TROY, Ala.- The No.47-ranked Georgia State women's tennis team took the match 6-1 over the Eagles in the first conference match of the year for both teams. However, Georgia Southern's Emilia Bujan put Georgia Southern on the board against the in-state rival, winning her line four match 5-7, 6-2, 6-0.
Lindsay Truscott, who won her past three matches at the No.3 position coming into Thursday, narrowly lost to Niri Rasolomalala in the tiebreaker 11-9 to just miss earning GS its second point against the Panthers.
Georgia State separated themselves early, winning the doubles point on courts one and three and then winning the singles points at lines five, six and two to clinch the match.