TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State women’s tennis team (2-6, 0-1 ACC) fell to No. 62 Louisville (7-1, 1-1) on Friday afternoon at the Bass-Ruud Tennis Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
The Seminoles got off to a strong start on all three doubles courts, holding leads in all three during the first five games. Eva Shaw and Tina Li took Court 1 for the first time this season and earned a 6-4 victory to win the first match of the afternoon. The Cardinals responded with a victory on Court 3. 
 
Mary Boyce Deatherage and Cade Cricchio found themselves down 5-3 on Court 2, and won the game to cut the deficit to 5-4. The pair stepped up to win a 40-40 deciding point to tie the match 5-5. After splitting games, Cricchio and Deatherage prevailed in the tiebreak set earning a 7-6(5) victory to clinch the doubles point for Florida State.
 
Louisville opened singles play with two victories on Courts 3 and 6 to take a 2-1 advantage. Deatherage earned a straight-sets 6-2, 6-3 victory on Court 2 to tie the match at 2-2. The victory marked Deatherage’s 10th singles victory of the season, and her first on Court 2.
 
Shaw earned a hard-fought three-set victory on Court 1. She dominated the first set 6-1, dropped the second set 7-5 and won the third set 6-4 to give the Noles a 3-2 lead.
 
The Cardinals earned two victories on court 4 and 5 to clinch the match.
 
The Seminoles resume ACC play on Sunday at No. 36 Notre Dame at the Eck Tennis Pavilion in Notre Dame, Indiana. Live stats and video will be available on seminoles.com.
 
Match Results
Louisville 4, Florida State 3
Singles
1. Eva Shaw (FSU) def. Alice Otis (LOU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
2. Mary Boyce Deatherage (FSU) def. Davis Germany (LOU) 6-2,6-3
3. Elena Noguero (LOU) def. Tina Li (FSU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Lika Peresypkina (LOU) def. Kristyna Lavickova (FSU) 6-2,2-6,6-4
5. Berta Miret (LOU) def. Cade Cricchio (FSU) 7-6, 3-6, 2-6
6. Rebekkah Gaines (LOU) def. Lauren Anderson (FSU) 6-1, 6-2
 
Doubles
1. Eva Shaw/Tina Li (FSU) def. Alice Otis/Lika Peresypkina (LOU) 6-4
2. Mary Boyce Deatherage/Cade Cricchio (FSU) def. Elena Noguero/Berta Miret (LOU) 7-6(5)
3. Germany Davis/Lucia Gallegos (LOU) def. Kristyna Lavickova/Lauren Anderson (FSU) 6-4
 
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,4,6,1,4,5)
 
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