COLLEGE PARK, MD. -  No. 69 Minnesota defeated No. 53 Maryland 3-4 in Big Ten women's action on Sunday afternoon at the Tennis Center at College Park.

 Maryland (9-9, 2-5 Big Ten) started the afternoon off strong by clinching the doubles point. Terp duo Nataliya Bredikhina and Kristina Hovsepyan topped Jessika Mozia and Julia Courter, 8-5. Minnesota leveled play with an 8-2 win from Caroline Ryba and Mehvish Safdar over Olga Bredikhina and Olivia Gaudreault.

Maryland pair, Welma Luus and Ekaterina Tour notched the doubles point by defeating Tereza Brichacova 8-7.

In singles play, the Gophers rallied back to put them on top 2-1. Mozia edged out Luus  6-3, 6-3, while Courter defeated Gaudreault 6-2, 6-1.

The Terps started to gain momentum with a 6-4, 6-2, victory from Olga Bredikhina over Aria Lambert, and Tour stamping out Brichacova, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Minnesota outlasted the Terps in the No. 6 and No. 2 positions. Paula Ricon- Otero defeated Cassandre Thebault 6-4, 6-2. To seal the win, Ryba claimed a Nataliya Bredikhina 7-5, 6-2.

Maryland returns to action on Saturday on the road at Illinois at noon.

Doubles competition
1. No. 62 Welma Luus/Ekaterina Tour (UMD) def. Tereza Brichacova/Paula Rincon Otero (MINN) 8-7
2. Kristina Hovsepyan/Nataliya Bredikhina (UMD) def. Jessika Mozia/Julia Courter (MINN) 8-5
3. Mehvish Safdar/Caroline Ryba (MINN) def. Olga Bredikhina/Olivia Gaudreault (UMD) 8-2 

Singles competition
1. Ekaterina Tour (UMD) def. Tereza Brichacova (MINN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
2. Caroline Ryba (MINN) def. Nataliya Bredikhina (UMD) 7-5, 6-2
3. Jessika Mozia (MINN) def. Welma Luus (UMD) 6-3, 6-3
4. Olga Bredikhina (UMD) def. Aria Lambert (MINN) 6-4, 6-2
5. Julia Courter (MINN) def. Olivia Gaudreault (UMD) 6-2, 6-1
6. Paula Rincon-Otero (MINN) def. Cassandre Thebault (UMD) 6-4, 6-2 

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