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No. 9 Tars Get Past No. 18 Mocs in SSC Tournament Semis

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BOCA RATON, Fla. (April 17, 2009) – Rollins avenged an earlier loss and advanced to the Sunshine State Conference Tournament final Friday as the No. 9 Tars downed No. 18 Florida Southern 5-1.

Rollins will match up with No. 2 Lynn in the championship match on Saturday, April 18 at 8:30 a.m. In the regular season, the Fighting Knights beat the Tars 5-2.

The Tars were bested by the Mocs 5-4 in their regular season match-up and were out for revenge right from the start Friday by sweeping doubles play.

In the top flight, 13th ranked Kayli Ragsdale and Margaret Junker downed 23rd ranked Senka Softic and Ashley Hungerford 8-6, avenging a 9-8 defeat in their regular season clash.

Roshni Luthra and Holly Fleming downed Veronika Kovacikova and Erin Conroy 8-5 in the No. 2 position while Allie Steele and Stefaniya Tkach defeated Nora Baertschi and Amanda Carns 8-3 at No. 3.

In singles play, the Tars dropped the No. 1 match to FSC as 10th ranked Luthra fell to 7th ranked Softic 6-3, 6-0, but sealed up the win with two quick victories.

Junker won the No. 4 position over Kovacikova 6-3, 6-0 and Steele was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Carns at No. 6.

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Tennis Match Results
Rollins vs Florida Southern
04/17/09 at Boca Raton, Fla.

#9 Rollins 5, #18 Florida Southern 1

Singles competition
1. #7 Senka Softic (FSW) def. #10 Roshni Luthra (RC) 6-3, 6-0
2. Ashley Hungerford (FSW) vs. Holly Fleming (RC) 6-2, 3-6, 0-2, unfinished
3. Erin Conroy (FSW) vs. Stefaniya Tkach (RC) 7-6 (7-3), unfinished
4. Margaret Junker (RC) def. Veronika Kovacikova (FSW) 6-3, 6-0
5. Nora Baertschi (FSW) vs. Kayli Ragsdale (RC) 6-4, 3-1, unfinished
6. Allie Steele (RC) def. Amanda Carns (FSW) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. #13 Kayli Ragsdale/Margaret Junker (RC) def. #23 Senka Softic/Ashley Hungerford (FSW) 8-6
2. Roshni Luthra/Holly Fleming (RC) def. Veronika Kovacikova/Erin Conroy (FSW) 8-5
3. Allie Steele/Stefaniya Tkach (RC) def. Nora Baertschi/Amanda Carns (FSW) 8-3

Match Notes:
Rollins 20-2; National ranking #9
Florida Southern 16-5; National ranking #18
Sunshine State Conference Tournament - Match #6 (Semifinals)
Rollins advances to SSC Finals

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