State Women Fall To No. 6 Georgia, 7-0
May 25, 2016 | Women's Tennis
On court one, MSU's duo of Marcelle Hirt and Magdi Rekasi fought hard against the No. 3 ranked tandem of Agata Cioroch and Lori Grey. Hirt and Rekasi fell 9-7 after tying the score numerous times. Elaine Fagan and Anastasia Kugakolva dropped their match 8-3 to Alex Smith and Douglas Wink at the second position. At No. 3, Patricia Assumpcao and Yumi Ueda, in only their second doubles match together, fell 8-1 to Tina Hojnik and Evgenia Subbotina.
In singles action, Rekasi dropped her match at the first position to No. 1 ranked Ciroch, 6-0, 6-0. Fagan fell to Evgenia Subbotina, at the fifth position, 6-0, 6-1. Assumpcao was defeated by Alex Smith, 6-1, 6-0, on court six. Smith clinched the game winning point for Georgia with this win.
Hirt fell 6-3, 6-1, to Georgia's No. 56th ?Âranked Tina Hojniki at No. 3. At the fourth position, Ueda was defeated by Lori Grey, 6-2, 6-3. Kugakolova, on court two, fell 6-4, 6-4 to Anne Nguyen after coming back from down 1-5 in the second set.
State travels to Baton Rouge next to take on the LSU Tigers at 2 p.m. at the W.T. "Dub" Robinson Tennis Stadium on Friday, April 4. On Sunday, the Lady Bulldogs will return home for their final home match against the Lady Razorbacks of Arkansas. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m.
All MSU home tennis matches can be followed live on the web by visiting State's official athletic website at www.mstateathletics.com.
#6 Georgia 7, Mississippi State 0
DOUBLES
1. #3 Agata Cioroch /Lori Grey (UG) def. Marcelle Hirt/Magdi Rekasi (MSU) 9-7
2. Alex Smith/Douglas Wink (UG) def. Elaine Fagan/Anastasia Kugakolova (MSU) 8-3
3. Tina Hojnik/Evgenia Subbotina (UG) def. Patricia Assumpcao/Yumi Ueda (MSU) 8-1
SINGLES
1. #1 Agata Cioroch (UG) def. Magdi Rekasi (MSU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Anne Nguyen (UG) def. Anastasia Kugakolova (MSU) 6-4, 6-4
3. #56 Tina Hojniki (UG) def. Marcelle Hirt (MSU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Lori Grey (UG) def. Yumi Ueda (MSU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Evgenia Subbotina (UG) def. Elaine Fagan (MSU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Alex Smith (UG) def. Patricia Assumpcao (MSU) 6-1, 6-0
