Clayton State ends losing skid with 8-1 victory over Georgia Southwestern
Lakers improve to 4-5 overall and 3-2 in Peach Belt Conference heading into showdown at Armstrong Atlantic

MORROW, Ga. – MARCH 11, 2007 – After playing a stretch of six straight matches against nationally-ranked opponents, including five straight on the road, the Clayton State Laker women’s team returned the friendly confines of Laker Courts on Sunday and back to their winning ways.

Sweeping all six singles matches and two of the three matches in doubles, the Lakers posted an 8-1 victory over visiting Georgia Southwestern in Peach Belt Conference action. The victory improves Clayton State to 4-5 overall and 3-2 in the Peach Belt.

The Lakers won all six singles matches in straight sets, and two were of the shutout variety. Anna Redecsi blanked the Lady Hurricanes’ Sarah Harrington 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles, while Anna Marton downed Georgia Southwestern’s Ashley Waters 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles. In addition, the Lakers also won 8-0 shutouts in two of the three doubles matches – Redecsi and Julia Chergova at No. 1, and Marton and Maria Larsen at No. 3.

Clayton State has a huge challenge on Monday with a 2 p.m. match at second-ranked Armstrong Atlantic.

CLAYTON STATE 8, GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN 1

Singles:
1. Julia Chergova (CS) def. Anna Faust 6-0, 6-1
2. Anna Redecsi (CS) def. Sarah Harrington 6-0, 6-0
3. Zsuzsa Marosfalvi (CS) def. Ambur Humphrey 7-5, 6-0
4. Kate Adamson (GSW) def. Elena Bondari 7-5, 6-4
5. Anna Marton (CS) def. Ashley Waters 6-0, 6-0
6. Maria Larsen (CS) def. Laura Snyder 6-4, 6-0

Doubles:
1. Chergova/Redecsi (CS) def. Faust/Harrington 8-0
2. Marosfalvi/Bondari (CS) def. Snyder/Humphrey 8-2
3. Larsen/Marton (CS) def. Monica Osam/Blake West 8-0

Clayton State knocks off top-ranked Emory 6-3
Lakers take five of six in singles to improve to 3-1 overall

MORROW, Ga. --- FEBRUARY 28, 2007 --- The Clayton State Laker women’s team got back on the winning track on Wednesday in a match of national proportions. The Lakers pulled off a 6-3 victory over Emory, the top-ranked team in Division III and four-time defending NCAA Division III national champions.

Clayton State won five of the six matches in singles, but there was no shortage of drama in any of them. Three matches went three sets, and two had tiebreakers. Anna Redesci won a tough three-set decision at No. 1, defeating Emory’s Richelle Marasigan 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, while Elena Bondari rallied from a game down at No. 3 to knock off Emory’s Kirsten Hillock 5-7, 6-4, 10-8.

In addition, Anna Marton outlasted Emory’s Jenny Moscato 7-5, 6-7 (1-7), 11-9 at No. 6. Only Julia Chergova at No. 2 had a two-set victory for Clayton State as she downed Emory’s Tshema Nash 6-4, 6-2.

The Lakers won only one double match, but it was at No. 1 where Redecsi and Chergova, the nation’s No. 2-ranked team in Division II, downed Marasigan and Rogers from Emory 8-5.

Clayton State returns to Peach Belt Conference play with a 2 p.m. match at Georgia College on Friday.

CLAYTON STATE 6, EMORY 3

Singles:
1. Anna Redecsi (CS) def. Richelle Marasigan 6-3, 1-6, 6-0
2. Julia Chergova (CS) def. Tshema Nash 6-4, 6-2
3. Elena Bondari (CS) def. Kirsten Hillock 5-7, 6-4, 10-8
4. Zsuzsa Marosfalvi (CS) def. Allison Fick 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
5. Sabra Rogers (E) def. Maria Larsen 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
6. Anna Marton (CSUGA) def. Jenny Moscato 7-5, 6-7 (1-7), 11-9

Doubles:
1. Chergova/Redecsi (CS) def. Marasigan/Rogers 8-5
2. Hillock/Nash (E) def. Marosfalvi/Marton 9-8 (7-0)
3. Fick/Moscato (E) def. Bondari/Larsen 8-4