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Women's Tennis Defeats Florida Atlantic, 4-3
March 11, 2005 | Women's Tennis
March 11, 2005
The women's tennis team snapped a three-match losing streak with a 4-3 win over Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Fla. on Friday.
With the score knotted at three, freshman Gia Nafarrete battled her way to victory in the No. 5 singles slot. After splitting the first two sets with Pia Terol, Nafarrete won a hard-fought third set and took the match 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. It was Nafarrete's first win in the No. 5 slot this season.
The Eagles (4-6) won the decisive doubles point at the beginning of the match, claiming victories in two of the three matches. Senior Szilvia Szegedi and sophomore Lindsey Nash won at No. 2 doubles, 8-6, while senior Morgan Landes and freshman Caitlin Arnould cruised in the No. 3 slot, 8-2.
Landes and Nash won at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively. Both were victorious in straight sets.
Complete Results
Singles
#1 Alena Dvorakova (FAU) def. Szilvia Szegedi (BC) - 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
#2 Veronika Koksova (FAU) def. Nida Waseem (BC) - 6-3, 6-3
#3 Morgan Landes (BC) def. Katherine Bartnik (FAU) - 6-2, 7-5
#4 Lindsey Nash (BC) def. Claudia Kecht (FAU) - 7-5, 6-4
#5 Gia Nafarrete (BC) def. Pia Terol (FAU) - 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
#6 Jessica Williams (FAU) def. Amy Molden (BC) - 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
#1 Dvorakova/Wendling (FAU) def. Waseem/Nafarrete (BC) - 8-3
#2 Szegedi/Nash (BC) def. Koksova/Bartnik (FAU) - 8-6
#3 Landes/Arnould (BC) - def. Kecht/Williams (FAU) - 8-2
