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Women's Tennis Earns 4-3 Thriller Over Cincinnati
February 22, 2015 | Women's Tennis
CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Ball State women's tennis team (6-2) recorded its fourth-straight win, defeating Cincinnati (4-4) by a score of 4-3 Sunday afternoon in the Western Tennis & Fitness Club.
"Today we displayed a total team effort," Ball State head women's tennis coach Max Norris said. "We fought hard and kept our composure through a lot of ups and downs. Cincinnati is a good team and to beat them on the road is great for us going forward. I was especially impressed by Ashlyn Rang who clinched the match for us over a great player from Cincinnati."
Ball State started the match off strong by capturing the doubles point. The twosome of Bethany Moore and Courtney Wild notched the 6-4 victory over Katya Bure and Ali Miller on court two. The Cardinals twosome of Toni Ormond and Olivia Large also registered a doubles win after defeating the Bearcats Natalie Abdalla and Hannah Willie, 6-3, at No. 3 position.
In singles action, Wild defeated Katya Bure on court two 6-0, 6-1 and improved her singles mark to 6-1 on the season. With the win, Wild registered her 76th career singles victory, which moves her into a tie for seventh all-time in program history with former Cardinal Kathy George (1995-98). Ormond took down Willie at the No. 5 singles position, 6-2, 7-5 to put Ball State up 3-2 over the Bearcats. Ashlyn Rang then earned a come from behind victory on court three, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 over Ali Miller to clinch the win for the Cardinals.
The Ball State women's tennis team continues non-conference action, March 3 at North Carolina Central for an 11 a.m. first serve in Chapel Hill, N.C. After that, the Cardinals will take on North Carolina-Charlotte, March 5 at 2 p.m. before returning home March 14th against Oakland at 1:30 p.m.
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