The Memphis women's tennis team finished its fall season with a perfect weekend, winning the Bonita Bay Collegiate Open in Bonita Springs, Florida, Memphis Athletics announced.
The Tigers went 3-0 at the event, opening with a 6-1 win over Cincinnati and then edging UConn and Florida Gulf Coast by identical 4-3 scores.
Memphis swept all three doubles matches against Cincinnati. Maria Santos and Mailina Nedderhut won 6-3, while Emma Dvorackova and Nela Linhartova, and Leonie Moeller and Alicia Mall, each won 6-4. In singles, the Tigers won five of six matches, including a straight-set victory by Natalia Koppova.
Against UConn, Nedderhut led the way with a 6-4, 6-0 singles win, and Moeller rallied from a set down to win 2-6, 6-4, 10-7. Santos and Linhartova also won in singles to clinch the team victory.
The final match against Florida Gulf Coast was just as tight. Moeller won 6-7 (3), 6-0, 10-4 over Nora Svensson for her second singles win of the weekend, and Santos cruised past Cecilie Maeland 6-0, 6-2. Koppova and Linhartova added wins to complete the sweep.
Santos and Linhartova each went 3-0 in singles at the event, and Nedderhut, Moeller and Koppova each won two singles matches.
"Winning the Bonita Bay Collegiate Open was a great end to our fall season," head coach Hayden Perez said. "The girls competed very hard and fought back on day two and three. Very proud of their efforts!"
College tennis teams use the fall to compete in tournaments and individual events before the team dual-match season begins in the spring. The strong finish gives Memphis momentum heading into that spring schedule, when team results count toward conference standings and national rankings.
Raw 100.5 will keep following the Tigers as their spring season approaches.
Sources: Memphis Athletics