Tigers women's tennis picks up win against Mizzou

Saturday, February 22

Minneapolis, Minn.

11:30 a.m.

University of Memphis

Missouri

Memphis Tigers Women’s Tennis vs. Lipscomb

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Feb 22, 2020 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – After dropping the first match of the weekend, the Memphis women's tennis team rebounded to take a 4-3 win over Mizzou on Saturday. The win pushes Memphis to 5-4 on the year.

Monique Woog capped off the final court with a 6-3 triumph in her third set to seal the deal for the Tigers.

Memphis began the day down 1-0 after surrendering the doubles court.

Battling it out in singles play, Memphis and Mizzou split the top two and bottom two courts in straight sets. Lina Hohnhold won her fifth-straight match with 6-2, 6-0 sets to go along with Katherine Cao's 6-3, 6-4 win on Court 6 to put the Tigers on the board.

Aran Teixido Garcia picked up a straight-set win of her own on Court 3 to put Memphis a win away from clinching the match, earning 7-5, 6-2 sets on Court 3. The only match to go three sets, Woog came back from a first-set deficit to win the second set 7-5. Taking control, the freshman won the third set to put the Tigers in the winner's circle.

Results
Singles
1. Serena Nash (MIZ) def. Alisha Reayer (MEM) 6-4, 6-3
2. Ellie Wright (MIZ) def. Laura Bente (MEM) 6-4, 6-4
3. Aran Teixido Garcia (MEM) def. Vivien Abraham (MIZ) 7-5, 6-2
4. Monique Woog (MEM) def. Marta Oliveira (MIZ) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
5. Lina Hohnhold (MEM) def. Lisa Fukutoku (MIZ) 6-2, 6-0
6. Katherine Cao (MEM) def. Elys Ventura (MIZ) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
1. Nash/Goldin (MIZ) def. Bente/Teixido Garcia (MEM) 6-2
2. Ventura/Wright (MIZ) def. Reayer/K. Cao (MEM) 6-4
3. J. Cao/Davies (MEM) vs Fukutoku/Oliveira (MIZ) 5-4 (Unfinished)