The Austin Peay State University women’s tennis team suffered a 4-0 loss to Memphis in its regular season finale Tuesday at Governors Tennis Courts. Austin Peay State University lost just its second game in Clarksville in the last 746 days after Tuesday’s game against Memphis.
The Tigers won the doubles point after defeating Ayden Kujawa and Sophia Baranov, 6-1, on No. 1 court. 3, before beating Jana Leder and Melody Hefti, 7-5, in the double no. For Leder and Hefti, it’s only the fifth loss of the season and ended a five-game hitting streak for APSU’s top duo.
Playing in the No. 2 position for the first time this season, Yu-Hua Cheng and Asia Fontana finished their game while trailing, 6-5. Memphis extended its lead after a 6-3, 6-1 win against Kujawa in singles No. 6, before taking a 3-0 lead after a straight set match against Hefti.
The Tigers then grabbed the win after defeating Fontana in the fifth. Although she lost her first set, Leder fought back to win her second set, 6-1, and led 1-0 in her third set before the result was decided, leaving it unfinished.
Baranov also led 1-0 in her third set when the match was called, while Cheng trailed 4-1 in the second.
Women’s Singles
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Jana Leder vs. Camila Soares, Unfinished at 4-6, 6-1, 1-0
Aran Teixido Garcia def. Melody Hefti, 6-3, 6-0
Sophia Baranov vs.
Monique Woog, Unfinished at 3-6, 6-3, 1-0
Emily Meyer vs. Yu-Hua Cheng, Unfinished at 7-6 (7-4), 4-1
Micah Pierce def. Asia Fontana, 6-3, 6-1
Dolavee Tumthong def. Ayden Kujawa, 6-3, 6-1
Women’s Doubles
1. Aran Teixido Garcia / Emily Meyer def.
Jana Leder / Melody Hefti, 7-5
2. Monique Woog / Camila Soares vs. Yu-Hua Cheng / Asia Fontana, Unfinished at 6-5
3. Dolavee Tumthong / Miriam Grosmann def. Ayden Kujawa / Sophia Baranov, 6-1
About the Austin Peay State University
The Austin Peay State University is a public university in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Affiliated with the Tennessee Board of Regents, it is now governed by the Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees as of May 2017. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and, in 2012, was the fastest-growing university in growing up in Tennessee.
Austin Peay, who is further honored with Governors, the name of the university’s athletic teams. Affiliated with the Tennessee Board of Regents, it is now governed by the Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees as of May 2017.
The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and, in 2012, was the fastest-growing university in Tennessee. In 2019, Austin Peay officially hit 11,000 students enrolled. Academics at Austin Peay are organized into six colleges, two schools, and 28 subordinate departments and offices.
