{"id":196782,"date":"2026-03-18T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196782\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:29:18","slug":"hornet-womens-tennis-falls-to-nationally-ranked-tampa-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196782\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornet Women’s Tennis Falls to Nationally Ranked Tampa in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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\"#11<\/p>\n

Next Match:<\/p>\n

at #11 Florida Southern<\/p>\n

3\/20\/2026 | 2:00 PM (ET)<\/p>\n


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\n at\u00a0#11 Florida Southern \n <\/p>\n

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March 18, 2026-Emporia State women’s tennis fell 6-1 to #46 Tampa in their second straight dual with a nationally ranked opponent at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
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\nDOUBLES
\nThe Spartans won 6-3 at #2 doubles before Giulia Russu<\/a> and Ana Fatjo Coll<\/a> evened things for Emporia State with a 6-4 win at #3.\u00a0 The deciding doubles match went to a tiebreaker with the Hornets Yuli Klimova and Carla Paul Piquer<\/a> falling 7-6 (7-5) to give Tampa the 1-0 lead.
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\nSINGLES
\nEmporia State took two of the singles matches to a third set tiebreaker.\u00a0 Paul Piquer won 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8) at #3 singles for the Hornets only point. Sheriden Wichman<\/a> split 6-1 decisions before Tampa’s Alexandra Chebli took a 10-5 win in the third set tiebreaker.
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\nUP NEXT
\nThe Hornets will travel to Lakeland, Fla. on Friday to wrap up their Spring Break trip at #11 Florida Southern.\u00a0 It will be the third straight nationally ranked opponent for the Hornets. First serve is set for 2:00 p.m. (ET) from the Wynee Warden Tennis Center on the Florida Southern campus
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