BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's tennis team closed out its two-match road trip with a tough 7-2 loss to NCAA II No. 6 Lynn at the Perper Tennis Complex on Saturday. The Eagles moved to 3-3 on the year, while the Fighting Knights ran their record to a perfect 10-0 in 2014. ERAU is now 1-2 against ranked NCAA II opponents.
The Fighting Knights began the day by winning all three doubles points.
Paola Montero and Anna Götz wound up on the wrong side of an 8-1 decision against Rosalie Willig and Andrea Berkova on court two, as did
Kristina Marova and
Hui-I Huang, who fell to the fifth-ranked pair of Vale Confalonieri and Ioana Ivan on court one. Lynn's Kim Preszlowski and Alina Jane completed the sweep with an 8-4 win over the freshman tandem of
Paula Ortiz Couder and
Eva Vilar to give Lynn a 3-0 leading heading into singles play.
Lynn got singles wins from the top three players in their lineup beginning with 11th-ranked Ivan's 6-1, 6-2 win against Marova at the third spot. Confalonieri, ranked No. 1 in the NCAA II singles rankings, clinched the victory with a 6-2, 6-0 defeat of Huang on court one. The only other match to be played in full sets was at No. 2 singles where Willig bested Götz 6-1, 6-3.
With the team outcome already decided, officials agreed to play eight-game pro sets for the remaining three singles contests. The format favored the Eagles who took two of the three matches as Montero downed Jane 8-6 at No. 5 and Ortiz Couder held off Przeszlowski 8-6 at No. 6. The final match went to No. 21 Berkova who bested Vilar 8-2 on court four.
The Eagles will play an exhibition match against Florida State College at Jacksonville on Tuesday before hosting Cumberland at 3:30 p.m. on March 14 at the Crotty Tennis Complex.
Singles
1. #1 Vale Confalonieri (LUW) def.
Hui-I Huang (ERAUWT13) 6-2, 6-0
2. Rosalie Willig (LUW) def. Anna Gotz (ERAUWT13) 6-1, 6-3
3. #11 Ioana Ivan (LUW) def.
Kristina Marova (ERAUWT13) 6-1, 6-2
4. #21 Andrea Berkova (LUW) def.
Eva Vilar (ERAUWT13) 8-2
5.
Paola Montero (ERAUWT13) def. Alina Jane (LUW) 8-6
6. Kim Przeszlowski (LUW) def.
Paula Ortiz Couder (ERAUWT13) 8-6
Doubles
1. #5 Vale Confalonieri/Ioana Ivan (LUW) def.
Hui-I Huang/
Kristina Marova (ERAUWT13) 8-1
2. Rosalie Willig/Andrea Berkova (LUW) def. Anna Gotz/
Paola Montero (ERAUWT13) 8-1
3. Kim Przeszlowski/Alina Jane (LUW) def.
Eva Vilar/
Paula Ortiz Couder (ERAUWT13) 8-4
Match Notes:
Embry-Riddle 3-3
Lynn University 10-0
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,1,2,4,6,5)