Women's Tennis | 2/19/2017 6:08:00 PM

Lady Braves Complete Weekend against UCA, No. 24 Mississippi State

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Alcorn State University women's tennis program wrapped up its weekend by falling to Central Arkansas 4-0 Saturday in Halls Ferry Courts in Vicksburg, Mississippi, followed by a 6-1 defeat to No. 24 Mississippi State on Sunday at A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.
 
Alcorn's (1-7) weekend was highlighted by a victory by sophomore Marlene Maier against MSU (5-1). At No. 6 singles, Maier took down Caroline Kelly in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
 
The Lady Braves had to put up with MSU's top player, Jasmine Lee who is ranked No. 44 in the country in singles and No. 8 in the nation in doubles with Lisa Marie Rioux. Sophomore Bianca Birkenstock had to deal with her in both matches, and was able to get a game in singles.
 
On Saturday, the Lady Braves went up against an undefeated UCA (6-0) squad. Freshman Daria Chemodanova was up 6-4, 4-2 at No. 2 singles when the match went unfinished.
 
Both the Alcorn men and women will be in action Wednesday when they travel to Mississippi College for a 2 p.m. start. Alcorn will then head to Jackson, Mississippi next weekend for the SWAC Round-Up beginning Friday.
 
Women's Tennis (Saturday)
Central Arkansas 4, Alcorn State 0
Doubles
1. Amiru Shimoguchi/Marli Van Heerden (UCA) def. Natalia Parchowska/Daria Chemodanova (ALCN_W) 6-3
2. QiLi Ma/Rada Manataweewat (UCA) vs. Anastasia Vaganova/Bianca Birkenstock (ALCN_W) 5-3, unfinished
3. Hee-Jin Oh/Chunan Xiang (UCA) def. Maddison Brackenreg/Klavdija Bukovec (ALCN_W) 6-0
 
Singles
1. Hee-Jin Oh (UCA) vs. Bianca Birkenstock (ALCN_W) 6-3, 2-3, unfinished
2. QiLi Ma (UCA) vs. Daria Chemodanova (ALCN_W) 4-6, 2-4, unfinished
3. Chunan Xiang (UCA) def. Klavdija Bukovec (ALCN_W) 6-1, 6-3
4. Amiru Shimoguchi (UCA) def. Natalia Parchowska (ALCN_W) 6-1, 6-1
5. Marli Van Heerden (UCA) vs. Anastasia Vaganova (ALCN_W) 6-4, 5-3, unfinished
6. Rada Manataweewat (UCA) def. Maddison Brackenreg (ALCN_W) 6-4, 6-2
 
Women's Tennis (Sunday)
No. 24 Mississippi State 6, Alcorn State 1 
Doubles
Order of match finish…3,1
1. No. 8 Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) def. Daria Chemodanova/Natalia Parchowska (Alcorn State) 6-0
2. Jennifer Brown/Sara Lizariturry (MSU) vs. Bianca Birkenstock/Anastasia Vaganova (Alcorn State) 5-0, unfinished
3. Caroline Kelly/Anastasia Rentouli (MSU) def. Marlene Maier/Veronika Pytlikova (Alcorn State) 6-0
 
Singles
Order of match finish…1,5,3,2,4,6
1. No. 44 Jasmine Lee (MSU) def. Bianca Birkenstock (Alcorn State) 6-0, 6-1
2. Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) def. Daria Chemodanova (Alcorn State) 6-2, 6-2
3. Anastasia Rentouli (MSU) def. Klavdija Bukovec (Alcorn State) 6-0, 6-0
4. Khrystyna Vozniak (MSU) def. Natalia Parchowska (Alcorn State) 6-3, 6-4
5. Sara Lizariturry (MSU) def. Anastasia Vaganova (Alcorn State) 6-0, 6-1
6. Marlene Maier (Alcorn State) def. Caroline Kelly (MSU) 6-3, 6-3
 
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