SAINT LEO, Fla. (February 9, 2007) ' All six
players on the No. 21 Rollins women's tennis team were able to
notch wins over Saint Leo by defeating the Lions 9-0 on Friday
afternoon.
Rollins recorded victories in all three doubles matches. Tasi
Purcell and Marnie Mahler picked up their second straight win,
downing Asmaa Tazi and Taylor Cleaves 8-1 in the No. 1 match.
Allison Arof and Sonia Bernal teamed to defeat Teresa Bonano and
Gina Schifano 8-6 in the No. 2 match, while Silvia Frandji and
Anastasiya Shevchenko took Lara King and Hannah Beard 8-1 in the
No. 3 position.
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The Tars kept rolling right through singles play, winning all six
matches easily. Purcell took Tazi 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 1 match, and
Mahler improved to 2-0 from the No. 2 position, defeating Schifano
6-0, 6-1. Bernal followed suit with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Bonano.
Shevchenko, in the No. 4 spot, surpassed Cleaves handily 6-2, 6-1.
Frandji made easy work of King 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 5 slot with Arof
scoring a 6-2, 6-3 win over Beard in No. 6 singles.
Rollins will be back in action on Tuesday, February 13 when they
travel to Melbourne, Fla. to take on the Florida Tech Panthers at
2:30 p.m.
