BOCA RATON, Fla. – The 13
th-ranked Lynn University women's tennis team rallied past No. 6 Tampa on Saturday for a 6-1 win after falling behind in doubles action. The Fighting Knights are now 11-3 overall this spring.
Match Scoresheet
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Spartans won the first and second doubles flights to grab the early 1-0 lead
- Senior
Giorgia Pigato and junior
Barbora Cibakova earned a 6-0 win in the third flight over Aleks Topalovic and Rebecca Presley. The duo is 3-2 in doubles this season
- The Fighting Knights sealed the comeback victory by taking all six singles flights
- Pigato picked up her second win of the day in No. 4 singles with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-4 win over Topalovic
- Pigato is now 8-3 in singles action
- Cibakova posted her second win of the day and first of the season in singles with a 6-1, 4-7, 6-1 defeat of Presley in the sixth flight
- Freshman
Salma Djoubri earned a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 1 singles over Raquel Amaro-Veloso. She is now 10-2 in singles
- Sophomore
Greta Schieroni took down Victoria Sánchez in the second flight, 6-2, 7-5 and Schieroni is now 7-2 in singles
- Freshman
Kristen Younes posted a 6-0, 7-5 win over Savannah Williams in the third flight
- In the fifth singles flight, sophomore
Zofia Podbiol earned a 6-4, 7-4 win over Anine Wilberg
- Younes is now 9-3 in singles action, while Podbiol is 6-5
UP NEXT:
- The Lynn women return to action tomorrow with No. 4 West Alabama at Perper Tennis Complex at 2:00 pm
