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Valdosta State VSU (8-11)
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Jonathan Glass | Director of Athletic Communications

#13 Women's Tennis Defeats #27 Valdosta State 4-2 in Regular Season Finale

SAINT LEO, Fla. – The 13th-ranked Saint Leo University women's tennis center closed out its regular season with a 4-2 win over #27 Valdosta State University at home on Wednesday evening. The Lions clinched the doubles point and earned three singles wins to clinch their 14th win of the season.

Valdosta State opened the match with a 6-2 win at number three doubles. The Lions used a pair of doubles wins to clinch the point and take a 1-0 advantage. Luzia Obermeier and Lavinia Lancellotti won 7-5 to tie the doubles action and Claudia Borbon Roca and Catherine Rabatin clinched the doubles point for the home team with a 7-5 win at number two doubles.
 
The Blazers tied the match at 1-1 with a win at number three singles. Back-to-back wins by Luzia Obermeier at number one singles and Kamilya Shailina at number four singles to take a 3-1 lead over the visitors. Valdosta State cut Saint Leo's lead to one with a win at number two singles. Rabatin clinched the match for the Lions with a win at number six singles. Camila Keller was leading 5-1 in the third set before her match was called due to the clinch by Rabatin.
 
#13 SAINT LEO 4, #27 VALDOSTA STATE 2
DOUBLES
  1. #21 Luzia Obermeier/Lavinia Lancellotti (SLU) def. #35 Denisa Hanakova/Viktoriia Fedorova (VSU) 7-5
  2. Claudia Borbon Roca/Catherine Rabatin (SLU) def. Kayla Greco/Aneta Poborilova (VSU) 7-5
  3. Natalie Rainke/Evelyn Altmaier (VSU) def. Kamilya Shailina/Madelyn Martin (SLU) 6-2
 
SINGLES
  1. #37 Luzia Obermeier (SLU) def. Denisa Hanakova (VSU) 7-5, 6-2
  2. Natalie Rainke (VSU) def. Claudia Borbon Roca (SLU) 7-6(4), 7-5
  3. Aneta Poborilova (VSU) def. Lavinia Lancellotti (SLU) 6-1, 7-5
  4. Kamilya Shailina (SLU) def. Kalya Greco (VSU) 6-3, 7-5
  5. Camila Keller (SLU) vs. Olivia Pezo (VSU) 6-2, 4-6, 5-1 UF
  6. Catherine Rabatin (SLU) def. Evelyn Altmaier (VSU) 7-6(5), 7-5
 
ORDER OF FINISH
DOUBLES: 3,1,2
SINGLES: 3,1,4,2,6
 
UP NEXT
Saint Leo will now prepare for postseason play as the Lions are set to be the six seed at next weekend's 2024 Sunshine State Conference women's tennis championship in Lakeland, Fla. The Lions will take the number three seed Nova Southeastern on April 26. 
 
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