{"id":943959,"date":"2026-10-24T02:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943959\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T02:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:08:10","slug":"tennis-opens-play-at-mtsu-invitational-university-of-cincinnati-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943959\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Opens Play at MTSU Invitational &#8211; University of Cincinnati Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CINCINNATI \u2013 Cincinnati women&#8217;s tennis team opened play at the MTSU Invite in Murfreesboro, Tenn. on Friday. The first day consisted of doubles vs. UNC Asheville and Lipscomb, followed by singles vs. Middle Tennessee State and Butler.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three Bearcat doubles teams, Guenther\/Kurepa, Fuduric\/Watanabe and Fauchet\/Popovski, earned wins against UNC Asheville and Lipscomb. Guenther\/Kurepa defeated Asheville&#8217;s McLeod\/Moss with a clean 6-0, while Fuduric\/Watanabe went 6-2 against Asheville&#8217;s Chutka\/Collins. Fauchet\/Popovski found a 6-2 win over Lipscomb&#8217;s Hamden\/Ullrich. Cincinnati&#8217;s fourth doubles team, Bull\/Forte, fell in their match against Asheville.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In singles, Cincinnati earned five victories, highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearcats.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/player\/gabrielle-guenther\" title=\"Gabrielle Guenther\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabrielle Guenther<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearcats.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/player\/tara-kurepa\" title=\"Tara Kurepa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tara Kurepa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearcats.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/player\/dani-forte\" title=\"Dani Forte\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dani Forte<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearcats.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/player\/milica-popovski\" title=\"Milica Popovski\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milica Popovski<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearcats.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/player\/emme-bull\" title=\"Emme Bull\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emme Bull<\/a>. Guenther rallied to defeat Middle Tennessee State&#8217;s Matasova, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9, while Kurepa and Forte each earned 6-4, 6-4 wins. Popovski also secured a three-set victory over Middle Tennessee State&#8217;s Conde, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7. Bull earned a dominant 6-0, 6-0 win over Butler&#8217;s Fortney. Sara Watanabe, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearcats.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/player\/elizabeth-fauchet\" title=\"Elizabeth Fauchet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Fauchet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearcats.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/player\/lucia-fuduric\" title=\"Lucia Fuduric\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucia Fuduric<\/a> fell in their singles matches against Middle Tennessee State.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bearcats will continue play in Murfreesboro Saturday and Sunday, with the schedule as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Oct 24\u00a0<br \/>10AM Doubles vs Lipscomb\u00a0<br \/>11AM Singles vs Miami(OH)\/Tennessee St\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>Sunday Oct 25\u00a0<br \/>9AM Doubles vs Butler<\/p>\n<p>10AM Singles vs Chattanooga<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ FOLLOW THE BEARCATS\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For all the latest information on Cincinnati women&#8217;s tennis, please visit GoBEARCATS.com and follow @GoBearcatsWTEN on Instagram, Twitter (X), and Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI \u2013 Cincinnati women&#8217;s tennis team opened play at the MTSU Invite in Murfreesboro, Tenn. on Friday. 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