Owls falls in Women's Tennis to GSU 4-3

Monday, March 6

Boca Raton, FL (Patch Reef)

1:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

Georgia State

3/6/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

March 6, 2006

Final Stats

Boca Raton, FL - Florida Atlantic University's women's tennis team opened the first week of March, a month that will see the Owls play 11 matches with a 4-3 loss to former Atlantic Sun Conference member Georgia State University.

FAU played its strongest match to date and saw Katherine Bartnik capture two matches. The junior from Bradenton, FL defeated Kiera Strickland at no. 5 singles 6-1, 6-0 and teamed with Pia Terol to win at no. 2 doubles.

FAU will next play host to Toledo, 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Doubles
1. Anne Breiholts/Martina Nitkova (GSU) def. Claudia Kecht/Elodie Wendling (FAU) 8-0 2. Katherine Bartnik/Pia Terol (FAU) def. Mateja Podgrosek/Rachel Malina 8-4 3. Brittney Smith/Kiera Strickland (GSU) def. Sandra Moreno-Perregaard/Danielle Simone (FAU) 8-3

order of finish:1, 3, 2

Singles
1. Anne Breiholtz (GSU) def. Claudia Kecht (FAU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Martina Nitkova (GSU) def. Elodie Wendling (FAU) 7-6 (4), 6-2
3. Danielle Simone (FAU) def. Mateja Podgrosek (GSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0
4. Rachel Malina (GSU) def. Pia Terol (FAU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Katherine Bartnik (FAU) def. Kiera Strickland (GSU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Sandra Moreno-Perregaard def. Diana Cardenas (GSU) 6-1, 6-4