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COLUMBIA, SC-- The Lady Ealges lose a tough match to #31 South Carolina 6-1 Monday morning.  With the loss, Winthrop falls to 1-2 on the season.  It was the Lady Eagles' second straight game against a nationally ranked opponent.

In the doubles matches, Yasmine Alkema (Algiers, Algeria) and Andressa Garcia (Sao Paulo, Brazil) lost to Jaklin Alawi and Dominika Kanakova 8-1. Alawi and Kanakova rank 46th nationally.  8-1 was also the score that Giovanna Portioli (Curitiba, Brazil) and Alice Garcia (Brasilia, Brazil) lost by against  South Carolina's Josefin Andersson and Katerina Popova.  This ended the third match featuring Caitlin Cridland and Ekin Gunaysu versus Adriana Pereira and Ximena Siles Luna early with Winthrop trailing 4-5.

The #1 seeds featured two top 100 players in 95th ranked Alkema and 34th ranked Alawi.  South Carolina got the point with Alawi defeating Alkema 2-6, 3-6.  #2 seed Andressa Garcia lost to #96 Popova 0-6, 0-6.  #3 seed Alice Garcia fell to Kanakova 3-6, 3-6.  Winthrop's lone win came from Portioli who defeated Siles Luna 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.  Portioli is 3-0 in single matches so far on the season.  The last two matches went into three sets with #5 seed Caitlyn Cridland coming up short to Pereira 1-6, 6-2, 4-6 and #6 seed Gunaysu falling to Andersson 0-6, 6-4, 4-6.

The Lady Eagles have a 13-day break before continuing their road trip to Richmond, Va to play Virginia Commonwealth who is currently ranked 46th nationally.