By: Hunter McKay
Box Score
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kennesaw State women's tennis team fell 7-0 at Kentucky on Friday (Jan. 17).
Kentucky (3-0) won two doubles matches and came out on top in each of the six singles contests.
The Owls got strong efforts in singles from
Aspen Jarrett and
Taylor Dean. Playing in the No. 1 spot, Dean battled with Akvile Parazinskaite losing 6-4, 6-3. After losing her opening set 6-3, Jarrett beat Brianna Tulloch 7-5 in the second set before falling 1-0 in a third set tiebreaker.
"Overall, we liked a lot of what we saw tonight," Director of Tennis
Matt Emery said. "Kentucky is a Top 25 team who rarely loses at home, especially indoors, so we knew that was going to be tough. It was fun watching Taylor go toe to toe at the No. 1 spot with one of the best players in the country. Aspen did a phenomenal job of competing and leaving it all out there. She put herself in a position but came up just short. There were a couple spots tonight where we just didn't quite our teeth into the match. As a team, we have to do a little bit better job of embracing adversity and loving the battle. We can't wait to get back out and compete again on Sunday in Tuscaloosa."
KSU heads to Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama on Sunday (Jan. 19) at 12 p.m. ET.
Kentucky Women's Tennis 7, Kennesaw State 0
Singles competition
1. Akvile Parazinskaite (UKWTEN) def.
Taylor Dean (KSU) 6-4, 6-3
2. #59 Lesedi Jacobs (UKWTEN) def.
Paola Cortez (KSU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Carlota Molina (UKWTEN) def.
Tina Vlajic (KSU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Carla Girbau (UKWTEN) def.
Sofia Pinedo (KSU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Brianna Tulloch (UKWTEN) def.
Aspen Jarrett (KSU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0
6. Anastasia Tkachenko (UKWTEN) def.
Juliana Castellanos (KSU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. #21 Lesedi Jacobs/Akvile Parazinskaite (UKWTEN) def.
Taylor Dean/
Paola Cortez (KSU) 6-2
2. Carla Girbau/Anastasia Tkachenko (UKWTEN) def.
Tina Vlajic/
Juliana Castellanos (KSU) 6-1
3. Carlota Molina/Brianna Tulloch (UKWTEN) vs.
Brenna Reilly/
Elle Baker (KSU) 5-2, unfinished
Match Notes:
Kennesaw State 0-3
Kentucky Women's Tennis 3-0
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (2,4,1,3,6,5)
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