Women's Tennis Suffers 6-1 Decision to Troy

ATLANTA - Appalachian State University women's tennis (10-8, 0-3 SBC) fell to a hot Troy (7-10, 3-2 SBC) at GSU Clarkston Campus.

The Mountaineers fell in the doubles point while the Trojans captured five of six singles contests.

Highlighting the Apps was the tandem of Teodora Sevo and Melissa Machado, who improved to a team-best 12-4 after a 6-3 triumph over Maria Casa Blas/Pei Ju Hsieh. The 12 wins are the most for a tandem since the 2012 campaign when Jennifer Ansari and Ellie Linsell won 12 contests. 

Heidi Swope and María José Zacarias fell to Nancy Karaky/Sanae Ohta in a valiant effort that went to a tiebreak, 7-6 (7-2). Sandra Anglesjö/Emily Gaskins fell to Jiayuan Xue and Efriliya Herlina, 6-3. 

App looked to turn things around in singles, but the Trojans continued the momentum. The lone Mountaineer to earn a singles win was Heidi Swope, registering her sixth win of the season with a hard-fought three-set victory over Karaky. Swope fell in the first set in a tiebreak, 7-6 (7-2)  before claiming the second frame, 6-2, followed by a second tiebreaking set 1-0 (10-5). 

The Mountaineers will look to bounce back tomorrow morning against archrival Georgia Southern at 9 a.m.