No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic Defeats No. 33 ASU At NCAA Regionals
Web Posted: 5/7/04

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The No. 2-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State Lady Pirates remained unbeaten on the 2004 season with a 5-0 win over fellow Peach Belt Conference foe Augusta State in the first round of the 2004 DII Women's Tennis Mid-Atlantic Regional on Friday afternoon.

The Lady Pirates (25-0) opened up the match by sweeping all three doubles matches, dropping only four points in the process. The top-ranked doubles duo of Zsofi Golopencza and Laura Peaty defeated Ana Skafar and Norma Rovira, 8-1, at No. 1 doubles. Dziyana Nazaruk - playing for the first time since March 31 after returning from an injury - teamed with Luisa Cowper to defeat Ashley Abrams and Maria Zevallos, 8-1 at No. 2 doubles. Caroline Grage and Manuela Emmrich completed the doubles sweep with an 8-2 win over Patricia Lozano and Patricia Zurita at No. 3 doubles.

In singles play, the Pirates took quick wins from Emmrich at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-1 over Abrams and from Peaty at No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-1, over Lozano.

AASU advances to face GC&SU in the Mid-Atlantic Region championship match at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 8. AASU will be playing for its 10th straight trip to the NCAA's Round of 16, while the Bobcats will be trying to get back to the Round of 16 after last year's trip. AASU defeated the Bobcats, 9-0, in their only prior meeting this season.

2004 Mid-Atlantic Regional - First Round

AASU 5, Augusta State 0
Singles
#1 - Zsofi Golopencza (AASU) and Ana Skafar (ASU) did not finish
#2 - Luisa Cowper (AASU) and Patricia Zurita (ASU) did not finish
#3 - Caroline Grage (AASU) and Norma Rovira (ASU) did not finish
#4 - Dziyana Nazaruk (AASU) and Maria Zevallos (ASU) did not finish
#5 - Manuela Emmrich (AASU) def. Ashley Abrams (ASU) 6-0, 6-1
#6 - Laura Peaty (AASU) def. Patricia Lozano (ASU) 6-, 6-1
Doubles
#1 - Golopencza/Peaty (AASU) def. Rovira/Skafar (ASU) 8-1
#2 - Cowper/Nazaruk (AASU) def. Abrams/Zevallos (ASU) 8-1
#3 - Grage/Emmrich (AASU) def. Lozano/Zurita (ASU) 8-2
Records: AASU (25-0), Augusta State (12-9)