FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2-12-00

Women's Tennis: AASU 9, Lander 0;
AASU 9, Clayton College & State 0

SAVANNAH, Ga.. – The No. 3-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State women's team swept two Peach Belt Athletic Conference matches on Saturday afternoon, defeating Lander University and Clayton College & State by 9-0 scores.

AASU defeated Lander, dropping just one set in the dual match. Stephanie Kovacic defeated Lander's Susan Zilahi, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles for the Pirates.

Against a short-handed Clayton College & State squad, the Pirates did not drop a set in blanking the Lady Lakers. Clayton C&SU - playing with just four girls - had to default the 5 and 6 singles spots and the 3 doubles spot.

The AASU men's and women's tennis teams take on West Florida on Friday, Feb. 18, in Tifton, Ga., in their next action.

- Pirates -

AASU 9, Lander 0

Singles
#1 – Stephanie Kovacic (AASU) def. Susan Zilahi (LU) 6-1, 6-3
#2 – Michaela Kratochvilova (AASU) def. Ana Teixeira (LU) 6-1, 6-0
#3 – Petra Schemm (AASU) def. Windy Ellenberg (LU) 6-2, 6-0
#4 – Marie-Claude Ostiguy (AASU) def. Jackie Knapp (LU) 6-0, 6-0
#5 – Aitana Vargas (AASU) def. Gayle Sutherland (LU) 6-3, 6-4
#6 – Josephine Grube (AASU) def. Chrissy Smith (LU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

Doubles
#1 – Kovacic/Kratochvilova (AASU) def. Zilahi/Teixeira (LU) 8-0
#2 – Schemm/Ostiguy (AASU) def. Ellenberg/Knapp (LU) 8-1
#3 – Vargas/Grube (AASU) def. Sutherland/Smith (LU) 8-0

AASU 9, Clayton College & State 0

Singles
#1 – Stephanie Kovacic (AASU) def. Tatiana Semenova (CCSU) 6-1, 6-0
#2 – Michaela Kratochvilova (AASU) def. Leah Brownell (CCSU) 6-1, 6-1
#3 – Marie-Claude Ostiguy (AASU) def. Maria Zurita (CCSU) 6-0, 6-1
#4 – Aitana Vargas (AASU) def. Tako Masiane (CCSU) 6-2, 6-3
#5 – Josephine Grube (AASU) won by default
#6 – Petra Schemm (AASU) won by default

Doubles
#1 – Kovacic/Kratochvilova (AASU) def. Semenova/Brownell (CCSU) 8-3
#2 – Ostiguy/Schemm (AASU) def. Zurita/Masiane (CCSU) 8-1
#3 – Vargas/Grube (AASU) won by default

Records: AASU (2-2)