The Jacksonville University women’s tennis team dropped a home match to the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 5-2 Wednesday at the Keith Watson Family Tennis Complex.  JU freshman Aline Staudt continued her stellar season by winning her singles match and improving to 4-0 on the year. 

The outstanding freshman cruised to a straight sets win over Katarina Szaboova 6-1, 6-0.  On the year Staudt has now outscored the opponents’ number one player 46 games to 20 having only dropped one set.  She and fellow Dolphin Natalia Marques Melibeu have been a successful doubles duo winning their match 8-4 and improving to 3-1 on the season.

Fellow freshman Djessika Bezerra was also victorious in her singles match defeating Gaby Chinchilla 0-6, 6-3, 6-1.  The win marked the second for Bezerra on the season moving her individual record to 2-2 in 2012. 

The Dolphins are now 1-3 as a team on the season and will look to rebound when they host Hampton University on February 18 at 10:00 am.   

Match Results:

Doubles

1.            Staudt/ Melibeu vs Szaboova/ Robakidze- JU 8-4

2.            Bezerra/ Bartos vs Speller/ Peterson-Paul- BCC 8-2

3.            Gosal/ Spencer vs Chinchilla/ Kajiwara- BCC 8-5

Singles

1.            Staudt vs Szaboova- JU 6-1, 6-0

2.            Melibeu vs Speller- BCC 6-4, 6-4

3.            Bartos vs Kajiwara- BCC 6-4, 6-0

4.            Bezerra vs Chinchilla- JU 0-6, 6-3, 6-1

5.            Gosal vs Robakidze- BCC 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

6.            Spencer vs Peterson-Paul- 6-2, 6-0