March 11, 2010

Final Stats

San Marcos, Texas - - The Texas State women's tennis team suffered their first loss in eight matches when the Bobcats suffered a 5-2 loss against Penn State at the Bobcat Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Nyssa Peele and Mariana Charalambous scored Texas State's team points. Peele defeated Sarah Henderson 6-3, 1-6, 4-3 in the fifth-seeded singles match. Charalambous also won a hard-fought victory in the number-six match, 3-6, 6-4, 10-7.

The Nittany Lions won the doubles points as they earned victories in all three matches. Petra Januskova and Maria Prishiyak teamed to beat Andrea Giraldo and Melissa Hadad in the top doubles match 8-7. In the other matches, Sarah Lotto and Amy Simidian defeated Gabriella Rojas and Mariana Perez, 8-0, while Lauren McCarthy and Michaela Stracar defeated Kiki Kruse and Nyssa Peele 8-5 in the other match.

In singles action, the Bobcats played without their top player Andrea Giraldo. As a result, Januskova defeated Hadad 6-2, 6-1 in the top singles match for Penn State. In the second-seeded match, Simidian defeated Rojas 6-1, 6-0, while McCarthy won the third-seeded match over Perez 6-1, 7-5.

In the number-four match, Kruse suffered a 6-1, 6-2 loss against Prishiyak, and

The loss drops Texas State's overall record to 8-3 this season. The Bobcats, who own a 4-0 in Southland Conference play, will return to league action this Saturday, when Texas State plays host to UT Arlington at the Bobcat Tennis Complex.