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Carol MacKay
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Winner Central Florida UCF
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Central Florida UCF
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Matthew McGreevy

No. 40 Denver Falls to No. 30 UCF, 5-2

The No. 40 Denver Pioneers women's tennis team (8-2, 0-0) fell to No. 30 Central Florida, 5-2, on Saturday in Orlando, Fla.

Despite the loss, the Pioneers had a pair of come-from-behind upsets on the singles courts with No. 91 Bianca Mok defeating No. 29 Valeriya Zeleva 0-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) at No. 1 and Tatum Burger topping No. 119 Marie Mattel 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4.

Denver's only losses of the season have come to ranked opponents, also falling to No. 7 Pepperdine at the ITA Kick Off on Jan. 27. The Pioneers are set to return the court on Friday, March 1 at Rice.

Doubles
1. #22 Valeriya Zeleva/Ksenia Kuznetsova (UCF) vs. Bianca Mok/Camille V-Anderson (DEN) 3-3 unfinished
2. Marie Mattel/Rebeka Stolmar (UCF) def. Tatum Burger/Anna Riedmiller (DEN) 6-1
3. Nandini Sharma/Natalia Serrano (UCF) def. Arisha Ladhani/Toni Nelson (DEN) 6-1
 
Singles
1. #91 Bianca Mok (DEN) def. #29 Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) 0-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2)
2. Ksenia Kuznetsova (UCF) def. Anna Riedmiller (DEN) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
3. Rebeka Stolmar (UCF) def. #114 Arisha Ladhani (DEN) 6-2, 6-2
4. Tatum Burger (DEN) def. #119 Marie Mattel (UCF) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
5. Nandini Sharma (UCF) def. Camille V-Anderson (DEN) 6-3, 6-1
6. Natalia Serrano (UCF) def. Toni Nelson (DEN) 6-0, 6-1
 
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