Mountaineers fall to Buccaneers in Midweek Showdown

Johnson City, Tenn. – App State Tennis falls to ETSU 6-1 as its lone point came from sophomore Savannah Dada-Mascoll.
 
The Yorkshire, England native won both matches she was featured in on Tuesday, coming from behind to defeat Sofia Markova 1-6, 6-1, [11-9] on court No. 1 in singles play.
 
Dada-Mascoll and Riley Collins won their second match as a doubles pair, but ETSU picked up the doubles point with wins on courts 1 and 3. The sophomore pairing of Dada-Mascoll and Collins won 7-6 [7-5] on court 2, defeating ETSU's Sofia Markova/Alessandra Caceres.
 
Dada-Mascoll has now won three straight matches, improving 3-1 with four matches remaining before Sun Belt play. Graduate student Maggie Pate suffered her first loss of the season on court 3. The Florida native's loss ended her five-match winning streak in singles.
 
Up Next
The Mountaineers will conclude their run of four straight road matches Sunday against Elon. The match is set for a 1 p.m. start time. App State will return home on March 1 to host Duquesne. Live stats for both matches will be available on appstatesports.com.
 
The 2023-24 tennis season is presented by Hound Ears Club.
 
Results vs ETSU
 
Doubles

• Fernanda Carvajal/Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Taya Powell/Maggie Pate (APP) 6-4
• Savannah Dada-Mascoll/Riley Collins (APP) def. Sofia Markova/Alessandra Caceres (ETSU) 7-6 [7-5]
• Jana Rovira/Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) def. Brooke Gruber/Brooke Demerath (APP) 4-6

Singles

• Savannah Dada-Mascoll (APP) def. Sofia Markova (ETSU) 1-6, 6-1, [11-9]
• Fernanda Carvajal (ETSU) def. Taya Powell (APP) 6-7, 6-0, [10-7]
• Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Maggie Pate (APP) 6-2, 6-4
• Jana Rovira (ETSU) def. Riley Collins (APP) 6-1, 6-1
• Alessandra Caceres (ETSU) def. Brooke Gruber (APP) 6-0, 6-1
• Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) def. Peri Tippins (APP) 6-0, 6-0