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No. 72 Minnesota
Herd Tennis Downs No. 71 Minnesota
2/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall tennis (5-2) remained undefeated at home after downing No. 71 Minnesota (4-3) 4-3 Sunday at the Huntington Tennis Club in Barboursville, W. Va.
Intense doubles action set the tempo for the day.
Senior Kai Broomfield (Toronto, Canada) and sophomore Marija Bogicevic (Belgrade, Serbia) dropped the first match in a close 8-6 contest at the No. 2 spot.
The doubles point was decided in two tiebreakers on courts 1 and 3.
Freshman Maddie Silver (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and sophomore Rachael Morales (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) pulled out a 8-7(3) win at the No. 3 spot.
Coming back from a 3-7 deficit and fighting off five match points, sophomore duo Derya Turhan (Bad Salzuflen, Germany) and Anna Pomyatinskaya (Sochi, Russia) secured the doubles point with a 8-7(6) win at the No. 1 spot.
The fighting mentality carried over into singles play.
Turhan secured the first singles match on court 1 with a straight set win (6-4, 6-4) over the Gophers No. 1 player Tereza Brichacova (Prague, Czech Republic).
Pomyatinskaya finished next, prevailing in three sets (6-3, 5-7, 6-2) at the No. 3 spot.
The win over the Gophers was clinched when Silver squeaked out a 6-3 7-6(6) win at the No. 2 spot.
Minnesota snuck away with three three-set singles wins on courts 4, 5 and 6 over the Herd's Bogicevic (4-6, 6-2, 6-1), Broomfield (6-7(8), 7-6(4), 10-4) and Morales (6-4, 5-7, 10-2) respectively.
Next Marshall will hit the road, facing Liberty on Saturday, Feb. 21 in Lynchburg, Va. The Herd will then play Virginia Tech on Sunday in Blacksburg, Va. Times are yet to be announced.
QUOTES BY John Mercer
"I was really excited about our competitive spirit in doubles. It is something that we have been talking a lot about, and we were able to bring it out today on every court."
"Today just goes to show you why you should never give up. Ever. Our fighting edge paid off for us today."
"Our singles play showed a lot of positive improvements. It was the best we have played so far."
"We know now what it takes to play at a high level. Hopefully our performance this weekend is enough to make each of the girls realize that we belong out there against these ranked teams and deserve to be at that next level."
COMPLETE RESULTS
DOUBLES
#1 Derya Turhan/Anna Pomyatinskaya (MAR) def. Tereza Brichacova/Paula Rincon (MIN) 8-7(6)
#2 Jessika Mozia/Julia Courter (MIN) def Kai Broomfield/Marija Bogicevic (MAR) 8-6
#3 Maddie Silver/Rachael Morales (MAR) def. Maja Vujic/Mehvish Safdar (MIN) 8-7(3)
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1.
SINGLES
#1 Derya Turha (MAR) def. Tereza Brichacova (MIN) 6-4, 6-4
#2 Maddie Silver (MAR) def. Caroline Ryba (MIN) 6-3, 7-6(6)
#3 Anna Pomyatinskaya (MAR) def. Jessika Mozia (MIN) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
#4 Maja Vujic (MIN) def. Marija Bogicevic (MAR) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
#5 Aria Lambert (MIN) def. Kai Broomfield (MAR) 6-7(8), 7-6(4), 10-4
#6 Julia Courter (MIN) def. Rachael Morales (MAR) 6-4, 5-7, 10-2
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6.
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