Hawkeyes Fall at Maryland, 4-2

College Park, Md. –  The 28th-ranked University of Iowa women’s tennis team fell, 4-2, to No. 74 Maryland on Friday at the Tennis Center at College Park.

Maryland (12-9) opened the match by claiming the doubles point. On court two, No. 46 Kallista Liu and Danielle Hack defeated Daianne Hayashida and Marisa Schmidt. The Hawkeyes responded with Barbora Pokorna and Pia Kranholdt’s 6-3 win over Oliwia Orlinska and Tamari Gagoshidze at No. 3.

In the deciding match on court one, Ema Kovacevic and Diya Challa edged out Tereza Dejnozkova and Nikita Vishwase, 7-6(3).

Maryland began singles play with Liu defeating No. 115 Dejnozkova, 6-3, 6-2 on court one. Iowa claimed its first point of the match with Kranholdt’s straight-set victory over Gagoshidze, 6-1, 6-3 on court five.

Iowa tied the match at two after No. 111 Hayashida defeated Kovacevic, 6-4, 7-6(5), on court two.

The Terrapins responded with wins on courts six and four to clinch the match. At No. 6, Challa defeated Vishwase, 6-4, 6-1, and Orlinska narrowly defeated Pokorna, 7-6(2), 6-3 on court four.

The final singles match on court three between Schmidt and Hack was left unfinished with Maryland claiming its fourth point of the match. Schmidt was leading Hack, 7-6(6), 4-2.  

QUOTING HEAD COACH SASHA BOROS 
“This was a tough Big Ten match on the road. These are always going to be a battle for us and unfortunately, we were short today. It was a tight doubles point, credit to Maryland for competing hard. I think it shows the depth of the conference and how hard every one of these matches are, especially on the road. We’re going to regroup and get ready for Rutgers on Sunday.”

UP NEXT 
Iowa (11-6, 5-3) will finish its weekend road trip with a dual against Rutgers at the Livingston Tennis Center on Sunday, April 6 at 11 a.m. (CT).

No. 28 Iowa 2, No. 74 Maryland 4

Singles Results 
No. 1 - Kallista Liu (UMD) def. No. 115 Tereza Dejnozkova (UI): 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – No. 111 Daianne Hayashida (UI) def. Ema Kovacevic (UMD): 6-4, 7-6(5)
No. 3 - Marisa Schmidt (UI) vs. Danielle Hack (UMD): 7-6(6), 4-2 (unfinished)
No. 4 - Oliwia Orlinska (UMD) def. Barbora Pokorna (UI): 7-6(2), 6-3
No. 5 -Pia Kranholdt (UI) def. Tamari Gagoshidze (UMD): 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 - Diya Challa (UMD) def. Nikita Vishwase (UI): 6-4, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 2, 6, 4

Doubles Results 
No. 1 – Kovacevic / Challa (UMD) def. Dejnozkova / Vishwase (UI): 7-6(3)
No. 2 – No. 46 Liu / Hack (UMD) def. Hayashida / Schmidt (UI): 6-3
No. 3 – Pokorna / Kranholdt (UI) def. Orlinska / Gagoshidze (UMD): 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1