McGinnis Leads Owls on St. Patrick’s Day

Friday, March 17

Boca Raton, Fla.

10 a.m.

Florida Atlantic

Columbia

3/17/2023 3:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's tennis team fell on St. Patrick's Day, but the "Luck of the Irish" was with Amber McGinnis, who captured her first set tiebreaker 7-2 and then went on to win her second set, 7-5, in the Owls 5-2 loss to Columbia, on Friday.

McGinnis was victorious on court five and Katerina Filip also was a winner with a long 6-2, 6-4 win on court two.

RESULTS

03/17/2023 at Boca Raton, Fla. (Kimberly V. Strauss) | Columbia 5, Florida Atlantic 2
Singles competition
1. Anna Zhang (COL) def. Kudelova, Martina (FAU-W) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
2. Filip, Katerina (FAU-W) def. Julia Haynes (COL) 6-2, 6-4
3. Winta Tenolde (COL) def. Silna, Lexi (FAU-W) 6-2, 6-3
4. Rachele Rimondini (COL) def. Gomez O'Hayon, Victoria (FAU-W) 6-2, 7-5
5. McGinnis, Amber (FAU-W) def. Shivani Amineni (COL) 7-6 (7-2), 7-5
6. Clarine Lerby (COL) def. Matthews, Millie-Mae (FAU-W) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Sophia Wang/Anna Zhang (COL) def. Galmiche, Carla/Kudelova, Martina (FAU-W) 6-3
2. Shivani Amineni/Rachele Rimondini (COL) def. Gomez O'Hayon, Vic./Matthews, Millie-Mae (FAU-W) 6-4
3. Filip, Katerina/Silna, Lexi (FAU-W) def. Winta Tenolde/Michelle Xu (COL) 6-1

Match Notes:
Columbia 6-6 | Florida Atlantic 8-11
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,6,4,1,5,2)

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