DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Tuskegee women's tennis team wrapped up its Florida road swing over the weekend, dropping matches to Florida Southern (4-0) on Friday and Embry-Riddle (4-0) on Saturday in non-conference action.
Florida Southern 4, Tuskegee 0
Florida Southern secured the doubles point and added three singles victories to earn the 4-0 win.
The Mocs took control in doubles play with wins on courts two and three. Emily Jennewein and Ronja Scheuermann defeated
Gabrielle Blanks and
Adjowa-Sika Serena Pascaline 6-3 at No. 2 doubles, while Annika Berndorf and Jolie Miller topped
Dayna Jackson and
Asia McRae 6-1 at the No. 3 position.
The No. 1 doubles match between
Leiloni Payton and
Ayawavi Vania Dotse and Florida Southern's Kennedi Brown and Josie Holderbach went unfinished with the Mocs leading 5-2.
In singles play, Florida Southern closed the match with three straight-set victories. Josie Holderbach defeated Dotse 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, while Annika Berndorf earned a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Payton at No. 2.
At No. 5 singles, Kennedi Brown secured the clinching point with a 6-0, 6-1 win over
Taylor Ford.
Two matches remained unfinished, including strong early showings by Adiowa-Sika and
Asia McRae.
Embry-Riddle 4, Tuskegee 0
On Saturday, Tuskegee opened the match with a strong showing in doubles, but Embry-Riddle ultimately secured the point by winning two of the three courts.
Payton and Dotse highlighted the doubles action for the Golden Tigers, earning a 7-5 victory over Amelie Gindl and Carlota Balseiro at No. 1 doubles.
Embry-Riddle responded with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to take the opening point.
In singles play, Embry-Riddle secured the match with three victories.
Amelie Gindl defeated Adiowa-Sika 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, while Franzi Kremerskothen posted a 6-1, 6-3 win over
Chloe Griffin-Harrington at No. 5.
At No. 6 singles, Charly Egger defeated
Gabrielle Geary 6-2, 6-0 to clinch the match for the Eagles.
Two other singles contests featuring Blanks and
Dayna Jackson remained unfinished.
Up Next
Tuskegee returns home on March 20 when the Golden Tigers host Rust College at the PepsiCo Tennis Courts.
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