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Men’s Tennis: No. 6 (NAIA) Freed-Hardeman 5, No. 9 AASU 4
Women's Tennis: No. 1 AASU 8, No. 9 (NAIA) Freed-Hardeman 1

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Armstrong Atlantic State split a dual match on Friday afternoon with top 10 NAIA foe Freed-Hardeman at Bacon Park. The top-ranked Lady Pirates defeated the Lady Lions, 8-1, while the Lions knocked off the Pirates, 5-4, in men's action.

The defending DII national champion Lady Pirates stretched their current match winning streak to 44 by sweeping all three doubles matches and picking up wins in five of six singles matches. Luisa Cowper, Iuliia Stupak, Dziyana Nazaruk, Caroline Grage and Kristen Kelly all picked up singles wins for the Pirates.

The Pirate men struggled in doubles play, losing two of three matches and getting their only win when Paul Bishop and David Secker rallied from 6-1 down to defeat Ivan Besancon and Lukas Hanak, 9-7, at No. 2 doubles. AASU then could only manage three singles wins as Davor Zink won two tiebreaks to defeat Francisco Redondo, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) at No. 1 singles, while Paul Bishop picked up a three-set win over Besancon at No. 2 singles and Secker won in straight sets over Bryan Ly at No. 5 singles.

AASU returns to action on Saturday with a dual match against Florida Gulf Coast at 1:00 p.m. at Bacon Park..

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Women's Tennis: No. 1 AASU 8, No. 9 (NAIA) Freed-Hardeman 1

Singles
1. Luisa Cowper (AASU) def. Marie-France Lord Andrade (FH) 6-1, 6-2
2. Iuliia Stupak (AASU) def. Ayda Ardila (FH) 6-3, 6-4
3. Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) def. Dasha Halynova (FH) 6-3, 6-1
4. Natalia Yanes (FH) def. Johanna Dahlback (AASU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Caroline Grage (AASU) def. Petra Kostelnikora (FH) 7-6 (8), 6-0
6. Kristen Kelly (AASU) def. Roxane Alt (FH) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1. Cowper/Stupak (AASU) def. Ardila/Yanes (FH) 8-5
2. Emmrich/Grage (AASU) def. Halynova/Kostelnikora (FH) 8-3
3. Dahlback/Nazaruk (AASU) def. Andrade/Alt (FH) 8-2
Records: AASU (14-0), Freed-Hardman (8-4)

Men's Tennis: No. 6 (NAIA) Freed-Hardeman 5, No. 9 AASU 4

Singles
1. Davor Zink (AASU) def. Francisco Redondo (FH) 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
2. Paul Bishop (AASU) def. Ivan Besancon (FH) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2
3. Bruno Andrade (FH) def. Robert Jendelund (AASU) 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-1
4. Lukas Hanak (FH) def. Taavo Roos (AASU) 7-5, 6-0
5. David Secker (AASU) def. Brian Ly (FH) 6-4, 6-4
6. Everton Silva (FH) def. Kevin Sijmons (AASU) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
1. Andrade/Silva (FH) def. Jendelund/Roos (AASU) 8-6
2. Bishop/Secker (AASU) def. Besancon/Hanak (FH) 9-7
3. Redondo/Ly (FH) def. Cristian Easton/Zink (AASU) 9-7
Records: AASU (10-4), Freed-Hardeman (11-1)