Lady Bulldogs Fall To No. 2 Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. -- The Mississippi State University women's tennis team dropped their first match of the weekend to the No. 2 Bulldogs of Georgia, 7-0, on Friday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
MSU?s Anastasia Kugakolova and Magdi Rekasi dropped their doubles match at No. 1 to the No. 4 ranked duo of Agata Cioroch and Shadisha Robinson in an 8-4 decision. At No. 2, Hayley Rudman and Tarryn Rudman fell 8-3 to Evgenia Subbotina and Jitka Schonfeldova. Marcelle Hirt and Justyna Switala were defeated by Natalie Frazier and Douglas Wink, 8-3, at the third spot.
In singles action, Hirt fell 6-4, 6-1 to Georgia?s fourth-ranked Cioroch on court one. Kugakolova dropped her match at the second spot to No. 70 Subbotina, 6-4, 6-7(1), 1-0(3). At No. 3, Rekasi fell 6-2, 6-2 to No. 10 Robinson.
Freshman Tarryn Rudman fell 7-5, 6-4 in a hard-fought match with Schonfeldova at the fourth spot. On court five, Switala was defeated by Wink in a 6-0, 6-0 decision. Hayley Rudman dropped her match 6-3, 6-3 to Alex Smith at the sixth position.
Next, State travels to Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday to face the No. 29 Lady Vols of Tennessee. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m. ET.
#2 Georgia 7, Mississippi State 0
Doubles
1. #4 Cioroch/Robinson (UGA) def. Kugakolova/Rekasi (MSU) 8-4
2. Subbotina/Schonfeldova (UGA) def. H. Rudman/T. Rudman (MSU) 8-3
3. Frazier/Wink (UGA) def. Hirt/Switala (MSU) 8-3
Singles
1. #4 Agata Cioroch (UGA) def. Marcelle Hirt (MSU) 6-4, 6-1
2. #70 Evgenia Subbotina (UGA) def. Anastasia Kugakolova (MSU) 6-4, 6-7(1), 1-0(3)
3. #10 Shadisha Robinson (UGA) def. Magdi Rekasi (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Jitka Schonfeldova (UGA) def. Tarryn Rudman (MSU) 7-5, 6-4
5. Douglas Wink (UGA) def. Justyna Switala (MSU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Alex Smith (UGA) def. Hayley Rudman (MSU) 6-3, 6-3