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Trojan baseball wins of two of three at Georgia Southern

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University baseball team traveled to Statesboro, Georgia, to play the Georgia Southern Eagles on March 18-20, winning the series two games to one. In the first game, Georgia Southern took off to a one-run lead in the first inning. Senior designated hitter Hunter Thomas hit a solo home run to right center field. Troy responded in the top of the third inning when junior right fielder Trevor Davis hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring freshman second baseman Brandon Lockridge to tie the…

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Troy women’s tennis drops match to South Florida

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer Troy women’s tennis team traveled to Tampa, Florida on Thursday, March 10, where they lost to South Florida 4-0. Sophomore Jiayuan Xue lost to sophomore Jessica Cortes Chaves in line one singles 6-0, 6-3. Sophomore Efriliya Herlina went down in line four singles to freshman Vanja Klaric, 6-0, 6-1. Freshman Luisa Ferrauti went down 6-1, 6-0 to South Florida’s sophomore Julian Cardoso in line six singles, and sophomores Nancy Karaky and Sanae Ohta, and freshman Hannah Seizer’s singles matches went unfinished. Herlina and Xue lost their…

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Baseball wins one, loses two in SBC opener

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy baseball team had its first conference series from Friday, March 11, to Sunday, March 13, against No. 16-ranked University of Louisiana-Lafayette, sandwiching a win between a pair of losses at home. Despite losing five of their last seven games, the Trojans (10-8, 1-2 Sun Belt) were able to pick up their first conference win against the Ragin’ Cajuns (10-6, 2-1 Sun Belt) at Riddle-Pace Field. After falling behind 2-0 at the top of the sixth inning, Troy brought the score even with one swing…

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Women’s tennis topples rival UAB, 5-2

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University women’s tennis team won its matchup against UAB 5-2. The Trojans’ (6-3) win against the in-state rival came at home on Saturday, Feb. 27. Troy’s line one doubles, sophomore Jiayuan Xue, put up a good fight in her match against junior Pardis Kianoush, but came up short. Xue lost the match 7-6, 4-6, 1-0. Freshman Hannah Seizer had a match, but she pulled through. She won 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 against UAB’s line two doubles, senior Elaine Simon. Sophomore Sanae Ohta dropped her first…

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Men’s tennis struggles, falls at No. 32 NC State

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University men’s tennis team picked up another loss this season against No. 32 North Carolina State on Saturday, Feb. 13. The Trojans (1-9) have faced numerous opponents with high-caliber players so far this season, and Saturday’s matchup was no different. They fell in Raleigh, North Carolina, by a score of 1-4. Senior No. 114 Daniel Bustamante did not have an easy line one. He ended up losing his match 6-4, 6-1 to junior No. 53 Nick Horton. Freshman Vaclav Slezak did not even have…

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