54th-Ranked Lady Bulldog Netters Defeat 73rd-Ranked Auburn Tigers
State won the doubles point to start the match with a sweep on all three courts. MSU's 38th-ranked duo of Zsuzsanna Fodor and Anastasia Kugakolova defeated Auburn's 58th-ranked tandem of Petra Bercik and Isabel Rosenbrock in an 8-3 decision on court one. Randpark, South Africa, natives Hayley Rudman and Tarryn Rudman took their match, 8-6, against Jelena Jovic and Tori Almagno at No. 2. At the third spot, Polina Kokoulina and Magdi Rekasi won their match over Sarah Suitor and Ashley Cowart, 8-4.
In singles, Kugakolova defeated Bercik at the second spot, 6-0, 6-2, winning the first singles point for the Lady Bulldogs. Next, freshman Renee Joseph won her match, 6-1, 6-0, over Almagno at the sixth position. Clinching the match, 27th-ranked Fodor took her match over Jovic in a 6-4, 6-1, decision, giving MSU its first SEC win of the season.
Kokoulina defeated Cowart, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 4, and Rekasi downed Nancy Peaden in a comeback win, 6-2, 7-5, at the fifth spot. Tarryn Rudman fell, 7-6(8), 6-4, at No. 3 to Rosenbrock.
Next, the Lady Bulldogs host 26th-ranked Alabama at 1 p.m. at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre on Sunday, March 13.
#54 Mississippi State 6, #73 Auburn 1
Doubles
1. #38 Fodor/Kugakolova (MSU) def. #58 Bercik/Rosenbrock (AU), 8-3
2. Rudman/Rudman (MSU) def. Jovic/Almagno (AU), 8-6
3. Kokoulina/Rekasi (MSU) def. Suitor/Cowart (AU), 8-4
Singles
1. #27 Zsuzsanna Fodor (MSU) def. Jelena Jovic (AU), 6-4, 6-1
2. Anastasia Kugakolova (MSU) def. Petra Bercik (AU), 6-0, 6-2
3. Isabel Rosenbrock (AU) def. Tarryn Rudman (MSU), 7-6(8), 6-4
4. Polina Kokoulina (MSU) def. Ashley Cowart (AU), 7-5, 6-1
5. Magdi Rekasi (MSU) def. Nancy Peaden (AU), 6-2, 7-5
6. Renée Joseph (MSU) def. Tori Almagno (AU), 6-1, 6-0