Florida Gators
#15 Arkansas
No. 16 Women's Tennis Loses at No. 15 Arkansas
Sunday, April 5, 2009 | Women's Tennis
The 16th-ranked University of Florida women's tennis team fell to No. 15 Arkansas on Sunday, 4-0, at Dills Indoor Tennis Center in Fayetteville, Ark. The loss dropped the Gators to 10-8 overall, and 4-4 in conference play.
Arkansas (10-6, 5-3) grabbed an early lead after clinching the doubles point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Play was halted on court one after the point was clinched.
The Razorbacks earned wins at No. 4 and No. 6 singles to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Junior Marrit Boonstra, who opened the dual match season with 15 straight wins, suffered her second loss in a row, falling to fifth-ranked Aurelija Miseviciute 6-2, 6-4.
Freshmen Jo Mather and Barbara Pinterova each won the first set of their matches, but play was stopped after the match was decided on court one.
Florida will return home for the final three matches of the regular season, facing Alabama on Friday at 3 p.m. and taking on Auburn next Sunday at 1 p.m.
College Women's Tennis
Fayetteville, Ark.
Dills Indoor Tennis Center
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Final Score: #15 Arkansas- 4, #16 Florida- 0
Doubles
1. #29 Anouk Tigu/Nanar Airapetian (Ark) led. Jessica Alexander/Anastasia Revzina (UF), 5-4.
2. #62 Aurelija Miseviciute/Ela Kaluder (Ark) def. Marrit Boonstra/Jo Mather (UF), 8-6.
3. Emily Carbone/Kate Lukomskaya (Ark) def. Barbara Pinterova/Brooke Allen (UF), 8-3.
Singles
1. #5 Aurelija Miseviciute (Ark) def. #8 Marrit Boonstra (UF), 6-2, 6-4.
2. #71 Anouk Tigu (Ark) led. Anastasia Revzina (UF), 6-3, 4-6.
3. Jo Mather (UF) led. Ela Kaluder (Ark), 6-4, 3-3.
4. Emily Carbone (Ark) def. Jessica Alexander (UF), 6-3, 6-0.
5. Barbara Pinterova (UF) led. Nanar Airapetian (Ark), 7-6(2), 3-2.
6. Kate Lukomskaya (Ark) def. Brooke Allen (UF), 6-1, 6-4.
Order of Finish: Doubles – 3, 2* Singles – 4, 6, 1*
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