ATHENS, Ga. Kansas State picked up four more singles wins and two more doubles wins on the final day of round-robin play Sunday at the Georgia Bulldog Invitational and capped a strong start to the spring season. The Wildcats went 8-10 in singles play and 4-5 in doubles, but combined for an 8-4 singles mark and 4-2 doubles mark against Troy and Mississippi State.

Jessica Simosa defeated Mississippi State’s Renee Joseph in straight sets to finish 2-1 on the weekend and tied for the team lead in wins with Fernanda Da Valle (duh VYE-ah) and Maria Perevoschikova (pair-a-vosh-eh-cove-ah). Da Valle and Perevoschikova also finished 2-1 after winning singles matches against Mississippi State on Sunday.

In doubles play the Wildcats took two of three matches from Troy, including a 9-7 win by Simosa and Katerina Kudlackova (kud-LATCH-cove-ah) over Suzanne Jones and Rawia Elsisi. Simosa and Kudlackova knotched a 2-1 record in doubles for the tournament, their first together as doubles partners.

Georgia, the only team at the Invitational to win more matches than Kansas State in singles and doubles, went the entire weekend without losing.

Kansas State begins dual play by hosting Drake on Sunday at the Cottonwood Racquet Club in Manhattan.

2006 Georgia Bulldog Invitational

Hopkins Indoor Tennis Center University of Georgia

Day Three Results

Sunday, January 22

Singles
Anastasia Kugakolova (MSU) def. Katerina Kudlackova (KSU), 7-6, 6-0

Jessica Simosa (KSU) def. Renee Joseph (MSU), 6-3, 6-4

Tamar Kvaratskhelia (KSU) def. Daniela Juskova (MSU), 7-5, 6-3

Maria Perevocschikova (KSU) def. Martina Banikova (MSU), 6-2, 6-4

Olga Klimova (KSU) def. Elna de Villiers (MSU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

Tatianna Feit (MSU) def. Tereza Prochazkova, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
Claudia Strauss/Tsitsi Masviba (Troy) def. Fernanda Da Valle/Olga Klimova (KSU), 8-6

Katerina Kudlackova/Jessica Simosa (KSU) def.  Suzanne Jones/Rawia Elsisi (Troy), 9-7

Maria Perevoschikova/Tereza Prochazkova (KSU) def. Annabelle Bares/Shamiaa Elsisi (Troy), 8-6