LAKELAND, Fla.—Southeastern has won its last eight matches following a 4-2 win over Mobile in a matchup of Top 25 teams.
Mobile won the doubles point with a 6-4 win at No. 3 Doubles after the Rams took the top spot and Southeastern the second with
Martina Picardi and
Priscila Baptista winning 6-4.
The Rams moved the advantage to 3-1 with wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles.
Beatrice Letizia got the Fire on the board with a shutout win at Line 2.
Abigail Damon came up with a straight-sets win at Line 6 and
Martina Picardi tie the match at three by winning the second set in a tiebreaker.
It came down to freshman
Irene Lopez on Court 5, trailing one set to none after dropping the first 7-5. Lopez came back by winning the second 6-3 and the third 6-2 to clinch the match.
Southeastern will travel to Embry-Riddle next Saturday for an 11 a.m. match with the NCAA Division II Eagles.