Troy Falls in Sun Belt Semifinals

Saturday, April 19

New Orleans, La.

10:00 a.m.

Troy University

Georgia State

Photo by: Jonah Enfinger

4/19/2014 1:28:00 PM | Tennis (W)

By: Matt Mays

Tournament Central | Women's Bracket

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Troy women's tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 66 Georgia State in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Championships on Saturday at the City Park Tennis Center in New Orleans.

Troy (15-8), the tournament's fourth seed, sees its season come to an end with just its second loss in the last 12 matches. Georgia State, the tournament's top seed, moves to face the winner of UT Arlington and South Alabama in Sunday's championship match.

Georgia State (11-8) won at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to take the opening point. Troy's No. 1 pair of Trang Huynh and Anja Cosovic were up 6-3 on Abigaial Tere-Apisah and Masa Grgan, the nation's 20^th-ranked doubles pair, when the doubles point was clinched.

The Panthers then won three singles matches at the bottom of the lineup to take the 4-0 victory. GSU win at No. 4, No. 6 and No. 5 to clinch the match and a trip into Sunday's final.

In matches that were unfinished, at No. 1 Huynh trailed 20^th-ranked Tere-Apisah, 7-5, 5-2, and finished the season 18-4. At No. 2, Lyubov Dorofeeva played in her final match as a Trojan and was down 7-6 (6), 2-1.

At No. 3 singles, Troy's Anja Cosovic was up 2-6, 6-1, 3-2 and finished the season18-3 in singles play.

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#66 Georgia State 4, Troy 0
Apr 19, 2014 at New Orleans, La. (City Park Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. #20 Abigail Tere-Apisah (GSU) vs. Trang Huynh (TROY) 7-5, 5-2, unfinished
2. Masa Grgan (GSU) vs. Lyubov Dorofeeva (TROY) 7-6 (8-6), 2-1, unfinished
3. Linn Timmermann (GSU) vs. Anja Cosovic (TROY) 6-2, 1-6, 2-3, unfinished
4. Marcia Tere-Apisah (GSU) def. Hannah Toro (TROY) 1-2, retired
5. Maryna Kozachenko (GSU) def. Margot De Haan (TROY) 6-1, 6-1
6. Chaimaa Roudami (GSU) def. Brooke Durden (TROY) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. #20 Abigail Tere-Apisah/Masa Grgan (GSU) vs. Trang Huynh/Anja Cosovic (TROY) 3-6, unfinished
2. Marcia Tere-Apisah/Tarani Kamoe (GSU) def. Brooke Durden/Monica Gonzalez (TROY) 8-0
3. Linn Timmermann/Chaimaa Roudami (GSU) def. Hannah Toro/Lyubov Dorofeeva (TROY) 8-5

Match Notes
Troy 15-8
Georgia State 11-8; National ranking #66
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,6,5)
#1 Georgia State vs. #4 Troy
2014 Sun Belt Conference Women's Tennis Championship
Semifinals
T-2:43 A-55