FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3-31-04

Men’s Tennis: No. 4 North Florida 6, No. 16 AASU 3
Women's Tennis: No. 2 AASU 9, No. 10 North Florida 0

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Two undefeated Peach Belt Conference tennis squads entered Wednesday’s dual match between Armstrong Atlantic State and North Florida, and both squads finished the day unbeaten as the No. 2-ranked AASU Lady Pirates blanked North Florida, 9-0, while the No. 4-ranked North Florida Ospreys downed the Pirates, 6-3.

The No. 2-ranked Lady Pirates completed an undefeated regular season in the Peach Belt Conference by blanking the No. 10-ranked Lady Ospreys, 9-0. AASU won all three doubles matches, then top-ranked singles player Zsofi Golopencza defeated No. 15-ranked Camila Sagae, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 1 singles to pace the Lady Pirates. Luisa Cowper, Dziyana Nazaruk, Caroline Grage, Manuela Emmrich and Laura Peaty also picked up singles wins as AASU finishes with a 10-0 PBC mark, the third time AASU has finished the PBC regular season unscathed in the last five years.

The No. 4-ranked North Florida men swept all three doubles matches, but the Pirates made things interesting in singles by winning the first three singles matches to tie the score up at 3-all. Roger Thiele upset No. 11-ranked Elliott Wood, 6-4, 7-6, at No. 3 singles, while Dale White defeated Damien DePolignac, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 4 singles and Jonas Askeland defeated Sheldon Simpson, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 5 singles. UNF would clinch the match, however, as Stephen Moros outlasted Achim Roth, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) at No. 1 singles and then Jose Terrera beat Peter Dedik, 6-4, 6-7, 7-1, at No. 2 singles. UNF finishes the spring season with an 8-0 league mark, clinching the regular season title.

The AASU men next play host to No. 7-ranked Barry on Friday, April 2, at 2:00 p.m.

Women: AASU 9, North Florida 0
Singles
#1 – Zsofi Golopencza (AASU) def. Camila Sagae (UNF) 7-5, 6-1
#2 – Luisa Cowper (AASU) def. Zhenya Barysheva (UNF) 6-1, 6-0
#3 – Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) def. Liliana Hung (UNF) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
#4 – Caroline Grage (AASU) def. Melody LeGoff (UNF) 6-2, 6-3
#5 – Manuela Emmrich (AASU) def. Julie Stoppelli (UNF) 6-3, 6-0
#6 – Laura Peaty (AASU) def. Melanie Eng (UNF) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
#1 – Golopencza/Peaty (AASU) def. Stoppelli/Hung (UNF) 8-3
#2 – Cowper/Nazaruk (AASU) def. LeGoff/Sagae (UNF) 8-4
#3 – Emmrich/Grage (AASU) def. Eng/Barysheva (UNF) 8-2
Records: AASU (18-0, 10-0 PBC), UNF (10-6, 5-3 PBC)

Men: North Florida 9, AASU 0
Singles
#1 – Stephen Moros (UNF) def. Achim Roth (AASU) 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11)
#2 – Jose Terrera (UNF) def. Peter Dedik (AASU) 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
#3 – Roger Thiele (AASU) def. Elliott Wood (UNF) 6-4, 7-6
#4 – Dale White (AASU) def. Damien DePolignac (UNF) 6-3, 6-0
#5 – Jonas Askeland (AASU) def. Sheldon Simpson (UNF) 7-5, 6-2
#6 – Leonardo Gomes (UNF) def. David Secker (AASU) 6-3, 7-6
Doubles
#1 – Wood/Gomez (UNF) def. Roth/White (AASU) 8-5
#2 – Berger/Moros (UNF) def. Offermann/Dedik (AASU) 8-4
#3 – Simpson/Terrera (UNF) def. Thiele/Secker (AASU) 8-4
Records: AASU (12-6, 4-4 PBC), UNF (17-1, 8-0 PBC)