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No. 66 Louisville
Tennis Cages Cardinals, Beats No. 66 Louisville
2/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Marshall tennis prevailed over No. 66 Louisville 5-2 Friday, Feb. 13. at the Huntington Tennis Club in Barboursville, W. Va.
The Herd remains undefeated at home this spring, improving its overall record to 4-2. Louisville dropped just its second match of the season, falling to 9-2. The win marks the squad's first victory over a ranked opponent this season.
Doubles play featured the old 8-game pro set scoring. Louisville took the early lead by snatching two doubles matches from the Herd.
Senior Kai Broomfield (Toronto, Canada) and freshman Marija Bogicevic (Belgrade, Serbia) were the sole win in doubles (8-3) at the No. 3 spot.
Singles play featured three hours of competition before Marshall came away with the win. Broomfield quickly captured the first singles win on court 5 (6-3, 6-2). Freshman Maddie Silver (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and sophomore Anna Pomyatinskaya (Sochi, Russia) soon followed suit, each pulling straight set wins on courts 2 and 3.
Bogicevic dropped her match in the No. 4 singles spot (4-6, 6-2, 6-2), giving Louisville its second point and making the score 3-2.
The Herd clinched the match when sophomore Derya Turhan (Bad Salzuflen, Germany) pulled out a three set marathon match (5-7, 7-6 (9), 6-4) on court 1 after battling back from one set down and fighting off two match points.
Sophomore Rachael Morales (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) gave Marshall its fifth victory of the day at the No. 6 spot (6-2, 7-6(6)).
Marshall tennis returns to the court Sunday, Feb. 15 to face No. 72 Minnesota at 11 a.m.
QUOTES BY HEAD COACH John Mercer
"I am very impressed with how we played on the singles court. How we played after losing that doubles point really showed a lot about our character."
"Many of our girls stepped up today. Kai [Broomfield] had that quick win on court five which put us right back in the match at 1-1. Maddie [Silver] and Anna [Pomyatinskaya] played awesome today and really controlled their matches. And then, Derya [Turhan] and Rachael [Morales] really came through for us. They both had their ups and downs but managed to battle through the adversity. They never gave up and they never stopped competing. None of the girls did today."
"Winning four singles matches is a hard thing to do, and we won five. How we carried ourselves today was a huge step forward and set high expectations for the rest of the year."
COMPLETE RESULTS
Singles
1. Derya Turhan (MAR) def. Elle Stokes (LOU) 5-7, 7-6 (11-9), 6-4
2. Maddie Silver (MAR) def. Jessie Lynn Paul (LOU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Anna Pomyatinskaya (MAR) def. Ariana Rodriguez (LOU) 7-5, 6-1
4. Manuela Velasquez (LOU) def. Marija Bogicevic (MAR) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
5. Kai Broomfield (MAR) def. Olivia Boesing (LOU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Rachael Morales (MAR) def. Chloe Willetts (LOU) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
Doubles
1. Elle Stokes/Ariana Rodriguez (LOU) def. Derya Turhan/Anna Pomyatinskaya (MAR) 8-5
2. Chloe Willetts/Olivia Boesing (LOU) def. Rachael Morales/Maddie Silver (MAR) 8-6
3. Marija Bogicevic/Kai Broomfield (MAR) def. Jessie Lynn Paul/Manuela Velasquez (LOU) 8-5
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (5,2,3,4,1,6)
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