JONESBORO, Ark. (2/21/15) — The Arkansas State women's tennis suffered a 4-1 setback to Central Arkansas in its 2016 dual match home opener Sunday morning at the indoor tennis facility at RidgePointe Country Club.

Freshman Shelby King continued an impressive spring season with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over QiLi Ma in singles' competition. King dominated throughout her two set victory, jumping on Ma earlier on and closing out the first set with three straight game victories. She fell behind early in the second set, but rallied to close out the second set to push her record to 2-2 on the season.

Julie Gauguery lost a hard fought match in the No. 1 position to Xylia Chunan Xiang 6-4, 6-3. The junior from France appeared to have an edge on Xiang in the first set, but lost a deuce point and UCA was able to captilize on the momentum and took the set. Gauguery looked sharp in the second set, but Xiang again rallied and prevailed with the victory.

Victoria Roberts dropped a 6-3, 6-2 decision to Amiru Shimoguchi in the No. 3 spot, while Sofia Krsmanivoc fell to Rada Manataweewat 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 5 match. The No. 4 and No. 6 matches were not completed due to time constraints.

Central Arkansas began the day by taking the doubles' point as Nataly Yoo and Amiru Shimoguchi defeated Gauguery and Roberts 6-1, while Ma and Manataweewat downed Krsmanovic and Jeresic 6-2.

A-State returns to action on Friday, Feb. 26 at Southern Illinois and will return home on Feb. 27 to host Murray State at 2 p.m.

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Tennis Match Results

Central Arkansas vs Arkansas State

Feb 21, 2016 at Jonesboro, Arkansas

Central Arkansas 4, Arkansas State 1

 Singles competition

1. Xylia Chunan Xiang (UCA) def. Gauguery, Julie (ASU) 6-4, 6-3

2. King, Shelby (ASU) def. QiLi Ma (UCA) 6-3, 6-3

3. Amiru Shimoguchi (UCA) def. Roberts, Victoria (ASU) 6-3, 6-2

4. Jeresic, Sabina (ASU) vs. Marli Van Heerden (UCA) 7-5, 1-2, unfinished

5. Rada Manataweewat (UCA) def. Krsmanovic, Sofia (ASU) 6-1, 6-3

6. Pisani, Victoria (ASU) vs. Krizia Buck (UCA) 6-7, 3-2, unfinished

 Doubles competition

1. Nataly Yoo/Amiru Shimoguchi (UCA) def. Gauguery, Julie/Roberts, Victoria (ASU) 6-1

2. King, Shelby/Pisani, Victoria (ASU) vs. Xylia Chunan Xiang/Marli Van Heerden (UCA) 4-5, unfinished

3. QiLi Ma/Rada Manataweewat (UCA) def. Krsmanovic, Sofia/Jeresic, Sabina (ASU) 6-2

Match Notes:

Central Arkansas 5-3

Arkansas State 0-4

Match played indoors

Official: Joel Gambill  T-3:47  A-33