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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The No. 26 Nova Southeastern University women's tennis team (5-6, 2-2 SSC) fell the second-ranked Lynn Fighting Knights (14-0, 4-0 SSC) by a score of 8-1 on Monday at the NSU Tennis Complex.

"I knew this was going to be one of our toughest matches," head coach Doug Neagle said. "Lynn is an incredible team with great players and they got the best of us today. LP (Luicelena Perez) once again played awesome in singles. She fell behind early, but she kept her composure and rallied back to win."

For the first time this season, the Sharks were swept in the doubles matches. Going into singles, the Knights increased their lead 4-0 when the Sharks had to forfeit the match at No. 6 and then secured the victory with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 5. Lynn would go on to pick up wins at 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Perez picked up the only point for the Sharks as she rallied to defeat sixth-ranked Diana Bogolii, 5-7, 6-1, 10-6. With the win, the Valencia, Venezuela native becomes the fourth singles player in NSU history to start the season 10-0.  

The Sharks will be back in action Thursday, Mar. 30 to take on the No. 3 Barry Buccaneers at the Buccaneer Tennis Center at 3:00 p.m.