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Women’s tennis falls in Sun Belt semifinals

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 Sports

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Michael Shipma Sports Editor Despite entering the postseason as the No. 1 seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, the Troy women’s tennis team fell 4-1 in its semifinal matchup against rival South Alabama on Saturday. The Trojans advanced to the tournament semifinals after topping No. 9-seed Georgia Southern the day before at the Peachtree Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Georgia, but have come to the end of their season with the loss. In its first-round match against the Eagles, Troy battled its way to a victory after edging Georgia…

Women’s tennis wins fifth straight to end regular season

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 Sports

Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy women’s tennis team played a pair of Sun Belt teams during the weekend in Atlanta, coming away victorious in both matches. The Trojans cruised past Appalachian State 6-1 on Friday before grabbing a pivotal 4-3 win against Coastal Carolina on Sunday to stretch Troy’s match winning streak to five. Against the Mountaineers, Troy began the match by securing a hard-fought doubles point. The Troy duo of seniors Efriliya Herlina and Jiayuan Xue took the first match 6-2 before Appalachian State won the second one…

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…