SAINT LEO, Fla. (April 12, 2022) – The 16th-ranked Rollins women's tennis team came up short in its regular season finale at Saint Leo on Tuesday, falling to the No. 3 Lions, 6-1. With the loss, the Tars finish the regular season at 10-9 overall, 3-6 in SSC play, while Saint Leo improves to 16-2, 7-2 in conference action.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Doubles
- The Lions grabbed the doubles point, sweeping all three matches.
- 12th-ranked Georgina Groth and Alexandra Borg put up a good fight on court one against No. 25 Nina Furmaniak and Alina Fedulova, but ultimately dropped the match, 7-5.
- Kaitlynn Groves and Erin Yaroshuk pushed Celina Ermann and Maria Valverde Soler to a tiebreak on court three, falling 7-6 (6).
Singles
- 26th-ranked Marta Vicens Miquel defeated No. 32 Groth on court one, 6-0, 6-0, and 25th-ranked Furmaniak downed Borg on court two, 6-3, 6-1.
- Groves was able to earn Rollins' only point of the match, defeating Ermann 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 on court three.
- The Lions claimed the other three singles matches as well, although Polina Vlasova nearly pulled it out against Lavinia Lancellotti on court four, eventually losing by a score of 1-6, 6-2, 12-10.
UP NEXT:
The Tars will wait to see where they will be seeded and who their opponent will be in the first round of the Sunshine State Conference Tennis Championship, which begins on Friday, April 22 in Bradenton.
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