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Men’s Tennis: No. 13 AASU 5, No. 24 St. Edward's 4
Women's Tennis: No. 2 AASU 9, Ouachita Baptist 0

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Armstrong Atlantic State tennis squads wrapped up action in the 2005 White Sands Invitational in Pensacola, Fla., with wins on Sunday morning.

The No. 13-ranked Pirates won their third straight match by edging No. 24-ranked St. Edward's, 5-4. AASU picked up two doubles wins as Robert Jendelund and Dale White outlasted Kendall Smashey and Mario Quintero, 9-7, at No. 1 doubles, while Taavo Roos and Jeremy Mastnak downed Kenton Venhuizen and Walter Valarezo, 8-5, at No. 3 doubles. The Pirates then clinched the match with singles wins from Peter Dedik, Davor Zink and David Secker.

The No. 2-ranked Lady Pirates completed a perfect stay in Pensacola by blanking a short-handed Ouachita Baptist squad, 9-0. AASU gave up just eight games in singles in the five contested matches - OBU played without a sixth player, giving the Pirates forfeited matches at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles.

The Lady Pirates return to action on Tuesday, April 5, as they host Clayton State in a rain-makeup at 2:00 p.m.

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Men's Tennis: AASU 5, St. Edward's 4

Singles
1. Kendall Smashey (SEU) def. Robert Jendelund (AASU), 6-4, 6-0
2. Mario Quintero (SEU) def. Dale White (AASU), 6-3, 7-5
3. Peter Dedik (AASU) def. Tyler Lyon (SEU), 6-1, 6-1
4. Davor Zink (AASU) def. Walter Valarezo (SEU), 6-1, 7-5
5. Simon Boyce (SEU) def. Jeremy Mastnak (AASU), 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
6. David Secker (AASU) def. Jorge Jimenez (SEU) 6-0, 6-4

Doubles
1. Jendelund/White (AASU) def. Smashey/Quintero (SEU), 9-7
2. Boyce/Lyon (SEU) def. Dedik/Zink (AASU), 8-6
3. Mastnak/Taavo Roos (AASU) def. Kenton Venhuizen/Valarezo (SEU), 8-5
Records: AASU (13-6), St. Edward's (12-6)

Women's Tennis: AASU 9, Ouachita Baptist 0

Singles
1. Luisa Cowper (AASU) def. Inga Ziemina (OBU), 6-0, 6-4
2. Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) def. Sabine Mekel (OBU), 6-2, 6-0
3. Caroline Grage (AASU) def. Christy Gatzki (OBU), 6-1, 6-0
4. Laura Peaty (AASU) def. Whitney Noschell (OBU), 6-0, 6-0
5. Sofia Haggstrom (AASU) def. Monica Modesto (OBU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Kristen Kelly (AASU) won by default

Doubles
1. Cowper/Peaty (AASU) def. Ziemina/Mekel (OBU), 8-2
2. Emmrich/Grage (AASU) def. Gatzki/Noschell (OBU), 8-2
3. Dahlback/Nazaruk (AASU) won by default
Records: AASU (17-0)