BATON ROUGE, La. ? Austin Peay State University women's tennis team lost a 6-1 decision at New Orleans, Sunday, to open its Spring Break tour of Louisiana. The Lady Govs remain winless at 0-9 while the Privateers improve to 7-4 overall.

Austin Peay came away with one win in the doubles competition, with a close match at No.1 proving to be the difference. Michelle Liew and Demi Georgakopoulos needed a tiebreaker to win at No. 2 doubles over Ceara Howey and Kir Kemp, 9-8. The Lady Govs were just short at No. 1 doubles, as Mariana Pagan and Yuki Nakamua lost 9-7.

Pagan was fueled by the close doubles match and won a convincing two sets at No. 1 singles over Cassandra Escobar.  Michelle Liew split sets at No. 2 singles before playing in a marathon tiebreaker with Kir Kemp. The pair battled, trading points before Kemp built a 17-15 advantage to win the match.  


University of New Orleans 6, Austin Peay 1
 Singles competition
1. PAGAN, Mariana (APSUW) def. Cassandra Escobar (UNOW) 6-2, 6-1
2. Kir Kemp (UNOW) def. LIEW, Michelle (APSUW) 6-2, 2-6, 17-15
3. Ceara Howey (UNOW) def. NAKAMURA, Yuki (APSUW) 6-4, 6-4
4. Amber Garza (UNOW) def. GEORGAKOPOULOS, Demi (APSUW) 6-1, 6-2
5. Pia Dozo-Moreno (UNOW) def. HAYS, Brittany (APSUW) 6-1, 6-2
6. Anita Racz (UNOW) def. PYLE, Alexandria (APSUW) 6-2, 6-0

 Doubles competition
1. Cassandra Escobar/Kozue Matsumoto (UNOW) def. NAKAMURA, Yuki/PAGAN, Mariana (APSUW) 9-7
2. LIEW, Michelle/GEORGAKOPOULOS, Demi (APSUW) def. Ceara Howey/Kir Kemp (UNOW) 9-8 (7-3)
3. Pia Dozo-Moreno/Anita Racz (UNOW) def. PYLE, Alexandria/HAYS, Brittany (APSUW) 8-4


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