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Women’s tennis snaps losing streak with 6-1 rout of Nicholls State

March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Sports

Augusto Rossi Staff Writer After enjoying a nearly two-week break, the Troy women’s tennis team returned to the Lunsford Tennis Complex to defeat Nicholls State 6-1 on Saturday. It was the first win of the season for the Trojans after losing all their previous six matches of the spring season. Troy got off to a hot start by taking the doubles point. Seniors Efriliya Herlina and Jiayuan Xue won 6-2, and freshmen Maria Casas Blas and Matea Mihaljevic had the same 6-2 result on court three. Nancy Karaky and Sanae…

Women’s tennis losing streak continues

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Sports

Augusto Rossi Staff Writer The Troy women’s tennis team dropped its first two home matches of the season over the weekend at the Lunsford Tennis Complex with back-to-back 5-2 losses to ULM and North Florida. The defending Sun Belt champion Warhawks outlasted the Trojans on Friday after controlling the singles phase of the match, followed by the Ospreys doing much the same two days later. Troy won five of its six doubles matches over the course of both contests, but won just three of its 12 singles matches. In Friday’s…

Women’s tennis falls in road matches at Elon, Liberty

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Sports

Augusto Rossi Staff Writer The Troy women’s tennis team fell on the road to Elon 6-1 and Liberty 7-0, extending their spring season’s opening losing streak to four matches. The Trojans failed to get much going on the road in Lynchburg, Virginia, where it lost to Elon on Saturday before getting swept by the hosts, Liberty, the next day. Seniors Sanae Ohta, Nancy Karaky, Jiayuan Xue and Efriliya Herlina were the participating Trojans on the courts and were able to win doubles point in Saturday’s match with Elon. Senior duo…

Women’s tennis drops back-to-back road matches

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 Sports

Augusto Rossi Staff Writer After nearly a month since its last match, the Troy women’s tennis team got back in action on the road against South Florida and Central Florida. The Trojans dropped their first road match of the spring season 5-2 against USF on Saturday before getting swept 7-0 the next day by UCF. On Saturday, the Trojans got off to a slow start in doubles play, dropping two of three total matches in that phase. Jiayuan Xue and Pei Ju Hsieh did manage a 4-2 lead in their…

Troy soccer team shuts out Georgia Southern on senior day

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 Sports

Augusto Rossi Staff Writer The Troy soccer team defeated Georgia Southern 5-0 on Sunday at the Troy Soccer Complex, earning its seventh shutout of the season. The Trojans were dominant on the offensive side of the field from start to finish, scoring two goals in the first 45 minutes and then three more goals in the second half. It was the largest margin of victory the Trojans have ever recorded in a conference victory in their history. “It was a great team performance and a great way to honor our…