Women’s Tennis Season Ends in 4-2 Loss to No. 23 Auburn Montgomery in GSC Quarterfinal; Langenstein Named GSC Women’s Tennis Champion Scholar-Athlete

GSC Women's Tennis Championship Central

Results

#1 Doubles
UNFINISHED	1
Rivoal, Eva / Estee Widdershoven [VSU]	UF ⁵
Maria Casas / Sofia Navarro [AUM]	0 ⁴

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Starreveld, Rachelle / Hera Brynjarsdottir [VSU]	2
Tonja Foessmeier / Alba De La Torre [AUM]	6

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Langenstein, Birte / Saving, Julia [VSU]	3
Sofia Mustre / Julia Enderink [AUM]	6

Order of Finish: 2, 3

#1 Singles
UNFINISHED	1	2	3
Estee Widdershoven [VSU]	2	6	0
Sofia Navarro [AUM]	6	2	UF

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Rivoal, Eva [VSU]	2	6	3
Tonja Foessmeier [AUM]	6	2	6

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Starreveld, Rachelle [VSU]	4	2
Maria Casas [AUM]	6	6

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Langenstein, Birte [VSU]	6	0	6
Alba De La Torre [AUM]	1	6	3

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Saving, Julia [VSU]	6	6
Sofia Mustre [AUM]	2	1

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Hera Brynjarsdottir [VSU]	0	5
Isabella Pinto [AUM]	6	7

Order of Finish: 5, 6, 3, 4, 2

GSC Women's Tennis Championship Central

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Valdosta State women's tennis season came to an end on Thursday as it dropped a 4-2 decision to No. 23 Auburn Montgomery in the quarterfinal round of the Gulf South Conference Championship. The Blazers finished the year 6-9, while AUM improved to 10-6. VSU junior Birte Langenstein was named the GSC Women's Tennis Champion Scholar-Athlete.

The match began with AUM winning the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles as Tonja Foessmeier and Alba De La Torre won 6-2 over freshman Rachelle Starreveld and junior Hera Bjork Brynjarsdottir. The Warhawks then won at No. 3 doubles with a 6-3 win by Sofia Mustre and Julia Enderink over Langenstein and freshman Julia Saving. VSU senior Estee Widdershoven and sophomore Eva Rivoal were leading 5-4 in doubles over Maria Casas and Sofia Navarro at the top spot when the second match was clinched.

The Blazers tied the match early in the singles portion as Saving won 6-2, 6-1, at No. 5 over Mustre. The momentum was short lived, however, as AUM regained the lead with a straight-set win from Isabella Pinto over Brynjarsdottir at No. 6, 6-0, 7-5. AUM took a 3-1 lead with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Starreveld at No. 3.

Langenstein kept the Blazers within striking distance as she downed De La Torre 6-1, 0-6, 6-3, for a 3-2 deficit. Rivoal split the first two sets at No. 2 singles with Tonja Foessmeier, 6-2, 2-6, but Foessmeier won the final set 6-3 to clinch the match for the Warhawks.

Following the match, it was announced Langenstein won the GSC Women's Tennis Champion Scholar-Athlete Award. This is the first time she has won this award and is a native of Ditzingen, Germany, with a 3.93 grade-point average and majoring in International Business and a minor in operations management. She has earned GSC Academic Honor Roll accolades each of her years at VSU and was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete in 2020.

Langenstein is the second VSU student-athlete to earn the Champion Scholar-Athlete Award this spring in their respective sport as senior men's golfer Wesley Hanson earned the prestigious honor for the second-straight year last week.

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