Over the month of July, the Top 25 Moments of the 2012-13 athletic season will be remembered each day, with the #1 moment being revealed on July 26th.
Oct. 12, 2012
MOBILE, Ala. – The Embry-Riddle women's tennis duo of
Kristina Marova and
Hui-I Huang concluded their unusual run at the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships with a third-place finish at the Mobile Tennis Center in October.
The day before the tournament began, Marova and Huang were informed that, as the first alternate, they would be playing in the NAIA division of the national tournament due to the top-seeded team from Auburn Montgomery having to withdraw.
After winning their first round match on Thursday, the ERAU tandem drew Olivet Nazarene's Seraphine Buchmann and Aurelie Hascoet in the semifinal round. Marova and Huang dropped the first set 7-5, but rebounded to take the second 6-3, forcing a decisive third frame. The third set was tightly contested and in the end it was the ONU team that was able to pull out a 10-7 win to advance to the title match.
Depsite the loss, Marova and Huang were still able to compete in the tournament, playing in the third-place match. Their opponents were the third-seeded pair of Lilian Ferreira and Mariana Rosa who lost their semifinal match to No. 2 Theresa Schmaus and Maja Plavsic. The unseeded Eagles registered a straight set upset of the OBU team, winning 6-4, 6-3 to finish third overall in the tournament.
