Match Results

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – After facing the No. 4 and No. 5 teams in Barry and Lynn University, No. 23 Academy of Art headed to West Palm Beach to take on No. 39 Palm Beach Atlantic. Hungry for their first win in Florida, ART U came away with a decisive 5-0 sweep of the Sailfish.
 
The match began with three doubles wins for the Urban Knights. Junior Annika Schneider and freshman Alma Thell-Lenntorp paired up for the first time this season to defeat their opponents 8-2 while freshman Paula Alcantara and senior Michelle Dandik (8-4) and freshman Taisiia Andrieieva and sophomore Gabriela Rivas (9-7) earned victories as well. Friday marked Rivas' first win and second appearance in doubles this season.
 
As the contest progressed to singles, ART U needed just two victories to seal the win. Although five out of six Knights led going into the second set of their respective matches, Dandik (6-2, 6-3) and Rivas (6-0, 6-0) were the first to finish, leaving the other four matchups incomplete. Dandik improved to 7-4 in third singles and Rivas 3-1 in the sixth category and 3-2 overall (0-1 in the fifth-spot). Friday's match also marked the second time that Rivas has defeated her opponent without conceding a game and her first since March 19, 2015 at Chaminade.
 
Academy of Art (6-6) returns to Lynn University Tennis Courts on Saturday to take on the No. 12-ranked New York Institute of Technology Bears. The match will be the final of ART U's tour of Florida before returning home to San Francisco.