Florida Gulf Coast University women's tennis dropped a narrow 4-3 defeat at Lipscomb University Friday morning in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Bisons began the morning by winning the doubles point.
In singles,
Francisca Vergara got the Eagles on the board winning 6-2, 6-0 on court No. 5.
Isabella Colmenares then added another point as she delivered a 6-2, 6-2 victory on court No. 2.
Lipscomb tied the match after
Ashley Matz fell 6-3, 6-4 on court No. 1. and then took a 3-2 lead as
Nora Svensson dropped her match on court No. 4 with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) decision.
Anjali Kotecha kept the Green & Blue in the match and with an opportunity to still win as she delivered a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 score on court No. 2.
With the pressure all on court No. 6,
Paloma Goldsmith won the first set 6-4 but couldn't seal the win and dropped the other two sets with 6-3, 6-3 scores.
FGCU will now head to University of North Alabama (7-6) Sunday at 11 a.m. in Florence, Alabama.
Lipscomb 4 FGCU 3
Doubles
1. Sofiia Paladi/Mariia Dolzhenko (LIPSCOMB) def.
Ashley Matz/Isabella Colmenares (FGCU) 6-4
2. Deborah D. Collado/Rut Galindo (LIPSCOMB) def.
Paloma Goldsmith/Nora Svensson (FGCU) 6-3
3.
Anjali Kotecha/Francisca Vergara (FGCU) def. Kameliia Tytarenko/S. Bobrovnikova (LIPSCOMB) 6-2
Singles
1. Sofiia Paladi (LIPSCOMB) def.
Ashley Matz (FGCU) 6-3, 6-4
2.
Isabella Colmenares (FGCU) def. Mariia Dolzhenko (LIPSCOMB) 6-2, 6-2
3.
Anjali Kotecha (FGCU) def. Rut Galindo (LIPSCOMB) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
4. Deborah D. Collado (LIPSCOMB) def.
Nora Svensson (FGCU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
5.
Francisca Vergara (FGCU) def. S. Bobrovnikova (LIPSCOMB) 6-2, 6-0
6. Sofiia Zhylchuk (LIPSCOMB) def.
Paloma Goldsmith (FGCU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,2,1,4,3,6)
