Milestone! First 20-win season for Clayton State women’s tennis in 5-2 victory over Augusta State
Eighth-ranked Lakers advance in NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional

SAVANNAH, Ga. – May 8, 2008 – The Clayton State Laker women’s tennis team made program history and advanced in the 2008 NCAA Division II National Tournament all at the same time on Thursday.

Playing in the first round of the NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional at Armstrong Atlantic, the Lakers recorded a 5-2 victory over Peach Belt Conference rival Augusta State. The victory improves Clayton State to 20-5 overall, marking the first ever 20-win season for Clayton State in women’s tennis.

Clayton State now battles Peach Belt Conference rival and second-ranked Armstrong Atlantic in the Regional championship on Friday at 10 a.m.

The Lakers had to rally after dropping two of their three matches in doubles.

Clayton State won at No. doubles as Anna Redecsi and Julia Chergova downed Augusta State’s Fernanda Chiaparini and Nathalia Rodrigues 8-4. The Lady Jaguars, however, won the next two in dramatic fashion as Laura Ferrreira and Bianca Machado edged the Lakers’ Katie White and Selma Hidass 9-8 at No. 2, winning 8-6 in the tiebreak, and Camila Correa and Giovana Fenstersifer knocked off Clayton State’s Viktoriya Semyrodenko and Allison Evans 8-5 at No. 3.

But Clayton State stormed back in singles play with four straight victories.

Redecsi downed Rodrigues 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1, while Semyrodenko recorded a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 3 over Ferrerira. White followed at No. 4, defeating Machado 6-2, 6-1, and then Kristina Jonutyte clinched the match for the Lakers with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Fenstersifer at No. 6.

CLAYTON STATE 5, AUGUSTA STATE 2

Singles:
1. Anna Redecsi (CLSU) d. Nathalia Rodrigues 6-1, 6-3
2. Julia Chergova (CLSU) vs. Fernanda Chiaparini, unfinished
3. Viktoriya Semyrodenko (CLSU) d. Laura Ferreira 6-0, 6-2
4. Katie White (CLSU) d. Bianca Machado 6-2, 6-1
5. Veronika Jasenovcova (CLSU) vs. Camila Correa, unfinished
6. Kristina Jonutyte (CLSU d. Giovana Fenstersifer 6-1, 6-3

Doubles:
1. Chergova/Redesci (CLSU) d. Chiaparini/Rodrigues 8-4
2. Ferreira/Machado (ASU) d. White/Selma Hidass 9-8 (8-6)
3. Correa/Fensterseifer (ASU) d. Semyrodenko/Allison Evans 8-5