Trojans Extend Streak with Quality Win

Tuesday, March 12

Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.

8:00 a.m.

Troy University

Eastern Kentucky

Photo by: Cass Davis

3/12/2013 1:19:00 PM | Tennis (W)

By: Matt Mays

FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla. – The Troy women's tennis team extended its current winning streak to seven matches with a quality, 4-1, win over Eastern Kentucky on a neutral court at the Ft. Walton Beach Tennis Center on Tuesday morning.

Troy (11-4) has not lost in nearly a month, and extended its streak on Tuesday against a team that won the Ohio Valley Conference last season and played UCLA in the first round of last year's NCAA Tournament.

“This was a solid win for us today,” Troy head coach Eric Hayes said. “EKU was an NCAA Tournament team last season and beat Louisville just a couple of weeks ago. Our girls did a great job.”

The Trojans started with a dominant doubles point, winning at second doubles 8-1 and at first doubles 8-4 to clinch the opening point. At third doubles, Troy's Candela Munoz Giron and Anja Cosovic were up 6-5, but did not finish their match, leaving the pair at a perfect 6-0 on the season.

Hannah Toro put Troy on the board first in singles play with a shutout, 6-0, 6-0, win at fourth singles. Toro was playing in her first singles match in a month due to injury.

Cosovic moved her singles, dual match record to 11-4 this season with a 6-1, 6-1 win at third singles that pushed Troy ahead 3-0. However, EKU (7-5) got on the board with a win at second singles.

Karoline Grymel clinched the match for Troy at first singles with a three-set win, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 over EKU's Amandine Faouzi. Grymel has now won five straight singles matches after starting the year 2-8 in dual match singles play.

Complete results for Tuesday's match are below. Troy returns to the court Thursday with another neutral court match, this one against Lamar in Mobile, Ala.

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Troy 4, Eastern Kentucky 1

Singles competition
1. Karoline Grymel (TROY) def. Amandine Faouzi (EKU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
2. Kristina Labeja (EKU) def. Lyubov Dorofeeva (TROY) 6-0, 7-5
3. Anja Cosovic (TROY) def. Saioa Oscoz (EKU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Hannah Toro (TROY) def. Melissa Gerritsen (EKU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Candela Munoz Giron (TROY) vs. Milena Poffo (EKU) 6-7 (2-7), 5-3, unfinished
6. Rosaura Ramirez-Vega (TROY) vs. Carmen Rodriguez (EKU) 5-7, 7-5, 1-4, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Dorofeeva/Grymel (TROY) def. Gerritsen/Labeja (EKU) 8-4
2. Ramirez-Vega/Toro (TROY) def. Oscoz/Poffo (EKU) 8-1
3. Cosovic/Munoz Giron (TROY) vs. FaouziI/Danielle Kinnen (EKU) 6-5, unfinished

Match Notes
Eastern Kentucky 7-5
Troy 11-4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (4,3,2,1)
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