Box Score The Hatters fell to the Eagles from Georgia Southern on a chilly Saturday afternoon 3-4.
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"It was a tough one today," said Head Coach
Travis Sandlant. "Sometimes you give it your all, compete hard and just come up a little short. It was one of those days."
The Hatters would drop the doubles point, as
Cheri Darley and
Alanna DiFrancesco would be the lone Stetson pair to win their match 6-0.
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In singles play, Stetson found themselves in a hole as
Nadejda Maslova fell on court two 0-6, 4-6 and
Cheri Darley fell on court one 2-6, 4-6. This was when the Hatters started to rally. Freshman,Â
Zali Morris dominated, in her first collegiate match, on court four, winning 6-2, 6-3.
Noa Cohen followed behind her winning on court six 7-5, 7-5. This brought Stetson to within one point as they trailed 2-3.
Magdalena Hedrzak battled her way through three sets and ending on top winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 to tie it at three.Â
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This brought the entire match down
Alanna DiFrancesco on court three. She would drop the first set 4-6 before battling in the second set. With the score tied at 6 the two players had to go to a tie breaker to see who would win the second set. Unfortunately DiFrancesco was unable to win the tiebreaker falling 6-7.
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The Hatters will now send some players to the Vero Beach 25K, which takes place on Monday, Jan. 22. They will then head over to Daytona Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 24 for a showdown with Bethune-Cookman at 11am.Â
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