Second-ranked Armstrong Atlantic knocks off
eighth-ranked Clayton State 9-0
Lakers suffer first defeat of the season to stand 9-1 overall and 5-1 in Peach Belt Conference

JONESBORO, Ga. – March 11, 2008 – The top teams in the Peach Belt Conference in women’s tennis, not to mention two of the Top 10 teams in Division II squared off on Tuesday, and it was second-ranked Armstrong Atlantic that came out on top with a 9-0 victory over eighth-ranked Clayton State.

It was the first defeat this season for Clayton State, now 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the Peach Belt Conference. Armstrong Atlantic remains undefeated on the season at 12-0 and 8-0 in the Peach Belt.

The most exciting matches were in doubles, where all three matches came down to the wire. The No. 1 showdown saw Clayton State’s 15th-ranked team of Anna Redecsi and Julia Chergova fight back from a 5-0 deficit to tie it against Armstrong Atlantic’s Iulia Stupak and Gabriella Kovacs. However, the Lady Pirate duo prevailed 8-6.

In the other two doubles matches. Armstrong Atlantic’s Martina Beckmann and Alida Mueller-Wehlau downed Clayton State’s Katie White and Selma Hidass 8-5 at No. 2, while the Lady Pirates’ Alisa Kagukina and Johanna Dahlback knocked off the Lakers’ Viktoriya Semyodenk 8-5.

There were three Division II Top 50 showdowns in singles. Stupak downed Redecsi at No. 1 6-2, 6-2, while Dahlback knocked off Semyrodenk 6-1, 6-2. Perhaps the most thrilling match was at No. 3, where Armstrong Atlantic’s Mueller-Wehlau outlasted Chergova 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).

Clayton State returns to action on Saturday at 12 p.m., playing host to 16th-ranked Florida Southern.

ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC 9, CLAYTON STATE 0

Singles:
1. Iulia Stupak (AA) d. Anna Redecsi 6-2, 6-2
2. Johanna Dahlback (AA) d. Viktoriya Semyrodenk 6-1, 6-2
3. Alida Mueller-Wehlau (AA) d. Julia Chergova 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Gabriella Kovacs (AA) d. Katie White 6-2, 6-1
5. Martina Beckmann (AA) d. Kristina Jonutyte 6-0, 6-1
6. Alisa Kagukina (AA) d. Veronika Jasenovcova 6-3, 6-3

Doubles:
1. Stupak/Kovacs (AA) d. Redecsi/Chergova 8-6
2. Beckmann/Mueller-Wehlau (AA) d. White/Selma Hidass 8-5
3. Kagukina/Dahlback (AA) d. Semyrodenko/Elena Bondari 8-5