Tennis Stumbles Against Charlotte

FORT WORTH – Lucie Devier and Liisa Vehvilainen both picked up singles wins, but UNT Tennis stumbled 5-2 against Charlotte in a neutral site match on Friday. The loss dropped North Texas' record to 8-5, 3-2 on the year.

DOUBLES

• Devier and Maria Ponomareva put up a fight against No. 31 ranked pair Margaux Maguet and Lucia Quiterio, but came up short by a final score of 3-6.
• Jasmine Adams and Sophia Hummel fell 1-6 in their doubles match.
• Saki Oyama and Vehvilainen were behind 2-5 when the match was left unfinished.

 
SINGLES

• Oyama slipped at the number three position 2-6, 1-6.
• The sophomore Ponomareva fell in straight sets 1-6, 2-6.
• Adams put up a good effort against No. 120 ranked singles player Maguet. The freshman from Australia won a total of six games across the two sets, 1-6, 5-7.
• Devier battled in the second position winning her first set 7-5. She slipped in set two 3-6 forcing a third set tiebreaker which was a resounding 10-4 victory.
• Vehvilainen fell behind after losing set one 5-7, but quickly bounced back with a 7-5 win in set two. She won her tiebreaker in dramatic fashion 10-7.
• Hummel nearly picked up another Mean Green point after falling in set one 3-6 . The junior came back and won 6-3 in set two and wrestled until the very end before ultimately dropping the third set 2-10.

QUOTABLE

• "It took awhile for us to play offensive tennis which is a must playing indoors," head coach Sujay Lama said. "We were able to turn things around midway through the match but came a little short. Now, back to work tomorrow to prepare to play a very good Rice team."

 
UP NEXT

• The Mean Green will take on Rice at Waranch Tennis Complex on Sunday. The match will begin at noon and admission is free.

 
DOUBLES RESULTS
1. Margaux Maquet/Lucia Quiterio (CLT) def. Lucie Devier/Maria Ponomareva (UNT) 6-3
2. Saki Oyama/Liisa Vehvilainen (UNT) vs. Ruxi Schech/Kaavya Sawhney (CLT) 2-5, unfinished 
3. Rocio Safont/Lucie Petruzelova (CLT) def. Jasmine Adams/Sophia Hummel (UNT) 6-1 

Order of Finish: (3, 1)
 
SINGLES RESULTS
1. Margaux Maquet (CLT) def. Jasmine Adams (UNT) 6-1, 7-5
2. Lucie Devier (UNT) def. Ruxi Schech (CLT) 7-5, 3-6, 10-4
3. Lucia Quiterio (CLT) def. Saki Oyama (UNT) 6-2, 6-1
4. Rocio Safont (CLT) def. Maria Ponomareva (UNT) 6-1, 6-2
5. Liisa Vehvilainen (UNT) def. Lucie Petruzelova (CLT) 5-7, 7-5, 10-7 
6. Kaavya Sawhney (CLT) def. Sophia Hummel (UNT) 6-3, 3-6, 10-2 
 
Order of Finish: (3, 4, 1, 2, 5, 6)