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WINSTON-SALEM, NC-- The Lady Eagles have played a pair of games in North Carolina over the last two days.  The Women's Tennis team started in Raleigh, NC on Friday afternoon and fell 4-3 to #73 NC State.  The team then traveled to Winston-Salem to play a neutral site game with the Louisiville Lady Cardinals Saturday afternoon and won by a 6-1 decision.  After the two games the Lady Ealges' season record sits at 3-6.  

Friday afternoon, the Lady Eagles faught hard, but came up short against another nationally ranked opponent.  #73 NC State edged Winthrop in a match that lasted almost six hours.  NC State started off by grabbing the doubles point with No. 1 doubles.  Senior Yasmine Alkema (Algiers, Algeria) and junior Andressa Garcia (Sao Paulo, Brazil) fell to NC State's Joelle Kissell and Tatiana Illova 0-8.  Senior Giovanna Portioli (Curitiba, Brazil) and freshman Alice Garcia (Brasila, Brazil) fell to Elisha Hande and Nicole Martinez 1-8 in No. 2 doubles.  No. 3 doubles, freshman Tijana Uzelac (Belgrade, Serbia) and freshman Caitlin Cridland (Perth, Australia) lost to Chloe Smith and Sophie Nelson 8-4.  

In the singles match, No. 4 ended first with Portioli losing 5-7, 2-6 to Rachael James-Baker. Big South Freshman Player of the Week Alice Garcia defeated Tatiana Illova 1-6, 6-1, 6-1 in No. 3 singles.  No. 107 Yasmine Alkema fell to No. 40 Joelle Kissell 2-6, 5-7 in the No. 1 position.  No. 2 seed Andressa Garcia defeated Nicole Martinez 4-6, 7-6, 6-3.  Freshman Caitlin Cridland defeated Elisha Hande 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 in the No. 5 singles.  The match was even at three before freshman Uzelac came up short in a tight match with Chloe Smith 2-6, 7-5, 4-6.  

On Saturday, the Lady Eagles cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Louisville Lady Cardinals.  The Lady Eagles won the doubles point with the No. 2 seed Giovanna Portioli and Alice Garcia beating Stefanie Villajuan and Mandy Brown 8-6.  No. 3 seed Caitlin Cridland and sophomore Ekin Gunaysu (Ankara, Turkey) beat Manuele Velasquez and Rebecca Bodine 8-5.  No. 1 seed Yasmine Alkema and Andressa Garcia lost to Julia Fellerhoff and Rebecca Shine 5-8.  

In singles play, #107 Alkema beat Julia Fellerhoff 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (3) in the No. 1 spot.  In No. 2 singles Andressa Garcia lost to Rebecca Shine 0-6, 6-7.  Alice Garcia kept her singles winning streak rolling with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Manuele Velasquez in the No. 3 position.  Alice Garcia has now won five straight singles matches.  In No. 4 singles Giovanna Portioli beat Mandy Brown 6-2, 6-1.  Caitlin Cridland defeated Rebecca Bodine 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 5 position and Ekin Gunaysu beat Stefanie Villajuan 6-2, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.  

The Lady Eagles are back in action tomorrow, Sunday Feb. 24th at 1 pm at Winthrop Memorial Tennis Courts. This is Winthrop's first home match since beating Wofford 7-0 back on Jan. 13th.