Saturday, February 22
Huntington, WV
University of North Texas
3
vs
4
FIU
Photo by: Mark Woods
Mean Green Lose A Heartbreaker
2/22/2020 6:48:00 PM | Women's Tennis
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia — North Texas lost its second straight match by a score of 4-3 two days in a row. Saturday, the Mean Green (7-4) fell to 4-3 to Florida International on a neutral site on the Marshall campus.
After dropping a closely contested doubles competition on Saturday to the Panthers and losing the first singles match, the Mean Green rallied off three straight singles wins to take a 3-2 lead in the overall score. But straight set losses at No. 1 and No. 6 was the difference and how the Panthers pulled out the win.
"This was truly a character building weekend for our team," said head coach Sujay Lama. "In two tough losses we were able to discover our identity. We have a team full of warriors who refuse to lose and fight until the last point is played. It hurts not to get the wins but I could not be happier with our effort, fight and resilience. In the long run this experience will make us stronger in the weeks ahead. We cannot wait to play our next match."
North Texas' Nidhi Surapaneni and Maria Ponomareva had a perfect weekend.
On Saturday, the two paired in doubles for a 6-3 win. Ponomareva in singles had a long hard fought victory. She beat her Panthers opponent 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Surapaneni made quick work of her singles opponent. The junior won in straight sets 6-2, 7-5.
"I just loved every second of the matches as everyone played their hearts out," Surapaneni said. " I cannot explain in words how proud I am of this team, our team. I think we grew a lot from these two matches. We just keep building on it."
North Texas will get right back into it on Thursday when they host South Florida.
RESULTS
Doubles
1.UMAROVA/Alcaide def. Heczey/Badwy; 7-6
2. Surapaneni/Ponomareva def. VERGARA/ ALCAIDE; 6-3
3. BOZINOVIC/ Micevic def. Hummel Zhou; 7-5
Singles
UMAROVA def. Heczey; 7-6, 6-4
Ponomareva def BOZINOVIC; 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Surapaneni def. Alcaide; 6-2, 7-5
Akabas def Badwy: 6-4, 6-2
Zhou def. MILETIC; 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
VERGARA def. Hummel: 6-1, 6-4
After dropping a closely contested doubles competition on Saturday to the Panthers and losing the first singles match, the Mean Green rallied off three straight singles wins to take a 3-2 lead in the overall score. But straight set losses at No. 1 and No. 6 was the difference and how the Panthers pulled out the win.
"This was truly a character building weekend for our team," said head coach Sujay Lama. "In two tough losses we were able to discover our identity. We have a team full of warriors who refuse to lose and fight until the last point is played. It hurts not to get the wins but I could not be happier with our effort, fight and resilience. In the long run this experience will make us stronger in the weeks ahead. We cannot wait to play our next match."
North Texas' Nidhi Surapaneni and Maria Ponomareva had a perfect weekend.
On Saturday, the two paired in doubles for a 6-3 win. Ponomareva in singles had a long hard fought victory. She beat her Panthers opponent 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Surapaneni made quick work of her singles opponent. The junior won in straight sets 6-2, 7-5.
"I just loved every second of the matches as everyone played their hearts out," Surapaneni said. " I cannot explain in words how proud I am of this team, our team. I think we grew a lot from these two matches. We just keep building on it."
North Texas will get right back into it on Thursday when they host South Florida.
RESULTS
Doubles
1.UMAROVA/Alcaide def. Heczey/Badwy; 7-6
2. Surapaneni/Ponomareva def. VERGARA/ ALCAIDE; 6-3
3. BOZINOVIC/ Micevic def. Hummel Zhou; 7-5
Singles
UMAROVA def. Heczey; 7-6, 6-4
Ponomareva def BOZINOVIC; 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Surapaneni def. Alcaide; 6-2, 7-5
Akabas def Badwy: 6-4, 6-2
Zhou def. MILETIC; 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
VERGARA def. Hummel: 6-1, 6-4
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
12
64
Kamila Umarova / 0 [FIU]
76
#2 Singles Match
123
266
Sandra Bozinovic / 0 [FIU]
644
#3 Singles Match
123
266
Marina Alcaide / 0 [FIU]
633
#4 Singles Match
12
42
Basak Akbas / 0 [FIU]
66
#5 Singles Match
123
636
Kristina Miletic / 0 [FIU]
263
#6 Singles Match
12
14
Francisca Vergara / 0 [FIU]
66
Players Mentioned
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