Women’s tennis takes four titles at Fall Championships

The GCSU women’s tennis team hosted the 17th annual Windstream/GCSU Women’s Fall Championships last weekend, and took two singles titles and two doubles titles.

In Flight ‘B’ singles, freshman Kayla Barksdale advanced to the semifinals where she defeated Augusta State’s Luiza Pires 6-1, 6-3. Barksdale then proceeded to the finals where she faced Caitlin Fell of Lander University and defeated Fell 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 to earn the Flight ‘B’ title.

The title for Flight ‘C’ singles came down to a battle between two Bobcats. Freshmen Michelle Lingner and Linda Mosa were both victorious in their semi-finals matches, thus matching them for the title. After a well-played match from both GCSU athletes, Lingner took the Flight ‘C’ title over Mosa with a score of 7-6, 6-2.

Lingner and Barksdale made up the Flight ‘B’ doubles duo and made their way to the finals after defeating their semifinals opponents from the University of Tampa 8-2. Linger and Barksdale then shut out another doubles team from Tampa 8-0, earning them the Flight ‘B’ doubles title.

The fourth title came from the Flight ‘A’ doubles team of junior Bertille Lion and freshman Mara Rojas. The duo’s victory in the semifinals was left up to chance. Due to the weather, the Bobcats’ doubles team and their opponents from Tampa, had to flip a coin for the tiebreaker of the semifinals match.

Tampa called heads, and the result of the coin landing on tails sent Lion and Rojas to the Flight ‘A’ doubles finals. The GCSU duo took the finals victory when their opponents withdrew due to the second weather delay, giving the Bobcat’s the Flight ‘A’ doubles title.

Both the women’s and men’s teams will take select players to a tournament in Augusta this weekend as an additional tune-up for the spring season.

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