NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Central Arkansas tennis program dropped the first leg of the scheduled double-header against Belmont 5-1, with the second leg scrapped.
Doubles matches continue to feature bright spots for the Bears, this time it was junior Jaeun Lee and sophomore Nicole Ross capturing a 6-4 doubles win, but it wasn't enough as the Bruins captured the other two doubles matches.
Lee kept the ball rolling, as she took down Belmont's No 2. Singles player Abi Solomon in three sets. The win earns this UCA squad its first singles win of the spring season and potentially gives the purple and gray clad bears some much-needed momentum headed into their next home match.
The Bears head back to Conway next Saturday, February 4th as they take on Harding with the first match at 10:00 a.m. and the second match at 1:00 p.m.
UCA 1 Belmont 5
Doubles:
No. 1 Nanoka Kazama/Sumomo Hamanaga vs. Hlahola/Solomon 6-2
No. 2 Jaeun Lee/Nicole Ross vs. Trondson/Kliimand 6-4
No. 3 Ting-An Chen/Konomi Miyakawa vs. Zholdakova/Roberts 6-3
Singles:
No. 1 Miyakawa vs. Hlahola 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 Lee vs. Solomon 1-6, 6-4, 1-0
No. 3 Hamanaga vs. Zholdakova DNF
No. 4 Kazama vs. Kliimand 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Chen vs. Roberts 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Ross vs. Trondson 6-3, 6-0
