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@Herd_Tennis Comeback Attempt Falls Short Against WKU
4/21/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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DENTON, Texas - The Marshall women's tennis team's hopes of winning a Conference USA Championship were ended Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals with a 4-3 loss to the WKU Lady Toppers at the Waranch Tennis Center.
The Herd got off to a slow start in doubles play. Derya Turhan and Anna Pomyatinskaya were defeated by Lisa Freiss and Andreanna Christopoulou, 6-1. Maddie Silver and Rachael Morales fell to Cindy Oest and Natalia De Ugarte, 6-1. Stephanie Smith and Daniela Dankanych were leading against Violetta Shatalova and Monica Malinen, 4-3, but their match went unfinished.
The Herd quickly found itself in a 3-0 hole following a pair of early singles losses. Pomyatinskaya fell to De Ugarte, 6-1, 6-4. Smith won the first set of her match against Christopoulou, but fell in three sets, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. The Herd won the next three matches to even up the match at 3-3. Silver started the comeback with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) win over Malinen. Morales won in three sets over Oest, 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-1. Dankanych evened the match with a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over Shatalova. Turhan fell to Elpida Malamou in the deciding match, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
COACH'S CORNER
Quote from head coach John Mercer
Give credit to WKU. They started quickly and we couldn't rebound from a slow start. We needed to play better in doubles and we failed to. I was proud of the way our team fought back after falling behind 3-0, but we can't expect to win when going down 3-0.
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