WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. –No. 8 (Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Division II Top 25) Flagler College rolled to a 7-0 win over Palm Beach Atlantic University in a non-conference women's tennis match Wednesday afternoon at the Mitch Gornto Tennis Center.
Flagler, playing in its first match in 12 days, improved to 7-2 overall. Palm Beach Atlantic had its two-match win streak halted and dropped to 4-10. The Saints open Peach Belt Conference play on Friday at No. 47 Georgia College & State University at 9 a.m.
The doubles point came down the No. 2 doubles match between
Leonie Floeth/
Toni Pfeiffer and Jelsyvette Croes/Jasmine Williams. Floeth and Pfeiffer improved to 3-1 this season with a 7-6(8) win after the other two doubles matches were split. No. 5-ranked
Dana Heimen and
Nadja Meier won their eighth match in a row with a 6-3 victory over Simona Karlsson Hantzis and Cecilia Peroni.
Flagler won four of the matches in straight sets. Meier, ranked No. 2, cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Jasmine Willams. Heimen, ranked No. 67, coasted past Hantzis 6-0, 6-1.
Toni Pfeiffer's 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 6 clinched the match for the Saints. Floeth,
Charlotta Buss, and
Eryka Kruk all posted wins. Kruk won her 10
th match in a row.
#8 Flagler 7, Palm Beach Atlantic 0
3/27/24 at West Palm Beach, Fla. (Mitch Gornto Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #2
Nadja Meier (FLG) def. Jasmine Williams (PBA) 6-1, 6-2
2. #67
Dana Heimen (FLG) def. Simona K. Hantzis (PBA) 6-0, 6-1
3.
Charlotta Buss (FLG) def. Alina Hoermann (PBA) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
4.
Leonie Floeth (FLG) def. Virginia Borja (PBA) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
5.
Eryka Kruk (FLG) def. Cecilia Peroni (PBA) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)
6.
Toni Pfeiffer (FLG) def. Frida Alsterhem (PBA) 6-0, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. #5
Dana Heimen/
Nadja Meier (FLG) def. Simona K. Hantzis/Cecilia Peroni (PBA) 6-3
2.
Leonie Floeth/
Toni Pfeiffer (FLG) def. Jelsyvette Croes/Jasmine Williams (PBA) 7-6 (10-8)
3. Frida Alsterhem/Alina Hoermann (PBA) def.
Eryka Kruk/
Charlotta Buss (FLG) 7-6 (8-6)
Match Notes
Flagler 7-2; National ranking #8
Palm Beach Atlantic 4-10
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,1,6,4,3,5)
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