FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2-3-07

Men’s Tennis: No. 7 AASU 5, No. 2 Lynn 3
Women's Tennis: No. 2 AASU 5, No. 4 Lynn 2

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – The Armstrong Atlantic State tennis squads swept a dual match from Lynn University on Saturday afternoon in a matchup of Top 10-ranked men's and women's tennis teams. The No. 2-ranked Lady Pirates opened the season with a 5-2 win over No. 4-ranked Lynn, while the No. 7-ranked Pirates pulled off the upset with a 5-3 victory over the No. 2-ranked Knights.

The Pirate men swept all three doubles matches, including a big win by duo Christian Bergh and Robert Jendelund, who knocked off the Super Bowl Doubles Champions and top-ranked duo of Julien Carsuzaa and Dennis Riegraf, 8-5. Singles wins by Taavo Ross at No. 6 singles and Paul Bishop at No. 2 singles then clinched the match for AASU.

The women, meanwhile, picked up two doubles wins and three singles wins in knocking off the Lady Knights. Top-ranked singles player Iuliia Stupak defeated No. 9-ranked Vici Weltz, 6-3, 6-3, while Johanna Dahlback and Gabriella Kovacs also picked up singles wins.

The Lady Pirates will return to action on Sunday with a 9:00 a.m. match at Nova Southeastern to close out the season-opening Florida trip.
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Women's Tennis: No. 2 AASU 5, No. 4 Lynn 2

Singles
1. Iuliia Stupak (AASU) def. Vici Weltz (Lynn) 6-3, 6-3
2. Alex Schunk (Lynn) def. Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) 6-0, 6-4
3. Johanna Dahlback (AASU) def. Katerina Jiskrova (Lynn) 6-3, 6-4
4. Gabriella Kovacs (AASU) def. Leigh Shelton (Lynn) 6-4, 6-2
5. Gedvile Norkute (Lynn) led Martina Beckmann (AASU) 4-3, match stopped, clinched
6. Alisa Kakugina (AASU) led Katie Klibanoff-Dombrowski (Lynn) 2-1, match stopped, clinched

Doubles
1. Stupak/Nazaruk (AASU) def. Weltz/Jiskrova (Lynn) 8-4
2. Norkute/Shelton (Lynn) def. Beckmann/Kovacs (AASU) 8-2
3. Dahlback/Kakugina (AASU) def. Schunk/Klibanoff-Dombrowski (Lynn) 8-4
Records: AASU (1-0), Lynn (1-1)

Men's Tennis: No. 7 AASU 5, No. 2 Lynn 3

Singles
1. Lorenzo Cava (Lynn) def. Davor Zink (AASU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Paul Bishop (AASU) def. Julien Carsuzaa (Lynn) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
3. Dennis Riegraf def. (Lynn) def. Robert Jendelund (AASU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Denis Reinert (Lynn) def. Christian Bergh (AASU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Henrik Lilja (AASU) led Tomas Racak (Lynn) 6-2, 2-5, match stopped, clinched
6. Taavo Roos (AASU) def. Axel Joachim (Lynn) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
1. Bergh/Jendelund (AASU) def. Riegraf/Carsuzaa (Lynn) 8-5
2. Roos/Zink (AASU) def. Rahak/Cava (Lynn) 9-8 (2)
3. Bishop/Lilja (AASU0 def. Reinert/Cedric Duval (Lynn) 8-5
Records: AASU (1-0), Lynn (0-1)