March 4, 2019

Spartans Blank Tritons in SSC Matchup

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa tennis team claimed its first Sunshine State Conference victory in a blanking of Eckerd College on Monday at 3 p.m.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa Spartans 7, Eckerd Tritons 0
Records: Tampa (2-2, 1-1 SSC), Eckerd (0-4, 0-3 SSC)
Location: Naimoli & Young Family Athletic Complex | Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series: Eckerd holds a 29-27 advantage in the all-time series and has now won 11 straight over the Tritons.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

UT took all three doubles contests before winning all six singles events.
The number-one doubles team of Caroline Lozo and Dakota Busch took a 6-1 win.
Corbin Dorsey and Maddie Stephens won 6-0 at the two doubles match.
In number three doubles, Vanina Iordanova and Lilley Nice won 6-1.
Iordanova also took the number-one singles event 6-1, 6-0.
At two singles. Dorsey won 6-1, 6-0.
Nice was victorious by scores of 6-2, 6-2 at three.
Stephens claimed a 6-3, 6-1 victory at four singles.
The Spartans took the five and six matches 6-0, 6-0 by Lozo and Nicoline Palmgren, respectively.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

Stephens is now alone in seventh place on the all-time chart with 35 career singles wins.
Lilley Nice is also in the top-10 with 30 career singles victories.
Stephens is sixth in UT history with 37 doubles wins while Nice is eighth at 31.

UP NEXT:
Tampa plays its second match in a four-day span on Tuesday when it plays host to Valparaiso University at 3 p.m.

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