FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2-26-07

Men's Tennis: No. 7 AASU 8, No. 30 Augusta State 1
Women's Tennis: No. 2 AASU 9, No. 26 Augusta State 0

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Armstrong Atlantic State tennis squads remained unbeaten in Peach Belt Conference play for 2007 with a dual match win over visiting Augusta State on Monday afternoon in Savannah.

The No. 7-ranked Pirate men won two of three doubles matches from the Jaguars, then swept all six singles matches. Meanwhile, the No. 2-ranked Lady Pirates swept all three doubles matches and won all six singles matches in straight sets. The win for the AASU women is the 35^th consecutive Peach Belt victory, dating back to 2003.

The Lady Pirates are next in action on Saturday, March 3, as they host Division I foe Charlotte at 11:00 a.m. at the AASU Tennis Complex.

- Pirates -

Singles
1. Iuliia Stupak (AASU) def. Nathalia Rodrigues (ASU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) def. Fernanda Chiaparini (ASU) 6-4, 6-2
3. Johanna Dahlback (AASU) def. Sarah Jegat (ASU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Sofia Haggstrom (AASU) def. Laura Ferreira (ASU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Martina Beckmann (AASU) def. Nroma Rovira (ASU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Alisa Kakugina (AASU) def. Luiza Pires (ASU) 6-0, 6-0 

Doubles
1. Stupak/Nazaruk (AASU) def. Rodrigues/Ferreira (ASU) 8-2
2. Beckmann/Gabriella Kovacs (AASU) def. Rovira/Chiaparini (ASU) 8-4
3. Kakugina/Haggstrom (AASU) def. Pires/Jegat (ASU) 8-1
Records: AASU (8-0, 4-0 PBC), ASU (4-3, 1-2 PBC) 

Singles
1. Paul Bishop (AASU) def. Lindy Blount (ASU) 7-6 (5), 6-1
2. Davor Zink (AASU) def. Sergi Mullor (ASU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Christian Bergh (AASU) def. Victor Meza (ASU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. Henrik Lilja (AASU) def. Igor Vasconcellos (ASU) 6-3, 6-0
5. Kevin Sijmons (AASU) def. Arthur Figuerio (ASU) 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3
6. Cristian Easton (AASU) def. Frederico Mendes (ASU) 6-1, 6-1 

Doubles
1. Bishop/Lilja (AASU) def. Blount/Mullor (ASU) 8-2
2. Easton/Sijmons (AASU) def. Figuerio/Vasconcellos (ASU) 8-6
3. Meza/Mullor (ASU) def. Bergh/Zink (AASU) 8-5
Records: AASU 6-1 (4-0 PBC), ASU (4-2, 1-2 PBC)