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The Lee University women's tennis team returns to action for the first time since April 14 when they take the court against Valdosta State University in the First Round of the Gulf South Conference Women's Tennis Championship. The championship will be held at Lagoon Park and O'Connor Tennis Center in Montgomery, Ala., with Thursday's matches scheduled for 10 a.m. EDT.
The Lady Flames are making an appearance in the GSC Championship for the fourth consecutive season and enter with its highest seeding. Lee posted a record of 16-5 and were 7-4 in conference play to earn No. 4 seed. The Blazers are 6-13 overall, but they carried a 6-5 conference mark to claim the No. 5 seed.
Joanna "Asia" Grzegrzolka and Micaela Belen Maiz are the 27
th-ranked doubles team in the April 24 release of the Oracle/ITA Division II Women's Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
"Our ladies have had a great season so far and we are looking forward to another match with Valdosta," said Lee head coach Patric Hynes. "They just got us the last time we played, so it's a great opportunity to get another shot at them."
Valdosta State edged Lee 4-3 in their regular season matchup at Lee's DeVos Tennis Center. Lauren Trammell and Sierra Donaldson took down Birte Langestein and Rachel Chan-Yaneff 6-2 to give Lee an early advantage. Lisa Kirr and Carley Sickinger shut out Hera Brynjarsdottir and Eva Rivoal to secure the team doubles point.
The No. 1 doubles match was left unfinished. Estee Widdershoven and Daniella Barta led Lee's Grzegrzolka and Belen Maiz 4-3 at the time.
Widdershoven evened the score at 1-1 with 6-1, 6-0 scores at No. 1 singles against Grzegrzolka. Barta held off Sickinger for a 7-5, 6-3 win at the second position.
Kirr overcame a first set loss to win her final two sets against Langestein 6-4 and 6-2 to knot the score at 2-2. VSU regained the lead with a three-set win by Rivoal over Belen Maiz.
Donaldson was a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Chan-Yaneff at No. 6 singles to leave the fifth position as the deciding matchup. Trammell won the opening set 6-4, but Brynjarsdottir claimed the next two sets by the same 6-4 margin to clinch the team victory for VSU.
The winner of Thursday morning's match will advance to face either West Alabama or Delta State in the semifinal round at 10 a.m. EDT Friday.
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