DELAND, Fla. – Florida Atlantic women's tennis, who broke into the ITA national rankings today at No. 50, captured a 4-0 road victory over host Stetson.
The Owls remained perfect with the win and moved to 5-0 on the year while the Hatters fell to 6-3. FAU will return home to play host to UCF, ranked No. 20 nationally, at 5 p.m. Friday.
FAU and Stetson split doubles matches with the duo of
Lexi Silna and
Panna Bartha splitting the best of three matches at 1-1 with a 6-4 victory on court #3.. The newcomer pair of
Malwina Rowinska and
Lara Smejkal then clinched the doubles point for FAU with a 7-5 court #1 win.
The two teams moved into singles play with the Owls holding the edge. Silna gave the Owls their second point of the match with a court #5 7-5, 6-1 win. Sophomore
Panna Bartha won court #2 in straight sets, but needed tiebreakers to do it at 7-5, 7-5. The match was clinched by Rowinska who was a 7-5, 7-5 victor on court #4.
Florida Atlantic (5-0) defeated Stetson (6-3)
Location: Deland, Florida
Doubles
#1
Malwina Rowinska /
Lara Smejkal [FAU] def. Cheri Darley / Alanna DiFrancesco [STU] 7-5
#2 Katsiaryna Tuliakova/Anastasija Adeikyte [STU] def.
Victoria Gomez O'Hayon/
Millie-Mae Matthews [FAU] 6-0
#3
Lexi Silna /
Panna Bartha [FAU] def. Elicia Kim/Audelie Lesauvage [STU] 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
#1
Victoria Gomez O'Hayon [FAU] def. Cheri Darley 6-7, 6-1, 2-0 UF
#2
Panna Bartha [FAU] def. Katsiaryna Tuliakova [STU] 7-6, 7-6
#3
Lara Smejkal [FAU] vs. Alanna DiFrancesco [STU] 3-6, 6-3, 4-1 UF
#4
Malwina Rowinska [FAU] def. Audelie Lasauvage [STU] 7-5, 7-5
#5
Lexi Silna [FAU] def. Clelia Lombardi [STU] 7-5, 6-1
#6
Millie-Mae Matthews [FAU] vs. Anastasija Adeikyte [STU] 7-5, 3-6 UF
Order of Finish: 5, 2, 4
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