UWF women's tennis team captures 44th straight conference win
- March 2, 2015
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The No. 7-ranked University of West Florida women’s tennis team defeated No. 11-ranked Valdosta State 8-1 on the road Sunday afternoon.
UWF (4-1, 2-0 GSC) also defeated Valdosta State for the ninth straight time en route to the team’s 44th conference win. The last time UWF lost a conference match was to Valdosta State in the GSC Tournament Championship on April 18, 2010.
The No. 10-ranked doubles team of seniors Laure-Eline Faure (Toulouse, France) and Monika Kochanova (Bratislava, Slovakia) won at number one doubles 8-4. Junior Nina Bubelova (Pova'sk' Bystrica, Slovakia) and senior Fernanda Amaral (Curitiba, Brazil) won 8-3 at number two doubles while senior Francesca Fanchin (New York, N.Y.) and junior Katarina Dikosavljevic (Queensland, Australia) won at number three doubles by default.
No. 4 Kochanova fell at number one singles 3-6, 1-6 while Faure won 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 at number two singles. Dikosavljevic won at number three singles 6-4, 6-3 while Bubelova won 6-0, 6-1 at number four singles.
Amaral won at number five singles 6-2, 6-1 while Sarai Flores (Mexico City, Mexico) won at number six singles by default.
UWF will continue the season on the road next week against a pair of Gulf South Conference opponents. UWF will face No. 34 Shorter on Friday, March 6 at 2 p.m. eastern time before facing Lee on Saturday, March 7 at 9 a.m.eastern time.
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Singles competition
- Bea Morales (VSUWT) def. #4 Monika Kochanova (UWFW) 6-3, 6-1
- Laure-Eline Faure (UWFW) def. Jennifer Rink (VSUWT) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4
- Kat Dikosavljevic (UWFW) def. Joanna Lario (VSUWT) 6-4, 6-3
- Nina Bubelova (UWFW) def. Anke Poncelet (VSUWT) 6-0, 6-1
- Fernanda Amaral (UWFW) def. Taylor Vinge (VSUWT) 6-2, 6-1
- Sarai Flores (UWFW) def. No player (VSUWT), by default
- #10 Monika Kochanova/Laure-Eline Faure (UWFW) def. Jennifer Rink/Anke Poncelet (VSUWT) 8-4
- Nina Bubelova/Fernanda Amaral (UWFW) def. Bea Morales/Joanna Lario (VSUWT) 8-3
- Kat Dikosavljevic/Francesca Fanchin (UWFW) def. No player/No player (VSUWT), by default