MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Savannah State University women's tennis team (0-5) fell to Alabama State 6-1 at Olean Black Underwood Tennis Center Sunday.
 
The Lady Tigers recorded one doubles victory at the No. 1 doubles position with Sandy Lochu and Elizabeth Geronimo defeated ASU's doubles team of Marine Catier and Arantxia Wijngaarde 7-6 (5), but lost at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles position to lose the doubles point and trail 1-0.
 
SSU's doubles team of Jennyfer Vivas and Rachida Kateb fell to ASU's doubles team of Gabriela Lackova and Nicole Tekelova 6-0 at the No. 2 doubles position, while SSU's doubles team of Bria Burrows and Tiffany Williams fell to ASU's doubles team of Patricia Regel and Irina Cvijovic 6-0 at the No. 3 doubles position.
 
The only singles win for the Lady Tigers came at the No. 2 singles position with Geronimo defeated Lackova 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8).  Lochu fell to Wijngaarde 6-3, 6-0 at the No. 1 singles position, while Kateb fell to Tekelova 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 3 singles position.

Geronimo has won her last three singles matches at the No. 2 position and has gone 1-1 in doubles with Lochu over the last two doubles matches.
 
Vivas fell to Regel 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 4 singles position, while Burrows fell to Cvijovic 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 5 position and Williams fell to Matabe Akoachere 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 6 singles position to give the Lady Hornets the five-point win.
 
The Lady Tigers continue their four-game roadstand traveling to Orangeburg, S.C., to face South Carolina State for their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener on Feb. 14 at 1 p.m.
 
Alabama State 6, Savannah State 1
Singles
1. Arantxia Wijngaarde (ASU) d. Sandy Lochu (SSU) 6-3, 6-0
2. Elizabeth Geronimo (SSU) d. Gabriela Lackova (ASU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8)
3. Nicole Tekelova (ASU) d. Rachida Kateb (SSU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Patricia Regel (ASU) d. Jennyfer Vivas (SSU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Irina Cvijovic (ASU) d. Bria Burrows (SSU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Matabe Akoachere (ASU) d. Tiffany Williams (SSU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
1. Sandy Lochu/Elizabeth Geronimo (SSU) d. Marine Catier/Arantxia Wijngaarde (ASU) 7-6 (5)
2. Gabriela Lackova/Nicole Tekelova (ASU) d. Jennyfer Vivas/Rachida Kateb (SSU) 6-0
3. Patricia Regel/Irina Cvijovic (ASU) d. Bria Burrows/Tiffany Williams (SSU) 6-0
 
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