Charleston Squeaks Past South Florida

Thursday, March 19

Charleston, S.C.

1:00 PM

College of Charleston

South Florida

3/19/2026 7:09:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston women's tennis team (8-5) won a hard fought 4-3 battle with South Florida (5-10) at the Turner Tennis Center on Thursday afternoon.

"What a great team effort today," Head Coach Angelo Anastopoulo said. "We won a solid doubles point that was followed by a tremendous performance by Francesca Salvato to give us a quick 2-0 lead. However, USF would push us to our limit taking a 3-2 lead. Oziera Amhad crawled back from a set down to win two straight sets and force a deciding match on court four. Senior Jaiden McKee showed incredible courage to come back from 1-4 third set defecit to clinch the 4-3 victory over a very solid USF team. We had such a fun and great atmosphere all day."

Oziera Ahmad and Riley Trinkle teamed up to win court two 6-2, while Sia Cariov and Francesca Salvato earned a 6-4 win on court one to clinch the doubles point for the Cougars.

Francesca Salvato began singles with a dominant 6-3, 6-2 win on court three as she put CofC in front 2-0. The Bulls then won courts six, one and five to take a 3-2 lead, but Oziera Ahmad rallied from a set down and won her last two sets in convincing fashion (6-0, 6-3) to tie the match 3-all.

With all eyes turning to court four, Jaiden McKee found herself in a winner-take-all third set with the score 4-1 in favor of her opponent. From there, McKee stormed back to win her final set 7-5 and win the match for the Cougars.

DOUBLES RESULTS

Sia Cariov/Francesca Salvato (COFC) def. Francesca Miglio/Melisa Senli (USF) 6-4
Oziera Ahmad/Riley Trinkle (COFC) def. Margherita Marcon/Loana Vargas (USF) 6-2
Amelie Drukerova/Dharani Niroshan (USF) def. Jaiden McKee/Saige Severance (COFC) 6-3

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1

SINGLES RESULTS

Melisa Senli (USF) def. Sia Cariov (COFC) 7-5, 6-2
Oziera Ahmad (COFC) def. Sienna Leeson (USF) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
Francesca Salvato (COFC) def. Margherita Marcon (USF) 6-3, 6-2
Jaiden McKee (COFC) def. Francesca Miglio (USF) 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
Amelie Drukerova (USF) def. Marra Bruce (COFC) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
Loana Vargas (USF) def. Riley Trinkle (COFC) 6-4, 6-3

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 1, 5, 2, 4

UP NEXT – The Cougars will be back in action on Tuesday, March 24 for a home CAA match against Elon. First serve is set for 1 p.m.

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