FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 3-28-02

Men's Tennis: No. 31 Kutztown 5, No. 19 AASU 4
Women's Tennis: No. 1 Armstrong Atlantic State 9, Kutztown 0

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Armstrong Atlantic State tennis teams split a non-conference dual match with Kutztown on Thursday afternoon as the top-ranked women defeated the Golden Bears, 9-0, but the No. 31-ranked Kutztown men downed the No. 19-ranked AASU men, 5-4.

The top-ranked AASU women continued their roll through DII competition by dropping just six games total in the 9-0 victory.

The No. 19-ranked men won two of three doubles matches, but could manage only two singles wins by freshmen Dale White and Achim Roth against the Golden Bears.

The AASU men are next in action on Saturday, March 30 as they travel to Greenwood, S.C., to face the No. 9-ranked Lander Senators at 2:00 p.m.

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Men: Kutztown 5, AASU 4

Singles
#1 – Dale White (AASU) def. Mukundan Nandakumar (KU) 4-6, 7-5, (7-4)
#2 – Johannes Wingerter (KU) def. Roger Thiele (AASU) 6-2, 6-4
#3 – Achim Roth (AASU) def. Alok Bhide (KU) 7-5, 7-5
#4 – Velmurugan Annamalai (KU) def. Caue Figueiredo (AASU) 6-2, 6-3
#5 – Gustavo Boratto (KU) def. Michael Jezt (AASU) 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
#6 – Guillermo Ramos (KU) def. John Stone (AASU) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
#1 – Roth/White (AASU) def. Wingerter/Nandakumar (KU) 8-6
#2 – Morsley/Thiele (AASU) def. Boratto/Annamalai (KU) 8-5
#3 – Bhide/Andreas Ravn (KU) def. Figueiredo/Jezt (AASU) 8-1
Records: AASU (8-9)

Women: AASU 9, Kutztown 0

Singles
#1 – Michaela Kratochvilova (AASU) def. Tara Moore (KU) 6-0, 6-0
#2 – Annamaria Forgacs (AASU) def. Katie Rohrbach (KU) 6-0, 6-1
#3 – Laura Peaty (AASU) def. Jolie Falkowski (KU) 6-0, 6-0
#4 – Gemma Vaughan (AASU) def. Anjuanita Lazur (KU) 6-2, 6-0
#5 – Laura Puch (AASU) def. Anne Miller (KU) 6-0, 6-1
#6 – Alejandra Aguilar (AASU) def. Kate Spangler (KU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
#1 – Kratochvilova/Golopencza (AASU) def. Moore/Rohrbach (KU) 8-0
#2 – Forgacs/Peaty (AASU) def. Falkowski/Lazur (KU) 8-0
#3 – Aguilar/Puch (AASU) def. Miller/Spangler (KU) 8-0
Records: AASU (16-2)