SAVANNAH, Ga. – Prior to playing their final game of the 2013 season the Savannah State women's tennis team honored three seniors in pregame ceremonies.
Head tennis coach
Don Andrews, SSU President Cheryl Davenport Dozier and Associate Athletic Director
Danita Townsend presented each player with a commemorative action shot.
The Lady Tigers fell to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) rival Bethune-Cookman, 0-7 in their final match.
Junior
Sandra Kristjansdottir, who is graduating early battled Chinatsu Kajiwara in the number one court, falling 4-6 and 2-6.
Senior
Esmira Gheisary led Valentia Beresinita 4-3 in the first set on the second court, but fell 6-4 as Beresinita rallied. Gheisary dropped the match after losing the second set 3-6.
Playing in the fifth court, senior
Davita Washington fell to Victoria Galyaeva 2-6 and 3-6. Newcomer
Andrea Pavlovic dropped the first set 2-6 to Gaby Chinchilla, but battled hard in the second set forcing an extra point situation. Chinchilla captured the match with a 7-5 win over Pavlovic.
In the fourth court,
Nicole Ashiedu force the second set to an extra point after falling to Maria Dimitrova 4-6 in the first set. Ashiedu fell, 5-7, in the second set, dropping the match to Dimitrova. In the sixth court, freshman
Tiffany Williams fell, 1-6 and 0-6, to Laura Rodriguez.
Bethune-Cookman captured a point after winning all three doubles positions. Kristjansdottir and Ashiedu fell to Chinchilla and Peterson-Paul 3-8 in the first courts.
Playing in the second court, Gheisary and Pavlovic dropped a close, 6-8, decision to the Cookman team of Anica Ifill and Beresinita. In the final double's court, Washington and Williams fell, 1-8, to Galyaeva and Rodriguez.
The Lady Tigers end the 2013 season with a 2-14 overall record and a 0-6 mark in the MEAC.