FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3-18-03

Men's Tennis: No. 9 AASU 7, No. 11 Rollins 2

WINTER PARK, Fla. - The No. 9-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State men's squad won its sixth straight match, defeating No. 11-ranked Rollins College, 7-2, in Winter Park on Tuesday afternoon.

The Pirates picked up two doubles wins, then won five singles matches to knock off the Tars. David Secker picked up a huge win at No. 2 singles as he knocked off No. 17-ranked Mark Thompson,
6-3, 6-3, to set the pace for AASU. No. 42 Dale White also picked up a singles win over No. 47 Matt Umbers when Umbers had to retire after trailing, 6-1, 1-0.

AASU will next play top-ranked Drury University on Wednesday, March 19, at Rollins at 10:30 a.m.

Singles
#1 - Carlos Custodio (RC) def. Roger Thiele (AASU) 6-3, 6-1
#2 - David Secker (AASU) def. Mark Thompson (RC) 6-3, 6-3
#3 - Dale White (AASU) def. Matt Umbers (RC) 6-1, 1-0, retired
#4 - Achim Roth (AASU) def. Andrew Groslimond (RC) 6-3, 6-4
#5 - Jonas Askeland (AASU) def. David Tafur (RC) 6-3, 6-2
#6 - Tim Offermann (AASU) def. Rip Rice (RC) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles
#1 - Roth/White (AASU) def. Custodio/Thompson (RC) 9-7
#2 - Umbers/Groslimond (RC) def. Offermann/Thiele (AASU) 8-4
#3 - Askeland/Secker (AASU) def. Tafur/Rice (RC) 8-4
Records: AASU (7-1), RC (5-3)

Women's Tennis: No. 7 AASU 9, No. 16 Florida Southern 0

Release Courtesy of FSC Sports Information

LAKELAND, Fla. - Zsofia Golopencza, the nation's second ranked singles player, helped her team to two points Tuesday as seventh- ranked Armstrong Atlantic State defeated No. 16 Florida Southern, 9-0.

Golopencza defeated Alexandra Costa-Corral at the number one singles spot, 6-1, 6-1 and also teamed up Manuela Emmrich (the number six ranked doubles team) an 8-2 win at number one
doubles.

Florida Southern dropped to 3-7 with the loss; Armstrong Atlantic improved to 10-1.

AASU returns to action on Thursday, March 20, at Florida Gulf Coast at 2:00 p.m.

Singles
1. Zsofia Golopencza (AASU) def. Alexandra Costa-Corral (FSC) 6-1, 6-1
2. Manuela Emmrich (AASU) def. Laura Salatino (FSC) 6-2, 6-2
3. Caroline Grage (AASU) def. Megan Fincham (FSC) 6-0, 6-0
4. Laura Peaty (AASU) def. Kelly Cox (FSC) 6-2, 6-0
5. Gemma Vaughan (AASU) def. Elisabeth McDonald (FSC) 6-1, 6-0
6. Alejandra Aguilar (AASU) def. Jessica Nicolai (FSC) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Golopencza/Emmrich (AASU) def. Costa-Corral/Fincham (FSC) 8-2
2. Grage/Peaty (AASU) def. Salatino/Elizabeth Mendenhall (FSC) 8-0
3. Aguilar/Vaughan (AASU) def. Cox/McDonald (FSC) 8-1
Records: AASU (10-1), FSC (3-7)