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Blazers Fall At Nationally-Ranked Mississippi State, 7-0
2/12/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 12, 2005
STARKVILLE, Miss. --- The UAB women's tennis team fell to Mississippi State, who is ranked 75th in the nation, 7-0, at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre in Starkville, Miss., on Saturday. The Blazers fell to 1-1 on the season, while the Lady Bulldogs improved to 3-0.
"I'm disappointed with the results, but not with the effort," said UAB head coach Mert Ertunga. "We had a terrible start to all the singles matches and we couldn't recover. Mississippi State is a better team than we are, but the girls played hard. We did had a great day as far as effort, bad day as far as performance."
The Blazers did record a win at the No. 2 doubles position, as Blazers Gulseh Esen and Ornischa Maier-Knapp beat Polina Kokoulina and Magdi Rekasi, 8-6. However, Mississippi State took the other two matches for the doubles point. In the No. 1 tilt, 46th-ranked Zsuzsanna Fodor and Anastasia Kugakolova beat UAB's Antonia Nugent and Julia von Samson, 8-1. At the No. 3 spot, the Blazers' Annemieke Elsholz and Jana Wild fell, 8-5, to Renee Joseph and Hayley Rudman.
In singles play, 28th-ranked Fodor was a 6-2, 6-1 winner over UAB's von Samson in the No. 1 match. In the No. 2 position, Kugakolova beat the Blazers' Esen, 6-2, 6-2. At the No. 4 position, Rekasi was a 6-3, 7-5 winner over Samrin Tanzeem of UAB.
Three Blazers did push their singles matches to three sets, but unfortunately weren't able to come up with a victory. UAB's Maier-Knapp fell to Kokoulina, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, in the No. 3 spot. At the No. 5 position, Blazer Elsholz lost to Joseph, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, while Rudman defeated UAB's Nugent, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.
UAB will have its first home match of the season on Sunday at noon, when it hosts Louisiana-Monroe at Brook Highland Racquet Club.
T75th Mississippi State 7, UAB 0
Doubles
1. #46 Fodor/Kugakolova (MSU) def. Nugent/von Samson (UAB), 8-1
2. Esen/Maier-Knapp (UAB) def. Kokoulina/Rekasi (MSU), 8-6
3. Joseph/H. Rudman (MSU) def. Elsholz/Wild (UAB), 8-5
Singles
1. #28 Zsuzsanna Fodor (MSU) def. Julia von Samson (UAB), 6-2, 6-1
2. Anastasia Kugakolova (MSU) def. Gulsah Esen (UAB), 6-2, 6-2
3. Polina Kokoulina (MSU) def. Ornischa Maier-Knapp (UAB), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
4. Magdi Rekasi (MSU) def. Samrin Tanzeem (UAB), 6-3, 7-5
5. Renée Joseph (MSU) def. Annemieke Elsholz (UAB), 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
6. Hayley Rudman (MSU) def. Antonia Nugent (UAB), 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
