May 3, 2007
Savannah, GA - Armstrong Atlantic State University, the Region's No. 2 ranked team, defeated Fayetteville State University, the CIAA Champions, 5-0 in the first round of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Regional Thursday, morning, May 3rd. AASU (26-0) won all three doubles matches over the Lady Broncos by identical scores of 8-0. The Lady Pirates clinch the match when Dziyana Nazaruk defeated FSU's Constance Lee 6-0, 6-2 at the No. 2 singles and Martina Beckman picked up the win over Arie Bennett at the No. 6 singles 6-0, 6-0.
Ines Nieves, the CIAA Player of the Year, winning streak was ended at 26 by Johanna Dahlback 6-0, 3-0 (match stopped - clinch).
Doubles Results
1. Johanna Dahlback/Martina Beckman (ASSU) def Ines Nieves/Lejacquelyn Artis (FSU) 8-0
2. Sofia Haggstrom/Gabrielle Kovacs (AASU) def Constance Lee/Shayla Watson (FSU) 8-0
3. Alisa Kagukina/Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) def Arie Bennett/Contessa Sanchez (FSU) 8-0
Singles Results
1. Johanna Dahlback (AASU) led Ines Nieves (FSU) 6-0, 3-0, match stopped, clinch
2. Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) def Constance Lee (FSU) 6-0, 6-2
3. Gabriella Kovacs (AASU) led LeJacquelyn Artis (FSU) 6-1, 4-0, match stopped, clinch
4. Sofia Haggstrom (AASU) led Shayla Watson (FSU) 6-1, match stopped, clinch
5. Alisa Kagukina (AASU) led Contessa Sanchez (FSU) 6-1, 3-0, match stopped, clinch
6. Martina Beckman (AASU) def Arie Bennett (FSU) 6-0, 6-0
Record:
ASSU 26-0 FSU 19-5
