Suggs' three-set win lifts UNCG past Georgia Southern

STATESBORO, GA – Lisa Suggs rallied for a three-set win over Szilvia Zsakay as UNC Greensboro pulled out a 4-3 win over Georgia Southern in Southern Conference women’s tennis action Sunday afternoon.

Suggs, a sophomore from Fayetteville, NC, won the first set in a tie-breaker before dropping the second set, 6-1. However, she rallied to defeat Zsakay in the deciding set, 6-3, to clinch the win.

Also earning singles’ wins were junior Emily Wade and sophomore Erica Zabkar. Zabkar earned a 6-3, 6-0 win over Kim Wollett, while Wade defeated Molly Maddox, 6-0 and 6-4.

UNCG next takes on Princeton in Raleigh, NC on Tuesday.

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Singles: Lisa Suggs (UNCG) def. Szilvia Zsakay (GSU) 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 6-3; Emily Wade (UNCG) def. Molly Maddox (GSU) 6-0, 6-4; Lauren Wolken (GSU) def. Whitney Miles (UNCG) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3); Erica Zabkar (UNCG) def. Kim Wollett (GSU) 6-3, 6-0; Heather Reynolds (GSU) def. Sophie Rychlik (UNCG) 6-2, 5-7, 6-0; Shea Huxtable (GSU) def. Sarah Templeton (UNCG) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles: Suggs/Wade (UNCG) def. Maddox/Wolken (GSU) 8-6; Zsakay/Reynolds (GSU) def. Moran/Rychlik (UNCG) 8-4; Miles/Zabkar (UNCG) def. Wollett/Matlosz (GSU) 8-0.

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