Box Score ATLANTA - The 13th-ranked Columbus State University women's tennis team claimed its fourth straight win on Sunday after defeating DII power Emory University 7-2 in Atlanta. The match was played under DIII rules, with each doubles match counting as a point.

CSU (8-4) began the day by taking two of the three doubles matches. Valentina Abrile and Mariana Ramirez started the day off with an 8-4 win at first singles. However, Eliza McPherron and Jessica Fatemi knocked off 34th-ranked ranked Yelena Labat and Sara Ramirez to even the match at 1.

Second doubles was a marathon, with Neila Trklja and Agostina Bigotti battling Emma Cartledge and Stephanie Shulman in a tiebreaker. The Lady Cougar duo outlasted their competition, taking the tiebreak 11-9 to put CSU on top.

Columbus State was dominant in singles, taking four of the six matches in straight sets. At first singles, 22nd-ranked Trklja was the first to wrap up, breezing by McPherron 6-2, 6-1. Abrile was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Christina Watson at third doubles, while Mariana Ramirez took down Cartledge 6-1, 7-5 at the second spot to push the CSU lead to 5-1.

The sixth point of the afternoon came from Bigotti at sixth singles where she was a 6-3, 6-3 against Alexa Goetz. CSU's final point came from Luciana Galves, who defeated Ana Perez 6-3, 6-3 in the fifth spot.

Shulman registered's Emory's (4--5) lone win in singles play at fourth singles. She won a 3-set match 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 over Labat.

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Columbus State returns home to host Southern Arkansas University on Monday, March 21 at 2 p.m.