Cardinals fall to No. 18 Miami

LOUISVILLE, Ky -- The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 18 Miami (Fla.) on Friday afternoon at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. With the loss, the Cardinals drop to 8-3 overall and 0-2 in ACC play.

Louisville clinched the doubles point with a win at No.1 by Andrea Di Palma and Rhea Verma, who shut out No. 59-ranked Daevenia Achong and Selma Cadar 6-0. UofL clinched the point when the No. 3 pair of Dina Chaika and Nikolina Jovic downed Yuna Ito and Nada Dimovska 6-3.

Cardinal Raven Neely was the first to fall in singles, bowing out to No. 1-ranked Estela Perez-Somarriba 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 just before her teammate Rhea Verma fell 6-0, 6-1 to No. 72-ranked Daevenia Achong at No. 2. Miami's Florencia Urrutia blew by Dina Chaika 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 before No. 6 Nada Dimovska clinched the match point against Diana Wong 6-3, 6-0.

"We just played a very, very good team. I feel like they are one of the better teams in America. As much as I want to be upset with the loss, I can't really be upset just disappointed. It wasn't that our girls didn't play well and didn't compete," said UofL head coach Mark Beckham. "Hopefully we'll have a quick turnaround coming on Sunday, and I feel like we're going to have a better showing on Sunday for sure."

The Cards will return to action on the road Sunday, March 1 at 11 a.m. against Syracuse.

Miami (Fla.) vs Louisville
Feb. 28, 2020 at Louisville, Ky.
Bass-Rudd Tennis Center
Louisville 1, Miami (Fla) 6

Singles competition
1. #1 Estela Perez-Somarriba (UM) def. Raven Neely (LOU) 6-1, 6-0
2. #72 Daevenia Achong (UM) def. Rhea Verma (LOU) 6-0, 6-1
3. #96 Selma Cadar (UM) def. Andrea Di Palma (LOU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Florencia Urrutia (UM) def. Dina Chaika (LOU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Maya Tahan (UM) def. Nikolina Jovic (LOU) 6-4, 6-4
6. Nada Dimovska (UM) def. Diana Wong (LOU) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Rhea Verma/Andrea Di Palma (LOU) def. #59 Daevenia Achong/Selma Cadar (UM) 6-0
2. Estela Perez-Somarriba/Florencia Urrutia (UM) def. Raven Neely/Maia Haumuller (UL) 6-4
3. Dina Chaika/Nikolina Jovic (LOU) def. Yuna Ito/Nada Dimovska(UM) 6-4

Match Notes:
Louisville:8-3, Miami: 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3) Singles (1, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5)
T-2:31

Players Mentioned

Dina Chaika

Andrea DiPalma

Maia Haumuller

Nikolina Jovic

Raven Neely

Rhea Verma

Diana Wong

University of Louisville Athletics