ATLANTA – The Kennesaw State women’s tennis team snapped its three-match winning streak as the Owls fell to No. 38 Georgia State, 7-0, at the Blackburn Tennis Center on Friday.
 
KSU drops to 3-5 on the season, while the Eagles improve to 5-5.
 
In doubles action, junior Alexandra Apostu and sophomore Virginie Stein dropped an 8-4 decision to the No. 51-ranked doubles tandem of Abigail Tere-Apisah and Masa Grgan.
 
Apostu opened her No. 2 singles match against Masa Grgan by winning the first set, but dropped a 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (16-14) heartbreaker in a final set tiebreaker.
 
At No. 1 singles, Stein fell 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) to Abigail Tere-Apisah, the No. 22 ranked singles player in the nation.
 
Kennesaw State next hosts Troy on Sunday, March 3 at 12 p.m. (ET) at the Fair Oaks Tennis Center. The match was originally scheduled for Saturday, March 2, but weather forced the contest to be postponed until Sunday.
 
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Kennesaw State University is celebrating 30 years of intercollegiate athletics during the 2012-13 academic year.  
 
#38 Georgia State 7, Kennesaw State 0
Singles
1. #22 Abigail Tere-Apisah (GSU) def. Virginie Stein (KSUW) 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
2. Masa Grgan (GSU) def. Alexandra Apostu (KSUW) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (16-14)
3. Whitney Byrd (GSU) def. Jana Hueckinghaus (KSUW) 6-2, 6-4
4. Linn Timmermann (GSU) def. Tamara Plocher (KSUW) 6-2, 6-4
5. Chaimaa Roudami (GSU) def. Therese Lagerkvist (KSUW) 6-2, 6-1
6. Maryna Kozachenko (GSU) def. Isabela Castro (KSUW) 6-1, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. #51 Abigail Tere-Apisah/Masa Grgan (GSU) def. Alexandra Apostu/Virginie Stein (KSUW) 8-4
2. Jocelyn Ffriend/Whitney Byrd (GSU) def. Jana Hueckinghaus/Tamara Plocher (KSUW) 8-4
3. Maryna Kozachenko/Phoebe Chiem (GSU) def. Isabela Castro/Therese Lagerkvist (KSUW) 8-2
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,6,4,3,1,2)