TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State women’s tennis team (2-1) fell to No. 4 Auburn (9-0) 4-0 in the ITA Kickoff Weekend Championship on Sunday afternoon at the Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn, Alabama. 

All three doubles courts were tightly contested. The Tigers took an early advantage on Courts 1 and 3, while the Seminoles maintained a 4-3 lead on Court 2. The Tigers went on to clinch the doubles point on Courts 2 and 3 with two 6-4 victories. 

In singles, Eva Shaw and Tina Li both had 5-5 ties in their first sets, before falling 7-5. Auburn earned victories on Courts 2, 3 and 5 to clinch the match.

Sophomore Mary Boyce Deatherage earned a first-set victory on Court 4 and was tied 2-2 in the second set when the match concluded.

Florida State is back at home on Friday for its annual Military Appreciation match as they host No. 24 UCF at 4 p.m. at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center. Admission is free to all FSU home tennis matches.

Live stats and video will be available on seminoles.com.

#4 Auburn 4, Florida State 0

DOUBLES

1. Eva Shaw and Millie Bissett (FSU) vs. DJ Bennett and Stefani Webb (AUB) 4-5 unfinished

2. Angella Okutoyi and Merna Refaat (AUB) def. Laura Putz and Tina Li (FSU) 6-4

3. Ashton Bowers and Ekaterina Khairutdinova (AUB) def. Mary Boyce Deatherage and Cade Cricchio (FSU) 6-4 

SINGLES

1. #94 Eva Shaw (FSU) vs. Ekaterina Khairutdinova (AUB) 5-7, 1-2 unfinished

2. Angella Okutoyi (AUB) def.  #44 Millie Bissett (FSU) 6-1, 6-1 

3. Merna Refaat (AUB) def. #96 Laura Putz (FSU) 6-2, 6-0 

4. Mary Boyce Deatherage (FSU) vs. Stefani Webb (AUB) 6-4, 2-2 unfinished

5. #27 Ashton Bowers (AUB) def. Kristyna Lavickova (FSU) 6-1, 6-1 

6. Tina Li (FSU) vs. Eva Ionescu (AUB) 5-7, 0-1 unfinished

ORDER OF FINISH

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (5,3,2)



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