Box Score STARKVILLE, Miss. - The ULM tennis team
earned three hard-fought singles points before ultimately dropping a 4-3
verdict at Mississippi State Thursday evening at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.
The Warhawks (4-1) received a strong performance
from Silvia Tumova, whose 6-1, 6-1 singles win in straight sets over Olesya
Tsigvintseva gave ULM its first point of the match. Vivian Polak moved to 5-0 in singles play
this season with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Petra Ferancova.
Medy Blankvoort swept Khrystyna Pavlyuk 6-3,
6-2 to give the Warhawks a 3-2 overall lead.
Mississippi State's (3-1) Ekaterina Iakovleva squared the match with a
7-5, 6-4 triumph over Sophie Rufyikiri.
Naomi Tran clinched the team win for the Lady Bulldogs with a come from
behind 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over ULM's Isabelle Rocher.
The Warhawk duo of Polak and Ema Turudija
dropped Ferancova and Pavlyuk 8-5 to even the doubles portion at one-all. Iakovleva and Tran defeated Rufyikiri and Tumova
9-7 in a tiebreaker to claim the doubles point. ULM held a 7-5 lead before the Mississippi State pair rallied for the win in the four-plus hour match.
ULM returns to action Sunday when Auburn
travels to Heard Stadium at 12:00 p.m.
Mississippi State 4,
ULM 3
Singles (Teams tie
3-3):
1. Alexandra Perper (MSU) def. Monica Winkel
(ULM) 6-3, 7-5
2. Ekaterina Iakovleva (MSU) def. Sophie
Rufyikiri (ULM) 7-5, 6-4
3. Medy Blankvoort (ULM) def. Khrystyna
Pavlyuk (MSU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Silvia Tumova (ULM) def. Olesya
Tsigvintseva (MSU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Naomi Tran (MSU) def. Isabelle Rocher
(ULM) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
6. Vivian Polak (ULM) def. Petra Ferancova
(MSU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles (MSU wins
1-0):
1. Iakovleva/Tran (MSU) def. Rufyikiri/Tumova
(ULM) 9-7
2. Perper/Tsigvintseva (MSU) def. Blankvoort/Winkel
(ULM) 8-3
3. Polak/Ema Turudija
(ULM) def. Ferancova/Pavlyuk (MSU) 8-5
