Nebraska Edges Women's Tennis, 4-3

Sunday, February 21

Lincoln, NE

11:30 a.m.

University of Memphis

University of Nebraska

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Feb 21, 2016 | Women's Tennis

Memphis finishing six match road swing in New York City next weekend.

By: Tammy DeGroff

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska (8-1) picked up wins at one, five and six singles and won in a tiebreak at two doubles to take the doubles point in a 4-3 win over Memphis (1-7) in Lincoln on Sunday.

"I'm proud of this group for their effort," Head Coach Hayden Perez said. "There is no quit in any of them. We came up short today, but they need to keep their heads held high because they represented the University of Memphsi well and fought hard. We are improving and our best tennis is still in front of us."

The doubles point came down to a tiebreaker at two doubles. Nebraska won at three, 6-1, and the Tigers answered back with a 6-4 win at number one. Meanwhile, at number two, Memphis was 6-5 down and came back to force the tiebreak. But the home team won the breaker and took the early 1-0 lead in the match.

Freshman Janina Berres evened the match with a straight set win at four singles, but Nebraska answered right back with a three-set win at number one to retake the lead at 2-1.

Kathryn Hughes then evened the match at 2-all, but again, Nebraska quickly had an answer as Paula Del Cueto Cas came back from a first set tiebreak to win her match at six singles, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1.

The match at five singles ended up deciding the team point, as Vasanti Shinde came back from a first set loss to win 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 over Gaby Paul.

Marta Morga won her match at three singles in a tiebreak, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 for the final 4-3 score.

Memphis will wrap up the six-match road trip with a pair of non-conference matches in New York City. The Tigers will face Kansas State and host Columbia next weekend.

Doubles
No. 1 – Hanna Sohn/Janina Berres (Memphis) def. Maggy Lehmicke/Lisa Andersson, 6-4
No. 2 – Mary Hanna/Vasanti Shinde def. Kathryn Hughes/Marta Morga (Memphis), 7-6
No. 3 – Katerina Matysova/Mackenna Maddox-Herr def. Gabrielle Paul/Tara McElroy (Memphis), 6-1
Singles
No. 1 – Maggy Lehmicke def. Hanna Sohn (Memphis), 0-6, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 – Kathryn Hughes (Memphis) def. Mary Hanna, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
No. 3 – Marta Morga (Memphis) def. Lisa Andersson, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6
No. 4 – Janina Berres Memphis) def. Katherina Matysova, 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Vasanti Shinde def. Gabrielle Paul (Memphis), 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 –Paula Del Cueto Cas def. Tara McElroy (Memphis), 6-7, 6-3, 6-1