Cards Fall to Ball State

Saturday, January 28

LOUISVILLE, KY

12:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

Ball State

Photo by: Matthew Mueller | Louisville Athletics

January 28, 2023 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Louisville edged 4-3

By: Parker Evans

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville women's tennis team lost to Ball State 4-3 in the first match of the doubleheader on Saturday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

The Cardinals dropped the doubles point to start the singles competition down 1-0. BSU took the No. 2 and No. 4 positions to go up 3-0.

The Cardinals battled back as Cici Xin scored Louisville's first singles point with a 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) win over Annika Pianinsek. Louisville's Andrea Di Palma scored next with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win against Ball State's Emma Peeler. Louisville's third and final point was scored by Tatiana Simova in a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 comeback win.

This match was the first of a double header today, as the Cardinals will face Eastern Kentucky at 5 p.m.

Tennis Match Results
Ball State vs Louisville Women's Tennis
1/28/2023 at Louisville, KY
(Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)

Ball State 4, Louisville Women's Tennis 3

Singles competition
1. Andrea DiPalma (LOU) def. Emma Peeler (BALLST) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
2. Mariya Polishchuk (BALLST) def. Rhea Verma (LOU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Amy Kaplan (BALLST) def. Jamilah Snells (LOU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
4. Jessica Braun (BALLST) def. Maria Campos (LOU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Cici Xin (LOU) def. Annika Pianinsek (BALLST) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
6. Tatiana Simova (LOU) def. Elenah Malykh (BALLST) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Andrea DiPalma/Tatiana Simova (LOU) vs. Allison Mulville/Amy Kaplan (BALLST) 3-4, unfinished
2. Jessica Braun/Emily Desai (BALLST) def. Cici Xin/Jamilah Snells (LOU) 6-2
3. Mariya Polishchuk/Emma Peeler (BALLST) def. Rhea Verma/Sasha Gorchanyuk (LOU) 6-1

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (2,4,5,1,3,6)