FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5-5-06
2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship: No. 1 AASU 5, No. 11 Francis Marion 0
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Defending NCAA
DII women's tennis champion Armstrong Atlantic State punched its
ticket to Kansas City with a 5-0 win over No. 11 Francis Marion
on Friday morning, advancing out of the Mid-Atlantic Regional to
the NCAA's Round of 16. The win was the 57th consecutive victory
for the Lady Pirates, who have now made 12 straight appearances
in the Round of 16.
AASU (27-0) picked up three doubles wins as Luisa Cowper and Iuliia Stupak defeated Jenny Ludwig and Kamini Murugaboopathy, 8-1, at No. 1 doubles, while Manuela Emmrich and Caroline Grage defeated Sarka Vitkova and Magda Jezovicova, 8-3, at No. 2 doubles. Johanna Dahlback and Dziyana Nazaruk finished the doubles sweep with an 8-1 win over Elizabeth Lee and Maria Covell at No. 3 doubles.
Cowper, the No. 2-ranked singles player in the nation, remained unbeaten in singles this spring with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Vitkova at No. 1 singles. Grage then clinched the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Sarah Hickman at No. 6 singles.
The Lady Pirates will face the winner of the Valdosta State/North Alabama match in first-round action in Kansas City on Wednesday, May 10.
- Pirates -
2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional - Championship
AASU 5, Francis Marion 0
Singles
#1 - Luisa Cowper (AASU) def. Sarka Vitkova (FMU) 6-0, 6-0
#2 - Iuliia Stupak (AASU) led Jenny Ludwig (FMU) 6-0, 4-1, match
stopped, clinched
#3 - Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) led Kamini Murugaboopathy (FMU) 6-3,
3-1, match stopped, clinched
#4 - Johanna Dahlback (AASU) led Magda Jezovicova (FMU) 6-0, 2-0,
match stopped, clinched
#5 - Manuela Emmrich (AASU) led Elizabeth Lee (FMU) 6-1, 4-1,
match stopped, clinched
#6 - Caroline Grage (AASU) def. Sarah Hickman (FMU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
#1 - Cowper/Stupak (AASU) def. Ludwig/Murugaboopathy
(FMU) 8-1
#2 - Emmrich/Grage (AASU) def. Jezovicova/Vitkova (FMU) 8-3
#3 - Dahlback/Nazaruk (AASU) def. Lee/Maria Covell (FMU) 8-1
Records: AASU (27-0), Francis Marion (20-6)