No. 13 South Carolina Downs No. 16 MSU 4-1 In Columbia

Friday, April 7

Columbia, S.C.

4:00 PM

Mississippi State

South Carolina

No. 18 Jasmine Lee provided MSU's lone point on Friday.

No. 13 South Carolina Downs No. 16 MSU 4-1 In Columbia

April 07, 2017 | Women's Tennis

COLUMBIA, S.C – Starting off a three-match road stretch, the 16th-ranked Mississippi State women's tennis team (13-6, 6-5 SEC) fell to the 13th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks (15-6, 6-4 SEC) in a 4-1 decision Friday.

The Bulldogs put up a fight in doubles as MSU's fifth-ranked Jasmine Lee and Lisa Marie Rioux made quick work of USC's Caroline Dailey and Ingrid Gamarra Martins 6-1 on court 1. The Gamecocks would respond by taking the remaining two doubles matches to clinch the doubles point.

On court 3, USC's Hadley Berg and Rachel Rohrabacher retired State's Madison Harrison and Sara Lizariturry 6-2. Following on court 2, Gamecocks Paige Cline and Brigit Folland defeated Bulldogs Jennifer Brown and Khrystyna Vozniak 6-3 to clinch the doubles point and put USC out front 1-0.

The homestanding Gamecocks kept their momentum by taking four of the six first sets in singles action.

USC claimed the first match off the court as 54th-ranked Mia Horvit defeated MSU's Rioux 6-1, 6-0 on court 2. The Bulldogs would then get their lone point of the contest as the 18th-ranked Lee overpowered the Gamecocks' 41st-ranked Martins 6-1, 6-2 on court 1 to make it 2-1.

However, USC would respond to take the next two singles matches, clinching the match in the process. On court 6, the Gamecocks' Folland downed MSU's Lizariturry 6-3, 6-2. The clinching victory came at the No. 4 position where USC's Berg retired State's Anastasia Rentouli 6-1, 6-3 to clinch the 4-1 victory.

The remaining two matches were suspended with State's Harrison tied on court 3 (6-1, 4-6, 1-1) and Vozniak trailing 7-6(5), 3-2 at No. 5.

Up Next
State continues the three-match road swing Sunday as the Bulldogs travel to No. 1 Florida. The match is slated for 12 p.m. CT at UF's Ring Tennis Complex.

Additional Notes

South Carolina now leads the series 28-2
The Gamecocks have won the last two matchups
Senior Jasmine Lee extended her winning streak to seven matches
The 18th-ranked Lee notched her 20th singles victory of the season and 16th for dual match action
Fifth-ranked Lee and Lisa Marie Rioux recorded their 22nd doubles win of the season

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No. 13 South Carolina 4, No. 16 Mississippi State 1
April 7, 2017 – Carolina Tennis Center – Columbia S.C.

Doubles
Order of match finish…1,3,2
1. No. 5 Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) def. Caroline Dailey/Ingrid Gamarra Martins (USC) 6-1
2. Paige Cline/Brigit Folland (USC) def. Jennifer Brown/Khrystyna Vozniak (MSU) 6-3
3. Hadley Berg/Rachel Rohrabacher (USC) def. Madison Harrison/Sara Lizariturry (MSU) 6-2

Singles
Order of match finish…2,1,6,4
1. No. 18 Jasmine Lee (MSU) def. No. 41 Ingrid Gamarra Martins (USC) 6-1, 6-2
2 No. 54 Mia Horvit (USC) def. Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Madison Harrison (MSU) vs. Paige Cline (USC) 6-1, 4-6, 1-1 (susp.)
4. Hadley Berg (USC) def. Anastasia Rentouli (MSU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Silvia Chinellato (USC) vs. Khrystyna Vozniak (MSU) 7-6(5), 3-2 (susp.)
6. Brigit Folland (USC) def. Sara Lizariturry (MSU) 6-3, 6-2