NCAA Womens Tennis

Bulldogs Begin Final Homestand Versus No. 4 Georgia

Bulldogs Begin Final Homestand Versus No. 4 Georgia


STARKVILLE – Mississippi State women’s tennis will wrap up the regular season this weekend with two home matches as part of Super Bulldog Weekend festivities.

The Bulldogs will host No. 4 Georgia on Friday at 4 p.m. at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre before concluding things with 14th-ranked Tennessee on Sunday at 1 p.m. The first 100 fans at Friday’s match will receive a rally towel.

In case of inclement weather, matches will be moved indoors to the Rula Tennis Pavilion.

In doubles, MSU’s Maddie Bemisderfer and Gia Cohen earned their second win as a pairing over the 72nd-ranked LSU duo of Noor Carrington and Safiya Carrington 6-3 last Friday.

The State tandem of Sydney Hrehor and Alexandra Mikhailuk claimed their first win as a duo over Texas A&M’s Jeanette Mireles and Daria Smetannikov 6-3 last Sunday.

In singles, Mikhailuk took the match over LSU’s Nina Geissler to claim her 12th overall singles win and seventh dual match victory.

Georgia comes into Friday’s match with a 17-4 overall record and is 10-1 in SEC play. UGA topped No. 27 South Carolina 4-1 last Friday and defeated No. 17 Florida 4-1 last Sunday.

UGA’s lineup features five ranked singles players: Lea Ma (3), Dasha Vidmanova (5), Mell Reasco (66), Anastasiia Lopota (68) and Meg Kowalski (125).

Additionally, the visiting Bulldogs have two ranked doubles tandems in Guillermina Grant and Mai Nirundorn (38) and Kowalski and Reasco (51).

For more information on the Bulldog women’s tennis program, visit HailState.com or search for “HailStateWT” on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

 

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