No. 3 AASU Leads No. 1 Lynn, 2-1, After Doubles

After the emotional roller coaster ride of the men's title match, the women's title tilt began at 2:30 p.m. with the Lady Pirates and Knights meeting for the second time this season.

In the first matchup in Boca Raton, AASU won all three doubles matches but watched Lynn win five of six singles matches for a 5-4 victory.

Today, the Lady Pirates took two of three doubles matches, and pushed Lynn to a tiebreaker in the third, to take a 2-1 lead heading into singles play.

Martina Beckmann and Alida Muller-Wehlau picked up an impressive 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles over Katerina Jiskrova and Eleonora Ianonozzi in a matchup of top-five ranked duos - Beckmann and Muller-Wehlau currently ranked No. 2 and Jiskrova and Iannozzi ranked No. 5. Gabriella Kovacs and Sona Novakova followed with an 8-5 win over Magdalena Ekert and Alisson Siaci at No. 2 doubles.

Tina Ronel and Kathleen Henry fell behind at No. 3 doubles, 6-3, but battled back to force a tiebreaker. Laynn's Jessica Yanoff and Tessie Salame picked up the win, 9-8 (7-1).

The Pirates need three singles wins to make it a sweep of the national championships today!