ATLANTA — App State got a pair of singles wins, but dropped its Sun Belt Conference opener on the road, 4-2, at Georgia State on Sunday.
The Mountaineers (1-8, 0-1 SBC) started with a close loss in the doubles point to the Panthers (8-4, 1-0 SBC). After a defeat at No. 3, the No. 1 tandem of
Helena Jansen and
Ellie Murphy took down Georgia State's No. 1 duo of Sofya Golubovskaya and Angel Carney by a score of 6-2. It came down to the No. 2 court, where the Panthers' Andreea Stanescu and Ellie Aldrich edged the Mountaineers'
Virginia Poggi and
Erika Dodridge 6-4.
App State earned a singles point from Dodridge, who was up 6-3, 1-0 before Golubovskaya withdrew at the No. 2 court.
Murphy earned the Black and Gold's other singles point with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Alexia Alvarez at No. 4.
App State returns to action with a nonconference match against Lees-McRae on Wednesday in Boone before finishing the spring with nine of its final 10 matches against Sun Belt opponents.
