FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4-18-03

Men’s Tennis: No. 8 USC Spartanburg 5, No. 14 AASU 1
Women's Tennis: No. 5 AASU 5, No. 10 North Florida 1

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The No. 5-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State women's tennis team advanced to Saturday's Peach Belt Conference final with a 5-1 win over host North Florida on Friday afternoon, while the men's tennis team lost to top-seeded USC Spartanburg, 5-1, in the PBC semifinals.

The AASU women won all three doubles matches, then got singles wins from Zsofi Golopencza and Gemma Vaughan to clinch the match and advance to Saturday's final against No. 1 seed Georgia College & State University. GC&SU won the regular season matchup between the two teams, 8-1.

The Rifle men remained undefeated on the season with the 5-1 win over the Pirates. Achim Roth and Dale White picked up the Pirates' only point with an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles. AASU will face Lander in the third-place match on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.

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Men: USC Spartanburg 5, AASU 1

Singles
#2 - Diego Sist (USCS) def. David Secker 6-4, 6-4
#3 - Ben Ureta (USCS) def. Dale White 6-3, 6-4
#5 - David Gustafsson (USCS) def. Jonas Askeland 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
#1 - Roth/White (AASU) def. Muchinda/Sist 8-6
#2 - Ureta/Mandour (USCS) def. Offerman/Thiele 8-6
#3 - Gustaffson/Castro (USCS) def. Askeland/Secker 8-4
Records: AASU (11-10)

Women: AASU 5, North Florida 1

Singles
#1 - Zsofi Golopencza (AASU) def. Camila Sagae 6-0, 6-3
#5 - Gemma Vaughan (AASU) def. Melody Le Goff 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
#6 - Elizabeth Rodgers (UNF) def. Alejandra Aguilar 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
#1 - Galopencza/Peaty (AASU) def. Sagae/Hung 8-5
#2 - Grage/Emmrich (AASU) def. Davidson/Hirth 8-6
#3 - Aguilar/Vaughan (AASU) def. Le Goff/Rodgers 8-3
Records: AASU (19-5)