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Women's Tennis Loses Heartbreaker to Providence
3/13/2015 8:55:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ORLANDO – The Creighton women's tennis team lost a heartbreaker to BIG EAST foe Providence 4-3 in a neutral site match at the Fort Gatlin Recreation Complex on Thursday afternoon.
Creighton (7-9, 0-1 BIG EAST) dropped the doubles point to Providence (6-5, 1-0 BIG EAST) to open the match. CU senior Jennie Hartjes and freshman Darby Rosette teamed up for an 8-3 victory at No. 1 doubles but PC claimed the other two matches to take a 1-0 lead.
Hartjes rolled to a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles to even the score at 1-1. Providence moved ahead with consecutive victories on courts two and four to take a 3-1 lead.
Creighton climbed back into the match with consecutive wins of its own. Rosette claimed a three set win at No. 3 singles. After dropping the opening stanza 6-2, she won 7-5 in the second before securing a point at 10-8 in the third. Senior Amanda Noonan claimed a 6-4, 7-5 win on court five.
Tied at 3-3 the team match point came down to the match on court six. Senior Liz Vermillion went back and forth with her opponent. Vermillion won the first set 6-3 but lost the second stanza in a tiebreaker at 7-6. In the decisive set, Vermillion held match points and faced match points that went well into extra points. But the Friars came up with the victory at 13-11 to take the match and team match point.
Creighton is back in action on March 21 at Western Illinois.
Providence vs. Creighton
March 12, 2015 at Orlando, Fla.
(Fort Gatlin Recreation Complex)
Providence 4, Creighton 3
Singles
1. Jennie Hartjes (CU) def. Nicole Cyterski (PC) 6-2, 6-2
2. Alana Prinos (PC) def. Katherine Nelsen (CU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Darby Rosette (CU) def. Jennifer DeLuca (PC) 2-6, 7-5, 10-8
4. Emma Burgess (PC) def. Natalie Miller (CU) 6-0, 7-5
5. Amanda Noonan (CU) def. Amanda Pitocco (PC) 6-4, 7-5
6. Hannah Zangari (PC) def. Liz Vermillion (CU) 3-6, 7-6, 13-11
Doubles
1. Hartjes/Rosette (CU) def. Prinos/Burgess (PC) 8-3
2. Pitocco/DeLuca (PC) def. Miller/Nelsen (CU) 8-3
3. Zangari/Cyterski (PC) def. Sam Anderson/Vermillion (CU) 8-5
Order of finish: Singles (1,2,4,3,5,6*)
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