Box Score LAKELAND, Fla. - After finding themselves in an early 3-0 hole, the University of North Georgia women's tennis team battled back but ultimately fell to No. 15 Florida Southern, 6-3, Tuesday afternoon. The Nighthawks are now 7-3 in 2018.

Doubles play went the way of the Mocs, but UNG put up a fight. Holly Bennett and Vaishali Jorge fell, 8-4, at No. 1 doubles, while FSC's No. 2 doubles pair needed 14 games to down Adrienne Bofinger and Lexa Loden, 8-6.

Bofinger clinched the first point for North Georgia at No. 1 singles, winning 6-1, 6-0, but the Mocs got the point back at No. 5, winning both sets by the same score. Bennett kept the Nighthawks alive by winning at No. 2 in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. FSC clinched the match, however, with a straight set win at No. 3. Cibeles Zuddy won a three-set thriller at No. 4 singles to clinch the final point for UNG.

The Nighthawks have a quick turnaround as they will take on Augustana tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

#15 Florida Southern 6, North Georgia 3
SINGLES
1. Adrienne Bofinger (UNGW) def. Lorena Rionda (FSCW) 6-1, 6-0
2. Holly Bennett (UNGW) def. Natalija Popovic (FSCW) 6-2, 6-2
3. Selin Devrimci (FSCW) def. Vaishali Jorge (UNGW) 6-2, 7-5
4. Cibeles Zuddy (UNGW) def. Magda Stepnik (FSCW) 0-6, 6-2, 10-5
5. Lola Asis (FSCW) def. Lexa Loden (UNGW) 6-0, 6-1
6. Avery Hunter (FSCW) def. Laura Van Der Hage (UNGW) 6-1, 6-2
 
DOUBLES
1. Sasha Nionova/Selin Devrimci (FSCW) def. Holly Bennett/Vaishali Jorge (UNGW) 8-4
2. Nina Schwab/Magda Stepnik (FSCW) def. Adrienne Bofinger/Lexa Loden (UNGW) 8-6
3. Lorena Rionda/Natalija Popovic (FSCW) def. Emma Etelalahti/Judita Barrios (UNGW) 8-3