ROME, Ga. – App State Tennis upset second-seeded Marshall 4-3 in a Sun Belt Tournament quarterfinal Friday, overcoming a 3-1 deficit with consecutive three-set singles wins from Taya Powell, Savannah Dada-Mascoll and Maggie Pate to reach the Sun Belt semifinals for the first time.
Pate clinched the match for the seventh-seeded Mountaineers (14-9) by winning 6-4, 6-7 {4-7}, 6-3 on Court 4 against Sophia Hurrion from the Thundering Herd, which went 9-2 in Sun Belt play and took an 18-7 overall record into the match. On a deuce point with a 5-3 lead (and no-ad scoring), Pate forced Hurrion to misplay a ball, ending the match as her teammates swarmed to her in excitement.