SAINT LEO, Fla. (October 25, 2021) - The Rollins women's tennis team completed their fall circuit by competing at the Saint Leo Hidden Duals, playing alongside Florida Southern, Hillsboro Community College and the host Lions.
The Tars were without their top doubles team,
Alexandra Borg and
Georgina Groth, as the nationally ranked duo had competed in the ITA Cup in the previous week. Their absence allowed some younger players the chance to showcase their skills in the final event before the dual season kicks off in February.
Full Tournament Results
Friday
The Tars drew a pair of SSC foes for Friday's events. They faced Florida Southern in doubles, and Saint Leo in singles competition.
Kaitlynn Groves and
Maria McKay secured the only doubles point of the day out of the first position as they defeated Minnie Kim and Vivien Charvatova 6-1. The other two Tars tandems,
Polina Vlasova/
Eve Wasil and
Erin Yaroshuk/
Natalia Collado Cordon, each fell 6-4 agianst their Mocs counterparts. In singles play, Cordon was able to keep Rollins form being swept when she took out Elan Mnatsakanov 6-7 (5), 6-4, 10-3 from the fifth position. McKay fell in a hard-fought matchup versus Lavinia Lancelloti, 7-5, 1-6, (11-9).
Saturday
Day two doubles found the Tars facing the Hillsboro Hawks. Unfortunately, Rollins was unable to take a point in the matchup. The Tars were able to right the ship in singles play as they faced Florida Southern. Six of the seven individual matchups ended in the Tars' favor. After falling behind in the first set 6-0, Katie Groves was able to take the next two 6-3, 10-4 versus Laura Vetter in singles one. Polina Valsova also needed a tie-breaker in her match form second position, but was also able to come out on top against Minnie Kim, 7-5, 4-6, 10-6.
Maria McKay continued the trend with a tie-break as well, advancing past Vivien Charvatova 6-4, 3-6, 11-9.
Natalia Collado Cordon continued her strong singles play with her second win of the weekend from singles five, winning 6-3, 1-6, 10-4 against Kelly Klaren.
Erin Yaroshuk only needed two sets to secure her win from sixth position, 6-1, 7-6 versus Eve Robinson. In the extra singles slot, Polina Logay made quick work of Karyna Bazilevich, 6-1, 6-0.
Sunday
The weekend wrapped up with doubles against Saint Leo and singles versus Hillsboro. Neither method went in the Tars' favor as they only managed one point on the day. In singles play, from the fifth position,
Erin Yaroshuk was able to dispatch Olivia Raspa Pezo 2-6, 6-4, 10-8.
Tennis will have a few months off to continue training before starting their dual match season on February 12 when they take on the defending national champion Barry Buccaneers.
