By: Jared Oliver
Georgia State's women's tennis club played its third tournament of the season over the weekend in which the team went undefeated on the first day and won three of its four doubles matches the second day.
The team also split its six singles matches on Day 2. The final day of play at Piedmont Park was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Junior Linn Timmerman continued her dominance this weekend remaining undefeated at 6-0 following her victory against UNCG’s Stephanie Falcon 6-1, 6-2. The transfer from Georgia Perimeter College, Niriantsa Rasolomalala had a slow start losing the second set of her match 3-6, but prevailed by winning 6-0 in her third.
The Panthers are getting acclimated to one another, while learning ways to decrease their mistakes and capitalizing on leads to finish strong. Head coach Jason Marshall believes so as well.
“We’re cutting down on mistakes. It’s not necessarily about who you’re playing in the fall, it’s more about whether or not you’re tightening up your play and I think we did that today,” Marshall said. “Niri started slow, but she finished stronger than she began so I’m really happy with how she played in her singles match.”
The second day of the tournament saw Georgia State continue its winning pace as Kristin Rehse and Veronika Golanova added to the win column. Rehse is now 6-1 in singles competition.
Linn Timmermann came into the tournament at 6-0, but suffered her first loss of the season in a three-set match against West Virginia’s Kaja Mrgole.
Marcia Tere-Apisah, failed to win the first set of her match against Masey DeMoss of UNCG. Tere-Apisah was able to overcome her early struggles and defeat DeMoss the next two sets.
“It was actually mental. I was thinking too far ahead, so I started taking it one point at a time. I started making mistakes. The second set, I didn’t want to go for too much, I just had to set up my points," Tere-Apisah said.
Day 3 was canceled due to weather issues for the second tournament in a row.
The Panthers will take to the hardcourts again on Friday as they begin the four-day ITA Regional in Atlanta.
Georgia State's women's tennis club played its third tournament of the season over the weekend in which the team went undefeated on the first day and won three of its four doubles matches the second day.
The team also split its six singles matches on Day 2. The final day of play at Piedmont Park was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Junior Linn Timmerman continued her dominance this weekend remaining undefeated at 6-0 following her victory against UNCG’s Stephanie Falcon 6-1, 6-2. The transfer from Georgia Perimeter College, Niriantsa Rasolomalala had a slow start losing the second set of her match 3-6, but prevailed by winning 6-0 in her third.
The Panthers are getting acclimated to one another, while learning ways to decrease their mistakes and capitalizing on leads to finish strong. Head coach Jason Marshall believes so as well.
“We’re cutting down on mistakes. It’s not necessarily about who you’re playing in the fall, it’s more about whether or not you’re tightening up your play and I think we did that today,” Marshall said. “Niri started slow, but she finished stronger than she began so I’m really happy with how she played in her singles match.”
The second day of the tournament saw Georgia State continue its winning pace as Kristin Rehse and Veronika Golanova added to the win column. Rehse is now 6-1 in singles competition.
Linn Timmermann came into the tournament at 6-0, but suffered her first loss of the season in a three-set match against West Virginia’s Kaja Mrgole.
Marcia Tere-Apisah, failed to win the first set of her match against Masey DeMoss of UNCG. Tere-Apisah was able to overcome her early struggles and defeat DeMoss the next two sets.
“It was actually mental. I was thinking too far ahead, so I started taking it one point at a time. I started making mistakes. The second set, I didn’t want to go for too much, I just had to set up my points," Tere-Apisah said.
Day 3 was canceled due to weather issues for the second tournament in a row.
The Panthers will take to the hardcourts again on Friday as they begin the four-day ITA Regional in Atlanta.