DALLAS, Texas – The Florida Atlantic Owls' women's tennis team, ranked No. 63 nationally, saw their inaugural bid for an American Athletic Conference championship come to an end late Friday night. The No. 6 seeded Owls fell to Memphis, a No. 3 tourney seed, by a 4-1 score.
Florida Atlantic conceded the doubles point to the Tigers and then began singles play with Memphis taking the middle courts in straight sets. Trailing 3-0, the Owls battled on courts one, two, five and six. Memphis took court #6 and the match, but not before FAU's
Victoria Gomez O'Hayon grabbed court #2 with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Both
Panna Bartha and
Lexi Silna's matches were in the third set but were not completed.
#63 Florida Atlantic (13-9) v #47 Memphis (16-7)
DATE: 04/19/2024 TIME: 7:35 PM ARENA: StyslingerAltec Tennis Complex SITE: Dallas, Texas
Doubles
#1 Camila Soares / Monique Woog [MEM] def. Gomez O'Hayon, Victoria / Matthews, Millie-Mae [FAU] 2-1 WD
#2 Emily Meyer / Leonie Moeller [MEM] def. Bartha, Panna / Silna, Lexi [FAU] 6-3
#3 Galmiche, Carla / McGinnis, Amber [FAU] vs. Emily Meyer / Leonie Moeller [MEM] 4-3 UF
Order of Finish: 1, 2
Singles
#1 Bartha, Panna [FAU] vs. Camila Soares [MEM] 6-7(5-7), 6-2, 3-1 UF
#2 Gomez O'Hayon, Victoria [FAU] def. Lonie Moeller [MEM] 6-2, 6-1
#3 Monique Woog [MEM] def. Galmiche, Carla [FAU] 6-0, 6-1
#4 Emily Meyer [MEM] def. McGinnis, Amber [FAU] 6-1, 6-3
#5 Silna, Lexi [FAU] vs. Alice Amendola [MEM] 3-6, 6-3, 3-2 UF
#6 Micah Pierce [Mem] def Matthews, Millie-Mae [FAU] 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 4, 2, 6
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