Women's Tennis Drops 8-1 Decision at Rollins

Women's Tennis Drops 8-1 Decision at Rollins

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WINTER PARK, Fla. – After opening its four-match swing through Florida with a victory over Eckerd yesterday, the Merrimack College women's tennis team could not replicate that success in an 8-1 loss to Rollins College from the Bert Martin Complex on Monday evening.

The Basics
 Score: Rollins 8, Merrimack 1
Records: Merrimack (14-7) | Rollins (7-3)
Location: Bert Martin Complex | Winter Park, Fla.

How It Happened
 Junior captain Grace Messina (Caracas, Venezuela) and freshman Mana Seifaei (North York, Ontario) paired at first doubles, dropping their match by an 8-4 final. Two more rookies in Celine Mende (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and Lauren Persson (Barnstable, Mass.) lost by the same margin at No. 3. Second doubles resulted in a 8-3 loss for sophomores Mackenzie Blair (Thomaston, Conn.) and Danielle Dunn (Middleton, Mass.).

Messina won her second singles match in as many days, 6-1 and 7-5, at No. 1. The matchup pitted Messina, the third-ranked singles player in the East Region, against Shannon Etten, the 10th-ranked player in the South.

The following five matches went in favor of the Tars, with no member of the Warriors winning more than two games in a set. Merrimack utilized the same singles lineup for the third straight contest.

Results
 Doubles
1. Shannon Etten/Savanna Fuller (RCW) def. Grace Messina/Mana Seifaei (MER) 8-4
2. Teresa Kaiser/Johanna Olsson (RCW) def. Danielle Dunn/Mackenzie Blair (MER) 8-2
3. Carlye Goldman/Zoe Monge (RCW) def. Lauren Persson/Celine Mende (MER) 8-4

Singles
1. Grace Messina (MER) def. Shannon Etten (RCW) 6-1, 7-5
2. Teresa Kaiser (RCW) def. Mana Seifaei (MER) 6-1, 6-1
3. Savanna Fuller (RCW) def. Lauren Persson (MER) 6-1, 6-2
4. Fabiana Vitanza (RCW) def. Danielle Dunn (MER) 6-0, 6-1
5. Hayley Macpherson (RCW) def. Mackenzie Blair (MER) 6-0, 6-1
6. Zoe Monge (RCW) def. Celine Mende (MER) 6-2, 6-1

Up Next
Merrimack plays in its final match of the spring on Wednesday afternoon when the Warriors travel to the Florida Institute of Technology for a 1:30 p.m. contest.  

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