What You Need to Know:
- The Panthers moved to 5-2 this season after splitting this weekend's matches versus FGCU and UT. GSU defeated Florida Gulf Coast 4-3 and fell to Tennessee 2-5.
- Linn Timmermann recorded another win over a nationally ranked player when she defeated No. 65 Sadie Hammond of Tennessee.
- Georgia State will play at No. 50 Columbia and Princeton next weekend in New York and New Jersey.
FORT MYERS, FL. – Georgia State women's tennis defeated Florida Gulf Coast 4-3 Friday before falling 5-2 to Tennessee Saturday morning.
For the second time this season, Freshman Chiara Volejnicek won the series deciding match to give the Panthers the 4-3 win. She had previously done it against now No. 17 South Carolina. This time was versus FGCU's Laura Falceto Font in a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 match. She fell to Brittany Lindl of Tennessee Saturday morning 1-6, 3-6. The Swiss native is now 5-2 this season in singles competition.
Linn Timmermann won three of four matches she was involved in this weekend, including a win over No. 65 Sadie Hammond of Tennessee. This marks the second nationally ranked opponent she has defeated in dual matches this season and fourth since last fall.
Senior Niri Rasolomalala won both her singles matches this weekend. She first defeated FGCU's Julia Ascua 6-4, 6-1 then followed it up with a hard fought 5-7, 6-4, 10-3 win over UT's Mary Caroline Meredith.
Linn Timmermann and Tarani Kamoe secured the doubles point against FGCU in a 6-2 match after Chiara Volejnicek and Daniela Ramirez took the No. 3 doubles match 6-1.
Versus Tennessee, the Panthers lost the doubles point after Volejnicek/Ramirez lost the final match in a close 7-5 decision. In singles, GSU lost three matches in straight sets, but showed resiliency in pushing the other three matches to tie breakers and winning two of those.
This was the first of a stretch of three weekends where Georgia State will play away from home. Next weekend, the team will travel to New York and New Jersey for matches against No. 50 Columbia and Princeton.
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Georgia State vs Florida Gulf Coast University
#47 Georgia State 4, Florida Gulf Coast University 3
Singles competition
1. STAMPFLI, Breana (FGCU) def. Timmermann, Linn (GSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
2. Rehse, Kristin (GSU) def. ASCUA, Julia (FGCU) 5-7, 6-0, 6-3
3. TREYES ALBARRACIN, J (FGCU) def. Vovk, Lara (GSU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Rasolomalala, Niri (GSU) def. MEANS, Elizabeth (FGCU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Volejnicek, Chiara (GSU) def. FALCETO FONT, Laura (FGCU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
6. CURTIS, Julianna (FGCU) def. Ramirez, Daniela (GSU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Timmermann, Linn/Kamoe, Tarani (GSU) def. STAMPFLI, Breana/TREYES ALBARRACIN, J (FGCU) 6-2
2. Rasolomalala, Niri/Rehse, Kristin (GSU) vs. CURTIS, Julianna/ASCUA, Julia (FGCU) no result
3. Volejnicek, Chiara/Ramirez, Daniela (GSU) def. MEANS, Elizabeth/FALCETO FONT, Laura (FGCU) 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,4,3,2,5,1)
Georgia State vs University of Tennessee
#47 Georgia State 2, University of Tennessee 5
Singles competition
1. Linn Timmermann (GSU) def. #65 Sadie Hammond (UT) 6-4, 4-6, 11-9
2. Eve Repic (UT) def. Kristin Rehse (GSU) 6-0, 6-2
3. Kim Kermet (UT) def. Lara Vovk (GSU) 6-1, 6-3
4. Niri Rasolomalala (GSU) def. Mary Caroline Meredith (UT) 5-7, 6-4, 10-3
5. Brittany Lindl (UT) def. Chiara Volejnicek (GSU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Gabby Schuck (UT) def. Daniela Ramirez (GSU) 6-3, 0-6, 10-8
Doubles Competition
1. Kamoe/Timmermann (GSU) def. Repic/Hammond (UT) 6-4
2. Lindl/Kermet (UT) def. Rasolomalala/Rehse (GSU) 6-2
3. Tavares/Boles (UT) def. Volejnicek/Ramirez (GSU) 7-5
