MURFREESBORO – Claudia Yanes Garcia and Fabienne Schmidt each won singles matches but Austin Peay State University women's tennis team fell by a score of 5-2 on the road in Murfreesboro against Middle Tennessee on Sunday afternoon.

Middle Tennessee (2-0) opened the match by claiming all three doubles matches against the Govs to claim the lone doubles point.

Claudia Yanes Garcia got the Govs off to a great start with her 6-3, 6-0 victory over Maria Josefina Zehnder at No. 1 singles. However, the Blue Raiders rallied off four straight wins in singles, before Fabienne Schmidt won an epic match at No. 3 singles 7-5, 4-6, 12-10.

Austin Peay (0-1) returns to open its home schedule with a 1 p.m., Monday contest against Chattanooga at the Governors Indoor Tennis Center.  

Middle Tennessee 5, Austin Peay 2

Doubles

1. Kim Kermet/Luisa Zirilli (MT) def. Lidia Yanes Garcia/Claudia Yanes Garcia (APSU) 6-1

2. Lee Barnard/Zani Barnard (MT) def. Helena Kuppig/Ana Albertson (APSU) 6-2

3. Maria Josefina Zehnder/Marta Peris Herrero (MT) def. Fabienne Schmidt/Brittney Covington (APSU) 6-2

Singles

1. Claudia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Maria Josefina Zehnder (MT) 6-3, 6-0

2. Costanza Magazzini (MT) def. Lidia Yanes Garcia (APSU) 6-2, 6-4

3. Fabienne Schmidt (APSU) def. Kim Kermet (MT) 7-5, 4-6, 12-10

4. Lee Barnard (MT) def. Helena Kuppig (APSU) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3

5. Lidia Burrows (MT) def. Ana Albertson (APSU) 6-2, 6-3

6. Zani Barnard (MT) def. Brittney Covington (APSU) 6-1, 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1, 6, 2, 5, 4, 3)