Cajuns Fall to Mississippi State, 4-0

The Ragin' Cajuns women's tennis team had a good showing despite a 4-0 loss at Mississippi State Saturday afternoon in Starkville, Miss.

“I feel like the girls played well against a quality SEC school,” head coach Greg Harkins said. “Both Sophie van den Aarseen and Milou Isreal forced the Mississippi State players to really earn their points. Now we head home for our first home match of the spring, and It'll be good to play in front of our fans for the first time this year.”

The two teams were forced indoors due to the weather and played an abbreviated format.

In doubles play, the Bulldogs grabbed the point after wins at No.1 where Ekaterina Iakovleva/ Naomi Tran defeated Milou Isreal/Briggit Marcovich 8-4 and No.2. as Khrystyna Pavlyuk/ Alexandra Perper defeated Sophie van den Aarssen/Erin Wilbert 8-2.

Iakovleva topped Marcovich at No.1 singles 6-0, 6-0, while both van den Aarssen and Isreal forced tiebreakers in their matches with van den Aarssen forcing a third set.

The Cajuns are slated to open their 2012 spring home season on Feb. 10 when they host Abilene Christian at Cajun Courts.

Mississippi State 4, Louisiana 0

Singles competition
1. Iakovleva, Ekaterina (MSU) def. Marcovich, Briggit (UL) 6-0, 6-0
2. Perper, Alexandra (MSU) def. van den Aarssen, Sophie (UL) 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
3. Pavlyuk, Khrystyna (MSU) def. Isreal, Milou (UL) 7-6, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Iakovleva, Ekaterina/Tran, Naomi (MSU) def. Israel, Milou/Marcovich, Briggit (UL) 8-3
2. Pavlyuk, Khrystyna/Perper, Alexandra (MSU) def. van den Aarssen, Sophie/Wilbert, Erin (UL) 8-4

Match Notes:
Louisiana 1-2
Mississippi State 1-0
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (1,2,3)

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