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11 a.m.
Women's Tennis
at Florida International
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Wednesday, March 7
Boca Raton, FL
1:00 PM
Florida Atlantic
2
vs
5
Xavier
Women's Tennis Falls to Xavier
3/8/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 7, 2012
Boca Raton, FL - Singles wins by junior Marlene Ryan and freshman Catalina Ene weren't enough as the Florida Atlantic University women's tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss to Xavier University on Wednesday at Patch Reef Park in Boca Raton. The Owls now stand 6-3 on the season.
Ryan cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 2 singles for her sixth spring victory. She is 2-0 at the No. 2 singles matches.
Ene won by identical 6-4, 6-4 scores at No. 6 singles to improve her record to 5-1 on the season.
Xavier rallied to tie the match, and took the victory with a pair of three-set wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles.
Senior Cassie Bergeson forced a third set by winning the second-set tiebreaker 10-8 at No. 4 singles. However, she couldn't keep the momentum going and fell 6-1 in the deciding frame.
"Xavier was the better team today and deserved to win the match," said Marcy Hora-Cava, FAU's head women's tennis coach. "They chased down a lot of balls and played the big points very well. We need to learn from this setback and get ready for a busy stretch of matches."
FAU will play three matches in a five-day span, beginning on Friday, March 9, at 1 p.m. against in-state rival Stetson University. The match will be played at Patch Reef Park, 2000 West Yamato Road in Boca Raton.
Xavier 5, Florida Atlantic 2
Singles
No. 1 Katie Pleiman (XU) def. Justine Humair (FAU), 6-2, 7-6 (3)
No. 2 Marlene Ryan (FAU) def. Daniella Patton (XU), 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Andrea Wolf (XU) def. Natasha Basma (FAU), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3
No. 4 Kally Alkire (XU) def. Cassie Bergeson (FAU), 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-1
No. 5 Lizzie Oosterbaan (XU) def. Erika Mrazkova (FAU), 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Catalina Ene (FAU) def. Allyson Westling (XU), 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 Alkire/Pleiman (XU) def. Natalia Tomaszewicz/Bergeson (FAU), default
No. 2 Patton/Westling (XU) def. Taylor Briggs/Humair (FAU), default
No. 3 Wolf/Oosterbaan (XU) def. Natasha Phillips/Ene (FAU), default
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
12
Katie Pleiman / 0 [XU-W]
67
26
#2 Singles Match
12
Daniella Patton / 0 [XU-W]
23
66
#3 Singles Match
123
Andrea Wolf / 0 [XU-W]
726
663
#4 Singles Match
123
Kally Alkire / 0 [XU-W]
666
271
#5 Singles Match
12
Lizzie Oosterbaan / 0 [XU-W]
66
34
#6 Singles Match
12
Allyson Westling / 0 [XU-W]
44
66
Order of Finish:
6,2,5,1,4,3
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