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MARIETTA, Ga. – The Kennesaw State women’s tennis team continued its late season surge as the Owls notched their fourth-straight win in Atlantic Sun Conference play with a 4-3 victory over USC Upstate on Friday, April 12 at the Fair Oaks Tennis Center.
KSU improves to 9-10 on the season and 4-3 in conference action, while the Spartans fall to 12-7 and 4-3 in the A-Sun.
After dropping their doubles match on court three, the Owls responded with back-to-back wins at No. 2 and 1 doubles to take a 1-0 advantage heading into singles action. Sophomores
Virginie Stein and
Tamara Plocher first registered an 8-2 win over Isabel von Stryk and Talia Rojas on court two, before junior
Alexandra Apostu and sophomore
Jana Hueckinghaus posted their sixth-straight conference win on court one with an 8-5 defeat of Julie Bell and Taylor Cohen to improve to 6-0 in league play.
Upstate quickly tied the match with a win at No. 5 singles, but the lead would not last long as Apostu and Hueckinghaus tallied consecutive singles wins on courts three and two to take a 3-1 lead. Apostu dispatched of Rojas, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 at No. 3 singles, while Hueckinghaus earned a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Constanze Kuerten at No. 2 singles.
The Spartans moved within 3-2 with a win at No. 6 singles, before Stein closed out the win for the Owls with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 against von Stryk on court one.
Kennesaw State will finish up the regular season with Senior Day on Saturday, April 13. The Owls host East Tennessee State at 2 p.m. (ET) and will be celebrating the career of senior
Therese Lagerkvist at the Fair Oaks Tennis Center in Marietta, Ga.
KSU has already solidified a spot in next week’s A-Sun Championship, but is looking to move up the standings on the final day of regular season competition. The Owls can earn the No. 3 seed with a win against ETSU, combined with an Upstate win against Mercer on Saturday. With a loss, the Owls would be the No. 6 seed in the tournament.
Keep up with Owls women's tennis this year by following KSU on Twitter at @
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Kennesaw State University is celebrating 30 years of intercollegiate athletics during the 2012-13 academic year.
Kennesaw State 4, USC Upstate 3
Singles
1.
Virginie Stein (KSUW) def. Isabel von Stryk (UPST) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
2.
Jana Hueckinghaus (KSUW) def. Constanze Kuerten (UPST) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
3.
Alexandra Apostu (KSUW) def. Talia Rojas (UPST) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
4. Taylor Cohen (UPST) def.
Therese Lagerkvist (KSUW) 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 6-0
5. Allison Beeler (UPST) def.
Tamara Plocher (KSUW) 7-5, 6-2
6. Julie Bell (UPST) def.
Isabela Castro (KSUW) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
Doubles
1. Jana Hueckinghaus/Alexandra Apostu (KSUW) def. Julie Bell/Taylor Cohen (UPST) 8-5
2. Virginie Stein/Tamara Plocher (KSUW) def. Isabel von Stryk/Talia Rojas (UPST) 8-2
3. Allison Beeler/Constanze Kuerten (UPST) def. Therese Lagerkvist/Blaire LaSure (KSUW) 8-1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,3,2,6,1,4)
