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ORLANDO, Fla. – No. 23 (ITA Division II) Flagler College had little trouble defeating No. 37 University of Tampa, 8-1, in a non-conference women's tennis match Thursday afternoon at Sanlando Park.

Flagler improved to 6-2 overall while Tampa suffered its third consecutive loss and fell to 2-7.

The Saints swept the doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead early in the match. Lauren Pfeiffer (Fort Pierce, Fla./Florida Gulf Coast U.) and Chelsea Taylor (Bradenton, Fla./Bradenton Prep) shutout Kourtney Stark and Megan Mancini 8-0 at No. 1 while Veronica Figueroa (Orlando, Fla./Cypress Creek HS) and Jennifer Saviano (Davie, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS) rolled to an 8-1 win over Nikol Williams and Molly Welsh at No. 2. Rachel Gould (Toronto, Ontario/Vaughan Road Academy) and Deon Miller (Miami, Fla./Dr. Michael Krop) made it a clean sweep with an 8-3 triumph over Ally Wooten and Briana Ryan at No. 3.

Flagler won singles flights 2-6 in straight sets.

Flagler returns to Peach Belt Conference play on Sunday (Mar. 7) against No. 31 Georgia College & State University at 12:30 p.m. at the Flagler Tennis Center.

#23 Flagler 8, #37 Tampa 1
Mar 04, 2010 at Orlando, FL (Sanlando Park)

Singles competition
1. Kourtney Stark (UTW) def. Lauren Pfeiffer (FCW) 6-2, 6-4
2. Veronica Figueroa (FCW) def. Nikol Williams (UTW) 6-0, 6-1
3. Jennifer Saviano (FCW) def. Molly Welsh (UTW) 6-2, 6-1
4. Deon Miller (FCW) def. Megan Mancini (UTW) 6-0, 6-4
5. Chelsea Taylor (FCW) def. Ally Wooten (UTW) 6-3, 6-2
6. Rachel Gould (FCW) def. Briana Ryan (UTW) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Lauren Pfeiffer/Chelsea Taylor (FCW) def. Kourtney Stark/Megan Mancini (UTW) 8-0
2. Veronica Figueroa/Jennifer Saviano (FCW) def. Nikol Williams/Molly Welsh (UTW) 8-1
3. Rachel Gould/Deon Miller (FCW) def. Ally Wooten/Briana Ryan (UTW) 8-3

Match Notes
Tampa 2-7; National ranking #37; Regional ranking #10
Flagler 6-2; National ranking #23; Regional ranking #5