KSU vs. Ga. Southern Box Score

KSU vs. Sav. St. Box Score

KENNESAW, Ga. – One day after having its seven-match winning streak snapped the Kennesaw State women’s tennis team looks well on its way to starting a new one with its doubleheader sweep of Georgia Southern, 6-1, and Savannah State, 7-0, on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Laurel Park Tennis Center.

The two wins improve Kennesaw State to 9-1 through its first 10 matches of the season, while the days’ results moved Georgia Southern to 3-1 and Savannah State fell to 1-3, respectively.

“I was really happy with the way our team bounced back after a tough, 4-3, loss to Coastal Carolina yesterday,” head coach Jeffery Kutac said. “They put out a great effort in both matches, and they really showed a lot of character.”

The Owls win over Georgia Southern marks the first time the Black and Gold have ever defeated the Eagles as they were 0-2 all-time against them. Kennesaw State is still undefeated against Savannah State now with a 5-0 record all-time.

Speaking of undefeated you can’t mention that word without talking about the stellar play of freshman Alexandra Apostu. Apostu continued her incredible streak to begin her collegiate career on Saturday collecting three more wins to push her undefeated streak to 17 straight overall matches. 

Junior Vera Shkundina picked up a solid singles win at the No. 1 spot in the Georgia Southern match over Paola Garrido 6-2, 6-0. Shkundina has now won 14 of her last 15 singles matches dating back to last season.

The Black and Gold also saw the return of two key players to its lineup in the match against Savannah State. Junior Mackenzie Swindall played in her first match of the season, while senior captain Ayano Tanaka saw action for the first time since Feb. 11 against Young Harris.

Swindall recorded wins at the No. 1 doubles spot with Shkundina as her partner, and at the No. 5 singles position. Tanaka registered her lone win of the day at the No. 6 singles spot.

The Owls are now 7-2 in their last nine home matches dating back to last season.

Kennesaw State will have just less than two weeks off before it begins Atlantic Sun Conference play at Belmont on Friday, Mar. 4. The match is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.