WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 16, 2011) - Stefania
Tkach picked up a big upset in singles play, but
10th-ranked Rollins couldn't overcome NAIA second-ranked
Auburn-Montgomery, falling 5-4 on Wednesday.
Rollins falls to 10-3 on the season while AUM improves to
11-3.
In doubles play, 24th-ranked Margaret
Junker and Kayli
Ragsdale fell 8-2 to fourth-ranked Ana Veselinovic and Morgane
Zowzak in the No. 1 match. Rollins fell in the second seeded match
as Ashley
Rosenberg and Lisa
Loft fell 8-3 to Kveta Hajkova and Alina Tseplukhova. That Tars
scored a point in the No. 3 match by default.
Tkach scored a singles point for the Tars, upsetting
15th-ranked Tseplukhova 6-3, 7-6(4) in the No. 4 match.
Rollins also took the five and six matches by default.
In the No. 1 match, 26th-ranked Luthra fell to
third-ranked Veselinovic 6-1, 6-0 while Junker lost to
26th-ranked Zowzak 6-1, 6-3. Loft dropped the No. 3
match to 27th-ranked Hajkova 6-3, 6-4.
Rollins will be back on the courts on Thursday, March 17 against
Division I Tennessee-Chattanooga at 3 p.m.
#TARS#
Tennis Match Results
Auburn-Montgomery vs Rollins
Mar 16, 2011 at Winter Park, Fla.
(Martin Tennis Complex)
#2 Auburn-Montgomery 5, #10 Rollins 4
Singles competition
1. #3 Ana Veselinovic (AUM) def. #26 Roshni
Luthra (RC) 6-1, 6-0
2. #26 Morgane Zowzak (AUM) def. Margaret
Junker (RC) 6-1, 6-3
3. #27 Kveta Hajkova (AUM) def. Lisa
Loft (RC) 6-3, 6-4
4. Stefania
Tkach (RC) def. #15 Alina Tseplukhova (AUM) 6-3, 7-6 (10-4)
5. Ashley
Rosenberg (RC) def. No player (AUM), by default
6. Mariana
Salvador (RC) def. No player (AUM), by default
Doubles competition
1. #4 Ana Veselinovic/Morgane Zowzak (AUM) def. #24 Margaret
Junker/Kayli
Ragsdale (RC) 8-2
2. Kveta Hajkova/Alina Tseplukhova (AUM) def. Ashley
Rosenberg/Lisa
Loft (RC) 8-3
3. Roshni
Luthra/Allie
Steele (RC) def. No player/No player (AUM), by default
Match Notes:
Auburn-Montgomery 11-3; National ranking #2
Rollins 10-3; National ranking #10
