Locorotonto and Georgi Yordanov, 8-1, at No. 2 doubles. No. 4-ranked Patric Guenther and Petr Michnev of HPU upset top-rankedGeorgi Rumenov and Mikk Irdoja, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles - handing the Pirates’ duo only their second loss of the season, with the first coming to the same team back in March. Needing three singles wins, the Pirates got a quick 6-2, 6-2 win by No. 3-ranked Bonet over No. 37-ranked Yordanov at No. 2 singles, while No. 12 Mydla followed with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Moretti at No. 4 singles. No. 28-ranked Lalic finished off the match with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Locorotondo at No. 5 singles.
with three straight games to take the set and seal the victory.
NCAA Tournament: Pirates Blank Lynn, 5-0, To Advance To Championship Match (5/18/12) LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The No. 1-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State University men’s tennis team blanked No. 3 Lynn, 5-0, on Friday afternoon to advance to the NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Championship Match at the Top Gun Tennis Academy in Louisville, Ky.
The Pirates (29-0) will play for their third NCAA Division II championship, taking on No. 2 West Florida - a 5-0 winner over Augusta State in the other semifinal match - at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Armstrong captured back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2009 and join the Pirate women in playing for a title tomorrow. Lynn ends its season 22-4.
In the regular season, Armstrong won a 9-0 matchup with Lynn on March 2nd in Savannah.
NCAA Tournament: Jags claim epic match over Grand Canyon, 5-4
(5/18/12) AUGUSTA, Ga. - Augusta State senior Henrique Boturao rallied for a three-set victory at No. 2 singles early Friday morning to clinch a 5-4 Jaguar victory and the send ASU to its first-ever Final Four appearance at the NCAA Championships at EP Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky.
Armstrong got off to a quick start in doubles for the first time in the Round of 16. Top-ranked Mikk Irdoja and Georgi Rumenov rebounded from just their second loss of the season with an 8-2 victory over No. 3-ranked Vlad Cirla and Willi Wolfer at No. 1 doubles. No. 17-ranked Sven Lalic and Pedro Scocuglia followed with an 8-4 victory over Max Kouyate and AmWith the victory, the Jaguars registered their schoolrecord 19th victory of the season and advance to take aury Van Haelen at No. 2 singles, then Eudaldo Bonet and Matus Mydlafollowed with an 8-5 victory over on West Florida in the National Semifinals this afterAlessio Iannozzi and Luca Pavanelli at No. 3 doubles. noon at 2:00 p.m. The Jaguars, who entered the postseason ranked No. 21 in the nation, claimed two of three doubles matches to grab a 2-1 lead. Team Victor (Cabellos and Guimaraes) won 8-4 at No. singles for ASU and the Jags’ No. 3 team of Jan Labas and Jenner Stevenson also claimed at 8-4 victory.
The Pirates then won the first set in all six singles matches to get a huge leg up in the match. Daniel Regan closed out No. 6 singles with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Van Haelen, then No. 4-ranked Irdoja - the only member of the Pirates who played in the 2009 title
Guimaraes then gave the Jags a 3-1 lead with a straight-sets win at No. 5 singles (6-1, 6-2). Labas put ASU in position to clinch the match with a 7-5, 7-5 victory at No. 4 singles. Grand Canyon, ranked No. 9 the nation, countered with wins at No. 3 singles and No. 1 singles to force a 4-all tie before the match was suspended last night due to darkness. Boturao won the first set, 7-6 (8-6), before GC’s Frederic Schoelzel took the second set 6-1. In the third set, Boturao actually trailed 4-3 before responding
Armstrong’s Matus Mydla (l) and Eudaldo Bonet (r) 128