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No. 50 Owls Improve to 5-0 in 2025
2/20/2025 7:33:00 PM | Women's Tennis
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.
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
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.
RESULTS
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
FOLLOW ALONG
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#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
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#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
Order of Finish:
5,2,4
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