FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 4-12-01

Women's Tennis: Rollins 6, Armstrong Atlantic State 3

WINTER PARK, Fla. – The No. 8-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State women's tennis team had its four-match win streak snapped by No. 4-ranked Rollins College, 6-3, on Thursday afternoon in Winter Park, Fla.

Zsofi Golopencza and Michaela Kratochvilova, the No. 3-ranked doubles team in the nation, picked up an 8-5 doubles win over Anzela Zguna and Vanessa Caddick, the No. 6-ranked doubles team, but Rollins won the other two doubles matches. In singles, the No. 9-ranked Kratochvilova defeated the No. 31-ranked Carla Prieto, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 2 singles, while Carolyn Ward defeated Catherine Picton at No. 6 singles, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. At No. 1 singles, the top-ranked singles player in the country, Rollins' Zguna, avenged an earlier loss to Golopencza with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win.

AASU returns to action on Friday, April 13 as it travels to Barry University for a 2:00 p.m. matchup with the No. 6-ranked Lady Bucs.

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Women: Rollins 6, AASU 3

Singles
#1 – Anzela Zguna (RC) def. Zsofi Golopencza (AASU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#2 – Michaela Kratochvilova (AASU) def. Carla Prieto (RC) 6-2, 6-3
#3 – Vanessa Caddick (RC) def. Laura Puch (AASU) 6-4, 6-2
#4 – Jenna Lavina (RC) def. Danijela Mijic (AASU) 6-1, 6-0
#5 – Jessica Neibauer (RC) def. Alejandra Aguilar (AASU) 6-4, 6-4
#6 – Carolyn Ward (AASU) def. Catherine Picton (RC) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
#1 – Kratochvilova/Golopencza (AASU) def. Zguna/Caddick (RC) 8-5
#2 – Lavina/Neibauer (RC) def. Puch/Ward (AASU) 8-6
#3 – Prieto/Oppenheim (RC) def. Aguilar/Mijic (AASU) 8-4
Records: AASU (15-4), RC (15-4)