FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Tarleton's spring break tour through Florida got off to a rocky start Saturday afternoon with a 6-3 loss to No. 15 Nova Southeastern.
 
Nova Southeastern took the advantage after doubles action with wins in the No. 1 and No. 2 matches by identical 8-1 scores, but Tarleton's Alicia Barbaroux and Luiza Ferraro-Adas came out on top of the No. 3 match 8-6 to send things to singles action with Tarleton trailing 2-1.
 
In singles action, Nova Southeastern won the first three singles matches to secure the victory but that didn't keep the TexAnns from batting as Ashleigh Elward earned a win in the No. 4 match by overcoming a first-set loss. The junior from Australia rallied from a 4-6 loss in the first set by winning the second set 6-1 and the tiebreaker 10-8.
 
Meanwhile, Tori Simmons followed suit with a comeback singles win in the No. 5 match. The freshman from Plano bounced back from a 2-6 loss in her opening set to win the next one 6-4 and the tiebreaker 10-7.
 
The complete results are as follows:
 
Doubles:
1. Liucelena Perez/Isabella Lowrey (NSUWT) def. Elena Preadca/Ellie Stevens (TSU) 8-1
2. Simone Pratt/Nastassia Rubel (NSUWT) def. Erika Johnston/Tori Simmons (TSU) 8-1
3. Alicia Barbaroux/Luiza Ferraro-Adas (TSU) def. Arina Sharonova/Alex Kaeser (NSUWT) 8-6
 
Singles:
1. Liucelena Perez (NSUWT) def. Erika Johnston (TSU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Simone Pratt (NSUWT) def. Elena Preadca (TSU) 6-0, 6-0
3. Nastassia Rubel (NSUWT) def. Alicia Barbaroux (TSU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Ashleigh Elward (TSU) def. Isabella Lowrey (NSUWT) 4-6, 6-1, 10-8
5. Tori Simmons (TSU) def. Eva Agasse (NSUWT) 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
6. Arina Sharonova (NSUWT) def. Luiza Ferraro-Adas (TSU) 7-5, 6-4
 
Tarleton will continue its tour through Florida tomorrow afternoon against Florida Tech at 12 p.m. in Melbourne, Fla.