NACOGDOCHES, Texas (2/12/15) — The Arkansas State women's tennis team opened the 2016 dual match season with a 6-1 setback against Stephen F. Austin Friday afternoon at the Schleif Tennis Complex.

Julie Gauguery captured the only singles' point of the day for A-State with a 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (7-5) victory over the LadyJacks' Densie Maxl. Gauguery also teamed with Victoria Roberts to a 6-2 matchup in doubles' competition over Dhanielly Quevedo and Lauren Hidalgo-Smith, but the Red Wolves fell in the other two doubles' matches to drop the point.

“We played fairly well but I felt like we got little conservative in the doubles' matches at times,” A-State head coach Kel Lange said. “We got down in some singles' matches quickly, but we continued to battle and were in position to make it competitive at the end. We certainly did some good things and have something to build off of for tomorrow.”

Freshman Shelby King dropped a competitive match to Quevedo 6-4, 7-5 in the No. 2 position, while Victoria Pisani won a set against Liza Aginskaya, but dropped her match 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (5-3) in the No. 6 matchup.

In other singles' action Victoria Roberts fell to Valeria Terentyeva 6-1, 6-1, while Sabina Jeresic lost to Vanesa Calvo Pardo 7-5, 6-1. Sofia Krsmanovic rounded out the day with a 6-1, 6-3 setback against Lauren Hidalgo-Smith.

In doubles' competition King and Pisani fell to the pairing of Maxl and Pardo 7-5, while Krsmanovic and Jersic lost to Terenteva and Aginskaya 6-3.

A-State will return the courts Saturday, Feb. 13 at Lamar at the Thompson Center Complex. First serve is set for Noon.

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Tennis Match Results

Arkansas State vs Stephen F. Austin

Feb 12, 2016 at Nacogdoches, Texas

Stephen F. Austin 6, Arkansas State 1

Singles competition

1. Gauguery, Julie (ASU) def. Denise Maxl (SFA) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (7-5)

2. Dhanielly Quevedo (SFA) def. King, Shelby (ASU) 6-4, 7-5

3. Valeria Terentyeva (SFA) def. Roberts, Victoria (ASU) 6-1, 6-1

4. Vanesa Calvo Pardo (SFA) def. Jeresic, Sabina (ASU) 7-5, 6-1

5. Lauren Hidalgo-Smith (SFA) def. Krsmanovic, Sofia (ASU) 6-1, 6-3

6. Liza Aginskaya (SFA) def. Pisani, Victoria (ASU) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (5-3)

Doubles competition

1. Gauguery, Julie/Roberts, Victoria (ASU) def. Dhanielly Quevedo/Lauren Hidalgo-Smith (SFA) 6-2

2. Denise Maxl/Vanesa Calvo Pardo (SFA) def. King, Shelby/Pisani, Victoria (ASU) 7-5

3. Valeria Terentyeva/Liza Aginskaya (SFA) def. Krsmanovic, Sofia/Jeresic, Sabina (ASU) 6-3

Match Notes:

Arkansas State 0-1

Stephen F. Austin 6-1

T-2:46 A-21