Cardinals Fall to No. 25 Miami in ACC Play

Thursday, April 11

Coral Gables, FL

1:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

MIAMI

Raven Neely during the Cardinals match with Cincinnati at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on January 27.

April 11, 2019 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Cards finish out regular season on Saturday at Tallahassee

By: Nancy Worley

The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 7-0 to No. 25-ranked University of Miami Thursday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

Louisville moves to 10-13 and 2-11 in the conference. Miami moves to 15-6 and 8-5 in ACC play.

At No. 2 doubles, UM's Estela Perez-Somarriba and Ulyana Shirokova won 6-3 over Cardinals Chloe Hamlin and Sena Suswam.

The doubles point was clinched when UM's Daevenia Achong paired with Daniella Roldan rallied back from 1-3 and 3-4 deficits against Dina Chaika and Raven Neely as the No. 20-ranked duo recorded a 6-4 win.

At No. 4, Ulyana Shirokova registered the first decision in singles action, posting a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Chloe Hamlin. At No. 6 UM's Madcur beat Dina Chaika 6-2, 6-0 .

The match was clinched by UM's Lucia Marzal who downed Diana Wong, 6-2, 6-4, just ahead of her teammate, Yuno Ito topped Aleksandra Mally, 6-3, 6-1.

At No. 1 singles, second-ranked Estela Perez-Somarriba tacked on an additional win for the Hurricanes with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Raven Neely, who had the reigning ACC Player of the Year down 0-2 and 1-4 in the first set, as well as 0-3 and 3-4 in the second set before bowing.

At. No. 2, in the lone three-set match of the day, Achong battled to a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win over Sena Suswam.

The Cardinals have their final regular season matchup Saturday, April 13 at 12:00 p.m. when they head to Tallahassee to face Florida State.

Louisville vs Miami
4/11/2019 at Coral Gables, Fla. (Neil Schiff Tennis Center)

#25 Miami 7, Louisville 0
Singles competition
1. #2 E. Perez-Somarriba (UM) def. Raven Neely (LOU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Daevenia Achong (UM) def. Sena Suswam (LOU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
3. Yuna Ito (UM) def. Aleksandra Mally (LOU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Ulyana Shirokova (UM) def. Chloe Hamlin (LOU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Lucia Marzal (UM) def. Diana Wong (LOU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Ana Madcur (UM) def. Dina Chaika (LOU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. #20 Daevenia Achong/Daniella Roldan (UM) def. Dina Chaika/Raven Neely (LOU) 6-4
2. E. Perez-Somarriba/Ulyana Shirokova (UM) def. Chloe Hamlin/Sena Suswam (LOU) 6-3
3. Yuna Ito/Ana Madcur (UM) vs. Aleksandra Mally/Diana Wong (LOU) 4-4, unfinished

Match Notes:
Louisville 10-13, 2-11 ACC
Miami 15-6, 8-5 ACC; National ranking #25
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (4,6,5,3,1,2)