Orange Drop Match at Florida State

TALLAHASSE, Fla. – The Syracuse University women's tennis team fell 4-2 to Florida State on Sunday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.

The Orange (6-11, 2-8) faced an early deficit as the Seminoles picked up wins in all three doubles contests. Florida State claimed the first match as Cade Cricchio and M.B. Deatherage logged a 6-3 win over Leena Bennetto and Emma Scaldalai. Eva Shaw and Laura Putz then knocked off Anastasia Sysoeva and Nelly Knezkova 7-5 to secure the doubles point. Kristyna Lavickova and Tina Li defeated Serafima Shastova and Monika Wojcik in a set tiebreak to sweep doubles.

Shastova wasted no time leveling the match at one apiece with a dominant 6-0, 6-1 victory over Deatherage. Scaldalai put the Orange in front with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Lauren Anderson, but the Seminoles stormed back from there. Lavickova posted a 7-6 (9-7), 6-1 triumph over Wojcik, and Li bounced back after dropping the first set to defeat Knezkova 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to give Florida State the advantage. Cricchio secured the victory with a 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-0 win over Bennetto. Sysoeva's clash with No. 94-ranked Shaw at No. 1 singles went unfinished.

Syracuse returns to Drumlins for its final two matches of the regular season next weekend. The Orange face Georgia Tech at 3 p.m. on Friday before squaring off with Clemson on Sunday at 11 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Leena Bennetto

Nelly Knezkova

Emma Scaldalai

Serafima Shastova

Anastasia Sysoeva

Monika Wojcik

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