AIKEN,
S.C.-- USC Aiken’s women’s tennis
team defeated 27th ranked Augusta State University, 5-4, today at the USC Aiken
Tennis Complex in Aiken, S.C. The Lady Pacers, the 40th ranked team in NCAA
Division II, improve to 8-9 overall and 3-6 in Peach Belt Conference play. The
Lady Jaguars drop to 8-7 in 2004 and 2-7 in the PBC.USCA got off to a good start by winning two of the three doubles matches. Dominique Cassetori and Elly Toth downed Maria Zevallos and Ashley Abrams, 8-1, in the number two doubles match. In the number three doubles match, Otavia Bastos and Nicole Copp beat the ASU team of Patricia Lozano and Patricia Zurita, 8-3. ASU picked up a doubles win in the number one doubles match, as Ana Skafar and Norma Rovira teamed up to defeat Mayra Kaefer and Monica Budnichuk 8-2.
The two teams split the six singles matches. USCA's Copp, Toth and Bastos picked up wins in the number three, four and five spots. Cassetori fell in three sets to Zurita in the number two singles match, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-2. ASU's Skafar and Lozano each picked up a singles win in straight sets.