(Tampa, Fla.) ? The Stetson women's tennis team's impressive non-conference schedule continued at #31 South Florida Saturday afternoon.  The Bulls held their home court, defeating Stetson 7-0. 

“It is never fun to lose 7-0,” said head coach Sasha Schmid.  “But I was really happy with our team's effort and level of play today.  USF is a strong team and we competed well at every position.”

Freshman Natalie Gorham was the only singles competitor to win a set.  In the #6 match, Gorham took the first set 6-1 before falling 6-1, 6-2 to Iciri Rai.  The Hatters also dropped singles matches to #10 Shadisha Robinson and #54 Courtney Vernon. 

“It was so important for us to rebound from our disappointing loss on Thursday and play with spirit and fight today,” said Schmid.  “We got back on track today.  We are a very young team and we have learned a lot this week.  I know the team is looking forward to playing Jacksonville on Friday.”

Results

Stetson University vs South Florida

2/10/2007 at Tampa, Fla.

South Florida 7, Stetson University 0

Doubles competition

1. #22 DUCH, Gabriela/ROBINSON, Shadisha (USF) def. ATKINSON, Breanna/GALBARINA, Valentina (STET) 8-4

2. VERNON, Courtney/SWEETING, Jessica (USF) def. ST. CLAIR, Katherine/NOWICKI, Katherine (STET) 8-4

3. CRUZ, Liz/RAI, Iciri (USF) def. CANADY, Catherine/LEONENKO, Anna (STET) 8-4

 Singles competition

1. #54 VERNON, Courtney (USF) def. GALBARINA, Valentina (STET) 6-0, 6-1

2. #10 ROBINSON, Shadisha (USF) def. ATKINSON, Breanna (STET) 6-3, 6-0

3. SWEETING, Jessica (USF) def. NOWICKI, Katherine (STET) 6-4, 6-2

4. CRUZ, Liz (USF) def. LEONENKO, Anna (STET) 6-2, 6-3

5. DUCH, Gabriela (USF) def. CANADY, Catherine (STET) 6-1, 6-0

6. RAI, Iciri (USF) def. GORHAM, Natalie (STET) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2