LAKELAND, Fla. – The 14th-ranked Saint Leo University women's tennis team fell in the first round of the 2024 Sunshine State Conference women's tennis championship. The Lions dropped a 4-0 match to the three-seed #1 Nova Southeastern in Lakeland on Friday morning. Saint Leo falls to 14-9 on the season.
 
The Sharks opened the match with a pair of 6-1 doubles victories to clinch the doubles point.

Nova Southeastern picked up singles wins at one, three, and six to clinch the match and advance to the semifinal round.
 
#1 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN 4, #14 SAINT LEO 0
DOUBLES

1. #2 Freya Davies/Natalie Espinal (NSU) def.#15 Lavinia Lancellotti/Luzia Obermeier (SLU) 6-1
2. Claudia Borbon Roca/Catherine Rabatin (SLU) vs. Julia Moraes/Sofia Shing (NSU) 3-4, UF
3. Ita Habekovic/Patricie Kubikova (NSU) def. Madelyn Martin/Shailina Kamilya (SLU) 6-1

 
SINGLES

1. #3 Natalie Espinal (NSU) def. #37 Luzia Obermeier (SLU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Claudia Borbon Roca (SLU) vs. #13 Lexi Weir (NSU) 3-6, 2-5 UF
3. Freya Davies (NSU) def. Lavinia Lancellotti (SLU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Kamilya Shailina (SLU) vs. #62 Lian Benedejcic (NSU) 1-6, 2-5 UF
5. Camila Keller (SLU) vs. Sofia Shing (NSU) 6-3, 1-5 UF
6. Ita Habekovic (NSU) def. Catherine Rabatin (SLU) 6-0, 6-3

 
ORDER OF FINISH
DOUBLES: 1,3
SINGLES: 6,1,3