Panthers Stumble At Georgia Tech

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Panthers Stumble At Georgia Tech

What you need to know:

*GSU dropped a match 7-0 at Georgia Tech on Friday afternoon.

*The Panthers are now 1-4 on the season.

*Georgia State will be back in action with two matches Sunday.

 


 

ATLANTA- Georgia State women's tennis fell 7-0 to Georgia Tech at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex in Atlanta Friday afternoon. The loss dropped GSU to 1-4 on the season.

 

GSU got a strong effort from Andreea Stanescu and Daniela Ramirez who jumped out to a 4-1 lead on court one in a doubles match that would go unfinished. Georgia Tech would take sets on courts two and three to win the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead into singles play.

Georgia State would not fair better in singles as Georgia Tech won on all six courts. After dropping the first set 6-3, Daniela Ramirez roared back with a 6-0 second set win to tie her singles match. However, the senior would fall 10-3 in the tiebreak. It was the seniors first loss of the season.

 

The Panthers will be on the road for a doubleheader in Auburn on Saturday afternoon. GSU is slated to take on the Tigers at 2:00 p.m. before meeting Samford at 7:00 p.m.

 

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Results:

Singles:

Kenya Jones (GT) def. Eva Chivu (GSU) 6-2, 6-3

  1. Jeanette Lin (GT) Damira Muminovic (GSU) 6-0, 6-2
  2. Valeriya Deminova (GT) Daniela Ramirez (GSU) 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (10-3)
  3. Nami Otsuka (GT) Andreea Stanescu (GSU) 6-2, 6-3
  4. Victoria Flores (GT) Lara Vovk (GSU) 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
  5. Gia Cohen (GT) Anastasia Grosheva (GSU) 6-2, 7-5

 

Doubles:

  1. Ramirez/Stanescu (GSU) vs. Jones/Lin (GT)  4-4 Unfinished
  2. Deminova/Flores (GT)  def. Chivu/Muminovic (GSU) 6-3
  3. Cohen/Otsuka (GT)  def. Grosheva/Vovk (GSU) 6-1
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