Mississippi State
New Mexico
No. 29 MSU Ousts UNM 6-1; Into Title Match At Courtside Classic
February 06, 2016 | Women's Tennis
Minneapolis, Minn. – On the first day of the Courtside Classic, the 29th-ranked Mississippi State women's tennis team (4-1) posted an impressive 6-1 win over 63rd-ranked New Mexico (3-1) to advance to Sunday's championship match.
“I am proud of how my girls performed today,” head coach Daryl Greenan said. “We started off on fire in doubles, setting the tone for the match. We beat a good team today and it was a solid performance. There is a good level of tennis here and playing the winner of this next match will be a tough challenge.”
To conclude the event, State will face either 41st-ranked DePaul or 60th-ranked host Minnesota in the championship match Sunday at 9 a.m. CT.
The Bulldogs started Saturday's contest with dominant performances at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions in doubles. MSU's tandem of Jasmine Lee and Louise Ronaldson defeated UNM's Rachana Bhat and Dominique Dulski 6-1 on court 2. At No. 1, the State duo of Madison Harrison and Georgiana Patrasc also posted a 6-1 victory over New Mexico's Andrea LeBlanc and Emily Olivier to clinch the doubles point and give MSU a 1-0 lead. The remaining doubles match was suspended with State leading 4-3.
MSU carried its dominant performance into singles, as 13th-ranked Lee overcame UNM's Olivier in straight-sets 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 1 position to extend State's lead to 2-0. At the No. 4 position, MSU's 36th-ranked Anastasia Rentouli upended the Lobos' Ruth Copas in straight-sets 6-1, 6-1, snapping a five-match winning streak for Copas.
New Mexico's lone point came when Ludivine Burguiere overcame State's Kristina Vozniak 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 5 position.
Then, at the No. 2 position, State's Harrison upset UNM's 85th-ranked LeBlanc 6-3, 6-2 to clinch the match 4-1.
State would claim wins in the final two matches of the day as well. At the No. 6 position, Jennifer Brown ousted New Mexico's Sharon Coone 6-0, 6-3, also snapping a five-match winning streak. MSU's Patrasc finished the match with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over UNM's Dulski, extending her winning streak at six matches.
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No. 29 Mississippi State 6, No. 63 New Mexico 1
Saturday, February 6, 2016 – Baseline Tennis Center - Minneapolis, Minn.
Doubles
Order of match finish…2,1
1. Madison Harrison/Georgiana Patrasc (MSU) def. Andrea LeBlanc/Emily Olivier (UNM) 6-1
2. Jasmine Lee/Louise Ronaldson (MSU) def. Rachana Bhat/Dominique Dulski (UNM) 6-1
3. Anastasia Rentouli/Kristina Vozniak (MSU) vs. Ludivine Burgiere/Sharon Coone (UNM) 4-3 (susp.)
Singles
Order of match finish…1,4,5,2,6,3
1. No. 13 Jasmine Lee (MSU) def. Emily Olivier (UNM) 6-0, 6-0
2. Madison Harrison (MSU) def. No. 85 Andrea LeBlanc (UNM) 6-3, 6-2
3. Georgiana Patrasc (MSU) def. Dominique Dulski (UNM) 6-4, 6-3
4. No. 36 Anastasia Rentouli (MSU) def. Ruth Copas (UNM) 6-1, 6-1
5. Ludivine Burguiere (UNM) def. Kristina Vozniak (MSU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Jennifer Brown (MSU) def. Sharon Coone (UNM) 6-0, 6-3
