The Trojans were too much for the Lady Hornets in a 5-2 contest, as ASU continues to play without the services of Marine Cartier, one of the top players on the team.
 
Troy (5-2) was able to break out on top with sweeping doubles play and picking up the doubles point.
 
After Troy pushed its lead to 2-0 with a win at two singles, ASU's Nicole Tekelova cut the lead to 2-1 with a straight sets win at six singles.
 
That would be as close as the Lady Hornets (3-5) would get as Troy picked up the third and fourth points with single wins at three and five.
 
Two of the games went three sets as ASU's Arantxia lost at one singles 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.  Patricia Regel, who missed the last game due to sickness, was able to pick up a three-set win (6-4, 2-6, 6-4) to make the final score 5-2.

"This was a good, solid effort from the women against a really good Troy team," Head Coach Anuk Christiansz said.  "We held Marine (Cartier) out while she is still nursing an injury and that hurt us, but I thought everyone stepped up and played with great energy and competed hard.  It was good to get Patricia (Regel) back on the court after missing the last match and to see her pick up a win in a tough three-set match was good for her."

"This team continues to work hard and I continue to be impressed with their dedication to get better.  Hopefully we can build on this effort and our next two matches before we head off the our first SWAC Round Up in a couple of weeks."
 
Both the ASU men and women will be on the road this weekend beginning with a 1 p.m. match at Alabama A&M Saturday, Feb. 20.  From there the teams will travel to Chattanooga where they will face the Chattanooga Mocs Sunday, Feb. 21.  Those matches will also begin at 1 p.m.
 
Troy 5, Alabama State 2
Feb 17, 2016 at Troy, Ala. (Lunsford Tennis Complex) 

Singles competition

1. Jiayuan Xue (TROY) def. Arantxia Wijingaarde (ASUW) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

2. Hannah Seizer (TROY) def. Brankica Orlovic (ASUW) 6-1, 6-0

3. Nancy Karaky (TROY) def. Gabriela Lackova (ASUW) 6-4, 6-2

4. Patricia Regel (ASUW) def. Luisa Ferrauti (TROY) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

5. Alicia Rodriguez (TROY) def. Irina Cvijovic (ASUW) 6-3, 6-2

6. Nicole Tekelova (ASUW) def. Tereza Melicharkova (TROY) 6-4, 6-1

 

Doubles competition

1. Alicia Rodriguez/Tereza Melicharkova (TROY) def. Brankica Orlovic/Arantxia Wijingaarde (ASUW) 6-3

2. Jiayuan Xue/Efriliya Herlina (TROY) def. Nicole Tekelova/Gabriela Lackova (ASUW) 6-1

3. Sanae Ohta/Nancy Karaky (TROY) def. Patricia Regel/Irina Cvijovic (ASUW) 6-1

 

Match Notes

Alabama State 3-5

Troy 5-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,6,3,5,1,4)