Men's Tennis: No. 4 AASU 8, No. 1 Lynn 1; Women's Tennis: No. 2 AASU 7, No. 4 Lynn 2

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Men's Tennis: No. 4 AASU 8, No. 1 Lynn 1
Women's Tennis: No. 2 AASU 7, No. 4 Lynn 2

SAVANNAH, Ga. (February 23) – In a showdown of top five-ranked tennis teams on Saturday, Armstrong Atlantic State swept a dual match from visiting Lynn University at the AASU Tennis Complex. The No. 4-ranked AASU men knocked off the defending DII national champion and top-ranked Lynn men, 8-1, while the No. 2-ranked AASU women defeated No. 4 Lynn, 7-2.

The AASU men (7-0) got off to a good start by sweeping all three matches by identical 8-3 scores, including a pair of wins over top 10-ranked opponents. Rafael Array and Tim Johannsen teamed to knock off No. 9 Lorenzo Cava and Julien Carsuzaa, 8-3, while No. 12-ranked Christian Bergh and Robert Jendelund upset No. 6-ranked Tomas Racak and Diego Rodriguez.

The Pirates then picked up wins in five of the six singles matches to clinch the victory. Johannsen won a tough three-set match over No. 9-ranked Julien Carsuzza, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4, at No. 1 singles while No. 8-ranked Robert Jendelund defeated No. 10-ranked Lorenzo Cava, 6-2, 7-5, at No. 2 singles. Rafael Array, Paul Bishop and Davor Zink also won in singles for the Priates. Lynn's only win came at No. 5 singles, where Diego Rodriguez fought back from an 8-5 deficit in a 10-point tiebreak to defeat Christian Bergh, 7-5, 2-6, 10-8, at No. 5 singles.

On the women's side, the Lady Pirates (7-0) stretched their regular season match win streak to 97 with a 7-2 win over the Lady Knights (6-1). AASU swept all thre doubles matches, then picked up singles wins in four of six matches, including a 6-1, 6-0 win by Iuliia Stupak over Victoria Weltz at No. 1 singles and a 6-2, 6-3 win by No. 2-ranked Johanna Dahlback over Alexandra Schunk at No. 2 singles. Lynn's Katerina Jiskrova defeated Alida Muller-Wehlau at No. 3 singles, 4-6, 7-5, 10-6, while AASU picked up straight set singles wins at No. 4 behind Gabriella Kovacs and No. 5 behind Alisa Kagukina.

The AASU men will be next in action on Monday, February 25, hosting Anderson at 2:00 p.m. at the AASU Tennis Complex.

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