Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Women's Tennis Lose Close Match with Stetson on Saturday
2/13/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 13, 2010
Junior Virginia Augustin improved her singles record to 5-1 on the season, but the Florida Atlantic University women's tennis team fell 5-2 in a closely-fought match with Stetson University on Saturday afternoon at Patch Reef Park in Boca Raton.
The Owls drop to 2-5 on the season and will have two weeks before battling in-state rival University of Central Florida on Saturday, February 27 in Boca Raton. Stetson improves to 3-1 on the season.
Augustin won a straight-set decision at No. 6 singles by identical 6-3 scores. The Wellington, Fla. native has now won five of her six matches completed this season.
"Virginia is a hard worker who runs down a lot of balls," said Head Coach Marcy Hora-Cava. "She is a versatile player who digs deep by fighting hard and it really frustrates her opponent."
Sophomore Cassie Bergeson got back in the win column in the No. 3 singles position. Bergeson earned a hard fought three-set victory by winning a tiebreaker 10-5 in the deciding set. She won the opening frame 6-2.
Senior Natalia Totevska dropped a three-set decision at No. 2 singles after winning the opening set 6-4. She lost the third set tiebreaker 10-5.
The visiting Hatters won all three doubles matches, but Hora-Cava was pleased with her team's play, especially at the top of the lineup as the sophomore duo of Justine Humair and Bergeson lost to the No. 60 ranked doubles team in the country.
"Even though the final score (8-4) won't reflect how competitive the (Humair and Bergeson) match was, the girls battled a nationally-ranked doubles team to the end," said Hora-Cava. "Stetson just won some of the big points and made the plays necessary to win the match."
Stetson 5, Florida Atlantic 2
Singles
No. 1 Unnati Purushotham (STET) def. Justine Humair (FAU) 6-3, 7-5
No. 2 Carolina de los Santos (STET) def. Natalia Totevska (FAU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (5)
No. 3 Cassie Bergeson (FAU) def. Breanna Atkinson (STET) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (5)
No. 4 Shannon Gunning (STET) def. Natasha Basma (FAU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Katherine Nowicki (STET) def. Erika Mrazkova (FAU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 Virginia Augustin (FAU) def. Natalie Gorham (FAU) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 Valentina Galbarini/de los Santos (STET) def. Humair/Bergeson (FAU) 8-4
No. 2 Atkinson/Nowicki (STET) def. Wimmer/Totevska (FAU) 8-5
No. 3 Gunning/Purushotham (STET) def. Basma/Mrazkova 8-2
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
Order of Finish:
1,2,3,4,5,6