LAKELAND, Fla. (April 16, 2010) -
Rollins picked up a point in doubles, but couldn't hold off
Barry in singles at the ninth-ranked Tars fell to the fourth-ranked
Buccaneers 5-1 on Friday in the semifinals of the Sunshine State
Conference Tournament.
Rollins drops to 16-7 on the year and will play host Florida
Southern in the third place match at noon on Saturday, Apr. 17.
Fourth-seed Rollins won a battle in the No. 3 doubles match with Holly
Fleming and Stefania Tkach downing Berit
Peterson and Mia Fiocca 9-7. In the top flight match, 18th-ranked
Margaret Junker and Kayli
Ragsdale fell to sixth-ranked Barbi Pocza and Yulia Kashelkina
8-3 while Roshni Luthra and Lisa Loft dropped a
close, 8-6 decision to Angie Werschel and Julie Stas in the No. 2
match.
In the top singles match, 11th-ranked Luthra took the first set off
fifth-ranked Pocza 6-3, but was shutout the rest of the way, 6-0,
6-0. Junker fell to Wendling 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 4 match and the
Bucs closed the door on the Tars as Tkach fell 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 to
40th-ranked Kashelkina at No. 3.
Tennis Match Results
Rollins vs Barry
Apr 16, 2010 at Lakeland, Fla.
(Beerman Tennis Facility)
#4 Barry 5, #9 Rollins 1
Singles competition
1. #5 Barbi Pocza (BUW) def. #11 Roshni Luthra (RC) 3-6, 6-0,
6-0
2. #12 Angie Werschel (BUW) vs. #15 Holly Fleming (RC)
unfinished
3. #40 Yulia Kashelkina (BUW) def. Stefania Tkach (RC) 6-1,
5-7, 6-1
4. Caroline Wendling (BUW) def. Margaret Junker (RC) 6-1,
6-1
5. Mia Fiocca (BUW) vs. Lisa
Loft (RC) unfinished
6. Berit Peterson (BUW) vs. Kayli Ragsdale (RC)
unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #6 Barbi Pocza/Yulia Kashelkina (BUW) def. #18 Margaret
Junker/Kayli Ragsdale (RC) 8-3
2. Angie Werschel/Julie Stas (BUW) def. Roshni Luthra/Lisa Loft (RC)
8-6
3. Holly Fleming/Stefania
Tkach (RC) def. Berit Peterson/Mia Fiocca (BUW) 9-7
Match Notes:
Rollins 16-7; National ranking #9
Barry 20-3; National ranking #4
Semifinals - Sunshine State Conference Tournament
Barry advances to championship 4/17 at 11:30 a.m. vs. Lynn
Rollins plays in third-place match 4/17 at noon vs. Florida
Southern
Match order - Doubles: 1,3,2; Singles: 4,1,3
