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Ana Pain won twice vs. NYIT
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Ana Pain won her fifth match without dropping a game.

Women's Tennis Jim McCurdy

Women's Tennis Beats No. 13 NYIT

Barry picks up 10th win of season

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Barry University women's tennis team made short work of New York Tech Sunday, beating the Bears, 5-0, at Florida Southern.

The No. 2 Buccaneers (10-1) will return home for three matches this week, beginning Wednesday against NAIA No. 3 Auburn-Montgomery at 2 p.m. No. 13 New York Tech fell to 16-3.

Barry's Ana Pain and Sonja Larsen beat 16th-ranked Alessia Rossetti and Sara Burinato, 8-3, at No. 1 doubles. Linda Fritschken and Kimmy Twelker defeated Alexandr Borgenhoff and Melanie Benyadi, 8-4, at No. 2. Barry's Elisabeth Abanda and Jasi Witherspoon held off Justyna Krol and Gabriela Siembab, 9-8 (7-4), at the No. 3 spot.

The Bucs needed only two singles matches to seal the deal. Pain rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Borgenhoff at No. 4 singles. Twelker led Siembab, 6-1, 4-0, before the Bears opponent retired. The other four singles matches were left unfinished.

Abanda led 39th-ranked Rossetti in the first set. Fritschken and Burinato were tied in the first set. Larsen led Benyadi, up a set, in the second. Krol was up a set and a game on Witherspoon.


 

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Players Mentioned

Sonja Larsen

Sonja Larsen

5' 10"
Freshman
Ana Pain

Ana Pain

5' 6"
Sophomore
Kimmy Twelker

Kimmy Twelker

6' 0"
Junior
Elisabeth Abanda

Elisabeth Abanda

5' 6"
Junior
Jasi Witherspoon

Jasi Witherspoon

5' 7"
Sophomore
Linda Fritschken

Linda Fritschken

5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Sonja Larsen

Sonja Larsen

5' 10"
Freshman
Ana Pain

Ana Pain

5' 6"
Sophomore
Kimmy Twelker

Kimmy Twelker

6' 0"
Junior
Elisabeth Abanda

Elisabeth Abanda

5' 6"
Junior
Jasi Witherspoon

Jasi Witherspoon

5' 7"
Sophomore
Linda Fritschken

Linda Fritschken

5' 10"
Senior