Friday, May 4, 2007

PC Women Fall To Florida Southern At NCAA DII Southeast Regional

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – No. 26 Presbyterian College fell 5-0 to 11^th-ranked Florida Southern on Friday afternoon at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional. FSC will now face the other semifinal winner, tournament host #8 Nova Southeastern University, at 10 a.m. at the BCC Tennis Complex on May 5.

The third-seeded Moccasins took all three doubles matches from the sixth-seeded Blue Hose to lead 3-0. FSC’s eighth-ranked duo of Senka Softic and Meri Gol defeated Presbyterian's Lauren Brown and Abby Diminich 8-2 in the top flight. Silje Aarum and Lindsey Schwartz defeated Brittany Lanford and Lisa Moyer 8-3 to put FSC up 2-0 before Erin Conroy and Lidia Gandarias finished doubles play with an 8-2 victory over Virginia Waldron and Kari Fuller.

Senka Softic put FSC up 4-0 by defeating Lauren Brown 6-1, 6-1 in the top singles flight. The match was completed when FSC's Meri Gol closed out Lisa Moyer 6-1, 6-0, giving the Moccasins the 5-0 victory.

#11 Florida Southern College 5

Presbyterian College 0 

Doubles

1. #8 Senka Softic/Meri Gol (FSC) def. Lauren Brown/Abby Diminich (PC) 8-2

2. Silje Aarum/Lindsey Schwartz (FSC) def. Brittany Lanford/Lisa Moyer (PC) 8-3

3. Erin Conroy/Lidia Gandarias (FSC) def. Virginia Waldron/Kari Fuller (PC) 8-2

Singles

1. #12 Senka Softic (FSC) def. Lauren Brown (PC) – 6-1, 6-1

2. #48 Meri Gol (FSC) def. Lisa Moyer (PC) – 6-1, 6-0

3. Lidia Gandarias (FSC) vs. Abby Diminich (PC) – 3-6, 4-4 Unfinished

4. Silje Aarum (FSC) vs. Kari Fuller (PC) – 61-, 3-2 Unfinished

5. Lindsey Schwartz (FSC) vs. Brittany Lanford (PC) – 1-6, 5-5 Unfinished

6. Erin Conroy (FSC) vs. Virginia Waldron (PC) – 6-3, 1-3 Unfinished