GREENTWON, IND. - No
. 23 Women's Tennis lost a 4-3 heart breaker to the University of Pikeville to open the spring season on Friday.
The no. 1 doubles team of Antezana and Munoz won quickly to start the Wildcats off well. Unfortunately, the Wildcats couldn't find a second win and the ladies started out down 1-0 after the doubles.
In singles, the women played several marathon matches with Antezana making an incredible three set comeback victory at no. 2 singles to get IWU even.
Katie Parr won a close two set match at no. 4 singles, while IWU lost at no. 1 and no. 3 singles. Down 3-2, no. 5 singles player Maria Oliveria played an outstanding match in a straight set victory. The match came down to the wire at no. 6 singles, but UPIKE eked out a hard fought 2 hour victory to clinch the victory.
- Match Score: UPIKE def. IWU 4-3
- Records: IWU 6-5 | UPIKE 2-0
- Location: Greentown, Ind. | Howard County Tennis Center
- Box Score: Click Here to view the full box score
- "This was a really tough loss. We had opportunities in the doubles and singles to win the match and we just didn't get it done today when it mattered. We have to play better as a team mentally under pressure and close out these matches if we want to get to Nationals," said Head Coach James Gleghorn. "France played an amazing match. The girl she was playing was absolutely on fire the first set and a half. She stayed patient and found a way to win. So proud of her effort! Katie played her most complete match as Wildcat. She really had to work so hard mentally and physically to beat a really tough player. She played brilliant tennis today."
- IWU matches up with Cedarville Universtiy on Saturday, February 15th.
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