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Women's Tennis Falls Short Against Visiting Oakland, 4-3
March 16 | Women's Tennis
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AKRON, Ohio – A marathon third-set tiebreaker at No. 2 singles was the deciding factor in the Akron women's tennis team's 4-3 loss to Oakland on Sunday indoors at LaTuchie Tennis Center.
UA's Shannon Newnes fell 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (7) to Karine Celis in the match-winning, last-match-on-court contest. Newnes was down 5-4 in the final set and rallied to force the breaker in a matchup that took over three hours to complete.
After giving up the doubles point, Akron (9-6) posted victories in order at Nos. 1, 6 and 3 singles to take a 3-1 advantage, but Oakland (4-8) won at the remaining singles positions to clinch match point. All four of the Grizzles' singles victories required a third set.
Oakland, competing for the first time since a Feb. 27 loss to Stetson, opened the day with wins at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles.
Akron starts Mid-American Conference play at home against Toledo on Friday, March 21 and Eastern Michigan one day later. Both contests are scheduled for a 1 p.m. ET first serve.
Zips Notebook: Akron dropped to 2-2 in home matches this season ... the Zips are now 4-1 all-time versus Oakland ... today's match was originally scheduled for Feb. 2 in Akron, but was postponed.
Oakland 4, Akron 3
Doubles:
1. Karine Celis/Juliana Guevara (OU) def. Martina Zerbola/Karolina Maksimava (UA) 8-6
2. Tamara Blum/Elizabeth Guy (OU) def. Madison Cohen/Caroline Harpaintner (UA) 8-2
3. Shannon Newnes/Ksenia Berestetska (UA) def. Maxime Colen/Rebecca Phyle (OU) 8-4
Singles:
1. Karolina Maksimava (UA) def. Cam Sabourin (OU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Karine Celis (OU) def. Shannon Newnes (UA) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (7)
3. Ksenia Berestetska (UA) def. Tamara Blum (OU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Elizabeth Guy (OU) def. Martina Zerbola (UA) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
5. Juliana Guevara (OU) def. Marta Briega (UA) 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-2
6. Caroline Harpaintner (UA) def. Rebecca Phyle (OU) 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish:
Doubles – 2, 3, 1
Singles – 1, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2
Team records:
Akron – 9-6
Oakland – 4-8
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