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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

No. 20 Rollins Demolishes Division I Memphis 8-1

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 23, 2007) ' In their second Division I match-up of the season, the Rollins women's tennis team routed the Memphis Tigers 8-1 on Friday afternoon at the Martin Complex. The Tars (13-1) are now riding an eight match winning streak.

Rollins took two of three doubles matches, falling at the No. 2 spot. The top ranked team of Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler overcame Margorie Ondeck and Dara Toulch 8-6 in the No. 1. Sonia Bernal and Allison Arof suffered their fourth loss as a team falling to Ekin Zafir and Christian Wieser 8-3 in the second slot. The Tars bounced back as Anastasiya Shevchenko and Silvia Frandji blanked Katie-Mary Outhwaite and Flavia Russo 8-0 in the No. 3.

The 20th ranked Tars swept all six singles matches without dropping a set to the Tigers. Purcell's opponent, Ondeck, retired with injury early on in the first set with Purcell leading 4-0. The No. 2 Mahler notched a practically uncontested win over Toulch 6-2, 6-0, as third seed Bernal overwhelmed Zafir 6-2, 6-3. Shevchenko played a tight match against Wieser, but ended up on top 6-4, 7-5 in the fourth match. No. 5 Frandji won her sixth match of the season, downing Russo 6-2, 6-0, and Mai-Han Nguyen took out Outhwaite 7-5, 6-1 in the sixth position.

The Tars will be back in action on Sunday, March 25, as they travel to Miami Shores to take on conference rival Barry Buccaneers (5-3, 3-2) at 11:00 a.m.

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