ASU Tennis Splits With Anderson College

Web Posted 3/5/03

Augusta State earned a split in its trip to Anderson College Wednesday afternoon.  The women’s tennis team used four singles match and two doubles match victories to defeat the Lady Trojans 6-3.  The Anderson College men’s team pulled out a pair of victories at the top three singles spots on its way to a 6-3 victory over Augusta State Wednesday afternoon at the Max Grubbs Memorial Courts. The victory improves Anderson to 6-0, while the Jaguars drop to 3-8.

Leading 2-1 after doubles, the Trojans got a three-set victory at No. 2 by Karan Doctor and survived two 7-5 first sets at No. 1 (Gabor Boczonadi) and No. 3 (Sid Sudhakar) to pull out a pair of straight set victories.

In doubles action the Trojans took two of three matches. Doctor and Sudhakar pulled out a 9-7 victory at No. 1 doubles over Zia Hai and Guillaume Payment.  ASU won in its doubles No. 3 match as Raul Intriago and Jackson Hubert defeated James Fitzgerald and Charl Botha. 

In women’s action Augusta State upped its record to 4-7 with its victory while Anderson falls to 1-7.  All five women’s single winners won in straight sets. 

Both teams return to action Saturday, March 8 as they face Limestone at 12:00 p.m. from the Newman Tennis Center in Augusta.

Men’s Singles

• Gabor Boczonadi (AC) defeated Raul Intriago (ASU), 7-5, 6-3

• Karan Doctor (AC) defeated Zia Hai (ASU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

• Sid Sudhakar (AC) defeated Guillaume Payment (ASU), 7-5, 6-3

• Olof Hallstrom (AC) defeated Mathieu Leblond (ASU), 6-3, 6-2

• Jackson Hubert (ASU) defeated Charl Botha (AC), 6-2, 4-6 (10-7)

• Mike Vandenabeele (ASU) defeated James Fitzgerald (AC), 6-1, 3-6 (10-5)
  
  Doubles

• Doctor/Sudhakar (AC) defeated Hai/Payment (ASU), 9-7

• Boczonadi/Hallstrom (AC) defeated Leblond/Vandenabeele (ASU), 8-2

• Intriago/Hubert (ASU) defeated Botha/Fitzgerald (AC), 8-4

Women’s Singles

• Ana Skafar (ASU) defeated Kimberly Newman (AC), 6-2, 6-2

• Patricia Zurita (ASU) defeated Katie Sexton (AC), 7-5, 6-2

• Hayley Bakker (ASU) defeated Stephanie Ponder (AC), 6-0, 6-0

• Shelley Davis (AC) defeated Patricia Lozano (ASU) (AC), 7-5, 2-6 (10-4)

• Melissa Bruzzese (ASU) defeated Ria Wright (AC) 6-2, 6-1

• Kristen Lambert (AC) by default
  
  Doubles

• Bakker/Zurita (ASU) defeated Ponder/Davis (AC), 8-1

• Skafar/Lozano (ASU) defeated Newman/Lambert (AC), 8-3

• Sexton/Wright (AC) by default