Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Friday, April 20
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
2:00 p.m. ET
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Women's Tennis Falls 4-3 to Middle Tennessee
4/20/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 20, 2018
NORFOLK, Va. -- The Florida Atlantic University women's tennis team got off to a great start in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament, but Middle Tennessee came back to take the match 4-3 on Friday.
- The Owls won the doubles point as No. 55 Aliona Bolsova/Jemi Aguilar beat MT's Kim Kermet/Luisa Zirilli 6-3
- Natalia Boltinskaya and Marisa Ruiz sealed the point for FAU with their 7-6(7-4) win against Costanza Magazzini and Josefina Zehnder
- Bolsova completed her perfect season with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Magazzini to move to 19-0 on the year
- Aguilar was then topped 6-2, 6-3 by Zirilli in the No. 6 slot as MT got on the board
- The Blue Raiders tied the match as Kermit beat Ruiz 6-1, 7-5
- JaCara Gillis put the Owls back on top in her 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win against Lidia Burrows at No. 4 singles
- Jennifer Leib fell 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to Lee Barnard
- Freshman Natalia Boltinskaya battled but fell 7-6, 6-4 to Zehnder as MT won the match to move on in the tournament
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Costanza Magazzini / 0 [MT]
22
66
#2 Singles Match
12
M. Josefina Zehnder / 0 [MT]
76
64
#3 Singles Match
12
Kim Kermet / 0 [MT]
67
15
#4 Singles Match
123
Lidia Burrows / 0 [MT]
163
646
#5 Singles Match
123
Lee Barnard / 0 [MT]
616
363
#6 Singles Match
12
Luisa Zirilli / 0 [MT]
66
23
Order of Finish:
1,6,3,4,5,2
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