Results
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – One day after the top-ranked men visited the Turley Athletic Complex, the third-ranked Barry University women were able to defeat the Eckerd College women's tennis program on Saturday afternoon, 6-0.
The Tritons (0-4, 0-3 SSC) and Buccaneers (6-0, 5-0 SSC) were able to complete their series of doubles contests and finish three singles matches before steady rainfall in the early afternoon hours left the courts unplayable.
A total of three singles matches (No. 4, 5, 6) went down in the books as unfinished with both sides mutually agreeing to end the match early.
"Barry is a very tough conference opponent and the girls played as hard as they could," said EC interim head coach
Ben Maxwell. "They knew it was going to be a tough one. We are looking forward to some out-of-conference matches next week."
"We will continue to work hard in practice and improving in the areas we need work in," he added.
Barry was anchored by a pair of top 10 South Region-ranked individuals in singles, No. 3 Elizabeth Abanda, who locked against EC's
Carson Trapp, and No. 10 Linda Fritschke, who matched up against
Gipson Hawn.
Junior
Erika Fridrik faced off against Kimmy Twelker in the No. 3 singles matchup.
Emily Fridrik,
Amy Naula and
Katie Benn, were all scheduled to compete in singles competition.
Barry came into today's match as the top-ranked team in the South Region as decided by the ITA from the conclusion of the fall season.
The Tritons will step out of the Sunshine State Conference schedule early next week to host Hanover (Ind.) College at 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
