March 12, 2008

Final Stats

In a battle of the Owls, Temple University defeated Florida Atlantic University's women's tennis team 5-2 on Wednesday afternoon in Boca Raton, FL. Natalia Totevska and Elodie Wendling both won their singles matches to pick up FAU's two points.

Playing in the no. 1 spot, Totevska defeated Dina Senkina in two sets, while Wendling needed three sets to dispose of Christine Clermont in the no. 3 spot. Florida Atlantic narrowly missed its third point of the match as Virginia Augustin fell in the third-set tiebreaker 10-8 at no. 6.

Florida Atlantic will play two matches this weekend. The team will face Boston University on Friday and Illinois-Chicago on Saturday, both in Boca Raton.

Temple 5, Florida Atlantic University 2
Singles competition
1. Natalia Totevska (FAU) def. Dina Senkina (TEM) 6-4, 6-1
2. Lucie Pazderova (TEM) def. Claudia Kecht (FAU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Elodie Wendling (FAU) def. Christine Clermont (TEM) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
4. A. Rukavyshnykova (TEM) def. Danielle Simone (FAU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Josephine Bergman (TEM) def. Pia Terol (FAU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Felicia Frazier (TEM) def. Virginia Augustin (FAU) 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)

Doubles competition
1. Theresa Stangl/Lucie Pazderova (TEM) def. Claudia Kecht/Natalia Totevska (FAU) 8-4
2. Christine Clermont/A. Rukavyshnykova (TEM) def. Elodie Wendling/Pia Terol (FAU) 8-5
3. Dina Senkina/Josephine Bergman (TEM) def. Danielle Simone/Hannah Findlay (FAU) 8-2

Match Notes:
Temple 7-2
Florida Atlantic University 0-8