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Cougars Drop Last Home Match to North Texas
4/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
HOUSTON â€" Tears were shed at John E. Hoff Courts even before the match commence on Sunday as the University of Houston women's tennis team said farewell to their two seniors, Maria Cardenas and Rocio Martin, before taking on the North Texas in the regular season finale.
Playing down a player, the Cougars faced an uphill climb in the doubles match beginning down 1-0. North Texas quickly won the doubles point with a 6-1 win on the second court where Tina Rupert and Cardenas fell to Minying Liang and Agustina Valenzuela. Despoina Vogasari and Martin were tied 3-3 with Maria Kononova and Tamuna Kutubidze when doubles concluded.
Things began to look up for the Coogs shortly into singles competition with Rupert dominating the fourth court 6-0, 6-4 over Valenzuela to bring the score to 2-1. However, North Texas received their next two points to win the day on courts two and three with Mina Markovic falling 6-2, 7-5 to Kutubidze and Martin falling 6-3, 6-3 to Anastasiya Shestakova, respectively.
Despite the Mean Green securing the four points needed to win the day, each team would score one more point before the day was over. Vogasari earned a 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5 win in a tough match with Kononova on the top court while, Cardenas battled with Liang, narrowly falling with tiebreakers in each set 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5) on the fifth court to make the score 5-2.
UP NEXT FOR THE COUGARS
The Cougars will hit the road for Memphis, Tenn., to wrap up the 2016 dual season at the American Athletic Conference Championship Tournament, beginning with the first round on Wednesday, April 20. The tournament will continue through Saturday, April 23 for the championship match.
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