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State Concludes Play At ITA All-American Championships
October 10, 2019 | Women's Tennis
by Mikaela Elizondo, Graduate Assistant/Communications
TULSA, Okla. – Mississippi State women's tennis wrapped up play at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Thursday.
The day opened for State with main draw doubles action which had been postponed due to heavy rains on Wednesday. After coming back from a 7-4 deficit to tie the match at 7-7, State's 14th-ranked duo of Magda Adaloglou and Tamara Racine fell in a tight tiebreaker 8-7(6) to UCF's fifth-seeded and seventh-ranked tandem of Ksenia Kuznetsova and Valeriya Zeleva in the first round.
Adaloglou and Racine went on to face 17th-ranked Alexa Bortles and Sabina Machalova of Ole Miss in a back-and-forth consolation match that was also decided by a tiebreaker. Once again, State's pair rallied back from a break down to force the breaker, but were once again edged, this time in an 8-7(4) decision.
Due to more rain in Tulsa, sophomore Emma Antonaki's consolation match against another top-30 opponent was moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma. In yet another very close match, the 41st-ranked Antonaki ultimately fell to UCF's 29th-ranked Zeleva 6-4, 7-5.
The Bulldogs will next travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to compete in the ITA Southern Regional Championships beginning Thursday, Oct. 17.
For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateWT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
MSU Women's Tennis Results at the 2019 ITA All-American Championships
October 10, 2019 – Tulsa, Oklahoma
DOUBLES
Main Draw
First Round - #7 Ksenia Kuznetsova/Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) def. #14 Magda Adaloglou/Tamara Racine (MSU) 8-7(6)
Main Draw Consolation
First Round - #17 Alexa Bortles/Sabina Machalova (Ole Miss) def. #14 Adaloglou/Racine (MSU) 8-7(4)
SINGLES
Main Draw Consolation
First Round - #29 Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) def. #41 Emma Antonaki (MSU) 6-4, 7-5
Numbers preceding names indicate current ITA national rankings; numbers in brackets are tournament seedings
TULSA, Okla. – Mississippi State women's tennis wrapped up play at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Thursday.
The day opened for State with main draw doubles action which had been postponed due to heavy rains on Wednesday. After coming back from a 7-4 deficit to tie the match at 7-7, State's 14th-ranked duo of Magda Adaloglou and Tamara Racine fell in a tight tiebreaker 8-7(6) to UCF's fifth-seeded and seventh-ranked tandem of Ksenia Kuznetsova and Valeriya Zeleva in the first round.
Adaloglou and Racine went on to face 17th-ranked Alexa Bortles and Sabina Machalova of Ole Miss in a back-and-forth consolation match that was also decided by a tiebreaker. Once again, State's pair rallied back from a break down to force the breaker, but were once again edged, this time in an 8-7(4) decision.
Due to more rain in Tulsa, sophomore Emma Antonaki's consolation match against another top-30 opponent was moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma. In yet another very close match, the 41st-ranked Antonaki ultimately fell to UCF's 29th-ranked Zeleva 6-4, 7-5.
The Bulldogs will next travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to compete in the ITA Southern Regional Championships beginning Thursday, Oct. 17.
For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateWT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
MSU Women's Tennis Results at the 2019 ITA All-American Championships
October 10, 2019 – Tulsa, Oklahoma
DOUBLES
Main Draw
First Round - #7 Ksenia Kuznetsova/Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) def. #14 Magda Adaloglou/Tamara Racine (MSU) 8-7(6)
Main Draw Consolation
First Round - #17 Alexa Bortles/Sabina Machalova (Ole Miss) def. #14 Adaloglou/Racine (MSU) 8-7(4)
SINGLES
Main Draw Consolation
First Round - #29 Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) def. #41 Emma Antonaki (MSU) 6-4, 7-5
Numbers preceding names indicate current ITA national rankings; numbers in brackets are tournament seedings
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