RUSTON – Louisiana Tech could not complete the comeback on Saturday afternoon, falling to Jacksonville State by a score of 5-2 at the LA Tech Tennis Complex.
 
Due to an injury to fifth-year senior Alexia Romero, LA Tech (10-6, 2-1 CUSA) was forced to shuffle its doubles lineup.  Jax State (6-7, 1-1 CUSA) took advantage, winning on courts two and three to claim the opening point of the match.
 
The Gamecocks carried that momentum into singles, getting straight-set wins at the No. 2 and No. 6 positions to go up, 3-0. 
 
The Bulldogs started to mount a comeback after that.  Senior Olga Bienzobas got it started, winning her 14th straight singles match at the No. 1 position.  The native of Spain had to battle though to defeat Polina Ramenskaja. 
 
Bienzobas was at 5-all in the first set but won two consecutive games to claim it, 7-5.  She then settled in, winning the second set handily, 6-1 to register her team-leading 15th victory. 
 
Tiffani Nash then cut LA Tech's deficit down to 2-3, outlasting Ana Syrova at the No. 4 position with a 6-4, 6-4 victory, her 10th of the spring season.
 
The comeback effort ended after that though as Jax State picked up two more points on courts three and five.
 
NOTABLES

• With the loss, LA Tech now trails the all-time series versus Jax State, 0-2.
• Olga Bienzobas improved to 15-1 this spring, claiming her 14th straight victory.  The 15 wins is tied for the 11th most in a single season in program history. 
• Tiffani Nash improved to 10-4 this season.  She has now won double-double singles matches in back-to-back season.

UP NEXT
LA Tech will be back in action in two weeks in another conference matchup at Sam Houston on Saturday, March 30.  First serve is set for 1 p.m. CT.
 
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