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#3 LYNN
ENDS MOCS' SEASON IN REGIONAL FINAL
BOCA RATON - Third-ranked Lynn claimed
its 12th straight NCAA regional championship with a 5-0
win over the 13th-ranked Moccasins Friday at Boca Raton
in the Division II Southeast Regional.
Sweeping all three doubles matches, Lynn
needed just two singles wins to clinch the match and got
them from Katerina Jiskrova at No. 3, who topped Ashley
Hungerford, 6-1, 6-0, and from Magdalena Ekert at No. 5,
who downed Mona Sendesni, 6-1, 6-2. The other four
singles matches went unfinished, with Lynn leading in
three of them.
The Moccasins finish their season with a
17-7 record. Lynn advances to the Division II
Championship next week in Houston, Texas.
MOCS TOP NOVA 5-2, FACE LYNN IN
REGIONAL FINAL
BOCA RATON - Florida Southern overcame a
2-1 deficit after the doubles competition and defeated
12th-ranked Nova Southeastern 5-2 in the first round of
the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional at Boca Raton on
Thursday. The win puts the 13th-ranked Moccasins into
the regional title match Friday morning at 8:30 against
third-ranked Lynn.
Veronicka Kovacikova and Karolina
Stochlova produced the Moccasins' doubles win at No. 3.
After Ashley Hungerford at No. 3, Mona Sendesni at No. 5
and Kovacikova at No. 6 won in straight sets to put FSC
ahead 4-2, Stochlova downed Alexa Korotkevich 6-2, 5-7,
6-3 at No. 2 to clinch the match. Senka Softic at No. 1
and Erin Conroy at No. 4 were involved in three-set
matches as well, but both matches went unfinished after
Stochlova claimed her victory.
The Moccasins are now 17-6 and will face
a 22-2 Lynn team that blanked Carson-Newman 5-0 in
Thursday's other first-round match. FSC lost to Lynn 8-1
back on Feb. 16 in their third match of the season.
MOCS SET TO
DEFEND REGIONAL TENNIS TITLE
Coach Trish Riddell's Lady Mocs would
like to see a repeat of last year at this week's NCAA
Division II Southeast Regional at Boca Raton. Last
year the Moccasins had lost twice to Nova Southeastern
during the regular season, then beat the Sharks in the
NCAA regional. This year they lost twice to Nova
Southeastern during the regular season (6-3 and 5-4) and
meet the Sharks for the third time in their opening
match Thursday at 2 p.m. Lynn plays Carson-Newman
at 10 a.m. in the other match, with Thursday's two
winners playing Friday at 8:30 a.m. for the regional
championship. Last year's regional win over Nova
came in the championship match for the Moccasins and
they went on to finish in a tie for fifth at the
Division II Championship.
The latest ITA Division II rankings have
the Moccasins ranked 13th and Nova Southeastern ranked
12th. Lynn is ranked third, while Carson-Newman is
unranked. Individually, FSC's Senka Softic, 19-3
and the Sunshine State Conference Player of the year, is
ranked 15th in Division II in singles.
SOFTIC IS
SSC WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The Moccasins' Senka Softic is the
Sunshine State Conference Women's Player of the
Year. It's the second straight year she has won a
major SSC Award. Last year she was the SSC Women's
Freshman of the Year.
The sophomore from Tuzla, Bosnia, is
19-3 this season, all at #1 singles. She went 6-2
against SSC opponents and is 5-3 against
nationally-ranked foes. She currently is ranked
18th in Division II in singles.
Softic was the only Moccasin named to
the All-SSC team.
The Moccasins, ranked 14th in Division,
are 16-6 and will play Nova Southeastern May 8 at 2 p.m.
in their first-round match at the NCAA Division II
Southeast Regional at Boca Raton. It will be the
Lady Mocs' third meeting this season with Nova
Southeastern. A win over the Sharks would send FSC
to the regional final May 9 at 8:30 a.m. against the
Lynn/Carson-Newman winner.
MOCS TOP
SAINT LEO FOR 5TH AT SSC TOURNAMENT
LAKELAND - Florida
Southern captured fifth place in the Sunshine State
Conference Tennis Tournament with a 5-1 win over Saint
Leo on Saturday at the Beerman Tennis Complex.
In winning for the third time this season over the
Lions, the Moccasins improved their record to 16-6.
FSC won two of the three doubles
matches, then got singles wins at No. 1, No. 4 and No.
6 to clinch the match.
All-American Senka Softic won at No. 1
to improve her season record to 19-3. Erin
Conroy's win at No. 4 raised her season record to
16-4.
The Moccasins will now await word from
the NCAA on a possible NCAA regional bid.
MOCS BLANK
TAMPA, WILL PLAY SAINT LEO FOR FIFTH
LAKELAND - Florida
Southern made quick work of Tampa in the consolation
semifinals of the Sunshine State Conference Tennis
Tournament on Friday at the Beerman Tennis Center,
winning 5-0.
Improving their record to 15-6, the
Moccasins won all three doubles matches, then needed
just singles wins at No. 1 and No. 2 to clinch the
match. All-American Senka Softic improved her
record to 18-3 with her victory at No. 1.
The Moccasins play Saint Leo at 9 a.m.
Saturday in the fifth-place match. FSC posted a
pair of 7-2 wins over Saint Leo during the regular
season.
MOCS' RALLY
FALLS SHORT, NOVA WINS 5-4 IN SSC TOURNAMENT OPENER
LAKELAND - Down 3-0 after losing all
three doubles matches, the Moccasins rallied with four
singles wins to tie the match at 4-4 before Nova
Southeastern claimed the final match and a 5-4 victory
in the opening round of the Sunshine State Conference Tournament Thursday
at the Beerman Tennis Complex. FSC plays Tampa
Friday at 11:30 a.m. in the consolation semifinals.
Senka Softic at #1, Karolina Stochlova
at #2, Erin Conroy at #4 and Veronika Kovacikova at #6
all posted straight set singles wins to offset a win by
Nova Southeastern at #3 that left the match tied at
4-4. The Sharks' Adrienne Duenas downed Mona
Sendesni, 6-2, 7-5, at #5 singles to clinch the match.
The other three first-round matches were
all 5-0 shutouts, with Lynn beating Tampa, Barry beating
Saint Leo and Rollins beating Florida Tech. The championship semifinals
Friday will match Barry against Rollins at 9 a.m. and Lynn against
Nova Southeastern at 11:30 a.m. Saint Leo and Florida Tech will
play the other consolation semifinal match at 9 a.m. The women's championship
match is scheduled for Saturday at 11:30 a.m. The
third-place and fifth-place matches are scheduled for
Saturday at 9 a.m., with the seventh-place match
scheduled for Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
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