{"id":875871,"date":"2026-10-09T03:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875871\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:24:23","slug":"mm-10-8-maryland-womens-tennis-emma-ghirardato-falls-in-las-vegas-w35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875871\/","title":{"rendered":"MM 10.8: Maryland women\u2019s tennis\u2019 Emma Ghirardato falls in Las Vegas W35"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Maryland\u2019s Emma Ghirardato had an impressive run at the W35 Las Vegas tournament that came to an end on Wednesday afternoon, as she lost in straight sets to No. 2-seed Francesca Pace in the round of 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Facing a challenging test against the Italian, Ghirardato struggled to counter her opponent\u2019s dominance of the court. Pace seized pivotal moments, converting 100% of break points and winning 53.1% of total points to close out the match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Despite Wednesday\u2019s loss, Ghirardato leaves the tournament having had very strong showcases in her two matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Her tournament campaign kicked off on Monday, Oct. 5, with a straight-set victory over Ruby Cooling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Following this win, she went on to face Ciara Harding, securing another straight-set victory. During this particular match, Ghirardato demonstrated absolute dominance on the court \u2013 winning 75% of break points (6-of-8) and 63.8% of total points (60-of-94) and managing to hold a nine-point streak during one stretch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Though Wednesday\u2019s matchup against Pace did not go in her favor, Ghirardato knew that regardless of the outcome the Maryland women\u2019s tennis team had her back as she put together an impressive run in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Maryland wide receiver Chris Durr Jr. was added to the watchlist for the Biletnikoff Award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The collegiate soccer calendar has officially changed, with the changes set to take effect for the 2027-28 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Maryland men\u2019s basketball alum LG Gill signed a professional contract in Japan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Former Terp Nick DeGennaro signed with the Washington Commanders\u2019 practice squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maryland\u2019s Emma Ghirardato had an impressive run at the W35 Las Vegas tournament that came to an end&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428,125305],"class_list":["post-875871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-the-maryland-minute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}