SAINT LEO, Fla. – The No. 6 Saint Leo women's tennis team snagged a top-15 nationally-ranked victory over the No. 13 Flagler Saints on Saturday in the Saint Leo Tennis Center. The No. 6 Lions rallied in singles play to earn a 4-3 win, improving their season mark to 2-0.  Marta Vicens Miquel clinched the match for the Green and Gold at third singles. Meanwhile, fourth-singles Nina Furmaniak, fifth-singles Nastasia Jedrychowski, and sixth-singles Anna Marija Bukina stepped up to keep the season perfect.
 
Results
Doubles

• Kristyna Jurkova and Nina Furmaniak def. No. 21 Paloma Martinez and Alessandra Traub (6-2)
• Lixin Wang and Anika Nissen def. Molly Helgesson and Nastasia Jedrychowski (6-4)
• Flo. Massardo Brain and Eden Schlagenhauf def. Marta Vicens Miquel and Anna Marija Bukina (7-5)

Singles

• No. 14 Schlagenhauf def. Helgesson (6-1, 6-3)
• No. 36 Wang def. No. 31 Jurkova (3-6, 6-3, 6-3)
• No. 19 Vicens Miquel def. No. 28 Nissen (6-4, 7-5)
• Furmaniak def. Vossagaetter (6-2, 7-6 (8-6))
• Jedrychowski def. Massardo Brain (6-4, 6-4)
• Bukina def. Traub (6-2, 7-5)

 
Up Next
Saint Leo will open Sunshine State Conference competition on Friday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. in the Saint Leo Tennis Center hosting long-time foe, No.1 Barry.
 
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