STATESBORO - Georgia Southern women's tennis excelled in its Fall Shootout over the weekend at the Wallis Tennis Center, going 27-12 in combined singles and doubles action over the three days of competition.

The tournament featured six different teams as well as the Eagles, and Georgia Southern played individual singles and doubles matches against Emory, Troy, Jacksonville State, Mercer and Georgia State throughout the weekend. The Eagles went 12-2 in Friday's action (8-2 singles, 4-0 doubles), 9-4 on Saturday (6-3 singles, 3-1 doubles) and concluded Sunday by going 6-6 (4-4 singles, 4-4 doubles.)

"We had a very solid weekend on the court overall," Georgia Southern Head Women's Tennis Coach Sean McCaffrey said. "I was extremely pleased with the level of competitiveness we showed collectively throughout the event. Our doubles looked really good for this early in the season, and I truly believe we had a few of our ladies shine with solid wins, and gritty performances in some difficult loses.

"At this point in the year, we are mostly focused on having a process and growth mindset driven mentality," McCaffrey said. "We always strive to improve 1% each day, but right now we look deep into what attributes we need to work on the most and then begin to conscientiously spend time working our way to improve in these things. Our ladies have a great mindset, and are really ambitious in the way they hope to improve and develop their games. I'm excited to see how the next two fall events we have scheduled unfold. This team has their best tennis ahead of them for sure."

Georgia Southern will be next in action on October 13-16, traveling to the ITA Regionals in Atlanta, Ga., on the campus of Georgia Tech.

GS SHOOTOUT RESULTS BELOW (in alphabetical order by student-athlete)

Singles
Paula Hijos (Sr.)
def. Stephanie Shulman (Emory) 5-7, 6-0, 6-4
lost to Dariana Prato (Jacksonville State) 6-3, 6-4
def. Kristin Yordanova (Mercer) 6-0, 7-5

Sonja Keranen (Jr.)
lost to Eliza McPherron (Emory) 6-3, 6-3
lost to Ella Tuomela (Jacksonville State) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
def. Lehka Varudandi (Mercer) 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3

Nanaka Kijima (Fr.)
def. Alessia Martinez (Emory) 6-2, 6-0
def. Alexia Alvarez (Georgia State) 6-0, 6-1
def. Polina Ramenskaja (Jacksonville State) 6-4, 7-5
def. Camilla Ciaccia (Mercer) 6-4, 7-5

Ninon Martinache (Fr.)
def. Alexa Goetz (Emory) 6-2, 6-1
def. Zuzana Pavelekova (Jacksonville State) 6-2, 6-4
lost to Naya Tillet (Mercer) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Silvia Martinez (Jr.)
def. Emily Kantrovitz (Emory) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
def. Anna Syrova (Jacksonville State) 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
lost to Teodora Ristic (Mercer) 3-3, retired

Liv Ryan (Grad.)
lost to Izzy Antanavicius (Emory) 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
def. Kennedi Jones (Jacksonville State) 6-1, 6-3
lost to Eden Schlagenhauf (Mercer) 6-1, 6-3

Ana Tsitavets (Fr.)
def. Iris Berman (Emory) 6-2, 6-2
lost to Serafima Shastova (Jacksonville State) 6-0, 6-2

Lindsay Tulenko (Jr.)
def. Franziska Ahrend (Troy), 6-2, 6-3
def. Romane Mosse (Jacksonville State) 6-2, 6-4
def. Mary Courville (Mercer) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3

Sophie Wagemaker (Jr.)
def. Alessia Martinez (Emory) 2-6, 6-3, (10-6)
def. Irene Artigas (Jacksonville State) 6-3, 6-1
lost to Marina de Diego Quinones (Mercer) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles

Paula Hijos/Ninon Martinache
def. Tillet/Diego Quinones (Mercer) 6-1

Sonja Keranen/Liv Ryan
def. McPherron/Kantrovitz (Emory) 7-5
def. Artigas/Ramenskaya (Jacksonville State) 7-5
lost to Ciaccia/Schlagenhauf (Mercer) 6-1

Nanaka Kijima/Ana Tsitavets
def. Martinez/Berman (Emory) 6-0
lost to Shastova/Mosse (Jacksonville State) 6-3
def. Varudundi/Yordanova (Mercer) 6-2

Ninon Martinache/Sophie Wagemaker
def. Goetz/Antanavicius (Emory) 6-1
def. Pavelkova/Prato (Jacksonville State) 6-1

Silvia Martinez/Lindsay Tulenko
def. Tillet/Diego Quinones (Mercer) 6-1
def. Tuomela/Sycova (Jacksonville State) 6-3
lost to Ristic/Courville (Mercer) 6-4