TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State women’s tennis team (2-7, 0-2 ACC) fell 4-2 to No. 36 Notre Dame (12-2, 2-1) Sunday afternoon at the Eck Tennis Pavilion in Notre Dame, Indiana.

FSU cruised on doubles Courts 1 and 2. Mary Boyce Deatherage and Cade Cricchio got to work early, jumping out to a quick 3-1 lead. The pair controlled the remainder of the match, winning three of the next four games to earn a 6-2 victory on Court 2. Notre Dame earned a victory on Court 3 to even the doubles session at 1-1. Eva Shaw and Tina Li broke the 4-4 tie on Court 1, winning the next two games to earn the victory and clinch the doubles point for Florida State.

The Irish began singles earning victories on Courts 2, 3 and 6. 

On Court 1, Shaw won the opening set 6-2 and played to a 5-3 lead in the second set. No. 46 Bianca Molnar battled back to tie the set 5-5. The two split games to head to a tiebreaker. After swapping points, in an 8-8 tie, Shaw won the next two points to earn a straight set 6-2, 7-6(8) victory. With the win, Shaw earned her highest ranked victory of the season.

Notre Dame clinched the match with a singles victory on Court 5.

Kristyna Lavickova was in the middle of her third set 4-6, 6-4, 5-6 when the match concluded.

The Seminoles have won the doubles point in both of their matches to begin ACC play. Shaw is undefeated in FSU’s first two ACC matches, earning two victories in both singles and doubles.

Florida State returns home for a Saturday doubleheader hosting Georgia State and Alabama State. First serve is set for 11 a.m. against Georgia State with the Alabama State match to follow.

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

Match Results

#36 Notre Dame 4, Florida State 2

Singles

1. Eva Shaw (FSU) def. #46 Bianca Molnar (ND) 6-2, 7-6(8)

2. Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Mary Boyce Deatherage (FSU) 7-6(1), 6-1

3. Sophia Holod (ND) def. Tina Li (FSU) 6-3, 6-4

4. Rylie Hanford (ND) vs. Kristyna Lavickova (FSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-5 unfinished

5. Bojana Pozder (ND) def. Cade Cricchio (FSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

6. Jessica Kovalcik (ND) def. Lauren Anderson (FSU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

1. Eva Shaw/Tina Li (FSU) def. Sophia Holod/Bianca Molnar (ND) 6-4

2. Mary Boyce Deatherage/Cade Cricchio (FSU) def. Rylie Hanford/Gabriella Rawles (ND) 6-2

3. Akari Matsuno/Mari-Louise Van Zyl (ND) def. Kristyna Lavickova/Lauren Anderson (FSU) 1-6

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,3,2,1,5)



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