No. 31 Iowa Falls to No. 16 USC

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The 31st-ranked University of Iowa women’s tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 16 USC on Sunday at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex.

USC (13-5, 7-3) opened the match by securing the doubles point. On court three, Parker Fry and Emma Charney defeated Barbora Pokorna and Pia Kranholdt, 6-1. The Bruins clinched the point on court one, where No. 7 Grace Piper and Lily Farclough posted a 6-2 win over No. 75 Tereza Dejnozkova and Nikita Vishwase, who battled back after trailing 5-0.

In singles play, the Trojans earned three straight-set victories. On court one, No. 62 Piper defeated No. 114 Dejnozkova, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) in a highly contested second set. Haddad followed with a 6-3, 6-3 win on court three and Fairclough defeated Pokorna, 6-3, 6-3, on court four to clinch the match for the Trojans.

The three remaining singles matches were left unfinished. On court two, No. 66 Charney led Hayashida, 6-2, 5-3, Sung led Kranholdt, 6-4, 4-1 and Kay was leading a tight contest over Vishwase, 7-6, 1-1.

QUOTING HEAD COACH SASHA BOROS 
“We ran into a really good USC team and just didn’t play our best tennis today. I know everyone’s disappointed. There’s always a lot of emotions on Senior Day and the last match at home. We thank all the people that came out and supported us this season. We felt all their love. We’re going to regroup and get ready to finish the season on the road. We’re looking forward to playing Oregon next Friday.”

UP NEXT 
Iowa (12-8, 6-5) will take its final Big Ten road trip of the season, facing Oregon on Friday at 1 p.m. (CT) at the Student Tennis Center in Eugene.

No. 16 USC 4, No. 31 Iowa 0

Singles Results 
No. 1 - No. 62 Grace Piper (USC) def. No. 113 Tereza Dejnozkova (UI), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 2 - Daianne Hayashida (UI) vs No. 66 Emma Charney (USC), 2-6, 3-5 (unfinished)
No. 3 - No. 103 Immi Haddad (USC) def. Marisa Schmidt (UI), 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 - Lily Fairclough (USC) def. Barbora Pokorna (UI), 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 - Pia Kranholdt (UI) vs. Maia Sung (USC), 4-6, 1-4 (unfinished)
No. 6 - Nikita Vishwase (UI) vs. Simone Kay (USC), 6-7, 1-1 (unfinished)

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 4

Doubles Results 
No. 1 - No. 7 Piper / Fairclough (USC) def. No. 75 Dejnozkova / Vishwase (UI), 6-2
No. 2 - Hayashida / Schmidt (UI) vs. Morra / Sung (USC), 3-4 (unfinished)
No. 3 - Fry / Charney (USC) def. Pokorna / Kranholdt (UI), 6-1

Order of Finish: 3, 1