MSU Lady Netters Drop Match To No. 29 Lady Vols
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Mississippi State University women's tennis team fell 6-1 to the No. 29 Lady Vols of Tennessee on Sunday at the UT Varsity Courts.
State's duo of Hayley Rudman and Tarryn Rudman won their match at No. 2 over Majen Immink and Breanna Kray in an 8-6 decision, winning their first SEC match of the season. At No. 1, Anastasia Kugakolova and Magdi Rekasi fell 8-1 to Tennessee's Tammy Encina and Melissa Schaub. Marcelle Hirt and Justyna Switala dropped their match to Blakeley Griffith and Sabita Maharaj at the third spot, 8-4.
In singles, Yumi Ueda won the only point for the Lady Bulldogs with her victory at No. 6 over Lady Vol Breanna Kray in a 4-6, 7-5, (12-10) decision. At No. 1, Hirt fell 6-3, 6-2 to No. 24 Tammy Encina. Kugakolova dropped her match to 73rd-ranked Sabita Maharaj, 6-3, 6-1, at the second position.
Rekasi faced Griffith at No. 3 and fell 6-4, 6-0 in the match. Tarryn Rudman dropped her match at the fourth spot to Immink 6-4, 6-3. At No. 5, Hayley Rudman was defeated by Victoria Jones in a 6-0, 6-4 decision.
Next, the Lady Bulldogs travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to take on the Lady Razorbacks in a 3 p.m. match on Friday, March 26.
#29 Tennessee 6, Mississippi State 1
Singles
No. 1 #24 Tammy Encina (UT) def. Marcelle Hirt (MSU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 #73 Sabita Maharaj (UT) def. Anastasia Kugakolova (MSU), 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 Blakeley Griffith (UT) def. Magdi Rekasi (MSU), 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 Majen Immink (UT) def. Tarryn Rudman (MSU), 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 Victoria Jones (UT) def. Hayley Rudman (MSU), 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 Yumi Ueda (MSU) def. Breanna Kray (UT), 4-6, 7-5, (12-10)
Doubles
No. 1 Encina/Schaub (UT) def. Kugakolova/Rekasi (MSU), 8-1
No. 2 Rudman/Rudman (MSU) def. Immink/Kray (UT), 8-6
No. 3 Griffith/Maharaj (UT) def. Hirt/Switala (MSU), 8-4