FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (03/06/07) ? Sophomore Dariana Kozmina and junior Mateja Podgorsek scored the points for the Panthers as Georgia State women's tennis fell to Northern Arizona 5-2 at the Flagstaff Athletics Club East on Tuesday afternoon.

Kozmina (Kharkiv, Ukraine) defeated Katie Schurr 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 2 position and Podgorsek (Domzale, Slovenia) dropped Paij Porter 6-2, 6-3 in the No. 5 spot in singles action.  In double action, all three Panther pairs were downed by their opponents.

The Panthers are in the mist of a five match road trip.  They will look for their first win of the road trip on March 20 when they travel to Chattanooga, Tenn. for a showdown with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga at 3:00 p.m.

Doubles
1. Schurr/ Vial (NAU) def. Kozmina/ Malina (GSU): 8-4
2. Biemold/ McClelland (NAU) def. Nitkova/ Strickland (GSU): 8-2
3. Regan Newman/ Porter (NAU) def. Podgorsek/ Brittany Smith (GSU): 8-4

Singles
1. Patrice Biemold (NAU) def. Martina Nitkova (GSU): 7-5; 6-3
2. Dariana Kozmina (GSU) def. Katie Schurr (NAU): 6-2; 6-2
3. Leslie Vial (NAU) def. Rachel Malina (NAU): 6-3; 7-5
4. Susan McClelland (NAU) def. Emma Stahl-Johansson (GSU): 6-1; 6-1
5. Mateja Podgorsek (GSU) def. Paij Porter (NAU): 6-2; 6-3
6. Stacy Pinchbeck (NAU) def. Kiera Strickland (GSU): 6-1; 6-3