4/8/2015 8:33:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Mt. Pleasant, Sc. –  The Georgia Southern Women's Tennis team fell 2-5 at the College of Charleston Cougars Wednesday from Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.  After being denied the doubles point, the Eagles were only able to claim 2 singles victories – Anne Kurzweil and Giulia Riepe won at No. 2 and No. 4 respectively.
"College of Charleston put up a great fight today," said Head Coach Michele Stanford. Â "We had tight matches on almost every court, but unfortunately, we weren't able to gain those 4 points. Â Although we would have liked to get this win prior to conference, we must now do a good job leaving it in the past and turning our focus towards the conference tournament. Â We still have some great matches ahead of us."
Riepe and Jordana Klein succumbed to Brooke McAmis and Grace Baker at No. 3 doubles 2-8 and Mary Phillips Smith and Kurzweil fell to Jenny Falcone and Katherine Schofield 6-8. Â The remaining match featuring Daria Vasekina and Francisca Norregaard was unfinished a 7-4 as the doubles point was clinched by the Cougars.
Down 1-0 heading in to singles, Smith was defeated at No. 3 by Falcone 1-6, 0-6 and Vasekina was setback by Sarah Jane Jones 2-6, 3-6 to extend the Courgars lead to 3-0.
Samantha Maddox of College of Charleston got the match-winner over Klein at No. 1 by the score of 7-6, 6-2.
The match, being played to completion, continued as Riepe added a point for the Eagles when she bounced Baker 6-4, 7-6 and Kurzweil claimed victory over Schofield as she retired in the 3rd set with the match at 5-7, 7-5, 0-1.
Norregaard was defeated by Helena Nyikos at the No. 6 position 3-6, 7-5, 1-6 for a final score of 5-2 in favor of the Cougars.
The Eagles (10-7) will now turn their focus to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament to be played in New Orleans, Louisiana beginning on Thursday, April 16th.Â
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
"College of Charleston put up a great fight today," said Head Coach Michele Stanford. Â "We had tight matches on almost every court, but unfortunately, we weren't able to gain those 4 points. Â Although we would have liked to get this win prior to conference, we must now do a good job leaving it in the past and turning our focus towards the conference tournament. Â We still have some great matches ahead of us."
Riepe and Jordana Klein succumbed to Brooke McAmis and Grace Baker at No. 3 doubles 2-8 and Mary Phillips Smith and Kurzweil fell to Jenny Falcone and Katherine Schofield 6-8. Â The remaining match featuring Daria Vasekina and Francisca Norregaard was unfinished a 7-4 as the doubles point was clinched by the Cougars.
Down 1-0 heading in to singles, Smith was defeated at No. 3 by Falcone 1-6, 0-6 and Vasekina was setback by Sarah Jane Jones 2-6, 3-6 to extend the Courgars lead to 3-0.
Samantha Maddox of College of Charleston got the match-winner over Klein at No. 1 by the score of 7-6, 6-2.
The match, being played to completion, continued as Riepe added a point for the Eagles when she bounced Baker 6-4, 7-6 and Kurzweil claimed victory over Schofield as she retired in the 3rd set with the match at 5-7, 7-5, 0-1.
Norregaard was defeated by Helena Nyikos at the No. 6 position 3-6, 7-5, 1-6 for a final score of 5-2 in favor of the Cougars.
The Eagles (10-7) will now turn their focus to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament to be played in New Orleans, Louisiana beginning on Thursday, April 16th.Â
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
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