April 12, 2002

BLACKSBURG, VA - Florida Atlantic University, ranked no. 71 in the nation, was defeated by Virginia Tech, 5-2, Friday night in Blacksburg, VA in a non-conference women's tennis match. The loss snaps FAU's 11-match winning streak and drops the Lady Owls to 14-5 on the year.

FAU's lone points came in singles play with victories at no. 1 by Alena Dvorakova and no. 3 by Karolina Roubickova. Dvorakova and Maria Aguirre-Gomez also won at no. 2 doubles.

Florida Atlantic closes out its regular season Saturday with a match against no. 11 Virginia Commonwealth, which will also be played in Blacksburg.

Virginia Tech 5, FAU 2

Singles
1. Alena Dvorakova (FAU) def. Kristen Stubbs (VT) 6-4, 6-7, 10-7.
2. Ines Khelifi (VT) def. Maria Aguirre-Gomez (FAU) 6-4, 6-4.
3. Karolina Roubickova (FAU) def. Meredith Vincent (VT) 6-4, 6-0.
4. Carolyn Kramer (VT) def. Jessica Burrow (FAU) 6-3, 7-5.
5. Ginger Lowdermilk (VT) def. Stephanie Beaulieu (FAU) 6-2, 6-4.
6. Zdenka Videnova (VT) def. Krystel Borg (FAU) 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles
1. Stubbs/Videnova (VT) def. Burrow/Roubickova (FAU) 8-4.
2. Aguirre-Gomez/Dvorakova (FAU) def. Khelifi/Vincent (VT) 8-5.
3. Kramer/Lowdermilk (VT) def. Beaulieu/Borg (FAU) 8-2.