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Marshall University
Kentucky
@Herd_Tennis Falls to No. 20 Kentucky, 4-0
1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Marshall women's tennis team lost for the first time this season, dropping a 4-0 contest to the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats Wednesday evening at the Huntington Tennis Club.
The Herd dropped to 1-1 with the loss. Kentucky improved to 1-0 with the win.
The duo of Maddie Silver and Rachael Morales won a doubles match for the Herd. Derya Turhan and Stephanie Smith were leading singles matches that ended up unfinished.
The Herd was able to win just one of the three doubles matches, dropping the doubles point. Silver and Morales defeated Morgan Chumley and Akvile Parazinskaite, 6-4. Smith and Daniela Dankanych fell against Lesedi Jacobs and Justina Mikulskyte, 6-2. Turhan and Anna Pomyatinskaya held a 4-3 lead against the No. 1 doubles pair in the nation, Mami Adachi and Aldila Sutjiadi, before falling, 6-4.
The Herd dropped all three singles matches that were completed but led in two of the three unfinished matches. Pomyatinskaya fell against Mikulskyte, 6-0, 6-2. Morales lost to Jacobs in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3. Silver dropped a straight sets match to No. 74 Parazinskaite, 6-2, 6-4. Turhan was leading No. 12 Sutjiadi, 6-2,
RESULTS
Doubles
1. No. 1 Mami Adachi/Aldila Sutjiadi (UK) def. Derya Turhan/Anna Pomyatinskaya (Marshall); 6-4
2. Maddie Silver/Rachael Morales (Marshall) def. Morgan Chumney/Akvile Parazinskaite (UK); 6-4
3. Lesedi Jacobs/Justina Mikulskyte (UK) def. Stephanie Smith/Daniela Dankanych (Marshall); 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1. No. 90 Derya Turhan (Marshall) vs. No. 12 Aldila Sutjiadi (UK); 6-2, 3-4, unfinished
2. No. 74 Akvile Parazinskaite (UK) def. No. 94 Maddie Silver (Marshall); 6-2, 6-4
3. Stephanie Smith (Marshall) vs. Mami Adachi (UK); 6-2, 6-5, unfinished
4. Justina Mikulskyte (UK) def. Anna Pomyatinskaya (Marshall); 6-0, 6-2
5. Lesedi Jacobs (UK) def. Rachael Morales (Marshall); 6-0, 6-3
6. Daniela Dankanych (Marshall) vs. Emily Fanning (UK); 0-1, unfinished
Order of finish: 4, 5, 2
COACH'S CORNER
Quotes from head coach John Mercer
On playing Kentucky…
I just want to thank Kentucky for coming here and playing us at home. It was a great chance for our fans to come out and watch what we had. I think they saw some great tennis.
On the doubles play…
It was great doubles play. We won a match at the No. 2 spot and it came down to the No. 1 doubles match against the top doubles pairing in the country. We definitely had our chances and lost some tough no-advantage points. We had a chance to get the doubles point and when you lose to a team like that, it's tough to build momentum. There's a reason why this team is in the top 20.
On the team's performance
I was impressed with the way we competed. We fought hard all the way to the end and I think we can get a lot out of that. We can continue to grow and keep getting better. We have room for improvement and tonight really gives us a goal to shoot for. We have some more matches against competition like we saw tonight as the season goes on. we'll look forward to those and as for now, we'll look forward to playing Wisconsin on Saturday.
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UP NEXT
The Herd continues its four-match homestand Saturday afternoon when it hosts the Wisconsin Badgers.
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