INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, Fla. – Nova Southeastern women's tennis was perfect in the second day of action on Saturday at the Florida Tech Panther Women's Clay Court Invitational, earning an 8-0 record in matches with Saint Petersburg College and Florida Southern at Eau Gallie Yacht Club.
Day 2 Recap
Doubles
- For the second match in the tournament, freshman Natalie Espinal worked with junior Sarah Wardenburg for the Flight A doubles victory, topping Saint Petersburg College's Saki Matsubara and Anastasiya Salenko 6-1, 6-1.
- In doubles Flight B, junior Isabella Lowrey and freshman Dianne Follett-Arbelet triumphed over SPC's Maja Rulj and Ann Kathrin Wirlitsch 6-3, 6-1 for their first win of the weekend.
- In the C Flight, sophomore Alexandra Yeardley and freshman Kaitlyn Khan collected their first doubles win in Indian Harbour Beach, completing the NSU doubles sweep with a win over SPC's Jessica Delarosa-Zimring and Abigail Turnquest 6-3, 6-4.
Singles
· Espinal continues to impress and remained perfect with an individual victory over Salenko 6-3,6-1, getting NSU started with a win in Flight A.
· Wardenburg tallied her first singles win of the weekend with a 6-0, 6-1 win over SPC's Matsubara in Flight B.
· Follin-Arbelet added her first win in Flight C, topping Wirlitsch in a 6-1, 6-1 win.
· Khan produced her second win of the year and first of the weekend, pushing past Rulj in Flight D with a 6-2, 6-1 victory.
· Yeardley logged her second singles win at Florida Tech and completed a perfect day for the Sharks, earning the 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 tiebreaker victory over Florida Southern's Gabby Hesse in Flight E.
"It's nice winning all of the matches today, but I'm more happy with the way we competes," head coach
Doug Neagle said.
Shark Facts
- A rookie from Tegucugalpa, Honduras, Espinal has collected a record of 13-3 (8-2 singles) on the season.
Up Next: NSU wraps competition in Indian Harbour Beach on Sunday at the Kiwi Tennis Club to close out the Florida Tech Clay Court Invitational. The Sharks are slated with three additional doubles matches and five more singles, beginning at noon.
