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AASU's Maren Mueller Captures ITA Women's Tennis Southeast Regional

SAVANNAH, Ga. – No. 1 seed Maren Muller of Armstrong Atlantic State defeated No. 2 seed Lilia Biktyakova of Georgia College & State 7-5, 6-2, to capture the ITA Women's Tennis Southeast Region singles title on Saturday morning at AASU.

Mueller advances to the ITA/Rolex National Championships in Memphis, Tenn., on October 21-24, along with the doubles champions from Georgia College & State, Biktyakova and Iouliya Rodkovskaya.

Biktyakova and Roudkovskaya, the No. 1 seed in the doubles draw, captured the ITA Southeast Region doubles title with a three-set win over AASU's Mueller and Michaela Kratochvilova,, the No. 2 seed, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Biktyakova and Roudkovskaya advanced to the doubles championship with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over AASU's Marie-Claude Ostiguy and Petra Schemm, while Mueller and Kratochvilova earned a championship berth with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over GC&SU's Megan Hughes and Beata Adam.

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