Florida Southern stops Lehigh win streak at six
Posted: March 8, 2004
Lakeland, FL – The Lehigh tennis teams began their Spring Break trip to Florida on Sunday on a bit of a down note, as both the men’s and women’s teams dropped close matches to Florida Southern College. The women had their six match winning streak come to an end with a 4-3 loss, while the men’s team’s had their two-match win streak halted 5-2.
On the women’s side, the Mountain Hawks started the match right, winning two of three doubles sets to take the first point. Kristen Nowicki and Rachel Samson defeated Laura Salatino and Lidia Gandarias 8-4, while Maria Anorga and Lindsey Long won 8-3 over Kelly Cox and Megan Fincham. Linda Mrkic and Lara Alcobendas won their set 8-4 over Gwen Dwyer and Star Foster.
In singles, Florida Southern took four of the six flights, with only Samson and Long winning for Lehigh.
In the men’s match, Florida Southern got off to a hot start in doubles and never looked back. The Mocs won all three doubles sets, 8-3, 8-4, and 8-1, and then took four of six singles matches. Randall Smalley won in second flight singles, defeating John Leavitt 6-3, 7-5, and Alfredo Fernandez-Concha won the fifth flight 6-1, 7-6 over Eduardo Fernandez.
The teams are back in action again on Wednesday as they take on Indianapolis University.
Lehigh vs. Florida Southern – Women’s Singles WINNER
1. Nowicki, Lehigh | Mrkic, FSU | Mrkic, 6-4 6-3 |
2. Samson, Lehigh | Gandarias, FSU | Samson, 6-2 6-2 |
3. Dwyer, Lehigh | Alcobendas, FSU | Alcobendas 6-0 6-4 |
4. Anorga, Lehigh | Oria, FSU | Oria, 6-0 6-4 |
5. Foster, Lehigh | Salatino, FSU | Salatino, 6-2 4-6 7-6 (2) |
6. Long, Lehigh | Cox, FSU | Long, 6-3 6-4 |
Lehigh vs. Florida Southern – Women’s Doubles WINNER
1. Nowicki/Samson, Lehigh | Gandarias/Salatino | Lehigh, 8-4 |
2. Dwyer/Foster, LU | Mrkic/Alcobendas | FSU, 8-4 |
3. Anorga/Long, LU | Cox/Fincham | Lehigh, 8-3 |
Lehigh vs. Florida Southern – Men’s Singles WINNER
1. Esler, Lehigh | Koprivica, FSU | Koprivica, 6-1, 6-1 |
2. Smalley, Lehigh | Leavitt, FSU | Smalley, 6-3 7-5 |
3. Lloyd, Lehigh | Josh Berman, FSU | Berman, 6-1 6-2 |
4. Swanson, Lehigh | Santibanez, FSU | Santibanez, 6-4 6-3 |
5. Fernandez-Concha, Lehigh | Fernandez, FSU | Fernandez-Concha, 6-1 7-6 (5) |
6. Nelson, Lehigh | Dixon, FSU | Dixon, 7-6 7-5 |
Lehigh vs. Florida Southern – Men’s Doubles WINNER
1. Swanson/Smalley, Lehigh | Koprivica/Leavitt | FSU, 8-3 |
2. Esler/Fernando Concha, LU | Nunez/Santibanez | FSU, 8-4 |
3. Shapiro/Lloyd, LU | Berman/Dixon | FSU, 8-1 |