Tuesday, March 7
Orlando, Fla.
10:15 AM
Creighton University
3
vs
4
Evansville
Photo by: Joe Willman
Women's Tennis Drops Tight Match Against Evansville In Orlando 4-3
3/7/2017 1:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Creighton takes doubles, wins two of three three-set singles matches
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Creighton women's tennis team fell 4-3 against Evansville at the Lake Cane Tennis Center in Orlando, Fla. on Tuesday.
The Bluejays are now 5-6, while the Purple Aces improved to 6-7.
Creighton took the doubles point by finishing off a tiebreaker. The Bluejays fell 6-2 at No. 3 doubles, before Ashley Ishimura and Darby Rosette evened the action with a 6-4 win at No. 1. Katherine Nelsen and Michaela Henne clinched the first point of the day with a 7-6 (7-4) victory in a tiebreaker at the No. 2 doubles position.
Half of Tuesday's six singles matches went a full three sets.
At No. 3 singles, Henne opened the match with a win in the first set before dropping the second. The sophomore battled back and won 6-3 in the deciding frame for her fifth consecutive singles victory.
Henne now has a team-best eight singles wins this season.
Ashley Ishimura fell in her opening set at No. 1, but claimed a 6-2 win in the second. Evansville's Chieko Yamada responded in the third with a 6-1 victory to take the match.
At. No. 6, Evansville secured a first-set win before Claire Embree tied the match with a win in set number two. In the deciding set, Embree pulled off a 7-5 victory.
Embree is now 7-4 in singles play with victories in three of her last four.
Evansville claimed the overall dual with straight-sets victories at No. 2, 4 and 5 singles.
Creighton returns to the courts on Wednesday afternoon against BIG EAST foe Providence. Wednesday's match is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. (CST) at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.
Evansville 4, Creighton 3
Mar 07, 2017 at Orlando, Fla (Lake Cane Tennis Center)
The Bluejays are now 5-6, while the Purple Aces improved to 6-7.
Creighton took the doubles point by finishing off a tiebreaker. The Bluejays fell 6-2 at No. 3 doubles, before Ashley Ishimura and Darby Rosette evened the action with a 6-4 win at No. 1. Katherine Nelsen and Michaela Henne clinched the first point of the day with a 7-6 (7-4) victory in a tiebreaker at the No. 2 doubles position.
Half of Tuesday's six singles matches went a full three sets.
At No. 3 singles, Henne opened the match with a win in the first set before dropping the second. The sophomore battled back and won 6-3 in the deciding frame for her fifth consecutive singles victory.
Henne now has a team-best eight singles wins this season.
Ashley Ishimura fell in her opening set at No. 1, but claimed a 6-2 win in the second. Evansville's Chieko Yamada responded in the third with a 6-1 victory to take the match.
At. No. 6, Evansville secured a first-set win before Claire Embree tied the match with a win in set number two. In the deciding set, Embree pulled off a 7-5 victory.
Embree is now 7-4 in singles play with victories in three of her last four.
Evansville claimed the overall dual with straight-sets victories at No. 2, 4 and 5 singles.
Creighton returns to the courts on Wednesday afternoon against BIG EAST foe Providence. Wednesday's match is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. (CST) at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.
Evansville 4, Creighton 3
Mar 07, 2017 at Orlando, Fla (Lake Cane Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Chieko Yamada (UE) def. Ashley Ishimura (CU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 |
| 2. Diana Tkachenko (UE) def. Katherine Nelsen (CU) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 3. Michaela Henne (CU) def. Daria Pentsova (UE) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 |
| 4. Theodora Soldatou (UE) def. Darby Rosette (CU) 6-4, 6-3 |
| 5. A. Pascual-Larinaga (UE) def. Hylan Miller (CU) 7-5, 6-2 |
| 6. Claire Embree (CU) def. Andjela Brguljan (UE) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Ashley Ishimura/Darby Rosette (CU) def. Chieko Yamada/Theodora Soldatou (UE) 6-4 |
| 2. Katherine Nelsen/Michaela Henne (CU) def. Diana Tkachenko/Nicoli Pereira (UE) 7-6 (7-4) |
| 3. Andjela Brguljan/Daria Pentsova (UE) def. Hylan Miller/Claire Embree (CU) 6-2 |
| Match Notes |
| Evansville 6-7 |
| Creighton 5-6 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,5,4,3,1,6) |
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