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11/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nicolin Lucke captured the Singles Flight 5 title as Charleston Southern took on the field at the UNF Invitational this past weekend at the UNF Tennis Complex.
Charleston Southern recorded wins over national power South Florida, Central Florida, Florida A&M and the reigning NCAA Division II national champions Armstrong Atlantic State over the weekend, paced by the play of their freshman star as she swept the competition in finishing with a 3-0 record in singles play to pick up the tournament win.
Lucke topped Armstrong's Dora Andrejszki in a tough three-set battle, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (1) and swept past Cassie Hochwalt of UCF without dropping a set in the 6-0, 6-0 victory. In her match against FAMU's Elizabeth Clayton, the CSU freshman picked up a convincing 6-0, 6-1 win in completing the flight sweep in recording the individual title.
Marketa Placha took on the field in the top singles flight, falling to UNF's Simona Weymar in the opening round 7-6 (5), 6-1. The responded with a 6-4, 6-4 win over UCF's Caroline Eberhart, but fell in the consolation bracket championship to USF's Loreto Alonso in a tough three-set match, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3.
Yvonne Hubler won her first match of the weekend in the singles flight 2, topping UCF's Cortney Cesarini in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. The Nordenham, Germany, native fell in her second set to Carolina Prats-Millan of Armstrong Atlantic, and fell in the third place match to UNF's Marina Cunningham in a three-set battle, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
Alia Nour and Alexandra Walters took on the field in the singles flight 3.
Nour fell in her opening match to UCF's Sofia Baptista, 6-1, 7-6 (3), but rallied back with a convincing 6-2, 6-2 win over FAMU's Elysia Ortiz to move into the consolation bracket. There the senior from Cairo, Egypt fell in a tight battle to UCF's Courtney Griffith, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.
Walters dropped her first two matches, falling to Griffith in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 and fell to AA's Clara Perez 6-2, 6-3. The CSU senior rallied in her final match, topping Ortiz in straight sets, 6-1. 6-0.
Sophomore Gabriela Srodowski battled the field for head coach Mike Baker in the singles flight 4, falling to Armstrong's Marlen Hacke in the opening match 6-0, 6-2. The Bucs athlete advanced to the consolation bracket championship though, where she defeated UCF's Annika Hepp in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, to cap off singles play for CSU on the weekend.
Doubles play pitted Placha/Lucke and Hubler/Walters in the top flight as the CSU duos battled against the field.
Hubler and Walters took their opening match with the 8-6 win over USF's Olaya Garrido/Fanny Fracassi, but fell to eventual bracket champion Aleksandra Filipovski/Barbora Krtickova in the second round, 8-5. The CSU combination rebounded to pick up their final win of the weekend against UCF's Eberhart/Baptista, winning a tough 8-7 (2) match).
Placha and Lucke also picked up a win in their first match, topping Eberhart/Baptista in the opening round, 8-6. Like their counterparts though, the Bucs duo fell in the second round to UNF's Taylor Hollander/Marina Cunningham, 8-7 (4), before UCF's Griffith/Josephine Haroldson topped the Buccaneers combination in their final match, winning 8-5.
CSU's Nour/Srodowski took on the doubles flight 2 on the weekend, topping UCF's Clare Mendell/Cassie Hochwalt in their first match, 8-6. The CSU duo fell in their second battled to eventual flight champion in AA's Perez/Pratz-Millian, 8-5, and fell to UCF's Cesanni/Hepp to close out event, 8-3.
