Marshall University Athletics
@Herd_Tennis Drops 4-2 Contest to Columbia
2/26/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Final Stats (PDF)
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Marshall women's tennis team was unable to continue its momentum following its last win against Penn State, dropping a 4-2 contest against the Columbia Lions Sunday at the Huntington Tennis Club.
The Herd failed to earn the doubles point for the third time in the last four matches. Stephanie Smith and Daniela Dankanych fell to Adi Milstein and Ali Pollack, 6-3. Maddie Silver and Rachael Morales dropped their match to Renee Ren and Alexandra Solovyev, 6-2. Derya Turhan and Anna Pomyatinskaya were trailing in their match against Rima Asatrian and Andrea Kevakian, 5-4, but the match went unfinished.
The Herd managed to win a pair of singles matches but was unable to overcome the deficit it faced after dropping the doubles point. Pomyatinskaya opened singles play with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Pollack. Smith picked up a point for the Herd with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Asatrian. Morales fell to Ren, 6-1, 6-4. Turhan rallied after dropping the first set to defeat Solovyev, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Dankanych fell to Milstein, 6-1, 6-0, in the clinching match for the Lions. Silver was trailing in the third set of her match against
COACH'S CORNER
Quote from head coach John Mercer
Give Columbia a lot of credit for coming here and taking the match. They were the better team today overall. We competed well in some spots today and didn't do well in others. Give credit to Derya Turhan for fighting back in her singles match and Stephanie Smith for her win in singles play but we need to be a little bit more coachable in certain situations and we need to compete harder up and down the lineup.
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UP NEXT
The Herd continues its five-match homestand Friday afternoon when it takes on Winthrop at 4 p.m.
