CHARLESTON, S.C. - Georgia Southern women's tennis opened up the 2021 season on Saturday afternoon, falling to Charleston Southern 4-3 in South Carolina. 

The Buccaneers started off the match earning the doubles point winning on courts two and three to lead 1-0 heading into singles play. In singles play, the Eagles would level the score with Mila Hartig winning in straight sets 6-2, 6-2.

Paula Boixader added to the scoring defeating Tiffany Pyritz 7-5, 6-1 in straight sets. Charlotte van Diemen also picked up a singles win with a straight set victory, winning her first set 7-6, before going on to finish off her match 6-3.

In the final match of the day, Paula Hijos was able to force a third set, the only one of the match, after falling 6-2 in set one. She came back and won the second set 6-2, forcing a tiebreaker in the third set to decide the match. Hijos would fall to Singh 7-6 in the final set, as the Eagles fall on opening day.

The Eagles will be back in action tomorrow to take on College of Charleston at 10 a.m. from Charleston, South Carolina.

RESULTS
Singles
Paula Boixader def. Tiffany Pyritz (CSU) 7-5, 6-1
Madalina Man (CSU) def. Nadja Meier 6-3, 6-4
Charlotte van Diemen def. Luiza Fullana (CSU) 7-6, 6-3
Khyanna Singh (CSU) def. Paula Hijos 6-2, 2-6, 7-6
Zoe Cauthen (CSU) def. Elizabeth Goines 6-1, 6-4
Mila Hartig def. Michelle Schmitz (CSU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
van Diemen/Wagemaker def. Cauthen/Pyritz (CSU) 6-2
Man/Singh (CSU) def. Boixader/Kernan 6-3
Fullana/Schmitz (CSU) def. Goines/Hartig 6-2