Women’s Tennis Falls to No. 14 Auburn

Tuesday, February 14

Auburn, Ala.

2:00 P.M.

Troy University

Auburn

2/14/2017 8:36:00 PM | Tennis (W)

By: Grace Bolin

AUBURN, Alabama - Troy (0-6) dropped to No. 14 Auburn 7-0 on the road at the Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn, Ala.

The match started off with a big time doubles win as Sanae Ohta and Nancy Karaky took down No. 31 Tiger duo Caroline Turner and Georgie Axon 6-1. Hannah Seizer and Alicia Rodriguez took the No. 6 ranked doubles team Alizee Michaud and Taylor Russo down to the wire, but fell to the Tigers 7-5. Auburn took the doubles point after defeating Jiayuan Xue and Efriliya Herlina in a tight 7-5 match.

In singles play, Xue took on Andie Dikosavljevic on court two, and won the first set defeating Dikosavljevic 6-3, but fell in the second and third sets as Auburn earned the point. On court five, Karaky faced No. 112 Roos van der Zwaan. The first set came down to a 7-5 tiebreaker, but fell in favor of the Tigers.

Up next for the Trojans, the team will travel to Jacksonville, Fla., where they will play a pair of weekend matches against Bethune-Cookman and North Florida on Feb. 18 and 19. Saturday's match against the Wildcats is set for 11 a.m. CT, and Sunday's match against the Ospreys will be at 8 a.m. CT.

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Full Results
Singles
#28 Alizee Michaud (AU) def. Hannah Seizer (TROY) 6-3, 6-3
Andie Dikosavljevic (AU) def. Jiayuan Xue (TROY) 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Georgie Axon (AU) def. Sanae Ohta (TROY) 6-3, 6-4
#120 Alannah Griffin (AU) def. Efriliya Herlina (TROY) 6-0, 6-4
#112 Roos van der Zwaan (AU) def. Nancy Karaky (TROY) 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
Caroline Turner (AU) def. Luisa Ferrauti (TROY) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
#6 Alizee Michaud/Taylor Russo (AU) def. Hannah Seizer/Alicia Rodriguez (TROY) 7-5
Sanae Ohta/Nancy Karaky (TROY) def. #31 Caroline Turner/Georgie Axon (AU) 6-1
Reka Muller/Roos van der Zwaan (AU) def. Jiayuan Xue/Efriliya Herlina (TROY) 7-5