The Daily Nole — Feb. 8, 2021: FSU Women’s Tennis Drops Heartbreaker to Georgia in Top-10 Match-up

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Lead Story

In its toughest test of the young season, No. 8 Florida State women’s tennis fought valiantly on Sunday, but ultimately fell at seventh-ranked Georgia, 4-3.

The doubles point ultimately turned out to be the difference for the Bulldogs. Georgia won the doubles point and the first two singles matches to take a 3-0 lead, but FSU stormed back.

After FSU’s Emmanuelle Salas rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Georgia’s Morgan Coppoc to get the Seminoles on the board, Victoria Allen and Andrea Garcia evened things with straight-set victories. The contest was ultimately decided on Court 1 where Katarina Jokic outlasted FSU’s Giulia Parione, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2.

With the loss, FSU falls to 3-1 on the season. The Seminoles return home to take on North Florida on Friday.

Between the Lines

In addition to FSU women’s tennis, FSU women’s hoops lost to Miami on Sunday, 68-52.

On the Agenda

There are no FSU athletic events scheduled for Monday.

News and Notes

The AP and Amway Coaches Polls for men’s basketball will be unveiled on Monday.

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