FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5-4-03
2003 Mid-Atlantic Regional Final: No. 6 AASU 5, No. 9 North Florida 0
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The No.
6-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State Lady Pirates are headed to the
NCAA Division II Women's Tennis finals for the ninth consecutive
season after defeating No. 9-ranked North Florida, 5-0, on Sunday
afternoon at the AASU Tennis Complex.
The Lady Pirates (21-6) won all three doubles matches to take a commanding 3-0 lead. The No. 6-ranked doubles duo of Zsofi Golopencza and Laura Peaty knocked off Liliana Luin Hung and Camila Sagae, 8-4, at No. 1 doubles, while Manuela Emmrich and Caroline Grage defeated Erika Hirth and Allison Davidson, 8-4, at No. 2 doubles. Alejandra Aguilar and Gemma Vaughan completed the doubles sweep with an 8-5 win over Melody Le Goff and Julie Stoppelli at No. 3 doubles.
AASU then clinched the match with straight-set singles wins by Caroline Grage, 6-2, 6-1, over Erika Hirth at No. 4 singles and top-ranked Zsofi Golopencza, 6-2, 6-2, over Camila Sagae at No. 1 singles. North Florida finishes its season at 12-11.
The Lady Pirates will now advance to Altamonte Springs, Fla., on May 8-11 for the finals. AASU advanced to the NCAA DII Championship Final last season, its seventh finals appearance in school history, and lost to BYU-Hawaii, 5-1. BYU-Hawaii will be AASU's first-round opponent in the round of 16 at the Finals and the two teams played a close 5-4 match earlier this season in the White Sands Invitational in Pensacola, Fla., back on April 3.
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2003 Mid-Atlantic Regional - Championship Match
AASU 5, North Florida 0
Singles
#1 - Zsofi Golopencza (AASU) def. Camila Sagae (UNF) 6-2, 6-2
#2 - Manuela Emmrich (AASU) led Allison Davidson (UNF) 6-3, 4-3,
match stopped, clinched
#3 - Laura Peaty (AASU) led Liliana Liun Hung (UNF) 6-1, 3-3,
match stopped, clinched
#4 - Caroline Grage (AASU) def. Erika Hirth (UNF) 6-2, 6-1
#5 - Gemma Vaughan (AASU) led Melody Le Goff (UNF) 6-3, 5-0,
match stopped, clinched
#6 - Alejandra Aguilar (AASU) led Elizabeth Rodgers (UNF) 6-2,
3-1, match stopped, clinched
Doubles
#1 - Golopencza/Peaty (AASU) def. Hung/Sagae (UNF) 8-4
#2 - Emmrich/Grage (AASU) def. Hirth/Davidson (UNF) 8-4
#3 - Aguilar/Vaughan (AASU) def. Le Goff/Stoppelli (UNF) 8-5
Records: AASU (21-6), UNF (12-11)