FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3-26-04

Men's Tennis: No. 16 AASU 5, No. 15 Northwood (MI) 0

GREENWOOD, S.C. – The No. 16-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State men's tennis team defeated No. 15 Northwood, 5-0, on Friday afternoon in Greenwood, S.C.

The Pirates swept all three doubles matches against the Timberwolves. No. 5-ranked Achim Roth and Dale White defeated No. 10-ranked Florian Bachnick and Marcus Blumberg, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles, while Peter Dedik and Tim Offermann defeated Christian Thiemann and Gerrit Lotz, 9-7, and Roger Thiele and David Secker defeated Bastien Labarta and Marcel Galik, 8-2.

Lotz could not continue with his No. 6 singles match against Offermann, so the Pirates needed just one more singles win to clinch the match. Jonas Askeland defeated Bastien Laberta, 6-1, 6-0, to move the Pirates to 12-4 on the season.

AASU will now take on No. 9 Lander on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

- Pirates -

Men: AASU 5, Northwood 0

Singles
1. Achim Roth (AASU) vs. Florian Bachnick (NU) 1-6, 6-3, 1-1, unfinished
2. Peter Dedik (AASU) vs. Marcus Blumberg (NU) 6-5, unfinished
3. Dale White (AASU) vs. Christian Thiemann (NU) 3-6, 3-4, unfinished
4. Jonas Askeland (AASU) def. Bastien Labarta (NU) 6-1, 6-0
5. David Secker (AASU) vs. Marcel Galik (NU) 4-6, 1-2, unfinished
6. Tim Offermann (AASU) def. Gerrit Lotz (NU), walkover

Doubles
1. Dale White/Achim Roth (AASU) def. Florian Bachnick/Marcus Blumberg (NU) 8-4
2. Peter Dedik/Tim Offermann (AASU) def. Christian Thiemann/Gerrit Lotz (NU) 9-7
3. Roger Thiele/David Secker (AASU) def. Bastien Labarta/Marcel Galik (NU) 8-4
Records: AASU (12-4), Northwood (6-4)