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ROCK HILL, SC— The Lady Eagles tennis team fell 1-6 to #52 Georgia State Saturday morning. The match began at 10:00 am at Winthrop Memorial Tennis Courts. The match drops Winthrop to 5-8 on the season (seven of those opponenets were against ITA ranked opponents.) The Lady Eagles' last chance at an ITA ranked victory will be versus currently ranked #21 Purdue on Thursday, March 14^th in Miami, FL.

In doubles, No. 1 seeds senior Yasmine Alkema (Algiers, Algeria) and junior Andressa Garcia (Sao Paulo, Brazil) lost to Masa Grgan and Abigail Tere-Apisah 8-9 (3). No. 2 doubles pitted senior Giovanna Portioli (Curitiba, Brazil) and freshman Alice Garcia (Brasilia, Brazil) against Jocelyn Ffriend and Maryna Kozachenko. The Georgia State #2 duo won the match 5-8. At No. 3 doubles sophomore Ekin Gunaysu (Ankara, Turkey) and freshman Caitlin Cridland (Perth, Australia) lost to Chaimaa Roudami and Linn Timmermann 3-8.

Senior Yasmine Alkema gave Winthrop fans a scare as she was carted off the field in her first set against #22 Abigail Tere-Apisah of Georgia State. Alkema was losing 2-3 before having to forfeit the match due to her injury. Next to finish was No. 6 singles with Ekin Gunaysu defeating Jocelyn Ffriend 6-2, 6-4. At No. 5 singles Caitlin Cridland fell to Chaimaa Roudami 1-6, 4-7. At No. 3 singles, Alice Garcia fell to Whitney Byrd 5-7, 2-6. No. 2 singles, Andressa Garcia lost to Masa Grgan 0-6, 5-7. Giovanna Portioli lost to Linn Timmermann 6-2, 4-6, 0-1 (7) at No. 4 singles. 

Reports came back on Alkema and she sprained her foot. Alkema will miss all of next weeks matches but could return to the courts in 7-10 days.

The Lady Eagles will be back in action on Tuesday, March 12^th at 1:30 pm as they will play conference foe Campbell in Buies Creek, NC. Winthrop will then head to Miami, FL for a date with Purdue on March 14^th and Florida International on March 17^th.