani/Xu, Michelle (COL) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,5,1,3,4)
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