Tennis Falls to FIU in Quarterfinals

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee – UNT Tennis fell 4-0 to second seeded FIU in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament. Doubles was a hard-fought battle all around with Saki Oyama and Liisa Vehvilainen picking up a win in the second position.

Doubles

Oyama and Vehvilainen breezed through their match, winning 6-2.
Jasmine Adams and Sophia Hummel fell 6-3 in the third position.
Lucie Devier and Maria Ponomareva fought until the very end, even forcing a tiebreaker. The final score was 6-7 with a tiebreaker of 4-7.

Singles

Devier tripped in singles play 3-6, 1-6.
Vehvilainen fell 1-6 in set one and 2-6 in set two.
Adams lost the first set 2-6 but battled through the second set. She lost 6-7 with a 5-7 tiebreaker.
Ponomareva wrestled through her match with a 4-6 first set. The second set was left unfinished at 4-5.
Oyama fell 3-6 in set one but bounced back winning set two, 6-4. The match was left unfinished before starting the third set.
Kexuan Zhou won her first set 6-4. The junior was also ahead 5-4 in set two with the match left unfinished.

QUOTEABLE

"Like it's been all year this team fought and battled till the last point. They showed their resiliency once again," head coach Sujay Lama said. "The doubles point was big for momentum and scoreboard pressure. Lucie and Maria saved two match points to take the deciding match to a tie break. Slow start in the tie break was costly. I am super proud of the way we competed after being down 0-3. Kexuan and Saki fought hard to put themselves in winning positions. Jasmine and Maria were a few points away from taking their matches to the third sets. A few big points were the difference today against a very good team."

Doubles
1. Kamila Umarova/Andjela Skrobonja (FIU) def. #85 Lucie Devier/Maria Ponomareva (UNT) 7-6 (7-4)
2. Saki Oyama/Liisa Vehvilainen (UNT) def. Andreea Velcea/Kristina Miletic (FIU) 6-2
3. Yasmine Kabbaj/Basak Akbas (FIU) def. Jasmine Adams/Sophia Hummel (UNT) 6-3

Order of Finish: (2, 3, 1)

Singles competition
1. Yasmine Kabbaj (FIU) def. Lucie Devier (UNT) 6-3, 6-1
2. Kamila Umarova (FIU) def. Jasmine Adams (UNT) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
3. Andjela Skrobonja (FIU) vs. Maria Ponomareva (UNT) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished
4. Kristina Miletic (FIU) def. Liisa Vehvilainen (UNT) 6-1, 6-2
5. Andreea Velcea (FIU) vs. Saki Oyama (UNT) 6-3, 4-6, unfinished
6. Kexuan Zhou (UNT) vs. Basak Akbas (FIU) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished

Order of Finish: (1, 4, 2)

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Players Mentioned

Jasmine Adams

Lucie Devier

Sophia Hummel

Saki Oyama

Maria Ponomareva

Kexuan Zhou

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