No. 25 MSU Women’s Tennis Falls At No. 3 Georgia

Sunday, March 26

Athens, Ga.

12:00 PM

Mississippi State

Georgia

Senior Jasmine Lee recorded her 20th doubles victory of the season with her win today.

No. 25 MSU Women’s Tennis Falls At No. 3 Georgia

March 26, 2017 | Women's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. – Despite putting up a big fight at several positions with No. 3 Georgia (13-3, 7-1 SEC) Sunday, the 25th-ranked Mississippi State women's tennis team (11-5, 4-4 SEC) fell in tough 4-0 battle on the road.

Georgia held off an MSU charge in doubles to take the early 1-0 lead. On court 1, MSU's 11th-ranked pair of Jasmine Lee and Lisa Marie Rioux overpowered UGA's 18th-ranked Caroline Brinson and Ellen Perez 6-2. Georgia would claim the two remaining matches by a 6-3 mark as the pair of No. 68 Marta Gonzalez and Mariana Gould defeated MSU's team of Madison Harrison and Sara Lizariturry on court 3, and UGA's No. 28 Elena Christofi and Kennedy Shaffer defeated State's tandem of Jennifer Brown and Khrystyna Vozniak on court 2.

Despite State building several early leads in singles, UGA would maintain its momentum, ultimately taking four of the six first sets.

On court 6, UGA's No. 102 Gould downed State's Lizariturry 6-0, 6-1 to extend the home lead to 2-0. Following on court 3, Georgia's No. 57 Shaffer rallied to grab the first set in a tiebreaker and go on to defeat MSU's Harrison 7-6(2), 6-2 to put UGA up 3-0.

To clinch the match, the Georgia Bulldogs' eighth-ranked Christofi held off the Maroon & White's Rioux 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 on court 2, clinching the 4-0 victory for UGA.

The remaining three matches were suspended, all in the third set.

At the No. 1 position, UGA's No. 26 Perez led MSU's No. 32 Lee 6-7(5), 6-3, 2-1. On court 4, Georgia's No. 59 Brinson held a 6-4, 1-6, 5-0 lead over State's Anastasia Rentouli. State's Vozniak led 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 over UGA's Gonzalez on court 5.

Up Next
State returns to Starkville for its final regular season home weekend next week, hosting No. 20 Texas A&M on Friday (3 p.m.) and No. 16 LSU on Sunday (1 p.m.) for Senior Day.

Additional Notes

Georgia now leads the all-time series 39-0
The duo of Jasmine Lee and Lisa Marie Rioux notched their 20th doubles win of the season
Seven of Lee and Rioux's victories have come against ranked opponents

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No. 3 Georgia 4, No. 25 Mississippi State 0
March 26, 2017 – Dan Magill Tennis Complex – Athens, Ga.

Doubles
Order of match finish…1,3,2
1. No. 11 Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) def. No. 18 Caroline Brinson/Ellen Perez (UGA) 6-2
2. No. 28 Elena Christofi/Kennedy Shaffer (UGA) def. Jennifer Brown/ Khrystyna Vozniak (MSU) 6-3
3. No. 68 Marta Gonzalez/Mariana Gould (UGA) def. Madison Harrison/ Sara Lizariturry (MSU) 6-3

Singles
Order of match finish…6,3,2
1. No. 26 Ellen Perez (UGA) vs. No. 32 Jasmine Lee (MSU) 6-7(5), 6-3, 2-1 (susp.)
2. No. 8 Elena Christofi (UGA) def. Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
3. No. 57 Kennedy Shaffer (UGA) def. Madison Harrison (MSU) 7-6(2), 6-2
4. No. 59 Caroline Brinson (UGA) vs. Anastasia Rentouli (MSU) 6-4, 1-6, 5-0 (susp.)
5. Khrystyna Vozniak (MSU) vs. Marta Gonzalez (UGA) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (susp.)
6. No. 102 Mariana Gould (UGA) def. Sara Lizariturry (MSU) 6-0, 6-1