HOUSTON, Texas - The No. 2-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State
women's tennis team will make its fifth consecutive appearance in
the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis semifinals after Thursday's 5-1
victory over No. 8-ranked Barry at Memorial Park in Houston,
Texas.
The Lady Pirates (30-1) also won their 30th match of the year,
giving AASU 30 wins in three of the last four seasons. Barry
finishes the season with a 21-7 record.
AASU took a 2-1 lead after doubles as the tenth-ranked duo of Alida
Muller-Wehlau and Martina Beckmann picked up an 8-2 win over Angie
Werschel and Helen Wisniewski at No. 2 doubles. The third-ranked
duo of Iuliia Stupak and Gabriella Kovacs then notched an 8-4 win
over the 11th-ranked team of Ildiko Csordas and Caroline Stevens.
Barry picked up its doubles point with Olivia Lilien and Berit
Peterson's 8-4 win over Alisa Kagukina and Sofia Haggstrom.
After doubles, rain halted play for an hour and 20 minutes before
singles could be competed. Gabriella Kovacs picked up AASU's first
singles point with a quick 6-1, 6-1 win over Helen Wisniewski at
No. 4 singles. Martina Beckmann then knocked off Berit Peterson,
6-1, 7-5, at No. 5 singles. Freshman Alida Muller-Wehlau put the
Lady Pirates into the semifinals with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Angie
Werschel at No. 3 singles.
AASU now advances to face the winner of BYU-Hawaii and West Florida
in the national semifinals at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Should
BYU-Hawaii advance, it will be the fifth meeting in the last five
years between the two schools who have won the national titles each
season - BYU Hawaii was the national champion in 2004, 2006 and
2007, with AASU winning in 2005. The two schools are also the only
DII schools to defeat each other in that span.
Tennis Match Results
Armstrong Atlantic State vs Barry
5/15/2008 at Houston, Texas
(Memorial Park)
#2 Armstrong Atlantic State 5, #8 Barry 1
Singles competition
1. #2 Iuliia Stupak (AASU) led #8 Ildiko Csordas (BUW) 6-4, 5-3,
unfinished
2. #9 Johanna Dahlback (AASU) led #23 Caroline Stevens (BUW) 6-2,
2-3, unfinished
3. #19 Alida Muller-Wehlau (AASU) def. #33 Angie Werschel (BUW)
6-0, 6-3
4. #25 Gabriella Kovacs (AASU) def. Helen Wisniewski (BUW) 6-1,
6-1
5. Martina Beckmann (AASU) def. Berit Peterson (BUW) 6-1, 7-5
6. Olivia Lilien (BUW) led Sofia Haggstrom (AASU) 6-3, 0-2,
unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #3 Iuliia Stupak/Gabriella Kovacs (AASU) def. #11 Ildiko
Csordas/Caroline Stevens (BUW) 8-4
2. #10 Alida Muller-Wehlau/Martina Beckmann (AASU) def. Angie
Werschel/Helen Wisniewski (BUW) 8-2
3. Olivia Lilien/Berit Peterson (BUW) def. Alisa Kagukina/Sofia
Haggstrom (AASU) 8-4
Match Notes:
Armstrong Atlantic State 30-1; National ranking #2
Barry 21-7; National ranking #8
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (,4,5,3)
The nationally ranked doubles teams of Lynn University captured
quick wins at positions one and two and the third-ranked Knights
went on to a 5-0 win over seventh-ranked Francis Marion University,
Thursday morning (May 15) in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA
Division II Women’s Tennis National Finals.
Francis Marion ends its most successful season ever with a 23-3
mark, and the Patriots advance to the Elite Eight for the first
time in the program’s history. Lynn (24-2) advances to
Friday’s semifinal round.
The 17th-ranked doubles team of Magdalena Ekert and Katerina
Jiskrova gave Lynn a 1-0 advantage with an 8-1 win at the No. 2
position. That was followed by the fourth-ranked duo of Victoria
Weltz and Alexandra Schunk defeating Francis Marion’s
20th-ranked doubles team of seniors Sarka Vitkova and Jenny Ludwig
8-1 at the No. 1 spot.
Lynn claimed a much-tighter 8-6 win at No. 3, handing Tereza
Sykorova and Magda Jezovicova only their second loss in 26
decisions this season.
The Knights closed by the match with straight-set wins by Alisson
Siaci at No. 4 (6-0, 6-0 over Klara Vitkova) and by Ekert at No. 5
(6-2, 6-1 over Valeska Ibscher).
Ludwig was the lone Patriot to win a set, as she led 6-4 over
24th-ranked Katerina Jiskrova at No. 3 singles when the match was
decided.
NCAA II Women's Tennis National Finals (Quarterfinals) in Houston,
TX
Tennis Match Results
Francis Marion University vs Lynn
May 15, 2008 at Houston, Texas
#3 Lynn 5, #7 Francis Marion University 0
Singles competition
1. #18 Victoria Weltz (LYNN) vs. #10 Tereza Sykorova (FMU) 6-3,
1-1, unfinished
2. #17 Alexandra Schunk (LYNN) vs. #40 Sarka Vitkova (FMU) 6-1,
4-1, unfinished
3. #24 Katerina Jiskrova (LYNN) vs. Jenny Ludwig (FMU) 4-6,
unfinished
4. Alisson Siaci (LYNN) def. Klara Vitkova (FMU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Magdalena Ekert (LYNN) def. Valeska Ibscher (FMU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Eleonora Ionozzi (LYNN) vs. Magda Jezovicova (FMU) 6-1, 4-1,
unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #4 Victoria Weltz/Alexandra Schunk (LYNN) def. #20 Sarka
Vitkova/Jenny Ludwig (FMU) 8-1
2. #17 Magdalena Ekert/Katerina Jiskrova (LYNN) def. Klara
Vitkova/Valeska Ibscher (FMU) 8-1
3. Alisson Siaci/Eleonora Ionozzi (LYNN) def. Tereza Sykorova/Magda
Jezovicova (FMU) 8-6
Match Notes:
Francis Marion University 23-3; National ranking #7; Regional
ranking #2
Lynn 24-2; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,5)
NCAA II Women's Tennis National Finals (Quarterfinals) in Houston,
TX
Match interrupted by rain and lightning for 2 hours
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