TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (FEB. 8, 2009)  The Georgia State women's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 26 Florida State (1-2) on Sunday morning at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.

Georgia State (2-2) picked up the early doubles point, winning two out of three matches at No. 1 and No. 2.  Dariana Kozmina and Kiara Powell started the day with an 8-2 win over FSU's Jessica Sucupira and Lauren Macfarlane.  The Seminoles rallied back with an 8-5 win at No. 3 over Diana Nakic and Linda Hricistova, but the Panthers' Martina Nitkova and Katerina Gresova sealed the doubles point with an 8-5 decision at No. 1.

The Panthers led 1-0 going into singles play, but the Seminoles won two straight at No. 2 and No. 5 to take the 2-1 lead.  Diana Nakic won her fourth straight singles match and picked up the Panthers' only single point, defeating Katie Rybakova 7-5, 6-0 at No. 1.

The Seminoles won three more at No. 6, 3 and 4 to take the 5-2 victory.

Georgia State continues its dual match season on Feb. 14 as the Panthers travel to Birmingham, Ala. for a 3 p.m. match-up against Samford.

Final Score:

#26 Florida State 5, Georgia State 2

Doubles:

1. Martina Nitkova and Katarina Gresova (GS) def. Federica Suess and Noemie Scharle, 8-5.

2. Dariana Kozmina and Kiara Powell (GS) def. Jessica Sucupira and Lauren Macfarlane, 8-2.

3- Katie Rybakova and Bonny Davidson def. Diana Nakic and Linda Hricistova (GS), 8-5.

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

Singles:

1. Diana Nakic (GS) def. Katie Rybakova, 7-5, 6-0

2. Noemie Scharle (FS) def. Martina Nitkova, 6-1, 7-5

3. Lauren Macfarlane (FS) def. Dariana Kozmina, 7-5, 6-2

4. Federica Suess (FS) def. Katarina Gresova, 6-4, 9-7

5. Ania Rynarzewska (FS) def. Martina Ondrackova, 6-3, 6-3

6. Jessica Sucupira (FS) def. Linda Hricistova, 6-2, 6-4

Order of finish: 2, 5, 1, 6, 3, 4