Herd Tennis Falls at Columbia

Championship Fund

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Marshall University Tennis team (6-7) fell 4-0 to Columbia in New York, New York, on Friday afternoon.

"We are so close to breaking through. It's only a matter of time until we have enough experience to come through in the big moments," Herd Tennis Head Coach John Mercer said.

The Lions took the doubles point with victories in all three contests.

In singles, Johanna Strom was tied in the third set at number one singles before the contest was called as Alina Mokrynska was in a tiebreak in her second set at number three.

Nour El Ouazzani was also in the third set of her match at number five.

RESULTS
Doubles
No. 1 Gayathri Krishnan/Sabrina Lin (COL) def. Johanna Strom/Alina Mokrynska (MU) 6-4
No. 2 Michelle Li/Amber Yin (COL) def. Polina Gumeniuk/Sarah Copley (MU) 6-3
No. 3 Emily Baek/Sophia Wang (COL) def. Paula Berzina/Nour El Ouazzani (MU) 6-3
Doubles: 2, 1, 3

Singles
No. 1 Gayathri Krishnan (COL) vs. Johanna Strom (MU) 4-6, 6-3, 2-2 UF
No. 2 Sophia Wang (COL) def. Polina Gumeniuk (MU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Emily Baek (COL) def. Alina Mokrynska (MU) 4-6, 6-6 UF
No. 4 Michelle Li (COL) def. Sarah Copley (MU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Margaret Hui (ECU) def. Nour El Ouazzani (MU) 7-5, 7-5
No. 6 Amber Yin (COL) def. Thalia Smith (MU) 6-3, 2-6, 5-3 UF
Singles: 4, 2, 5

UP NEXT
The Herd stays in New York for a contest at Wagner on Saturday.

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Players Mentioned

Paula Berzina

Sarah Copley

Nour El Ouazzani

Polina Gumeniuk

Alina Mokrynska

Thalia Smith

Johanna Strom

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