MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Hannah Seizer had to dig deep. But the more she dug, the better she got.

That was the case for the No. 4 Buccaneers women's tennis team, who handed 15th-ranked Florida Southern an 8-1 setback Saturday at Buccaneer Tennis Center to remain perfect overall and in Sunshine State Conference play. A dig deep theme ran throughout in this one to begin a last-week season stretch, where Barry will have to continue to keep purge if they hope to find the pot of gold at the end of the league tunnel.

The Bucs pulled out two third-set super tiebreakers in singles, and led in every match -- including the No. 3 position when Zuza Maciejewska retired with a 4-1 advantage. Barry also overcame a little adversity in doubles, bouncing back from a couple deficits to post another pairs sweep.

"We didn't feel really well in the first few games, but we picked it up, and we fought hard," said Seizer, who overcame a pair of holes in both of her singles and doubles matches to post victories. 

Barry's 16th pairs sweep of the season gave way to some singles confidence, and the Bucs rose to the occasion on the six individual match courts to put the match away.

"We felt really comfortable, everyone I think," Seizer said. "I didn't feel really well in the first set ... but I picked it up in the second one and in the match tiebreak."

That she did, using a better approach in coming to the net to put away winner after winner late in a grueling match with Selin Devrimci.

"We were practicing a couple days coming to the net to finish the point, so I tried my best to do it," Seizer said, "and yeah, it worked out." 
 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 8, Florida Southern 1
Records: Barry (18-0, 8-0 SSC), Florida Southern (11-6, 4-3 SSC)

DOUBLES:

• Thirty fifth-ranked Carolin Schmidt and Maciejewska were automatic in their 8-Love sweep over Magna Stepnik and Nina Schwab at No. 2 doubles. That put the Bucs ahead, 1-0. 
• Julie Razafindranaly and Seizer overcame a 5-3 deficit at No. 3 pairs to pull out an 8-6 victory over Natalija Popovic and Lorena Rionda to extend Barry's lead to 2-0.
• In the featured pairs match of the day, 14th-ranked Sonja Larsen and Verena Schmid overcame a deficit of their own to beat 12th-ranked Sasha Nionova and Selin Devrimci, 8-6, at the No. 1 position.

SINGLES:

• After Maciejewska gave way due to injury -- handing the Mocs their lone point -- Schmidt moved the Bucs within a point of clinching when she authored her second sweep of the day, beating Lola Asis, 6-0, 6-0, at the No. 4 spot in the lineup.
• Second-ranked Larsen clinched the victory with a 6-1, 6-2 win over 68th-ranked Rionda at the top position for a 5-1 lead.
• Razafindranaly beat Stepnik, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 5 singles.
• Judith Bohnenkamp responded after dropping the first set to charge back in the second and force the super tiebreaker in a 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 win over Schwab at the No. 6 spot. That made it 7-1.
• Seizer polished it off with a come-from-behind 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 12-10 win over Devrimci in the No. 2 hole.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Seizer improved to 6-1 at No. 2 singles. 
• Bohnenkamp won for the first time in three tries in a third-set super this season.
• It was the first time in her career Maciejewska has retired in a singles match.
• Schmid and Larsen won their third straight doubles match over a ranked opponent pairs team.
• Larsen won for the 14th time in straight sets this season. She hasn't dropped a set since Feb. 24.
• Schmidt won by sweep for the seventh time this season, and third in her last four singles matches.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

"At the beginning, I was a little bit struggling because you face good players as well. Right now, I'm really comfortable with this position."
        -- Barry junior newcomer Hannah Seizer after picking up her sixth win in seven tries at No. 2 singles

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will play at No. 7 Lynn 3 p.m. Tuesday in Boca Raton in a match that likely will decide the SSC regular season title. That match will be featured on LIVE SCORING.

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