BOCA RATON, Fla. (May 4, 2007) ' The Rollins
women's tennis team won their top four singles matches and No. 1
doubles bout as they defeated Barry 5-4 on Friday afternoon at the
McCusker Complex.
Ninth ranked Tasi Purcell and Marnie Mahler ran by No. 11 Iidik
Csordas and Berit Peterson 8-5. Barry took the No. 2 and No. 3
doubles matches 8-3 and 8-4 respectively.
No. 7 Purcell dominated Csordas 6-1, 6-2 in the top slot, while
Mahler blew past Helen Wisniewski 6-2, 6-3 in the No. 2. Sonia
Bernal won her match against Berit Peterson 6-3, 6-4 in the third
seed, and Anastasiya Shevchenko came out on top against Saskia
Kruse 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 in the No. 4. The Buccaneers had to straight
set victories in the fifth and sixth position as Laime Contreras
defeated Silvia Frandji 6-2, 6-0, and Svetlana Konyashkiva defeated
Mai-Han Nguyen 6-0, 6-1.
Rollins (22-4) will take on the Lynn University Fighting Knights
in the second round of the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship at
10:00 a.m.
