Seward Beats #2 SCF, Falls to #7 ABAC
The 5th ranked Seward County Lady Saints continued their heated weekend of competition in Florida on Saturday, dropping a match to #7 Abraham Baldwin before bouncing back with a 5-4 upset win over #2 State College of Florida to split their days action.
Against the Stallions of ABAC, the Lady Saints fell behind early and never recovered as Seward earned just a lone doubles point with Sarah Manseri and Steffeny Burmudez taking an 8-5 decision at #2 to put the Lady Saints behind 2-1 to singles action. In singles, Seward picked up just two more points, getting wins from Manseri and Bermudez again at #2 and #4 before falling 6-3.
#5 SEWARD COUNTY/#7 ABRAHAM BALDWIN BOX SCORE
Things didn't get any easier for the Lady Saints in their second match of the day as they squared off against the #2 team in the country in State College of Florida. Seward won the match early on in doubles play as they picked up all three available points to push ahead 3-0 against the Manatees. Thalita Rodrigues and Lisa Suzuki took an 8-4 decision at #1 and Manseri and Bermudez dialed up another victory at #2 for Seward. Wrapping up the doubles sweep was Tadi Mrewa and Madison Hoelting who knocked off Ava Schultz as well as former teammate Mamianiana Rakotondrazafy 8-6 at #3. The Manatees took their frustration out on the Lady Saints at the top three singles spots, winning all three in straight sets to tie the match at 3. Bermudez finished up a perfect day with a win over Rakotondrazafy at #4 to give Seward the lead back, but SCF evened things at 4 with a win at #5. Everything came down to #6 where Martina Borges bounced back from a 6-2 defeat in the first set to take the second 6-0 and the third 6-3 to seal the 5-4 win for the Lady Saints.
#5 SEWARD COUNTY/#2 STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA
Seward improves to 8-4 on the year after their win over the Manatees and will wrap up their trip to Pensacola on Sunday with a date with Harford.