Tuesday, February 4
Huntsville
1:00 PM
3
vs
4
North Texas
Kats drop close match against UNT
2/4/2020 7:40:00 PM | Women's Tennis
HUNTSVILLE — The Sam Houston State tennis team dropped a close match 4-3 to North Texas at the McAdams Tennis Center Tuesday afternoon.
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The Bearkats (4-2) and Mean Green (5-0) each won three singles matches, but North Texas took the doubles point which proved to be the deciding factor.
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Junior Sahaja Yamalapalli improved to 5-0 on the season in No. 1 singles action. She defeated Alexandra Heczey 6-3, 6-1.
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Sophomore Isidora Zivkovic returned to the singles lineup to defeat Nidhi Surapaneni 6-1, 6-4 in the No. 2 spot, and Dena Nicolaou topped Hala Khaled Badwy 6-4, 7-6 at No. 3.
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Senior Lusine Chobanyan fell to Maria Ponomareva in No. 4 singles 6-0, 6-2, while freshman Emma Goedkoop lost her first singles match of the season to Kexuan Zhou 6-4, 6-3 at No. 5. In No. 6 singles, UNT's Sophia Hummel defeated Petra Kaszas 7-5, 7-6.
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Heczey and Badwy defeated Roos Gerritsen and Chobanyan 6-3 in No. 1 doubles, and Surapaneni and Ponomareva topped Yamalapalli and Goedkoop 6-2 at No. 2.
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The Bearkats hit the road Friday to play SMU in Dallas at 4 p.m.
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The Bearkats (4-2) and Mean Green (5-0) each won three singles matches, but North Texas took the doubles point which proved to be the deciding factor.
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Junior Sahaja Yamalapalli improved to 5-0 on the season in No. 1 singles action. She defeated Alexandra Heczey 6-3, 6-1.
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Sophomore Isidora Zivkovic returned to the singles lineup to defeat Nidhi Surapaneni 6-1, 6-4 in the No. 2 spot, and Dena Nicolaou topped Hala Khaled Badwy 6-4, 7-6 at No. 3.
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Senior Lusine Chobanyan fell to Maria Ponomareva in No. 4 singles 6-0, 6-2, while freshman Emma Goedkoop lost her first singles match of the season to Kexuan Zhou 6-4, 6-3 at No. 5. In No. 6 singles, UNT's Sophia Hummel defeated Petra Kaszas 7-5, 7-6.
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Heczey and Badwy defeated Roos Gerritsen and Chobanyan 6-3 in No. 1 doubles, and Surapaneni and Ponomareva topped Yamalapalli and Goedkoop 6-2 at No. 2.
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The Bearkats hit the road Friday to play SMU in Dallas at 4 p.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
HECZEY, Alexandra / 0 [UNT]
31
66
#2 Singles Match
12
SURAPANENI, Nidhi / 0 [UNT]
14
66
#3 Singles Match
12
BADWY, Hala Khaled / 0 [UNT]
46
67
#4 Singles Match
12
PONOMAREVA, Maria / 0 [UNT]
66
02
#5 Singles Match
12
ZHOU, Kexuan / 0 [UNT]
66
43
#6 Singles Match
12
HUMMEL, Sophia / 0 [UNT]
77
56
Order of Finish:
1,2,4,5,6,3
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