Box Score | Tennis vs. Marshall (2/14)

Marshall Results

HAMILTON, Ohio -- Sophomore Nelli Ponomareva's comeback fourth-flight win helped Miami University's women's tennis team complete a 4-3 victory over 55th-ranked Marshall University Sunday morning at the Riverside Athletic Club.

Ponomareva overcame a 6-1 first-set loss to take the final two sets at 6-3, from Maddie Silver. The result clinched the third victory over a ranked opponent in Yana S. Carollo's tenure at Miami and the team's first win against the Thundering Herd since 2012.

In doubles, the RedHawks put together a terrific performance that earned them the initial point of the match. The third-flight pair of senior Ana Rajkovic and junior Andreea Badileanu grabbed their fourth consecutive win with a 6-3 decision against Marija Bogicevic and Anne Gulsrud. Sophomores Ponomareva and Anastasiia Vasiukhina completed the point by handing Rachael Morales and Derya Turhan only their second loss of the regular season.

As the singles competition began, Rajkovic continued her winning momentum with a quick 6-0, 6-1 sixth-flight victory that put Miami up 2-0. The Thundering Herd responded with three victories that gave them a short advantage before freshman Emily Struble defeated Bogicevic, 6-4, 6-3 in fifth flight. Struble's victory set up the deciding third set in the fourth-flight match between Ponomareva and Maddie Silver.

Miami now heads to Lincoln, Neb. for a pair of matches this weekend at the University of Nebraska. The RedHawks will take on the hosting Cornhuskers on Friday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m., before facing Memphis the following day at noon.

Check MiamiRedHawks.com for continuing coverage of the Miami University women's tennis team.

DOUBLES
1. Nelli Ponomareva / Anastasiia Vasiukhina (MIAMI) def. Rachael Morales / Derya Turhan (MARSHALL), 6-4
2. Anna Pomyatinskaya / Maddie Silver (MARSHALL) def. Anzhelika Shapovalova / Hannah Shteyn (MIAMI), 6-3
3. Andreea Badileanu / Ana Rajkovic (MIAMI) def. Marija Bogicevic / Anne Gulsrud (MARSHALL), 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

SINGLES
1. Derya Turhan (MARSHALL) def. Anzhelika Shapovalova (MIAMI), 6-2, 6-4
2. Rachael Morales (MARSHALL) def. Andreea Badileanu (MIAMI), 6-3, 6-0
3. Anna Pomyatinskaya (MARSHALL) def. Hannah Shteyn (MIAMI), 6-0, 7-5
4. Nelli Ponomareva (MIAMI) def. Maddie Silver (MARSHALL), 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
5. Emily Struble (MIAMI) def. Marija Bogicevic (MARSHALL), 6-4, 6-3
6. Ana Rajkovic (MIAMI) def. Anne Gulsrud (MARSHALL), 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 2, 3, 1, 5, 4