Lady Bulldog Netters Move To 22nd In The Nation
Also moving her way up in the polls, Lady Bulldog sophomore Zsuzsanna Fodorclimbed three spots to No. 18 in the singles department following a 2-0weekend showing. The Budapest, Hungary native defeated Arkansas' VlatkaJovanovic, 6-4, 6-1, and clinched the Lady Bulldogs' win Sunday afternoon atLSU with her, 6-4, 6-4 victory over 99th-ranked Amanda Mang. Her twosingles victories improved her season mark to 32-6, moving her into solepossession of MSU's all-time career singles wins in a season as she passedAndrea Lord's 31 wins set during the 1999-2000 season.
State's doubles tandem of Fodor and Anastasia Kugakolova jumped seven spotsto No.13 after knocking off Arkansas¹s team of Cornett and Jovanovic 8-4Friday night. The combo returned Sunday to clinch the doubles point for theLady Bulldogs as the duo defeated LSU¹s Mang and Tucker 9-7.
The Lady Bulldogs return to action this weekend as State travels to FloridaFriday, April 8, at 5 p.m. to take on the 7th-ranked Gators and wraps up theweekend with a date at No. 25 South Carolina Sunday, April 10, at 1 p.m.