Georgia State University Athletics

Spring 2015
Won three singles matches at No. 6 ... Won four doubles matches with Masa Grgan at No. 3 position ... Defeated Joan van Lochem of No. 67 Furman in straight sets to help GSU earn upset on Feb. 13.

Fall 2014
Recorded five singles wins and three doubles wins … Faced players from three ranked schools in singles to start off the fall season before going on a five-match win streak … Teamed with Masa Grgan to beat a pair from No. 42 LSU at the Yellow Jacket Invitational … Linn Timmermann and Tere-Apisah knocked off a duo from No. 75 NC State in the same tournament.

Spring 2014
Went 9-11 in singles play, primarily appearing at the No. 3 position … Posted a 13-7 doubles record at the No. 2 spot with Tarani Kamoe … Tere-Apisah faced five players ranked by the ITA … Defeated No. 75 NC State’s Nicole Martinez in a tight, three-set contest on March 2 … Tere-Apisah and Kamoe won doubles matches over five opponents from ranked schools, including a win over No. 34 Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Fall 2013
Went 5-6 in singles play ... Paired with sister Abigail to win at No. 1 doubles over LSU ... With Tarani Kamoe at No. 2 doubles, advanced to ITA Regional semifinals ... Upset the No. 2 pair in the nation from Georgia and defeated a pair from Michigan .... Started season off with a six-match win streak with Kamoe.

Prep
Highest career ranking in ITF Juniors came on Dec. 9, 2011, with a No. 346 ranking ... Has 56-39 career singles and 49-35 career doubles ITF Juniors records ... Was 2009 and 2013 Fiji Open champion ... Lost in final at Air Pacific South Pacific Open Junior Championships in 2013 ... Won Wodonga Grasscourt Championships in Dec. of 2013.

Personal
Marcia Andrea Sowi Tere-Apisah (pronounced Mar-see-uh tear-ee AH-pee-sah”) was born July 22, 1995 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea ... Daughter of Kwalam Apisah and Vera Tere ... Has two older brothers, Patrick and Lawrence, and one older sister, Abigail ... Abigail was a two-time All-American for GSU and reached national semifinals in 2014 ... Comes from a tennis family, as father and mother are coaches ... Undecided major.