FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5-11-00

AASU Tennis Teams Advance At Nationals
Women defeat Hawaii-Pacific; Men knock off St. Edward's

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Armstrong Atlantic State men's and women's tennis teams advanced past the first round of the NCAA Division II National Tennis Championships in Pensacola, Fla., as the Lady Pirates defeated Hawaii-Pacific, 5-2, and the Pirates knocked off St. Edward's, 6-1.

The Lady Pirates won two of three doubles matches, then got singles wins from Stephanie Kovacic, Petra Schemm and Marie-Claude Ostiguy to clinch the match.

The Pirate men's squad also won two of three doubles matches, then got singles wins from Stefan Wirtz, Frederic Heitz, Aref Jallali and Dave Webley to put away St. Edward's.

Both AASU squads advance to face the respective defending NCAA champions in second-round matches - the AASU women face BYU-Hawaii and the men face Lander.

- Pirates -

Men: AASU 6, St. Edward's 1

Singles
#1 – Stefan Wirtz (AASU) def. Derek Wildman (SEU) 6-4, 6-1
#2 – Christopher Petersen (AASU) and Aubrey Taylor (SEU) did not finish, match clinched
#3 – Blaise Tribolet (AASU) and Pete Saunders (SEU) did not finish, match clinched
#4 – Frederic Heitz (AASU) def. James Mauer (SEU) 6-0, 6-4
#5 – Aref Jallali (AASU) def. Aaron Frisch (SEU) 6-1, 6-3
#6 – Dave Webley (AASU) def. Richard Kane (SEU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
#1 – Petersen/Tribolet (AASU) def. Wildman/Taylor (SEU) 8-3
#2 – Saunders/Mauer (SEU) def. Heitz/Jallali (AASU) 8-6
#3 – Wirtz/Webley (AASU) def. Kane/Chris Frageman (SEU) 8-4

Women: AASU 5, Hawaii Pacific 2

Singles
#1 – Stephanie Kovacic (AASU) def. Biana Barreto (HPU) 6-0, 6-0
#2 – Michaela Kratochvilova (AASU) and Lisa Blomme (HPU) did not finish, match clinched
#3 – Petra Schemm (AASU) def. Fleurette Miranti (HPU) 6-2, 6-4
#4 – Marie-Claude Ostiguy (AASU) def. Anna Debrach (HPU) 6-0, 6-0
#5 – Aitana Vargas (AASU) and Louise Anderson (HPU) did not finish, match clinched
#6 – Jessica Dudley (HPU) def. Josephine Grube (AASU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
#1 – Kovacic/Kratochvilova (AASU) def. Barreto/Miranti (HPU) 8-1
#2 – Ostiguy/Schemm (AASU) def. Blomme/Anderson (HPU) 8-2
#3 – Dudley/Terry (HPU) def. Grube/Vargas (AASU) 8-4