LAKELAND â€" Florida Southern continued its season-long eight-match homestand here Sunday afternoon by posting a 9-0 shutout victory over Palm Beach Atlantic in a non-conference, South Region match at the Wynee Warden Tennis Center.
With Sunday's victory, the 10th-ranked Moccasins extended its win streak to four straight wins and improved its record to 10-3 on the season, while PBA falls to 13-7 on the season.
In Sunday's win, the Mocs opened by sweeping all three doubles as they dropped just a total of eight games. FSC's 10th-ranked No. 1 team of senior Sabine Goge (Cesis, Latvia) and junior Magda Riutort (Petra, Spain) improved to 9-3 at the No. 1 spot after earning an 8-3 win.
The Mocs also won 8-1 at the No. 3 spot and its No. 2 team of freshman Dominique Friedrichs (Hufingen, Germany) and junior Olivia Spagnuolo (Andover, Mass.) improved to 9-4 on the season after picking up an 8-4 win.
Meanwhile, in singles play, the Mocs dropped a total of six games in five of its six matches, as the only the match at the No. 5 spot between Friedrichs and PBA's Maja Jovic needed a third set tiebreaker.
Olivia Spagnuolo posted back-to-back 6-0 wins at the No. 4 spot, while 36th-ranked Goge was leading Yoanna Peshev 4-0 in the first set when Peshev was forced to retire at the No. 2 spot. Junior Victoria Spagnuolo (Andover, Mass.) improved to 4-0 on the year in singles with her 6-1, 6-1 win at the No. 6 spot over PBA's Liddy Robinson.
Riutort, who is ranked 22nd nationally in singles, won her fourth straight match at the No. 1 spot as she dropped just three games as she won 6-3, 6-0 over Veena Vasquez, who is ranked 14th in the lastest South Region singles rankings. Senior Joalis Dominguez (Vero Beach, Fla.) dropped only two games at the No. 3 spot as she won 6-2, 6-0 over PBA's Jessica Wharton.
The best match of the day came at the No. 5 spot as Friedrichs won her fourth consecutive match as she posted a 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 win over Jovic.
FSC will conclude its homestand on Tuesday, March 25 as they host Missouri-St. Louis in a 3 p.m. match at the Wynee Warden Tennis Center.
#10 Florida Southern 9, Palm Beach Atlantic 0
03/23/14 at Lakeland, FL (Wynee Warden Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. #22 Magda Riutort (FSCW) def. Veena Vasquez (PBAW) 6-3, 6-0 |
| 2. #36 Sabine Goge (FSCW) def. Yoanna Peshev (PBAW) 4-0, retired |
| 3. Joalis Dominguez (FSCW) def. Jessica Wharton (PBAW) 6-2, 6-0 |
| 4. Olivia Spagnuolo (FSCW) def. Vilja Vahatalo (PBAW) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 5. Dominique Friedrichs (FSCW) def. Maja Jovic (PBAW) 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 |
| 6. Victoria Spagnuolo (FSCW) def. Liddy Robinson (PBAW) 6-1, 6-1 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. #10 Sabine Goge/Magda Riutort (FSCW) def. Veena Vasquez/Yoanna Peshev (PBAW) 8-3 |
| 2. Olivia Spagnuolo/Dominique Friedrichs (FSCW) def. Jessica Wharton/Maja Jovic (PBAW) 8-4 |
| 3. Laura Wichmann/Joalis Dominguez (FSCW) def. Vilja Vahatalo/Liddy Robinson (PBAW) 8-1 |
| Match Notes |
| Palm Beach Atlantic 13-7 |
| Florida Southern 10-3; National ranking #10; Regional ranking #6 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,3,4,1,6,5) |
