Women’s Tennis
and Michelle Lingner.
was the Southeast Region bracket two final and took place at the Mary V. Blackmon Tennis Center on the campus of CSU.
In singles play, Sandra Jung was on top of her game wearing down Lingner at sixth singles. The freshman did not lose a game in the entire match as she defeat- “I’m so proud of these girls today”, said CSU tennis ed Linger 6-0, 6-0. In the clinching match, Redrado coach Evan Isaacs. “They have been so focused on took down Pridgeon 6-2, 6-0 at fifth singles. this goal this year and they have worked their tails off to achieve it.” Tenth-ranked Cigui, 49th ranked Weikard and Jokic all won the first set in their matches while Tomic was up With the victory, the Lady Cougars improve to 27-2 5-4 in the first set against Setyon-Ortenzio at second setting a new school record for wins in a season. It will singles. also be the fourth that CSU has advance to the Round of 16 with the last coming in 2006.
NCAA Tournament: Flagler Knocks Off Columbus State was once again dominant in doubles Erskine, 5-1 (4/30/12) SAVANNAH, Ga. - The No. 25-ranked Flagler College women’s tennis team advanced at the NCAA Southeast Regional with a 5-1 victory over No. 37 Erskine on Monday at Bacon Park in Savannah, Ga. The fifth-seeded Saints (10-9) advance to Tuesday’s region final against No. 3-ranked and host Armstrong at 10:00 a.m. The match is a rematch of last year’s Southeast Region final and the winner advances to the Round of 16 in Louisville, Ky., as a part of the DII Spring Sports Festival on May 16-19.
play sweeping all three matches. Andrea Redrado and Renata Paiva got CSU on the board first at third doubles. The duo was in control the entire match as they defeated Kerry Hall and Kimberley Hurter 8-2. Just a few minutes later, Paola Cigui and Milica Tomic finished off seventh-ranked Mona Blauen and Jitka Gavdunova 8-3 Columbus State’s Paola Cigui at first doubles. After a tough few games at second doubles, Carolin Weikard and Olivera Jokic turned it on winning the final six games to defeat Tereza Baranova and Julia Graf 8-3.
Flagler notched wins at all three doubles matches to take a commanding 3-0 lead heading into singles play.The duo of Krista Ingrilli and Esther Santiago, 8-3, at No. 3 doubles, then the duo of Rachel Gould and Barbora Sebkova beat Mika Goyette and Tessa Rheault, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles. Veronica Figueroa and Freshman SanJennifer Saviano finished off the doubles sweep with a 9-7 win over Corin Hallman and Victoria Stephens at dra Jung was the first Lady Cougar No. 2 doubles. to finish off her opponent by winErskine got on the board in singles play as Hallman ning sixth singles 6-1, bested Figueroa, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 1 singles, but Flagler wrapped up the match with a 6-4, 6-0 win at No. 6-0 over Caitlin Siney. In the clinching match, Jokic finished off Hurter 6 singles by Ingrilli over Miller and a 6-4, 6-2 win by 6-0, 6-1 to send her teammates Santiago over Stephens at No. 5 singles. running on to the court to celebrate the victory.
NCAA Tournament: Columbus State Punches Ticket to Louisville
(4/30/12) COLUMBUS, GA – The seventh-ranked Columbus State University women’s tennis swept its way to the Round of 16 Monday afternoon as the Lady Cougars defeated 10th ranked Francis Marion 5-0 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The match
Tenth-ranked Cigui was up a set against 11th ranked Gavdunova at first singles while Tomic and Weikard were both trailing in their respective matches when play was called. At fifth singles, Redrado
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