MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The top-ranked Barry Buccaneers women's tennis team defeated the #2 Nova Southeastern Sharks 4-3 on Wednesday at the Buccaneer Tennis Center.  

This is the second straight match that the Bucs played the #2 team in the nation. The Bucs survived a scare, being down 3-2, Daniela Farfan tied it up with a victory at singles #4. It was up to Deniz Khazan to clinch the match after being down a set. Khazan pulled off the win in a thrilling match that came down to a 6-6 tiebreaker to keep the Bucs undefeated season alive. 

 INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #1 Barry 4, #2 Nova Southeastern 3
Records: Barry (14-0, 6-0 SSC) , Nova Southeastern (11-2, 3-1 SSC) 
SERIES: Bucs lead 25-3

SUMMARY:

Doubles 

1. Natalie Espinal/Fatima Bizhukova (NSU) def. Deniz Khazan/Daniela Farfan (BU) 7(11)-6(9). 
2. Nathalia Gasparin/Dinara Alloiarova (BU) def. Diane Follin-Arbelet/Eva Goncharov (NSU) 7-5 
3. Karolina Snita/Julie Razafindranaly (NSU) def. Selina Pichler/ Xiyao Wang (BU)

Singles 

1. Deniz Khazan (BU) def. Julie Razafindranaly (NSU) 5-7, 6-3, 7(7)-6(4) 
2. Natalie Espinal (NSU) def. Dinara Alloiarova (BU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. Karolina Snita (NSU) def. Xiyao Wang (BU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Daniela Farfan (BU) def. Fatima Bizhukova (NSU) 7-6, 6-2
5. Selina Pichler (BU) def. Diane Follin-Arbelet (NSU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Clara Versier (BU) def. Eva Goncharov 6-1, 6-3 

ON THE HORIZON

The Bucs will travel to Palm Beach to take on Palm Beach Atlantic on Tuesday, Mar. 28th at the Rinker Athletic Campus.