JONESBORO, Ark. (3/18/16) – The Arkansas State women's tennis team lost to Missouri State by score of 5-2 Friday afternoon at the Allen Park Tennis Courts.

A-State looked poised to make a move in singles' competition after Julie Gauguery and Sabina Jeresic each captured victories to pull the Red Wolves within 3-2 with just two matches left to be decided on the courts.

Sofia Krsmanovic and Victoria Pisani each remained on the court for the Red Wolves after had taken the first set, but dropped the second to send their matches to a decisive third set. Krsmanovic faltered early and fell behind 4-2, but continued to battle and won the next set to pull within 5-2. Her opponent, Faty Khamissi, regrouped however and won the next point to give Missouri State the match victory. Krsmanovic lost by a final count of 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Pisani continued to play out her match after going 6-3 in the first set. Phoebe Boeschen tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-1 victory in the second set and then came back from a 6-5 deficit to capture a 7-5 win in set three to hand her the match.

Despite the two losses, the Red Wolves had a strong showing on the day, Gauguery cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 win over Ema Turudija in the No. 1 singles match, while Jeresic defeated Ekaterina Dontskova 6-3, 6-0 in the No. 4 match.

In doubles' competition, Pisani and Krsmanovic faced an early 5-2 deficit but rallied to tie the match at 5-5. However, the pair could not keep the momentum going and lost by a score of 7-6.

A-State returns to action next week with a three-game road swing that begins Wednesday, March 23 at Western Kentucky. The Red Wolves conclude the week with a pair of neutral site matches in Lafayette, La., against Texas State and UT Arlington on Friday and Saturday.

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Tennis Match Results

Missouri State vs Arkansas State

Mar 18, 2016 at Jonesboro, Arkansas

Missouri State 5, Arkansas State 2

Singles competition

1. Gauguery, Julie (ASU) def. Ema Turudija (MSU) 6-4, 6-4

2. A. Torric Moreno (MSU) def. Roberts, Victoria (ASU) 6-1, 6-1

3. Miranda Poile (MSU) def. Stefanov, Chiara (ASU) 6-3, 6-3

4. Jeresic, Sabina (ASU) def. Ekaterina Dontskova (MSU) 6-3, 6-0

5. Faty Khamissi (MSU) def. Krsmanovic, Sofia (ASU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

6. Phoebe Boeschen (MSU) def. Pisani, Victoria (ASU) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5

Doubles competition

1. Ema Turudija/Miranda Poile (MSU) def. Gauguery, Julie/Roberts, Victoria (ASU) 6-2

2. A. Torric Moreno/Phoebe Boeschen (MSU) def. Pisani, Victoria/Krsmanovic, Sofia (ASU) 7-6

3. Stefanov, Chiara/Jeresic, Sabina (ASU) vs. Faty Khamissi/Abbey Belote (MSU) 6-5, unfinished

Match Notes:

Missouri State 8-10

Arkansas State 0-10

Official: Joel Gambill T-2:57 A-32