Tampa Falls in Opening Round of SSC Championships

TAMPA, Fla. - The 38th-ranked University of Tampa tennis team dropped a 5-0 decision to 12th-ranked Florida Southern College in the first round of the 2007 Sunshine State Conference tournament, which is being played at Hillsborough Community College. Tampa drops to 14-8 on the season as FSC improves to 17-3.

The Spartans, the sixth seed, will now face seventh-seed Saint Leo in a backdraw match tomorrow. The match is slated to begin at 4:30 p.m.