Both Tennis Teams Falls 6-3 to Armstrong Atlantic

Men fall to 5-1, women 4-1

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Armstrong Atlantic claimed two doubles matches and four singles matches in both men's and women's tennis action to defeat Valdosta State 6-3 at the AASU Tennis Complex Sunday afternoon.

In men's play, Paul Bishop and Mikk Irdoja opened the scoring with an 8-2 victory over Joerg Ekkenga and Leos Jelinek at No. 1 doubles while the Blazers' Daniel Dueren and Michael Kuech defeated Rafael Array and Edualdo Bonet 8-6 at No. 2. Paul Fitzgerald and Tim Johannsen closed out doubles with a 9-8 (7-2) victory over Florian Halb and Otto Lenhart at No. 3.

Bonet opened singles play with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Dueren at No. 1 before Halb got VSU (5-1) back to within one with a 0-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Bishop at No. 2. Irdoja overcame Ekkenga 6-3, 7-5 at No. 3, but Jelinek defeated Array 6-0, 7-5 at No. 4 to once again cut the Pirate lead to one.

Paul Fitzgerald defeated Ben Cattan 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 for the deciding point while Johannsen closed ou the match with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Kuech at No. 6.

On the women's side, Martina Beckmann and Alida Muller-Wehlau opened the scoring with an 8-1 victory over Dominique Rothlaender and Tina Trautmann at No. 1 doubles while Gabriella Kovacs and Sona Novakova defeated Raphaelle Durante and Karine Redon 8-6 at No. 2. The Lady Blazers%u2019 Kristel de Groot and Natali Gumbrecht closed out doubles with an 8-3 victory over Kathleen Henry and Tina Ronel at No. 3.

Novakova opened singles play with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Rothlaender at No. 1 before Gumbrecht got VSU (4-1) back to within one with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Muller-Wehlau at No. 2. Kovacs overcame Durante 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 at No. 3, but Trautmann defeated Beckmann 6-3, 7-5 at No. 4 to once again cut the Lady Pirate lead to one.

Ronel defeated de Groot 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 for the deciding point while Alisa Kagukina closed out the match with a 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 victory over Redon at No. 6.

Valdosta State returns to action Friday, March 13 when it faces Lynn at the VSU Tennis Courts.

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