{"id":200876,"date":"2026-03-21T23:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200876\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T23:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:57:09","slug":"blue-raiders-fall-to-delaware-5-2-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200876\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Raiders Fall to Delaware, 5-2, in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, Fla. \u2014 Middle Tennessee(5-12, 1-4 CUSA) \u00a0fell 5-2 to Delaware (12-2, 1-1 CUSA) on Saturday at the PayCargo Tennis Center. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Delaware secured the doubles point with wins on courts one and three. Maryia Hrynashka and Paulina Jurkowska highlighted the effort with a 6-0 victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/sara-conde\/14343\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14343\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Conde<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/sthefany-lima\/14351\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14351\" target=\"_blank\">Sthefany Lima<\/a> on court one. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Middle Tennessee answered on court two, where <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/zora-koenig\/14350\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14350\" target=\"_blank\">Zora Koenig<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/rutuja-chaphalkar\/13189\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13189\" target=\"_blank\">Rutuja Chaphalkar<\/a> outlasted Amelia Gorman and Navya Vadlamudi in a tiebreak, 7-6 (11-9), but it was not enough to claim the point.\u00a0In singles play, Middle Tennessee earned its two points on courts two and three. Koenig posted a 7-5, 6-3 win over Jurkowska at No. 2, while Lima followed with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 victory against Gorman on court three.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware responded with wins on courts five and six to regain the lead. <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/sara-conde\/14343\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14343\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Conde<\/a> fell 6-4, 6-2 on court five, and <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/sadbaroy-kholdarova\/14349\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14349\" target=\"_blank\">Sadbaroy Kholdarova<\/a> dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision on court six as the Blue Hens moved ahead 3-2.\u00a0Chaphalkar opened strong on court four, taking the first set 6-1, but Lara Russiniello rallied to win the next two sets, 6-3, 6-4, to give Delaware a 4-2 advantage.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWith the match on the line, <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/lena-peyer\/13196\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13196\" target=\"_blank\">Lena Peyer<\/a> forced a third set on court one after splitting the opening two sets. However, Hrynashka pulled away in the final set for a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 win to clinch the match for Delaware.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBOX SCORE \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Delaware 5, Middle Tennessee 2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doubles\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHrynashka\/Jurkowska (DEL) def. Conde\/Lima (MTSU) \u2014 6-0\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKoenig\/Chaphalkar (MTSU) def. Gorman\/Vadlamudi (DEL) \u2014 7-6 (11-9)\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDollens\/Russiniello (DEL) def. Lim\/Peyer (MTSU) \u2014 6-4 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Singles\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMaryia Hrynashka (DEL) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/lena-peyer\/13196\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13196\" target=\"_blank\">Lena Peyer<\/a> (MTSU) \u2014 6-3, 5-7, 6-1\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/zora-koenig\/14350\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14350\" target=\"_blank\">Zora Koenig<\/a> (MTSU) def. Paulina Jurkowska (DEL) \u2014 7-5, 6-3\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/sthefany-lima\/14351\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14351\" target=\"_blank\">Sthefany Lima<\/a> (MTSU) def. Amelia Gorman (DEL) \u2014 7-6 (7-2), 6-3\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLara Russiniello (DEL) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/rutuja-chaphalkar\/13189\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13189\" target=\"_blank\">Rutuja Chaphalkar<\/a> (MTSU) \u2014 1-6, 6-3, 6-4\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNavya Vadlamudi (DEL) def. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/sadbaroy-kholdarova\/14349\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14349\" target=\"_blank\">Sadbaroy Kholdarova<\/a> (MTSU) \u2014 6-4, 6-2\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHanna Vinahradava (DEL) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/goblueraiders.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/zenn-lim\/14344\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14344\" target=\"_blank\">Zenn Lim<\/a> (MTSU) \u2014 6-3, 6-3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Order of Finish: 5, 6, 3, 2, 4, 1\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT:\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMiddle Tennessee will return to action on Thursday, March 26, traveling to Atlanta, Georgia, to face Georgia State.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Blue Raiders \u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFollow Middle Tennessee Women&#8217;s Tennis on social media on Facebook (BlueRaiderWomensTennis), X (MT_WomensTennis) and Instagram (mt_womenstennis).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. \u2014 Middle Tennessee(5-12, 1-4 CUSA) \u00a0fell 5-2 to Delaware (12-2, 1-1 CUSA) on Saturday at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-200876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}