FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4-8-06

Women's Tennis: No. 1 AASU 5, No. 1 (NAIA) Auburn-Montgomery 4

Release Courtesy of Auburn Montgomery Sports Information

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – It was billed as a clash of the small college titans and it was every bit of that and more as the defending NCAA Division II national champion, and still undefeated, Armstrong Atlantic State University women’s tennis defeated the Lady Senators 5-4.

The match was exciting as five of the six singles matches went three sets, and the difference was the two wins AASU picked up in doubles. The doubles team of Luisa Cowper and Iuliia Stupak defeated AUM’s Nadia Lysak and Yudeshnee Pillay 8-0 to start the match off. AUM’s Kamila Dadakhodjaeva and Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika won 8-3 at two doubles, and Dziyana Nazaruk and Johanna Dahlback of AASU came back from 5-2 down at three doubles to win 8-6.

In singles, No. 3-ranked Luisa Cowper blasted No. 20-ranked NAIA Nadia Lysak, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 1 singles, while No. 8-ranked Dziyana Nazaruk knocked off No. 8-ranked NAIA Khade Berthe, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, at No. 3 singles. Manuela Emmrich picked up the third singles win with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over No. 37 NAIA Nathalie Sienkob.

AASU’s record moves to 21-0 on the season, while AUM falls to 22-1. It is the first loss in over 50 matches for AUM, who had not lost since Lynn University beat then in the 2004 season, while AASU extends its current match win streak to 51.

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Women's Tennis: No. 1 AASU 5, No. 1 (NAIA) Auburn-Montgomery 4

Singles
#1 Luisa Cowper (AASU) def. Nadia Lysak (AUM); 6-1, 6-1
#2 Kamila Dadakhodjaeva (AUM) def. Iuliia Stupak (AASU); 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
#3 Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) def. Khade Berthe (AUM); 2-6, 7-6, 6-4
#4 Aina Rafolomanantsiatosika (AUM) def. Johanna Dahlback (AASU); 3-6,
7-6, 6-3
#5 Manuela Emmrich (AASU) def. Nathalie Sienkob (AUM); 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
#6 Yudeshnee Pillay (AUM) def. Caroline Grage (AASU); 1-6, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
#1 Cowper/Stupak (AASU) def. Lysak/Pillay (AUM); 8-0
#2 Dadakhodjaeva/Rafolomanantsiatosika (AUM) def. Grage/Emmrich (AASU); 8-3
#3 Nazaruk/Dahlback (AASU) def. Berthe/Sienkob (AUM); 8-6
Records: AASU (21-0), Auburn-Montgomery (22-1)