WINTER PARK, Fla. — In a nationally-ranked non-conference matchup at the Bert W. Martin Tennis Complex, 29th-ranked Rollins College edged 15th-ranked Flagler College, 4-3, Sunday afternoon.
The Saints (8-5) swept through the doubles point with the trio of 22nd-ranked
Eden Schlagenhauf/
Luisa Hrda,
Florencia Massardo Brain/
Addison Skye Breunich and
Alessandra Traub/
Anika Nissen all winning. It was the ninth straight win for the top doubles team in Schlagenhauf and Hrda as they down seventh-ranked Alexandra Borg and Georgina Groth, while it was the fifth for the other two Flagler duos.
Rollins (10-6) flipped the script in singles as the Tars won on four-of-six courts to clinch the come-from-behind victory. The match-deciding point came on courts five and six with the score knotted at 3-all.
Battling back from a set-one loss, Massardo and Breunich put themselves in position to clinch after Hrda, Traub and Schlagenhauf's winning streaks were snapped on the top three courts.
Massardo joined Nissen as the two Saints to win after Nissen won her 10th-straight match on court four; however, Massardo's fifth consecutive win came after Breunich was edged in sixth singles that clinched the match for the Tars.
Flagler will look to bounce back when No. 8 Saint Leo comes to the Flagler Tennis Center for another non-conference match, beginning Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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