Sunday, March 12
Lexington, Ky.
11:00 AM
Mississippi State
1
at
6
Kentucky
Jasmine Lee picked up a ranked singles win in the defeat.
No. 20 Kentucky Hands No. 33 MSU Loss In Lexington
March 12, 2017 | Women's Tennis
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 33rd-ranked Mississippi State women's tennis team (8-4, 1-3 SEC) fell to 20th-ranked Kentucky (11-2, 3-1 SEC) on Sunday 6-1 as the Bulldogs closed out their first road weekend in 2017 conference play.
Sunday's match was forced indoors due to low temperatures in the Lexington area. The loss marked the fifth consecutive match MSU has faced a ranked foe.
The contest began with the Wildcats taking the doubles point after UK won on courts two and three. UK's Emily Fanning and Justina Mikulskyte defeated Bulldogs Sara Lizariturry and Anastasia Rentouli, 6-3, at No. 3 before the Wildcat tandem of Morgan Chumney and Akvile Parazinskaite clinched the doubles point against Madison Harrison and Khrystyna Vozniak, 6-2 at No. 2. No. 13 Jasmine Lee and Lisa Marie Rioux's match against No. 5 Mami Adachi and Aldila Sutjiadi was suspended with the contest tied at 4-4.
In singles play, MSU would bounce back to tie the match at 1-1 when the 57th-ranked Lee upset No. 16 Sutjiadi in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. The result for Lee was her 10th dual-match singles victory of the season as the senior earned her fifth ranked singles win of the year.
Following the tie, the homestanding Wildcats responded with three-straight wins to clinch the team victory. MSU's Rentouli dropped her match 6-1, 6-4 to Kentucky's Fanning at the No. 4 spot to make the score 2-1. State's rookie Rioux then fell in a tight match at No. 3 to UK's Adachi, 7-5, 6-4. The Wildcats would then clinch the contest when Parazinskaite held off MSU's Harrison in another close affair at the No. 2 position, 7-6(6), 6-3.
With the clinch and the score in UK's favor at 4-1, Bulldogs Vozniak and Lizariturry would default their matches on courts five and six, both of which got late starts with only four courts available for competition indoors. Vozniak had dropped her opening set, 6-2, while Lizariturry was trailing 3-0 in the first set of her match.
Up Next
MSU returns to the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre this Friday as the Bulldogs host Missouri at 3 p.m. CT to kick off a home weekend. State will close out the weekend on Sunday against 18th-ranked Arkansas at 1 p.m. CT.
Additional Notes
Social Media
For more information on the Mississippi State women's tennis program, follow "HailStateWT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
No. 20 Kentucky 6, No. 33 MSU 1
March 12, 2017 – Boone Tennis Center (Indoors) – Lexington, Ky.
Doubles
Order of match finish…3,2
Singles
Order of match finish…1,4,3,2,5,6
Sunday's match was forced indoors due to low temperatures in the Lexington area. The loss marked the fifth consecutive match MSU has faced a ranked foe.
The contest began with the Wildcats taking the doubles point after UK won on courts two and three. UK's Emily Fanning and Justina Mikulskyte defeated Bulldogs Sara Lizariturry and Anastasia Rentouli, 6-3, at No. 3 before the Wildcat tandem of Morgan Chumney and Akvile Parazinskaite clinched the doubles point against Madison Harrison and Khrystyna Vozniak, 6-2 at No. 2. No. 13 Jasmine Lee and Lisa Marie Rioux's match against No. 5 Mami Adachi and Aldila Sutjiadi was suspended with the contest tied at 4-4.
In singles play, MSU would bounce back to tie the match at 1-1 when the 57th-ranked Lee upset No. 16 Sutjiadi in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. The result for Lee was her 10th dual-match singles victory of the season as the senior earned her fifth ranked singles win of the year.
Following the tie, the homestanding Wildcats responded with three-straight wins to clinch the team victory. MSU's Rentouli dropped her match 6-1, 6-4 to Kentucky's Fanning at the No. 4 spot to make the score 2-1. State's rookie Rioux then fell in a tight match at No. 3 to UK's Adachi, 7-5, 6-4. The Wildcats would then clinch the contest when Parazinskaite held off MSU's Harrison in another close affair at the No. 2 position, 7-6(6), 6-3.
With the clinch and the score in UK's favor at 4-1, Bulldogs Vozniak and Lizariturry would default their matches on courts five and six, both of which got late starts with only four courts available for competition indoors. Vozniak had dropped her opening set, 6-2, while Lizariturry was trailing 3-0 in the first set of her match.
Up Next
MSU returns to the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre this Friday as the Bulldogs host Missouri at 3 p.m. CT to kick off a home weekend. State will close out the weekend on Sunday against 18th-ranked Arkansas at 1 p.m. CT.
Additional Notes
- UK now leads the head-to-head series 37-5
- MSU has never won in Lexington
- State has faced five consecutive ranked foes
- Jasmine Lee leads the team with a 14-4 record in singles play
- Lee picked up her 35th career ranked singles win at MSU on Sunday
Social Media
For more information on the Mississippi State women's tennis program, follow "HailStateWT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
No. 20 Kentucky 6, No. 33 MSU 1
March 12, 2017 – Boone Tennis Center (Indoors) – Lexington, Ky.
Doubles
Order of match finish…3,2
- No. 13 Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) vs. Mami Adachi/Aldila Sutjiadu (UK) 4-4, suspended
- Morgan Chumney/Akvile Parazinskaite (UK) def. Madison Harrison/Khrystyna Vozniak (MSU) 6-3
- Emily Fanning/Justina Mikulskyte (UK) def. Sara Lizariturry/Anastasia Rentouli (MSU) 6-2
Singles
Order of match finish…1,4,3,2,5,6
- No. 57 Jasmine Lee (MSU) def. No. 16 Aldila Sutjiadi (UK) 6-2, 6-2
- Akvile Parazinskaite (UK) def. Madison Harrison (MSU) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3
- Mami Adachi (UK) def. Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) 7-5, 6-4
- Emily Fanning (UK) def. Anastasia Rentouli (MSU) 6-1, 6-4?
- Justina Mikulskyte (UK) def. Khrystyna Vozniak (MSU) 6-2, default
- Morgan Chumney (UK) def. Sara Lizariturry (MSU) 3-0, default
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