MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The No. 1 ranked Barry Buccaneers women's tennis team defeated the No.37 NAIA Keiser Seahawks 4-3 at the Buccaneer Tennis Center on Thursday afternoon.
Final: No. 1 Barry 4, No. 37 NAIA Keiser 3
Records: Barry (10-1), Keiser (5-3)
Series: Barry leads 15-0
SUMMARY:
Doubles
1. Patricia Apisah/Violet Apisah (KU) def. Clara Versier/Nathalia Gasparin (BU) 6-1
2. Viktoriia Dema/Dinara Alloiarova (BU) def. Katie Visnevscaia/Vanja Vidanovic (KU) 7-5
3. Angela Leweurs/Maia Haumüller (BU) def.Isabella Perez Flores/Yeva Kononovych (KU) 6-4
Singles
1. Violet Apisah (KU) def. Ailen Crespo (BU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Katie Visnevscaia (KU) def. Viktoriia Dema (BU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. Alina Michalitsch (BU) def. Tabitha Howe (KU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Patricia Apisah (KU) def. Dinara Alloiarova (BU) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1
5. Angela Leweurs (BU) def. Vanja Vidanovic (KU) 7-5, 6-3
6. Clara Versier (BU) def. Perez Flores (KU) 6-2, 6-0
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Barry secured the doubles point after securing victories at No.2 and 3 doubles.
- Verier put the Bucs up 2-0 after making quick work of Perez Flores at No. 6 singles.
- The Seahawks knotted the match up after winning at No. 1 and 3 singles.
- The Bucs went up 3-2 after Michalitsch secured a victory at No. 3 singles.
- The match got tied up at 3-3 after Alloiarova fell at No. 4 singles, but shortly after Leweurs secured a straight-set victory to secure the match for the Bucs.
NOTEWORTHY
- Leweurs (10-0) and Versier (7-0) stay undefeated in singles on the season.
- Michalitsch extended her singles winning streak to seven matches.
ON THE HORIZON
The Bucs will host NCAA Division I Delaware on Sunday Mar. 24 at the Buccaneer Tennis Center, starting at 11:00 a.m.
