Friday,
May 9, 2008
ROLLINS
DEFEATS
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. — The
fourth-seeded Rollins College Tars overcame the weather and the fifth-seeded
Tusculum College Pioneers 5-0 to advance to the finals of the NCAA Division II
Women’s Tennis Southeast-II Regional Tournament on Friday at the
The Tars
(23-2, ranked No. 11 in NCAA II) led 1-0 in doubles after Sonia Bernal and Margaret
Junker closed out their match with Jennifer
Sparks and Amanda Pike 8-1 at No.
2 doubles. But lightning and rain forced a delay of almost four hours before
the teams could get back on the court.
When
play resumed, the Tars closed out their remaining two doubles matches over the
Pioneers (20-4, No. 27 in NCAA II). Silvia
Frandji and Anastasiya Shevchenko completed a shutout over Blake Thompson and Bronwyn
Hartley 8-0 at the third flight, while the ninth-ranked Tars duo of Marnie Mahler and Roshni Luthra beat Katelyn Doss and Caroline
Crowe 8-2 at the top spot.
In
singles, Junker defeated Thompson 6-0, 6-0 at the fifth flight. Luthra sealed the match at No. 4 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Doss for the final point.
The Tars
will now face the Barry Buccaneers, who defeated Saint Leo 5-0, in the regional
final on Saturday at
- NCAA -
No. 9 Rollins 5, No. 27
Singles
competition
1. #13 Marnie Mahler (RC) vs. Jennifer Sparks (TC), DNF
2. Sonia
Bernal (RC) vs. Bronwyn Hartley (TC), DNF
3. Anastasiya Shevchenko (RC) vs. Amanda Pike (TC), DNF
4. Roshni Luthra (RC) def. Katelyn
Doss (TC), 6-0, 6-0
5.
Margaret Junker (RC) def. Blake Thompson (TC), 6-0, 6-0
6.
Silvia Frandji (RC) vs. Heidi von der
Lage (TC), DNF
Doubles
competition
1. #9 Mahler/Luthra (RC) def. Doss/Caroline
Crowe (TC), 8-2
2. Bernal/Junker
(RC) def. Sparks/Pike (TC), 8-1
3. Frandji/Shevchenko (RC) def. Thompson/Hartley (TC), 8-0
Match
Notes:
Rollins
23-2; National ranking #9
Order of
finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (,5,4)
Match
delayed for
Official:
Cecil Wise