Tennis Loses Close Match To Georgia Perimeter

March 25, 2014

On International Tennis Day, the Brenau Golden Tigers lost a close 5-4 match to Georgia Perimeter College at the Smithgall Tennis Complex.

In doubles play, #1 team of Dominika Jasova and Zalina Nazarova and the #3 team of Kelly Cohron and Valeria Savina won their respective matches to take a 2-1 lead into singles play.

Georgia Perimeter quickly regained the lead, winning #4, #2 and #3 matches to give the Jaguars a 4-2 lead. Having to win the final three matches to capture the victory, the Golden Tigers started a comeback as Cohron won her #5 match over Eduarda Marins 6-1, 6-3. Jasova, facing a strong opponent in Niriantsa Rasolomalala, lost the first set 3-6, but rallied to win the final two sets, 6-1, 6-4 to even the team scores at 4-4. However the rally was cut short as Snezhana Kiseleva fell short in the #6 match 7-5, 6-4.

"Today was a great turn out for International Tennis Day and having a large crowd was very enjoyable," said head coach Andre Ferreira. "Kelly (Cohron) had a great win at #5 and Dominika (Jasova) and Zalina (Nazarova) are playing very well in doubles play. I was also excited to see Dominika push her boundaries today and continue to fight and believe in herself to capture her win".

Match results:

Brenau 4, GPC 5

Doubles:

1. Jasova/Nazarova (BU) def. Rasolomalala/Anghelescu (GPC) 8-5

2. Berjane/Anderson (GPC) def. Perdomo/Kiseleva (BU) 8-2

3. Cohron/Savina (BU) def. Davis/Marins (GPC) 8-1

Singles:

1. Dominika Jasova (BU) def. Niriantsa Rasolomalala (GPC) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

2. Fatyha Berjane (GPC) def. Maria Perdomo (BU) 6-0, 6-2

3. Corina Anghelescu (GPC) def. Valeria Savina (BU) 6-1, 6-4

4. Drew Anderson (GPC) def. Zalina Nazarova (BU) 6-1, retired.

5. Kelley Cohron (BU) def. Eduarda Marins (GPC) 6-1, 6-3

6. D'Asha Davis (GPC) def. Snezhana Kiseleva (BU) 7-5, 6-4

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

Brenau (8-6, 6-1 SSAC) next travels to NCAA Division II Georgia College and State University for a non-conference match on Wednesday at 2:00 pm.