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No. 11 Rollins Drops One-Point Decision to No. 17 Fla. Southern

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LAKELAND, Fla. (March 31, 2009) – Rollins took a two point lead after doubles play, but the Mocs outdueled the Tars in singles as 11th ranked Rollins fell to 17th ranked Florida Southern 5-4, Tuesday.

Rollins falls to 14-2 on the year and 3-2 in SSC play with FSC improving to 13-4, 4-2 SSC.

Holly Fleming and Roshni Luthra downed Erin Conroy and Veronika Kovacikova 8-6 in the No. 2 doubles slot while Allie Steele and Stefaniya Tkach took Nora Baertschi and Amanda Carns 8-2 in the No. 3 match.

The battle of the day was in the top seeded doubles match between the Tars 15th ranked tandem of Margaret Junker and Kayli Ragsdale against the Mocs No. 19 Senka Softic and Ashley Hungerford. The clashed lived up to its billing with the FSC duo posting an upset win over Rollins 9-8(4).

Luthra was defeated by 17th ranked Softic 6-0, 6-0 in the top singles match while Fleming was bested by Hungerford 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 and Tkach fell to Conroy 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3.

Junker scored a 7-6(4), 6-1 win over Kovacikova in the No. 4 match for Rollins and Ragsdale won the No. 6 position over Carns 6-0, 6-1.

The match came down to the No. 5 position as Baertschi won 7-5, 6-3 over Steele to sew up the win for the Mocs.

Rollins will be back in action on Thursday, April 2 at home against Saint Leo.

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Tennis Match Results
Rollins vs Florida Southern
03/31/09 at Lakeland, Fla.

#17 Florida Southern 5, #11 Rollins 4

Singles competition
1. #17 Senka Softic (FSW) def. Roshni Luthra (RC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Ashley Hungerford (FSW) def. Holly Fleming (RC) 6-3, 6-2
3. Erin Conroy (FSW) def. Stefaniya Tkach (RC) 6-4, 6-3
4. Margaret Junker (RC) def. Veronika Kovacikova (FSW) 7-6, 6-1
5. Nora Baertschi (FSW) def. Allie Steele (RC) 7-5, 6-3
6. Kayli Ragsdale (RC) def. Amanda Carns (FSW) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. #19 Senka Softic/Ashley Hungerford (FSW) def. #15 Margaret Junker/Kayli Ragsdale (RC) 9-8
2. Holly Fleming/Roshni Luthra (RC) def. Erin Conroy/Veronika Kovacikova (FSW) 8-6
3. Allie Steele/Stefaniya Tkach (RC) def. Nora Baertschi/Amanda Carns (FSW) 8-2

Match Notes:
Rollins 14-2, 3-2 SSC; National ranking #11
Florida Southern 13-4, 4-2 SSC; National ranking #17
Start of match delayed by rain, then lightning warning

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