No. 24 Washington edges No. 16 Women's Tennis, 4-3
Jan. 29, 2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – No. 16 Texas (1-1) collected the doubles point and added singles wins from senior Maggie Mello and freshman Juliana Gajic, but No. 24 Washington (3-0) escaped with a 4-3 victory over the Horns Saturday at Florida State’s Speicher Tennis Facility. Texas took two of three matches to secure the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead. UT’s Mello and Gajic teamed up for a convincing 8-1 win at third doubles over Washington’s Lina Xu and Aleksandra Krsljanin before UT freshman Cierra Gaytan-Leach and senior Amanda Craddock dispatched UW’s Samantha Smith and Anjela Nemcevic by an 8-3 count at second doubles. Washington assumed a 2-1 lead behind victories at the second and sixth singles positions. The Huskies’ 55th-ranked Venise Chan topped UT’s Krista Damico by a 6-3, 7-5 count before UW’s Krsljanin topped UT’s Gaytan-Leach at sixth singles, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Texas rebounded with victories at the fourth and fifth singles positions to take a 3-2 lead. Mello notched a 6-4, 7-6 win at the fourth slot over the Huskies’ Nemcevic and Gajic improved to 2-0 in dual-match play with a 6-4, 6-4 win over UW’s Xu. But, the Huskies rallied to win a pair of three-set matches to emerge with the 4-3 win. Washington’s Smith defeated UT’s Craddock in a third-set tiebreaker at third singles, 7-5 before UW’s sixth-ranked Dy outlasted Texas’ eighth-ranked Ellis, 7-5 in the final set to nail down the win.
Texas resumes play on Sunday at 9 a.m. Central when it takes on Princeton as part of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Tallahassee, Fla. No. 24 Washington 4, No. 16 Texas 3 Doubles – Order of Finish: 3, 2 1 #87 Damico/Ellis (UT) vs. Dy/Chan (UW) – 6-7, susp. 2 Gaytan-Leach/Craddock (UT) def. Smith/Nemcevic (UW) – 8-3 3 Gajic/Mello (UT) def. Xu/Krsljanin (UW) – 8-1 Singles – Order of Finish: 2, 6, 4, 5, 3, 1 1 #6 Denise Dy (UW) def. #8 Aeriel Ellis (UT) – 2-6, 7-6, 7-5 2 #55 Venise Chan (UW) def. Krista Damico (UT) – 6-3, 7-5 3 Samantha Smith (UW) def. Amanda Craddock (UT) – 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) 4 Maggie Mello (UT) def. Anjela Nemcevic (UW) – 6-4, 7-6 5 Juliana Gajic (UT) def. Lina Xu (UW) – 6-4, 6-4 6 Aleksandra Krsljanin (UW) def. Cierra Gaytan-Leach (UT) – 7-6 (4), 6-2 |
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