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Vols Fall at LSU, 5-2
April 10, 2016 | Women's Tennis
BATON ROUGE, La. -- In its final road match of the regular season, the Tennessee women's tennis team lost, 5-2, against 16th-ranked LSU Sunday at the LSU Tennis Complex.
The Volunteers (8-14, 1-10 SEC) began the match strong, taking the doubles point over the Tigers (17-9, 6-6 SEC), but LSU bounced back to win five of the six courts in singles.
UT started off doubles with a quick 6-2 win by the 73rd-ranked duo freshman Sadie Hammond and junior Eve Repic over Joana Vale Costa and Jessica Golovin on Court 1. The Vols clinched the doubles point following a 7-5 win on Court 2 by junior Brittany Lindl and freshman Kim Kermet over Abby Owens and Ryann Foster.
In singles, Kermet was the lone Vol win her match, defeating Foster in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, on Court 3. Tennessee dropped the remaining matches.
The Volunteers return home for the final weekend of the regular season Friday, as the team faces No. 10 South Carolina at 3 p.m. and will then take on No. 6 Florida for Senior Day on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches will be played at Barksdale Stadium.
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No. 16 LSU 5, No. 75 Tennessee 2
Singles
1. No. 20 Joana Vale Costa (LSU) def. No. 57 Sadie Hammond (UT), 6-1, 6-3
2. No. 59 Jessica Golovin (LSU) def. Eve Repic (UT), 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (8)
3. Kim Kermet (UT) def. Ryann Foster (LSU), 6-2, 6-3
4. Skylar Kuykendall (LSU) def. Brittany Lindl (UT), 7-6, 6-4
5. Abby Owens (LSU) def. Ashley Bongart (UT), 6-2, 7-5
6. Ella Taylor (LSU) def. Tiffany Tavares (UT), 6-3, 7-6 (1)
Doubles
1. No. 73 Hammond/Repic (UT) def. Vale Costa/Golovin (LSU), 6-2
2. Kermet/Lindl (UT) def. Foster/Owens (LSU), 7-5
3. Holloway/Kuykendall (LSU) def. Tavares/Taylor (UT), 6-3
Order of Finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2); Singles (1, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2)
