Bulldogs Go 3-1 On Day One Of ASU Thunderbird Invitational

Friday, November 9

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State junior Sara Lizariturry also found triumph in a come-from-behind victory – 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 – over the Horned Frogs’ Kate Paulus, earning her 10th fall win for the second straight season.

Bulldogs Go 3-1 On Day One Of ASU Thunderbird Invitational

November 09, 2018 | Women's Tennis

by Emily Pschigoda, Student Assistant/Communications

TEMPE, Ariz. - After the first day of play at the Arizona State's 24^th-annual Thunderbird Invitational in Tempe, Arizona, Mississippi State women's tennis is 3-1 overall. Friday's contests included meetings with players from Michigan in doubles and TCU in singles.

The first-time Bulldog doubles duo of Emma Antonaki and Anastasia Rentouli proved efficient as they outlasted Michigan's Anca Canciun and Alyvia Jones 6-3 to inaugurate the squad's first day in the Grand Canyon State.

Following that victory, a trio of Bulldogs went to battle against players from TCU in singles.

In the early afternoon singles session, Antonaki, the nation's 10th-ranked newcomer, powered past TCU's Stevie Kennedy 7-6(4), 6-2.

State junior Sara Lizariturry also found triumph in a come-from-behind victory – 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 – over the Horned Frogs' Kate Paulus, earning her 10^thfall win for the second straight season.

The 125th-ranked senior Rentouli rounded out MSU's action Friday, falling 6-3, 6-3 to Mercedes Aristequi.

State will be back at it on Saturday, taking on players from host Arizona State in singles at 9:30 a.m. CT and athletes from TCU in doubles starting at 12 p.m. CT.

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MSU Women's Tennis Results at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational
November 9, 2018 – Tempe, Ariz.

Doubles
Emma Antonaki/Anastasia Rentouli (MSU) def. Anca Canciun/Alyvia Jones (Michigan) 6-3

Singles
Antonaki (MSU) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 7-6(4), 6-2, Sara Lizariturry (MSU) def. Kate Paulus (TCU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Mercedes Aristequi (TCU) def. Rentouli (MSU) 6-3, 6-3