Rollins Falls to No. 7 Nova Southeastern

#34 Rollins

2 -

#7 Nova SE

Box Score

WINTER PARK, Fla. (April 10, 2016) - The Tars faced their third opponent ranked in the top-10 on Sunday morning, eventually falling to No. 7 Nova Southeastern, 7-2. No. 34 Rollins is now 9-6 on the year, including 1-3 in the SSC, while the Sharks move to 14-1 overall and 5-0 in conference play.

The Sharks would sweep all three doubles matches, jumping out to a commanding 3-0 lead heading to singles.

Nova Southeastern would go up 4-0 after a win in the No. 2 singles match before Fabiana Vitanza beat Linda Kornienko in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, to put the Tars on the board. Vitanza is now 10-2 in singles for the Spring, including 7-1 in her last eight matches.

Unfortunately, the Sharks would then seal the match with a win in the No. 3 match.

Johanna Olsson would go on to beat Irina Constantinide 3-6, 7-5, 10-7 in the No. 5 match to move to 8-6 for the Spring.

Rollins will be back in action on April 12^th when they travel to Tampa. The match is set to begin at 3 p.m.

Tennis Match Results

Nova Southeastern vs Rollins

04/10/16 at Winter Park, Fla.

(Bert Martin Complex)

#7 Nova Southeastern 7, #34 Rollins 2

Singles competition

1. Sabrina Kierberg (NSUWT) def. #33 Shannon Etten (RCW) 6-3, 6-2

2. #28 Petra Jurova (NSUWT) def. Carli Davis (RCW) 6-1, 6-1

3. Nastassia Rubel (NSUWT) def. Savanna Fuller (RCW) 3-6, 6-1, 10-7

4. Carlee Rizzolo (NSUWT) def. Teresa Kaiser (RCW) 7-5, 6-0

5. Johanna Olsson (RCW) def. Irina Constantinide (NSUWT) 3-6, 7-5, 10-7

6. Fabiana Vitanza (RCW) def. Linda Kornienko (NSUWT) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. #24 Petra Jurova/Sabrina Kierberg (NSUWT) def. Shannon Etten/Carli Davis (RCW) 8-3

2. Irina Constantinide/Linda Kornienko (NSUWT) def. Johanna Olsson/Teresa Kaiser (RCW) 8-4

3. Nastassia Rubel/Carlee Rizzolo (NSUWT) def. Emma Wookey/Fabiana Vitanza (RCW) 8-2

Match Notes:

Nova Southeastern 14-1, 5-0 SSC; National ranking #7; Regional ranking #4

Rollins 9-6, 1-3 SSC; National ranking #34; Regional ranking #10

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,3,1,4,5)