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Houston Falls to No. 40 LSU
2/21/2020 5:47:00 PM | Tennis
Cougars drop contest in 7-0 decision
HOUSTON - Houston Tennis wrapped its first weekend matchup to LSU in a 7-0 decision, Friday afternoon at the Winston Tennis Facility.
MATCH NOTABLES
- Pairs Kendall-Woseley/Pedemonti and Tairyan/Vukovic fell in doubles action, putting LSU out to an early lead, 1-0.
- Houston faced two ranked singles opponents in No. 33 Taylor Bridges and No. 75 Safiya Carrington.
- Senior Phonexay Chitdara and sophomore Elena Tairyan came up short in each of their super tie-breakers, securing a 7-0 victory for the Tigers.
- LSU owns the all-time series, 6-0.
- The Cougars fall to 5-4 on the season.
- Houston is now 5-3 at home this season.
RESULTS
1. CHITDARA, Phonexay/GERITS, Sophie vs. Paris Corley/Taylor Bridges (LSU) 3-4 *UF
2. Eden Richardson/Anna Loughlan (LSU) def. PEDEMONTI, Azul/KENDALL-WOSELEY, Mimi 6-0
3. Safiya Carrington/Maggie Cubitt (LSU) def. TAIRYAN, Elena/VUKOVIC, Jovana 6-1
1. No. 33 Taylor Bridges (LSU) def. KENDALL-WOSELEY, Mimi 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
2. No. 75 Safiya Carrington (LSU) def. GERITS, Sophie 6-3, 6-4
3. Eden Richardson (LSU) def. CHITDARA, Phonexay 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 10-8
4. Paris Corley (LSU) def. PEDEMONTI, Azul (HOU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Nina Geissler (LSU) def. BELOVUKOVIC, Stephanie 6-3, 6-0
6. Maggie Cubitt (LSU) def. TAIRYAN, Elena (HOU) 2-6, 6-2, 10-6
Order of finish:
Doubles (2, 3); Singles (5, 4, 2, 6, 1, 3)
UP NEXT
Houston is set to host UT Arlington on Friday at 2 p.m. CT, followed by a matchup versus conference opponent UConn on Sunday at 10 a.m. CT.
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