BOCA RATON, Fla. (March 22, 2009) – The
11th ranked Rollins women's tennis team suffered their first
setback of the season, falling to No. 4 Lynn 5-2 Sunday
afternoon.
The Tars fall to 13-1 on the season and 3-1 in Sunshine State
Conference play while the Fighting Knights stay undefeated at 13-0,
4-0 SSC.
Roshni
Luthra scored an upset victory in the top singles match for the
Tars, defeating 43rd ranked Katerina Jiskrova 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3). Holly
Fleming lost to 30th ranked Magdalena Ekert 6-4, 7-5 at No. 2;
Stefaniya
Tkach was downed by 16th ranked Jessica Yanoff 6-4, 6-4 at No.
4 and Margaret
Junker fell to 6th ranked Eleonora Iannozzi 6-1, 6-1.
Rollins' lone doubles point came in the No. 3 position as Tkach
and Steele teamed to down Yanoff and Andrea Ferrari 8-4.
The Tars will look to bounced back on Wednesday, Mar. 24 at home
against Hamlin University. Competition is slated to begin at 4
p.m.
#TARS#
Tennis Match Results
Rollins vs Lynn
03/22/09 at Boca Raton, Fla.
#4 Lynn 5, #11 Rollins 2
Singles competition
1. Roshni
Luthra (RCW) def. #43 Katerina Jiskrova (LUW) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6
(7-3)
2. #30 Magdalena Ekert (LUW) def. Holly
Fleming (RCW) 6-4, 7-5
3. #16 Jessica Yanoff (LUW) def. Stefaniya
Tkach (RCW) 6-4, 6-3
4. #6 Eleonora Iannozzi (LUW) def. Margaret
Junker (RCW) 6-1, 6-1
5. #12 Alisson Siaci (LUW) vs. Allie
Steele (RCW) 4-1, unfinished
6. Andrea Ferrari (LUW) vs. Kayli
Ragsdale (RCW) unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Eleonora Iannozzi/Katerina Jiskrova (LUW) def. #15 Margaret
Junker/Kayli
Ragsdale (RCW) 8-2
2. Magdalena Ekert/Alisson Siaci (LUW) def. Roshni
Luthra/Holly
Fleming (RCW) 8-2
3. Stefaniya
Tkach/Allie
Steele (RCW) def. Jessica Yanoff/Andrea Ferrari (LUW) 8-4
Match Notes:
Rollins 13-1, 3-1 SSC; National ranking #11
Lynn 13-0, 4-0 SSC; National ranking #4
