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Hawkeyes Fall at Big Ten Tournament

The ninth-seeded University of Iowa women's tennis team fell to eighth-seeded Maryland, 4-1, in the First Round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday afternoon at Libbey Park in Ojai, California.

Ojai, Calif. – The ninth-seeded University of Iowa women's tennis team fell to eighth-seeded Maryland, 4-1, in the First Round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday afternoon at Libbey Park in Ojai, California.

Maryland (15-11, 8-6) came out strong, capturing the doubles point. At the top spot, Ema Kovacevic and Diya Challa defeated Daianne Hayashida and Marisa Schmidt, 6-3. On court three, Nikita Vishwase and Jessica Matthews overcame Oliwia Orlinska and Aida Eissa, 7-5. In the deciding match on court two, No. 40 Kallista Liu and Danielle Hack edged Barbora Pokorna and Pia Kranholdt 6-4 to clinch the doubles point.

In singles, the Terrapins extended its lead to two after Challa’s 6-3, 6-3 win over Vishwase at No. 5. Iowa scored its lone point of the match on court one with No. 110 Hayashida’s dominant 6-1, 6-3 win over Liu. At No. 6, Eissa downed Xu, 6-2, 6-3. Maryland sealed the win on court four after Orlinska earned a 6-3, 6-3 win over Kranholdt.

The remaining two matches were left unfinished with Maryland clinching the deciding point. Schmidt was in a 3-6, 5-3 battle with Kovacevic while Pokorna was leading Hack, 6-3, 5-2.

QUOTING HEAD COACH SASHA BOROS 
“We’re disappointed to have an early exit from the conference tournament today. I’m confident that we’re going to regroup and we’re really looking forward to postseason play and seeing the NCAA selection show on Monday.”

#9 Iowa 1, #8 Maryland 4

Singles Results 
No. 1 - No. 110 Daianne Hayashida (UI) def. Kallista Liu (UMD), 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 - Marisa Schmidt (UI) vs. Ema Kovacevic (UMD), 3-6, 5-3 (unfinished)
No. 3 - Barbora Pokorna (UI) vs. Danielle Hack (UMD), 6-3, 5-2 (unfinished)
No. 4 - Oliwia Orlinska (UMD) def. Pia Kranholdt (UI), 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 - Diya Challa (UMD) def. Nikita Vishwase (UI), 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 - Aida Eissa (UMD) def. Sally Xu (UI), 6-2, 6-3

Order of Finish: 5, 1, 6, 4

Doubles Results 
No. 1 - Kovacevic / Challa (UMD) def. Hayashida / Schmidt (UI), 6-3
No. 2 - No. 40 Liu / Hack (UMD) def. Pokorna / Kranholdt (UI), 6-4
No. 3 - Vishwase / Matthews (UI) def. Orlinska / Elissa (UMD), 7-5

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2