No. 26 Tampa Takes First Loss at No. 13 Rollins

February 20, 2013

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WINTER PARK, Fla. - The No. 26 University of Tampa (5-1, 2-1 SSC) tennis team dropped a 5-4 decision to No. 13 Rollins College (3-2, 2-2 SSC) on Wednesday afternoon.

Tampa claimed two of the three doubles matches with both the number-one team of Lauren Hewett and Meg Wladimirski and the two team of Lindsay Nochowicz and Kelsey Matthews each winning.

Thashia Garcia played to a 6-4, 6-1 victory at the number-one singles match for Tampa as Hewett won 6-4, 6-3 at the three spot.

Tampa's next test will be a Saturday contest at SSC opponent and No. 4 Lynn University. The match is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

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