Saturday, March 1
Omaha, Neb.
4:00 P.M.
Creighton University
1
vs
6
Connecticut
Photo by: Creighton Athletics
Injury Riddled Bluejays Fall to UConn, 6-1
3/1/2025 7:50:00 PM | Women's Tennis
OMAHA, Neb. – Playing without three key players due to injury, the Creighton women's tennis team fell to UConn, 6-1, on Saturday night at the Hanscom Tennis Center in Omaha, Neb.
The loss dropped the Bluejays to 6-5 on the year and 0-2 in BIG EAST play, while the Huskies improved to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in league action this season.
"Tough day for us today against a strong UConn team," head coach Tom Lilly said. "We are injury plagued and had our top three players out today, We have a deep team and were still able to put out six able bodies despite have a total of four ladies out. We had our moments, but UConn was just too much today. Credit to Pippa for battling back to defeat one of the best players in the conference at the No. 1 singles."
UConn earned the first point of the match, claiming victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles positions after junior Annika Elvestrom and freshman Olivia Minikel picked up a 6-1 win on the No. 2 doubles court. Olivia Wright and Maria Constantinou teamed up for a 6-4 win at the No. 1 doubles slot, while Chloe Lomans and Isabella Asenov earned a 6-3 win at the No. 3 doubles position to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
In singles play, UConn captured straight-set victories on the No. 2 through the No. 6 singles court to clinch the overall dual for the visitors.
Creighton's lone point of the match came on the top singes court as freshman Philippa Roy rallied from a one-set deficit to defeat Wright in a 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 three-set tiebreaker to close the match.
The Bluejays return to action on Friday, March 6 when they play host to former Missouri Valley Conference foe Bradley at 12:30 p.m. at the Hanscom Tennis Center.
The loss dropped the Bluejays to 6-5 on the year and 0-2 in BIG EAST play, while the Huskies improved to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in league action this season.
"Tough day for us today against a strong UConn team," head coach Tom Lilly said. "We are injury plagued and had our top three players out today, We have a deep team and were still able to put out six able bodies despite have a total of four ladies out. We had our moments, but UConn was just too much today. Credit to Pippa for battling back to defeat one of the best players in the conference at the No. 1 singles."
UConn earned the first point of the match, claiming victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles positions after junior Annika Elvestrom and freshman Olivia Minikel picked up a 6-1 win on the No. 2 doubles court. Olivia Wright and Maria Constantinou teamed up for a 6-4 win at the No. 1 doubles slot, while Chloe Lomans and Isabella Asenov earned a 6-3 win at the No. 3 doubles position to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
In singles play, UConn captured straight-set victories on the No. 2 through the No. 6 singles court to clinch the overall dual for the visitors.
Creighton's lone point of the match came on the top singes court as freshman Philippa Roy rallied from a one-set deficit to defeat Wright in a 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 three-set tiebreaker to close the match.
The Bluejays return to action on Friday, March 6 when they play host to former Missouri Valley Conference foe Bradley at 12:30 p.m. at the Hanscom Tennis Center.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
123
Olivia Wright / 0 [UCONN]
648
3610
#2 Singles Match
12
Maria Constantinou / 0 [UCONN]
66
21
#3 Singles Match
12
Isabel Petri Bere / 0 [UCONN]
66
44
#4 Singles Match
12
Victoria Matos / 0 [UCONN]
66
13
#5 Singles Match
12
Cameron Didion / 0 [UCONN]
66
32
#6 Singles Match
12
Isabella Asenov / 0 [UCONN]
66
10
Order of Finish:
6,2,4,5,3,1
Players Mentioned
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Saturday, April 19
Creighton Men's Tennis Postgame vs. North Dakota, 3/30/25
Sunday, March 30
Creighton Women's Tennis Postgame vs. North Dakota, 3/29/25
Sunday, March 30
Crieghton Men's Tennis Postmatch vs. Butler, 2/16/25
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