Box Score AUBURN, Ala. - Nevada Women's Tennis face Florida State in day one of the ITA Kickoff weekend hosted by Auburn.
In doubles action, two Nevada teams fell. The duo of
Silvia-Maria Costache and
Marlene Foerster dropped their match to Eva Shaw and Millie Bissett, 6-2.
Petra Janigova and
Wiem Boubaker fell to Mary Boyce Deatherage and Cade Cricchio, 6-3.
Amahée Charrier and
Kennedy Robinson were leading Laura Putz and Tina Li, 4-3, when FSU clinched the point.
In singles action, Nevada evened up the score at three points each as
Kariman Buqai defeated Li (7-5, 7-5), followed by Costache beating Kristyna Lavickova (7-5, 7-6) and Charrier won over Bissett (6-3, 5-7, 6-1).
However, after Foerster fell to Shaw (6-0, 7-6) and Robinson lost to Putz (6-1, 6-1), Nevada needed the final singles match to win. Janigova ultimately fell to Deatherage, 7-6, 4-6, 3-6.
Nevada will play again tomorrow with time and opponent TBD.
Full Results
Florida State 4, Nevada 3
Doubles
No. 1 – Shaw/Bissett (FSU) def. Costache/Foerster (NEV), 6-2
No. 2 – Robinson/Charrier (NEV) vs. Putz/Li(FSU), 4-3 unfinished
No. 3 – Deatherage/Cricchio (FSU) def. Boubaker/Janigova (NEV), 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3
Singles
No. 1 - Charrier (NEV) def. Bissett (FSU), 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
No. 2 - Shaw (FSU) def. Foerster (NEV), 6-0, 7-6 (7-1)
No. 3 - Putz (FSU) def. Robinson (NEV), 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 - Deatherage (FSU) def. Janigova (NEV), 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 - Costache (NEV) def. Lavickova (FSU), 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 6 - Buqai (NEV) def. Li (FSU) 7-5, 7-5
Order of Finish: 2, 6, 3, 5, 1, 4