Tritons Fall at Palm Beach Atlantic

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Eckerd women's tennis team returned to conference play on Wednesday with a trip to Palm Beach Atlantic, where the Sailfish picked up an 8-1 win.

Palm Beach Atlantic (10-8, 1-3 SSC), which is ranked 10th in the region, won all three doubles contests to take an early lead and clinched the match after winning at No. 3 and 5 singles.

Joyce Fields earned Eckerd's point when PBA's Vanessa Buchbinder retired from their match at No. 2 singles. Buchbinder won a tight first set, 6-4, and the two were knotted at 4-4 in the second.

Cassidy Lear nearly scored a win at No. 6 singles against Estefani Fernandez. Fernandez took the first set, 6-3, but Lear returned the favor in the second to force a super tiebreaker where Fernandez narrowly edged Lear, 13-11.

The path gets no easier for Eckerd (3-9, 0-6 SSC) which next faces No. 4 Lynn University on Tuesday, March 27, in Boca Raton.
 

Doubles competition

1. #26 Yuliia Russu/Taylor Conti (PBAW) def. Taylor Selby/Joyce Fields (ECW) 8-2

2. Laura Andersen/Johanna Kern (PBAW) def. Bailey Koronich/MaryAnn Aaron (ECW) 8-4

3. Romina Bolagay/Michaela Mignemi (PBAW) def. Laurence Bourgault/Isabella Wong (ECW) 8-1

Singles competition

1. Bella Mermersky (PBAW) def. Taylor Selby (ECW) 6-0, 6-1

2. Joyce Fields (ECW) def. Vanessa Buchbinder (PBAW) 6-4, 4-4, retired

3. Taylor Conti (PBAW) def. MaryAnn Aaron (ECW) 6-0, 6-0

4. Michaela Mignemi (PBAW) def. Bailey Koronich (ECW) 6-1, 6-1

5. Nicole Reich (PBAW) def. Laurence Bourgault (ECW) 6-1, 6-1

6. Estefani Fernandez (PBAW) def. Cassidy Lear (ECW) 6-3, 3-6, 13-11