In their first matchup of the day, Seward took on the Silver Storm of ASA Miami. The 3rd ranked team in the country proved too much for the Lady Saints as ASA swept through all nine spots against Seward for a 9-0 win. None of the three doubles matches were closer than 8-5 as ASA took an early 3-0 lead on the Lady Saints. In singles, things were even more lopsided as Seward failed to take a single set in six spots as the Storm finished off the sweep.
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In their second match of the day, the Lady Saints went up against #7 Eastern Florida State. The Titans jumped out early in doubles action with wins at #2 and #3, but Seward’s Thalita Rodrigues and Lisa Suzuki upset 4th ranked Luisa Varon and Josephine Karcher 8-5 at #1 to give Seward a lone tally as the two went to singles play.
Seward regrouped in singles play as Rodrigues helped the Lady Saints to their second point of the match with a 7-6, 6-1 win at #1 and Sarah Manseri beat 50th ranked Karcher in a three setter at #2 to put the Lady Saints in front 3-2. The Lady Saints lost three set matches at #3 and #5, but responded with wins from Steffany Bermudez at #4 and Fernanda Santana at #6 to take the match 5-4.
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The #5 Seward County Saints picked up their best win of the season Saturday afternoon in Pensacola, Florida, downing #4 Abraham Baldwin 5-4 to improve to 10-2 on the year.
The Saints got off to a good start in doubles play where top ranked Carlos Anez and Ondrej Nice downed ABAC’s 9th ranked Eymeric Chevalier and Yohan Nguyen 8-5 at the top line and Duro Opacic and Przemek Zielinski took an 8-4 decision at #3 to give Seward a 2-1 lead into singles.
The Stallions took the points at each of the top two singles spots to regain in the lead, but the bottom of the Seward lineup excelled. Nice earned a 6-2, 6-2 win at #3 over Chevalier while Gabriel Nery and Claudio Quinones won at #5 and #6 to net the 5-4 win for the Saints.
The victory is the Saints 10th of the 2017 season and the highest ranked team Seward has defeated this year.
Seward will wrap up their trip to Florida on Sunday when they take on Harford at 2:00 pm in Pensacola.
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