AUBURN, Ala. – Georgia Tech women’s tennis won a hard-fought doubles point against No. 14 Auburn, but the Tigers rallied in singles play to pocket a 5-2 victory Friday night in the Yarbrough Tennis Center. Carol Lee captured wins in both doubles and singles play as the Yellow Jackets dropped to 0-3 on the season with the loss, while Auburn improved to 5-0.
DOUBLES
It was a battle in doubles action to claim the early match lead with the doubles point coming down to a tiebreak on court two. After Auburn grabbed the advantage in doubles play with a victory on court three, Lee and Kate Sharabura teamed up on court one to even the field. Facing Selin Ovunc and Ariana Arseneault on court one, Lee and Sharabura took an early 4-1 lead before the Tigers rallied back to 4-3. Lee and Sharabura solidified the victory winning the next two games for a 6-3 decision.
It was a back-and-forth battle on court two between Tech’s Gia Cohen and Ruth Marsh and Auburn’s Georgie Axon and Adeline Flach. The doubles teams remained on serve and forced a tiebreak at 6-6 to decide the victors. Cohen and Marsh proved victorious in the hard-fought tiebreak, 8-6, to claim the match and 1-0 lead for the Yellow Jackets.
SINGLES
Auburn quickly knotted the match, claiming a win on court five as Axon defeated Monika Dedaj, 6-1, 6-1, and took the match lead with a win on court three. Mahak Jain trailed No. 115 Carolyn Ansari, 4-2, in the first set, but rallied to force a tiebreak. Jain fought hard, but fell in the tiebreak and Ansari took the second set, 6-2, to give Auburn a 2-1 edge.
Auburn cushioned it’s lead to 3-1 taking court two as Arseneault picked up a three-set win over Ava Hrastar. Hrastar battled back after dropping the first set, 6-3, cruising in the second set, 6-1. But Arseneault came out with a 4-2 lead in the final set and sealed the win, taking the set, 6-3. Auburn clinched the match from the No. 6 court where Sharabura took a set lead over Yu Chen, 6-1, but the Tiger captured the final two sets to take the match, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Lee picked up her second win of the day and improved to 3-0 in dual singles play on the season, taking a victory on court one over Ovunc. Lee raced out with a 4-1 lead in the opening set and grabbed the early edge, 6-2, before Ovunc took the second set, 6-4, to force a deciding third set. Lee opened with a 5-2 lead against the Tiger before Ovunc rallied back to 5-4. Lee closed out the match with a 6-4 third set win.
Auburn took the final match on court four to account for the final 5-2 score. Rosie Garcia Gross dropped a hard-fought match to Flach in three sets. After Flach opened with a 5-0 lead in the first set, Garcia Gross rallied to win the next seven games to post a remarkable comeback and take the set, 7-5. But Flach took the second set, 6-4, and squeaked out a 7-5 victory in the third set to pocket the match.
UP NEXT
Georgia Tech returns home on Sunday to welcome Northwestern. First serve is slated for noon at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
DOUBLES
1. Carol Lee/Kate Sharabura (GT) def. Selin Ovunc/Ariana Arseneault (AUB) 6-3
2. Gia Cohen/Ruth Marsh (GT) def. Georgia Axon/Adeline Flach (AUB) 7-6 (8-6)
3. Carolyn Ansari/Madeline Meredith (AUB) def. Monika Dedaj/Ava Hrastar (GT) 6-3
Order of finish: 3,1,2
SINGLES
1. No. 85 Carol Lee (GT) def. No. 79 Selin Ovunc (AUB) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
2. Ariana Arseneault (AUB) def. No. 69 Ava Hrastar (GT) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
3. No. 115 Carolyn Ansari (AUB) def. Mahak Jain (GT) 7-6 (2), 6-2
4. Adeline Flach (AUB) def. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
5. Georgie Axon (AUB) def. Monika Dedaj (GT) 6-1, 6-1
6. Yu Chen (AUB) def. Kate Sharabura (GT) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: 5,3,2,6,1,4
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