Troy Upsets Georgia State 4-3

Sunday, March 25

Conway, S.C.

8 A.M.

Troy University

Georgia State

3/25/2018 5:19:00 PM | Tennis (W)

By: Grace Bolin

CONWAY, South Carolina – Troy snapped a nine match losing streak dating back to the 2006 season against Georgia State (9-12), defeating the Panthers 4-3 on Sunday. The Trojans improve to 4-10 overall and 2-2 in conference play.

With the match tied up a 3-3, freshman Pei Ju Hsieh clinched the win on court five, defeating Lara Vovk 7-5, 6-2.

Troy earned the early doubles point as Sanae Ohta and Nancy Karaky breezed past the pair from Gerogia State 6-1 on court one. Georgia State was a player short in the match, resulting in a default win for Troy on the third court in doubles.

Georgia State stormed back taking the first two matches in singles competition to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead, but Troy remained calm and evened things up with a 6-0, 7-5 victory for Jiayuan Xue on court two.

Georgia State's Kristin Rehse took the win over Sanae Ohta 6-4, 6-0 but Maria Casas Blas did not have a player to face, so once again Troy earned a free victory tying the match and turning all eyes to court five where Hsieh delivered a huge win to lift the Trojans over the Panthers.

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FULL RESULTS
Singles
1. Kristin Rehse (GSU) def. Ohta,Sanae (TROY) 6-4, 6-0
2. Xue,Jiayuan (TROY) def. Elizabet Danailova (GSU) 6-0, 7-5
3. Daniela Ramirez (GSU) def. Karaky,Nancy (TROY) 6-4, 6-0
4. Damira Muminovic (GSU) def. Mihaljevic,Matea (TROY) 6-0, 6-2
5. Hsieh,Pei Ju (TROY) def. Lara Vovk (GSU) 7-5, 6-2
6. Blas,Maria Casas (TROY) def. No player (GSU), by default

Doubles
1. Ohta,Sanae/Karaky,Nancy (TROY) def. Elizabet Danailova/Daniela Ramirez (GSU) 6-1
2. Hsieh,Pei Ju/Xue,Jiayuan (TROY) vs. Kristin Rehse/Damira Muminovic (GSU) unfinished
3. Blas,Maria Casas/Mihaljevic,Matea (TROY) def. Lara Vovk/No player (GSU), by default