MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (April 27, 2022) – The Sun Conference Women's Tennis Championships is set to start on Thursday, April 28 in Brunswick, Ga. as Coastal Georgia will host for the second year in a row. The four-team tournament will feature four Top-20 ranked teams at the Marta B. Torrey Tennis Complex, which feature 12-courts. St. Thomas University (STU) comes into the tournament ranked 19^th in the country and the three seed in the tournament.
 
St. Thomas went 3-3 in Sun Conference action this season, defeating current ranked no. 14 Southeastern, who was ranked 19^th at the time and STU was receiving votes, and taking wins over Warner and Coastal Georgia. The win against CCG and SEU set up the Bobcats for a third seed having the tiebreaker over both teams.
 
For the first round of the tournament, St. Thomas will take on 6^th ranked SCAD-Savannah at 10 a.m. on Thursday. SCAD took the season matchup 4-3 after STU had originally won the match but was overturned on an appeal that flipped court four and landed in favor of the Bees.
 
In what is set to be a thrilling match, St. Thomas comes in winning eight of their last 10-matches. Lia Peña comes in on a four-match win streak in doubles, while Maruschka Berghaus is on a two-match win streak.
 
Maria Camila Puente has been the star for the Bobcats holding down the four in singles and one in doubles. Puente had a season-best 12-match win streak before falling to NCAA DII Palm Beach Atlantic in the final match of the season. In Sun Conference action, the graduate transfer went 6-0 in singles and 5-1 in doubles only falling to no. 2 Keiser. On the season, Puente had the best record on the team going 16-5 playing in all but one match.
 
Here are how the teams will lineup in the semifinal:
Singles
1. Priya Sukkanha vs. Lia Peña
2. Yue Yu vs. Lauren Seeman
3. Alesia Piccoliori vs. Annie Carrera
4. Francina Llompart vs. Maria Camila Puente
5. Tova Tobrand vs. Carme Ibañez 
6. Britain Bostford vs. Maruschka Berghaus
 
Doubles
1. Alesia Piccoliori/Francina Llompart vs. Annie Carrera/Maria Camila Puente
2. Priya Sukkanha/Yue Yu vs. Lia Peña/Carme Ibañez
3. Britain Bostford/Tova Tobrand vs. Maruschka Berghaus/Sofia Colvee
 
Doubles court three and singles courts four, five, and six will all be a rematch from earlier in the season. SCAD took the doubles on court three and singles court six, while STU took court four and five which were then three and four in the previous match.
 
The games will be streamed live on The Sun Digital Network, doubles will begin at 10 a.m. with singles to follow. Stay tuned on STU Tennis Twitter for live updates.
 
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