WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 4, 2007) - The Rollins
women's tennis team suffered their first loss of the season against
conference foe the Nova Southeastern Sharks (7-0, 3-0) 7-2 Sunday
afternoon at the Bert W. Martin Tennis Complex.
In No. 1 doubles, 18th ranked Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler
brought home the only doubles victory as they defeated Alexa
Korotkevich and Ulia Talaenko 9-7. Allison Arof and Sonia Bernal
put up a good fight in the No. 2 spot, but lost the battle against
Anna Schmidtmann and Edita Kulichova 9-8. Tsippy Waterman and Mary
Crider put away Silvia Frandji and Anastasiya Shevchenko 8-4 in
third seed action.
No. 10 Purcell rallied past No. 17 Korotkevich 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in
the top seeded singles match. Mahler went down against Talaenko
6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in second seed play, while Bernal fell to Waterman in
straight sets 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 3 slot. Fourth seeded Shevchenko
was handed a loss against Kulichova 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, as Frandji lost
to Schmidtmann 6-1, 6-2 in No. 5 singles. Mai-Han Nguyen was
frustrated by Crider 4-6, 6-4, 16-14 in the sixth seeded singles
match.
Rollins (5-1, 1-1) will hit the hard courts on Tuesday, March 6
when they host Clayton College and State University at 3:30 p.m. at
the Martin Complex.
