ATLANTA -- No. 48 Georgia State Women's Tennis claimed the top seed and with that a first round bye for the Sun Belt Conference Championships in New Orleans, the league announced today.

Georgia State will be in action on Friday at 8 a.m. in the quarter final match and will play the winner of the UL Monroe/Appalachian State match. The Panthers swept the Mountaineers 7-0 at a neutral site match in March and the match against UL Monroe was cancelled due to weather earlier this season.

The Panthers (12-5) closed the season on a five match winning streak that includes a perfect 4-0 record in conference competition.

No. 48 Georgia State jumped in the rankings early in the season following a 4-3 upset over now No. 11 South Carolina. The win was part of a 4 match winning streak to open the season. The Panthers won three matches against ranked opponents this season, including a 5-2 victory over currently No. 73 Winthrop and No. 53 South Alabama.

Georgia State is led by senior Linn Timmermann who holds an 11-5 record in singles and 11-4 record in doubles with partner Tarani Kamoe. She also earned two Sun Belt Conference Student-Athlete of the Week awards this season.

For more information on the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Tennis Championships, visit the championship central page on SunBeltSports.org. Live scoring will be available for all matches of the tournaments as well. Admission is free for all matches at the City Park Tennis Center.

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