FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 3-21-02

Men's Tennis: No. 19 AASU 5, GC&SU 4
Women's Tennis: No. 1 Armstrong Atlantic State 9, GC&SU 0

Release Courtesy of GC&SU Sports Information

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College & State University tennis teams hoped it would be a day of upsets, but in the end, the higher ranked teams and players won as Armstrong Atlantic State swept a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader at the Centennial Center courts. The #13 ranked GC&SU women (11-6, 5-3 PBC) fell to the #1 ranked Pirates (14-2, 9-0 PBC) 9-0, while the #33 GC&SU men (7-8, 2-4 PBC) fell to the #19 Pirates (8-6, 4-2 PBC) in a tough 5-4 match.

The No. 19-ranked AASU men's squad dropped two of three doubles matches, but rebounded to win five of singles matches to improve to 6-3 on the season. Sophomore Roger Thiele picked up a No. 1 singles win over Fernando Gallegos, 6-4, 6-0, to lead the Pirates.

In the men’s match, AASU’s Achim Roth and Dale White defeated GC&SU’s James Gorin and Alex Beauregard 8-1 at No. 1 doubles, but the Bobcats picked up a pair of big wins in the other two matches to take a 2-1 lead heading into singles play. The Bobcat duo of Thomas Karlsson and Mikael Pettersson defeated Roger Thiele and Peter Morsley 8-4 at No. 2, while Chris McConnachie and Per Schartum-Hansen defeated AASU’s Caue Figuieredo and Michael Jezt 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.

In singles play, Gorin defeated Figuieredo 6-0;5-7;6-3 at No. 3, while Beauregard won his No. 6 match 7-5;6-2 over Morsley. The Pirates won at number one, four and five singles and all eyes turned to court one where GC&SU’s Mikael Pettersson and AASU’s Achim Roth split the first two sets and would have to decide the match in third set at No. 2 singles. Roth won the third set and the match 6-2;4-6;6-1.

In women’s play, the Bobcats looked to pull off an upset at No.1 doubles as GC&SU’s Julia Roudkovskaya and Annika Persson jumped out to a 6-3 lead over the #4 ranked AASU duo of Zsofia Golopencza and Michaela Kratochvilova, but the Pirates battled back to win the next five games to pull out the 8-6 victory. AASU’s Annamaria Forgacs and Laura Peaty defeated Karin Ramstrom and Jodie Lobsiger 8-1 at No.2, while Alejandra Aguilar and Laura Puch completed the doubles sweep for the Pirates at No. 3 with a 8-3 victory over Kremena Vassileva and Elizabeth Williams.

In singles play, GC&SU again seemed poised for an upset at No. 1 singles as Roudkovskaya, ranked #6 in NCAA Division II, took the first set from #1 ranked Golopencza 7-6, but the Pirate ace stormed back to take the next two sets 6-2;6-0 to win the match. The Bobcats lost all five remaining singles matches in straight sets in a 9-0 loss.

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Men: AASU 5, GC&SU 4

Singles
#1 – Roger Thiele (AASU) def. Thomas Karlsson (GC&SU) 6-2, 6-4
#2 – Achim Roth (AASU) def. Mikael Pettersson (GC&SU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
#3 – James Gorin (GC&SU) def. Caue Figueiredo (AASU) 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
#4 – Dale White (AASU) def. Chris McConnachie (GC&SU) 6-1, 6-2
#5 – Michael Jezt (AASU) def. Thomas Hemmestad (GC&SU) 6-2, 6-4
#6 – Alex Beauregard (GC&SU) def. Peter Morsley (AASU) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles
#1 – Roth/White (AASU) def. Gorin/Beauregard (GC&SU) 8-1
#2 – Karlsson/Pettersson (GC&SU) def. Morsley/Thiele (AASU) 8-4
#3 – McConnachie/Per Schartum-Hansen (GC&SU) def. Figueiredo/Jezt (AASU) 8-2
Records: AASU (8-6, 4-2 PBC), GC&SU (7-8, 2-4 PBC)

Women: AASU 9, GC&SU 0

Singles
#1 – Zsofi Golopencza (AASU) def. Julia Roudkovskaya (GC&SU) 6-7, 6-2, 6-0
#2 – Annamaria Forgacs (AASU) def. Annika Persson (GC&SU) 6-2, 6-3
#3 – Michaela Kratochvilova (AASU) def. Karim Ramstrom (GC&SU) 6-3, 6-4
#4 – Laura Peaty (AASU) def. Jodie Lobsiger (GC&SU) 6-2, 6-2
#5 – Laura Puch (AASU) def. Kremena Vassileva (GC&SU) 6-1, 6-1
#6 – Alejandra Aguilar (AASU) def. Elizabeth Williams (GC&SU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
#1 – Kratochvilova/Golopencza (AASU) def. Roudkovskaya/Persson (GC&SU) 8-6
#2 – Forgacs/Peaty (AASU) def. Ramstrom/Lobsiger (GC&SU) 8-1
#3 – Aguilar/Puch (AASU) def. Vassileva/Williams (GC&SU) 8-3
Records: AASU (14-2, 9-0 PBC), GC&SU (11-6, 5-3 PBC)