ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- The top-seeded and ranked Barry Buccaneers fell in the NCAA Division II

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 2 Nova Southeastern 4, 1 Barry 2
Records: Barry (23-5), NSU (27-4)
Series: Barry leads 33-4

SUMMARY:

Doubles

1. #2 Natalia Espinal / Freya Davies (NSU) def #34 Viktoriia Dema / Dinara Alloiarova (BARRY) 6-3
2. Clara Versier / Ailen Crespo (BARRY) def. Julia Moraes / Sofia Shing (NSU 6-3 
3. Angela Leweurs / Nathalia Gasparin (BARRY) def Ita Habekovic / Patrice Kubikova 7-6(1)

Singles

1. ##2 Natalie Espinal (NSU) def. #38 Alina Michalitsch (BARRY) 6-2, 6-3
2. #20 Viktoriia Dema (BARRY) def. #18 Lexi Weir (NSU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 
3. Freya Davies (NSU) def. Ailen Crespo (BARRY) 6-0, 6-1
4. Dinara Alloiarova (BARRY) vs #66 Lian Benedejcic (NSU) 6-4, 6-7(6) unf.
5. Sofia Shing (NSU) def. Angela Leweurs (BARRY) 6-3, 6-3
6. Ita Habekovic (NSU) def. #70 Clara Versier (BARRY) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Bucs quickly took the #2 doubles 6-3, but the Sharks won 6-3 at #1.
• Barry's Gasparin and Leweurs battled to a 7-6(1) tie-break win to clinch the doubles point for the Bucs.
• Barry led after doubles 1-0 for the 21st time this year.
• In singles, NSU quickly evened the match 1-1 as Davies knocked off Crespo 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3.
• Espinal made to 2-1 NSU by beating Michalitsch at No. 1.
• Viktoriia Dema tied things up again by rallying back from a first set loss to beat Weir 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
• But the Sharks won at No. 5 and No. 6 to snap the Bucs string of championships at six. 

NOTEWORTHY:

• The match snapped a 12-match winning streak over the Sharks, including three this season.
• The match was just the second time since the scoring change of 2018-19 reduced the doubles to one point that Barry had won the doubles, but lost the match by dropping four singles matches. 
• It was just the sixth time since head coach Avi Kigel's second year in 2009-10 that Barry has lost four singles matches.  
• Versier's 34-match winning streak ended in the loss. 

ON THE HORIZON

That ends the season.