IOWA CITY, IA – The No. 62 University of Maryland women’s tennis team (15-7, 4-5 B1G) was defeated by No. 58 Iowa (11-8, 6-3 B1G) 4-3 on Sunday morning at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Center.
The Terps picked up the opening point of the match after taking doubles play with wins at No. 2 and No. 3.
The Terps scored 2 points in No. 4 and No. 6 singles. Kallista Liu won her match against Vipasha Mehra in the third set and Francesca Feodorov won in straight sets. With these points the Terps led 3-1. Iowa tied the match 3-3 after Maryland was unable to win at No. 1, No. 5, and No. 3 in the singles
Minorka Miranda forced a third set in No. 2 singles in the match deciding point but was unable to walk away with a win (4-6, 7-5, 6-4)
Breaking Down The Action
Singles
1. Samantha Mannix (UI) def. Marta Perez Mur (UMD) 6-2, 6-4
2. Marisa Schmidt (UI) def. Minorka Miranda (UMD) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
3. Daianne Hayashida (UI) def. Selma Cadar (UMD) 6-1, 7-5
4. Kallista Liu (UMD) def. Vipasha Mehra (UI) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
5. Barbora Pokorna (UI) def. Hannah McColgan (UMD) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
6. Francesca Feodorov (UMD) def. Pia Kranholdt (UI) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: (1,6,3,4,5,2)
Doubles
1. Vipasha Mehra/Samantha Mannix (UI) vs. Marta Perez Mur/Minorka Miranda (UMD) 6-5, unfinished
2. Selma Cadar/Mary Brumfield (UMD) def. Marisa Schmidt/Daianne Hayashida (UI) 6-1
3. Jojo Bach/Hannah McColgan (UMD) def. Barbora Pokorna/Pia Kranholdt (UI) 6-4
Order of finish: (2,3)
Looking Ahead
The Tennis Terps will host Penn State and Ohio State next Saturday and Sunday, April 22 – April 23 for the last regular season matches of the season.
#TerpTennis
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at University of Maryland Athletics…