The Basics
ORU 2023 Record: 5-11 | 2-2
Match: Oral Roberts 2 – Cincinnati 4
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (Bernis Duke Tennis Center)
 
TULSA, Okla. - The Oral Roberts women's tennis team fell to Cincinnati, 4-2, Friday afternoon at the Bernis Duke Tennis Center.
 
After trailing early in the doubles play losing at No. 3, ORU won at the No. 1 spot, 7-6, with Luna Morini and Chara Grammatikaki to give the Golden Eagles a chance at the doubles point. ORU fell just shot by one game at the No. 2 position for Cincinnati to win the doubles point.
 
Senior Reagan Miley tied the dual, 1-1, winning the first singles match of the day, 6-3, 6-2, at the No. 5 position. The Bearcats would then win the next two singles matches making it a 3-1 dual score. Arina Sorokina claimed the second dual point for the Golden Eagles winning a tight three-set match at No. 4 and sweeping her opponent in set three, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.
 
Up Next: ORU will host Denver Saturday, April 8 at 1:30 p.m. at the Bernis Duke Tennis Center.
 
The Results 
Match: Oral Roberts 2, Cincinnati 4

Doubles competition
1. Luna Morini/Chara Grammatikaki (ORUW) def. Callie Flanagan/Cassie McLay (CIN) 7-6
2. Katie Ferguson/Kelli Niehaus (CIN) def. Reagan Miley/Sasha Lebedeva (ORUW) 7-6
3. Sofia Bruno/Elizabeth Pendergast (CIN) def. Arina Sorokina/Zere Iskakova (ORUW) 6-4

Singles competition
1. Elizabeth Pendergast (CIN) def. Sasha Lebedeva (ORUW) 7-5, 6-1
2. Chara Grammatikaki (ORUW) vs. Cassie McLay (CIN) 6-3, 2-6, 5-4, unfinished
3. Maria Santilli (CIN) def. Luna Morini (ORUW) 6-1, 7-5
4. Arina Sorokina (ORUW) def. Kelli Niehaus (CIN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
5. Reagan Miley (ORUW) def. Callie Flanagan (CIN) 6-3, 6-2
6. Katie Ferguson (CIN) def. Zere Iskakova (ORUW) 6-4, 6-4

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