April 13, 2007

Final Stats

BOCA RATON, FL - The Florida Atlantic University women's tennis team played host to its final conference opponent before they head to the Sun Belt Tournament next week and fell to Florida International University 7-0.

FIU, ranked no. 32 nationally by the ITA, took the doubles point and then swept through the singles matches. The closest FAU came to capturing a set was no. 3 singles when senior Katherine Bartnik pushed the first set tiebreaker to 7-5.

Bartnik, FAU's lone senior, will play her final home match 1 p.m. Saturday when the Owls play host to USF.

All home matches are played at Patch Reef Park and are free and open to the public.

Doubles
No. 1 Priscilla Castillo/Egle Petrauskaite (FIU) def. Claudia Kecht/Katherine Bartnik (FAU) 8-2
No. 2 Paula Zabala/Nikkita Fountain (FIU) def. Natalia Totevska/Pia Terol (FAU) 8-3
No. 3 Shilla D'Armas/Maria Dolores Pazo (FIU) def. Elodie Wendling/Danielle Simone (FAU) 8-4

Singles No. 1 Paula Zabala (FIU) def Claudia Kecht (FAU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 Egle Petrauskaite (FIU) def. Elodie Wendling (FAU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 Shilla D'Armas (FIU) def. Katherine Bartnik (FAU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
No. 4 Marijana Cutak (FIU) def. Natalia Totevska (FAU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 Priscilla Castillo (FIU) def. Pia Terol (FAU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Nikkita Fountain (FIU) def. Danielle Simone (FAU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 7 Maria Vallasciani (FIU) def. Eve Xanthanpoulos (FAU) 8-4