University of Houston
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Cougars Edged by Texas A&M-CC 4-3
2/5/2017 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
HOUSTON -- The Houston Cougar Women's Tennis team dropped a hard-fought 4-3 decision to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday at the Barbara Wallace Winston Tennis Facility.
HOW IT HAPPENED
For the third consecutive match, Houston raced in front with a win in doubles play. On Court 1, the duo of Tsveta Dimitrova and Cristina Rovira defeated Jelena Dzinic and Judit Vives 6-3, before Sveva Mazzari and Lauren Alter knocked off Alexander Belle and Hortense Boscher 6-4 on Court 3. With the win for Dimitrova/Rovira the team moved to 2-0 on the season, while Alter and Mazzari teamed for the first time this year.
On court 2, Constandena Nicolaou and Ana Glumac trailed Louise Trigona and Marina Vicens Miquel 4-5 when doubles play was halted.
Houston opened singles play with a straight-set victory from Mazzari over Dzinic to push the score to 2-0. The 6-2, 6-2 win for Mazzari extends her singles-play winning streak to three and improves her record to 3-1 on the season.
The Islanders picked up their first point of the afternoon from Vicens Miquel on Court 6. Matched up against Glumac, Vicens Miquel won in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 and cut the lead to 2-1 Houston. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi would then even the score with a win on Court 3 after Vives defeated Rovira 6-3, 6-2.
Houston reclaimed the lead with a win on Court 1 from Dimitrova. After cruising to a 6-1 victory in the first set, Dimitrova had to battle to get the straight-set victory, winning set two in a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-4). The win for Dimitrova gave Houston a 3-2 lead and was her second victory this season.
Trigona and Alter were locked in a tight contest throughout singles play. The Islander claimed set one 6-0, but Alter answered with a 6-3 win in the second set. The deciding set stayed close, but it was Trigona who came away with a 7-5 win to pick up the point and even the team score at 3 apiece.
The overall match came down to Nicolaou and Maldonado on Court 5. Maldonado struck first with a 7-5 win in the first set, but Nicolaou had an answer to even the match with a 6-4 win in set two. Nicolaou opened the decisive set with a 4-1 lead, but Maldonado was able to even the score at 4-4 before eventually winning 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
UP NEXT FOR HOUSTON
The Cougars hit the road for the first time during the 2017 spring season when they head to El Paso, Texas, to meet UTEP on Saturday, Feb. 11, before continuing west to Las Cruces, N.M., to face New Mexico State on Feb. 12. First serve against the Miners is scheduled for noon CT, while the matchup against the Aggies will start at 11 a.m., CT.
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