FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3-13-03

Women's Tennis: No. 13 GC&SU 7, No. 2 AASU 2
Men's Tennis: No. 12 AASU 9, GC&SU 0

SAVANNAH, Ga. - The No. 13-ranked GC&SU Women's tennis team upset the No. 2-ranked AASU women's tennis team on Thursday afternoon, 7-2, while the No. 12-ranked AASU men's team cruised to a 9-0 win over GC&SU in Peach Belt Conference tennis action at the AASU Tennis Complex.

GC&SU's women swept all three doubles matches from the Pirates, then took four of six singles matches to collect the victory. AASU could only get singles wins from junior Zsofi Golopencza, a 6-0, 6-1 winner over Luiza Biktyakova at No. 1 singles, and Manuela Emmrich, a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Anna Shchupak at No. 4 singles. The loss was the Lady Pirates' first of the season.

AASU's men swept all three doubles matches, then won all but one singles match in straight sets in their 9-0 victory. Junior Roger Thiele defeated James Gorin, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 1 singles in the only match that went to three sets.

The AASU tennis teams will next face USC Aiken on Friday, March 14, at 2:00 p.m.

Women: No. 13 GC&SU 7, No. 2 AASU 2

Singles
#1 - Zsofi Golopencza (AASU) def. Luiza Biktyakova (GC&SU) 6-0, 6-1
#2 - Mia Paavilainen (GC&SU) def. Laura Peaty (AASU) 6-1, 6-0
#3 - Caroline Lefevre (GC&SU) def. Caroline Grage (AASU) 7-5, 6-3
#4 - Manuela Emmrich (AASU) def. Anna Shchupak (GC&SU) 6-4, 6-1
#5 - Annika Persson (GC&SU) def. Gemma Vaughan (AASU) 6-2, 6-4
#6 - Kremena Vassileva (GC&SU) def. Alejandra Aguilar (AASU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
#1 - Biktyakova/Paavilainen (GC&SU) def. Golopencza/Emmrich (AASU) 8-3
#2 - Lefevre/Shchupak (GC&SU) def. Grage/Peaty (AASU) 8-4
#3 - Persson/Vassileva (GC&SU) def. Aguilar/Vaughan (AASU) 8-6
Records: AASU (9-1, 6-1 PBC), GC&SU (4-0, 1-0 PBC)

Men: No. 12 AASU 9, GC&SU 0

Singles
#1 - Roger Thiele (AASU) def. James Gorin (GC&SU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
#2 - David Secker (AASU) def. Per Schartum-Hansen (GC&SU) 6-3, 6-4
#3 - Dale White (AASU) def. Kris Popovic (GC&SU) 6-3, 6-1
#4 - Achim Roch (AASU) def. Mikael Pettersson (GC&SU) 6-2, 6-3
#5 - Jonas Askeland (AASU) def. Brandon Lee (GC&SU) 7-5, 6-4
#6 - Tim Offermann (AASU) def. Thomas Karlsson (GC&SU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
#1 - Roth/White (AASU) def. Gorin/Popovic (GC&SU) 8-4
#2 - Offermann/Thiele (AASU) def. Karlsson/Schartum-Hansen (GC&SU) 9-8
#3 - Askeland/Secker (AASU) def. Pettersson/Lee (GC&SU) 8-4
Records: AASU (6-1, 3-1 PBC), GC&SU (3-6, 0-1 PBC)