Indiana Women’s Tennis Falls to Utah

Friday, February 17

Salt Lake City, UT

5:00 P.M.

Indiana University

Utah

BLOOMINGTON, IN - January 22, 2023- Lara Schneider during the match between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the Indiana Hoosiers at IU Tennis Center in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics

2/17/2023 9:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

SALT LAKE CITY – Indiana women's tennis (5-3) fell to the Utah Utes, 5-2, at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center.

The Utes clinched the doubles point winning all three doubles matches, 6-1. Utah would seal the match after winning No. 5, 3, and six singles matches to take a 4-0 lead.

The teams would play out the rest of the match with Graduate Saby Nihalani winning the No. 2 singles match 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Sophomore Lara Schneider earned the victory in the No. 1 spot, 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 7-5.

NOTABLES
• Indiana drops to 5-3 on the season and 0-1 in the series against Utah.
• Freshman Nicole Teodosescu made her first appearance on the court for the Hoosiers. She was in a close first set tied 5-5 in No. 6 singles, but Utah would take it 7-5. Teodosescu would fall 6-4 in the second set.

INDIANA 2, UTAH 5
SINGLES

Lara Schneider (IU) def. Katya Townsend (UU), 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 7-5
Saby Nihalani (IU) def. Madison Tattini (UU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Kaila Barksdale (UU) def. Alexandra Staiculescu (IU), 6-3, 6-4
Anastasi Goncharova (UU) def. Mila Mejic (IU), 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2
Marcela Lopez (UU) def. Lauren Lemonds (IU), 6-2, 6-1
Samantha Horwood (UU) def. Nicole Teodosescu (IU), 7-5, 6-4

DOUBLES
1. Tattini/Goncharova (UU) def. Schneider/Nihalani (IU), 6-1
2. Townsend/Horwood (UU) def. Mejic/Lemonds (IU), 6-1
3. Barksdale/Lopez (UU) def. Staiculescu/Hu (IU), 6-1

ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 5, 3, 6, 4, 2, 1
Doubles: 3, 2, 1

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will close out the road trip with a match against Colorado on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET at the Meadows Tennis Club.

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