Women's Tennis Drops First Match

Friday, April 20

Denton, TX

8:00 AM

Florida Atlantic

Arkansas State at (Sun Belt Championship)

4/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

April 20, 2007

Final Stats

BOCA RATON, FL - Pia Terol captured FAU's lone victory in Florida Atlantic University's 4-1 loss to Arkansas State University, in Denton, TX on Friday morning.

FAU, seeded no. 8 in the Sun Belt Conference Championship, faced no. 9 Arkansas State in the early contest.

ASU took the doubles point and then saw Terol capture the Owls' first point at no. five singles with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Renee Branker. Tied at one, ASU then picked up wins at no. 6, 1 and 4 to clinch the victory.

FAU bid farewell to just one senior, Katherine Bartnik, and is expected to return all but her position.

Doubles
No. 1 Claudia Kecht/Katherine Bartnik (FAU) def. Paula Chelminska/My-Hang Nguyen (ASU) 8-2
No. 2 Maria Oprea/Renee Branker (ASU) def. Pia Terol/Natalia Totevska (FAU) 8-4
No. 3 Rone Van Wyk/Ashlesha Lokhande (ASU) def. Elodie Wendling/Danielle Simone (FAU) 9-7

Singles
No. 1 Maria Oprea (ASU) def. Claudia Kecht (FAU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 Elodie Wendling (FAU) vs Zeljka Minic (ASU) 6-3, 3-6, 1-2, unfinished
No. 3 Katherine Bartnik (FAU) vs. Rone Van Wyk (ASU) 6-3, 6-7, 4-0 unfinished
No. 4 Paula Chelminska (ASU) def. Natalia Totevska (FAU) 6-4, 7-5
No. 5 Pia Terol (FAU) def. Renee Branker (ASU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 My-Hang Nguyen (ASU) def. Danielle Simone (FAU) 6-4, 6-2