However, Kareisova rallied to win the last two sets 6-4 and 6-3 and walk away with a three-set victory.Sophomore Manami Ukita was defeated in two sets by Ole Miss' Reka Zadori 6-2, 6-2.Senior Rosanna Maffei had a hard-fought three-set battle against nationally-ranked Sabina Machalova of Ole Miss. Gheorghita rallied to force another tiebreaker in the decisive third set before falling 6-7 (4-7).Freshman Florentine Dekkers took set one in her singles match against Ludmila Kareisova from Ole Miss, 6-4. 114 in the preseason ITA singles rankings, senior Karine-Marion Job took down Kelsey Mize from Ole Miss in two sets, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2).Freshman Dinara Alloyarova earned her second collegiate singles victory in as many days after defeating Ole Miss' Anaelle Leclerq, 6-4, 6-3.Senior Ioana Gheorghita dropped a hard-fought, three-set match to Ole Miss's Elysia Pool, 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-7 (4-7).She won the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-2), before losing 3-6 in set No.

42 tandem of Morgan Coppoc and Mell ReascoJob and senior Maria Linares fell 6-1 to the No. We weren't able to pull out a few close ones, but we competed as well as we could today,' said Smith.The Wildcats struggled in their three doubles matches of the day against Georgia, which reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament this past spring and had two of its three doubles' teams ranked in the ITA Top 50.Dekkers and Gheorghita dropped a 6-4 decision to the No. However, Machalova was able to come back and take the match after taking sets two and three, 6-2, 6-4.'Our ladies responded very well in singles today which they should all be very proud of.

K-State will take on Alabama in doubles followed by Georgia in singles at 10 a.m., CT.For the latest on K-State Women's Tennis, follow and on Twitter or Kansas State Women's Tennis on Facebook.

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