Women’s Tennis Posts Solid First Day At Georgia Southern Shootout

Friday, October 13

Statesboro, Ga.

9 a.m.

Mercer University

Day 1

Women’s Tennis Posts Solid First Day At Georgia Southern Shootout

10/13/2023 10:34:00 PM | Women's Tennis

STATESBORO – The Mercer women's tennis team got its day started with a pair of doubles victories, and then split a quartet of singles outings, to register a solid opening day at the Georgia Southern Shootout on Friday afternoon at GSU's Wallis Tennis Center.

Senior Teodora Ristic and graduate transfer Lea Falentin both turned in unblemished days on the court, including a doubles contest in which the duo teamed up to register a dominant 6-1 victory over South Carolina State's Nalanda Teixeira Da Silva and Feriel Mahbouli. In singles play, Ristic surrendered just two games on the way to a straight-sets (6-1, 6-1) triumph over Georgia Southern's Lindsay Tulenko, while Falentin was equally as dominant in a 6-1, 6-3 ouster of South Carolina State's Soyfa Vitaliyena Chursina.

The Bears will continue play at the scheduled 3-day event on Saturday in Statesboro. Tennis action is slated to get underway at 9 a.m.

Georgia Southern Shootout - Singles - Day 1
Matchup	Scores
Lea Falentin (Mercer) def. Soyfa Vitaliyena Chursina (South Carolina State)	6-1, 6-3
Teodora Ristic (Mercer) def. Lindsay Tulenko (Georgia Southern)	6-1, 6-1
Alexandra Rodehorst (Davidson) def. Kennedi Jones (Mercer)	6-1, 6-1
Martina Zarza (Jacksonville State) def. Kristin Yordanova (Mercer)		6-3, 6-1

Georgia Southern Shootout - Doubles - Day 1
Matchup	Scores
Teodora Ristic/Lea Falentin (Mercer) def. Nalanda Teixeira Da Silva/Feriel Mahbouli (South Carolina State)	6-1
Sofia Markova/Alessandra Caceres (East Tennessee State) def. Emi Cosatto/Mariella Minetti (Mercer)	6-2
Marina de Diego Quinones/Tea Zivic (Mercer) def. Terezia Barianakova/Amulika Gottiparthy (Kennesaw State)	6-2