Montgomery, Ala.—Auburn University Montgomery was the host to the NAIA Region XIII Men and Women’s Tennis Championships as both AUM program easily moved into the championship matches.  And as expected, the AUM men and women will play in tomorrow’s championship.

 

No Big Surprises in Tennis Regional Championships

 

Montgomery, Ala.—Auburn University Montgomery was the host to the NAIA Region XIII Men and Women’s Tennis Championships as both AUM program easily moved into the championship matches.  And as expected, the AUM men and women will play in tomorrow’s championship.

 

With both AUM and Shorter’s men and women’s programs receiving byes into the second round, the other teams had to fight out first round matches for the chance to meet the first and second seeded teams.

 

In women’s action, the University of Mobile pulled off a slight upset with a 5-3 2win over 11^th ranked Brenau University.  After Mobile won two of the three doubles, they then went and won at three, four and six singles in straight sets fashion to move into the second round to face top ranked AUM.

 

Southern States Athletic foes, Lee University and Berry College faced off in the other first round women’s match.  Berry took two of three in doubles action and cruised in for the 7-2 win.  They moved into the second round to face Shorter College.

 

In men’s first round action, Berry and Georgia Southwestern faced off and Berry easily won the match 8-1.  The lone GSW win came at one singles.  In the other men’s match, Lee University disposed of Spring Hill College 9-0.  It was an easy win for Lee, as they moved into the second round to face AUM.

 

In the second round action, AUM’s women had no trouble in moving into the finals with a 5-0 win over Mobile.  AUM won all three doubles in easy fashion and won in straight sets at one and five singles.  They will face Berry College, a 5-2 upset winner over seventh ranked Shorter College.  Berry, ranked 11^th, began the match winning two of the three doubles matches and then won at one, two and three singles, all in straight sets to set up the championship showdown with AUM.

 

The AUM men defeated Lee University 5-0 to then move into the championship.  AUM came out and struggled a bit as Lee played well in singles matches, but the Senators were able to pull out 8-5, 8-4 and 8-2 wins to lead 3-0 after doubles action.  AUM then won at three and five singles to put the match away.

 

The final match of the day saw Berry and Lee face off in a match that looked as though it might go down to the final match.  The teams were even at two, before lightning and bad weather moved into the area.  At that time both teams were pulled off the court and play was suspended.  The two teams will pick up play at 8 a.m. tomorrow to finish their match.  The winner will face AUM for the championship.

 

Women’s

First Round (Lagoon Park)

Berry-7; Lee-2

Singles

#1 Kristin Hunter (BC) def. Kelli Miller (LU); 6-0, 6-0

#2 Patricia Llaguno (BC) def. Brooklyn Goodell (LU); 6-1, 6-1

#3 Marine Eberhardt (BC) def. Erin Schanke (LU); 6-2, 6-3

#4 Anju Chan (BC) def. Amanda North (LU); 6-2, 6-1

#5 Valentin Eberhardt (BC) def. W. Johnson (LU); 6-1, 6-0

#6 A. Kresge (LU) def. Kristen Whaley (BC); 6-1, 6-2

 

Doubles

#1 Hunter/Llaguno (BC) def. Miller/Schanke (LU); 8-2

#2 M. Eberhardt/Chan (BC) def. Goodell/North (LU); 8-3

#3 Johnson/Kresge (LU) def. V. Eberhardt/Whaley (BC); 8-2

 

Mobile-5; Brenau-3

Singles

#1 Zora Gyoreova (BU) def. Josey Soares (UM); 6-2, 6-0

#2 Helene Macchi (BC) def. Lindsey McDaniel (UM); 6-2, 6-2

#3 Minette Steyn (UM) def. Natalia Aranguren (BU); 7-5, 6-3

#4 Tiffany Williams (UM) def. Lindsey Woon (BU); 6-3, 6-2

#5 Megan Mohler (BC) even with Kristin Fouts (BU); 3-6, 6-4, 1-1 DNF

#6 Marcie Aguire (BU) def. Roxana Olvera (BU); 6-2, 6-4

 

Doubles

#1 Gyoreova/Macchi (BU) def. Williams/McDaniel (UM); 8-1

#2 Soares/Steyn (UM) def. Woon/Aranguren (BU); 9-8 (10-8)

#3 Mohler/Aguire (UM) def. Fouts/Olvera (BU); 8-5

 

Men

First Round (Lagoon Park)

Berry-8; Georgia Southwestern-1

Singles

#1 Amyn Soldier (GSW) def. Diego Cerzosimo (BC); 5-7, 6-4, 10-8

#2 Christian Jackie (BC) def. Kip Wright (GSW); 6-0, 6-0

#3 Andre Ferreira (BC) def. Wes Adam (GSW); 6-2, 6-0

#4 Marcelo Lebrao (BC) def. Jared King (GSW); 6-2, 6-3

#5 Philip Campbell (BC) def. Allen Hinkle (GSW); 6-0, 6-0

#6 Adam Clifton (BC) def. Chris Horton Cook (GSW); 6-0, 6-1

 

Doubles

#1 Jackie/Ferreira (BC) def. Soldier/Hinkle (GSW); 8-2

#2 Cerzosimo/Campbell (BC) def. King/Wright (GSW); 8-2

#3 Lebrao/Clifton (BC) def. Lebrao/Clifton (GSW); 8-1

 

Lee-9; Spring Hill-0

Singles

#1 Dimitar Pamukchinyan (LU) def. Nicolas Vasquez (SH); 6-4, 6-1

#2 Caio Borges (LU) def. Daniel Li (SH); 6-0, 6-1

#3 Sidney Victoratto (LU) def. Brendan Gallager (SH); 6-0, 6-0

#4 Juan Saa (LU) def. Evan Davis (SH); 6-3, 6-1

#5 Christian Thobo (LU) def. Jimmy Chassaing (SH); 6-0, 6-0

#6 Alex Figueiredo (LU) def. Santiago Tofel (SH); 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

#1 Pamukechinyan/Borges (LU) def. Vazquez/Li (SH); 8-1

#2 Victoratto/Figueiredo (LU) def. Gallager/Davis (SH); 8-3

#3 Saa/Thobo (LU) def. Chassaing/Tofel (SH); 8-0

 

Second Round (At AUM)

Women

AUM-5; Mobile-0

Singles

#1 Kamila Dadakhodfaeva (AUM) def. Josy Soares (UM); 6-0, 6-1

#2 Khady Berthe (AUM) and Lindsey McDaniel (UM); DNF

#3 Nathalie Sienkob (AUM) and Minetter Steyn (UM); DNF

#4 Yudeshnee Pillay (AUM) and Tiffany Williams (UM); DNF

#5 Ana Milena Ramirez (AUM) def. Megan Mohler (UM); 6-3, 6-0

#6 Rachel Dunlavy (AUM) and Maria Aguire (UM); DNF

 

Doubles

#1 Dadakhodjaeva/Lysak (AUM) def. McDaniel/Williams (UM); 8-0

#2 Sienkob/Pillay (AUM) def. Soares/Stayn (UM); 8-1

#3 Berthe/Dunlavy (AUM) def. Mohler/Aguire (UM); 8-1

 

Berry-5; Shorter-2

Singles

#1 Kristin Hunter (BC) def. Glenny Cepeda (SC); 6-4, 6-2

#2 Patricia Llaguno (BC) def. Lydie Ratsaraefadahy (SC); 6-3, 6-0

#3 Marine Eberhardt (BC) def. Juliette Carval (SC); 6-2, 6-3

#4 Anju Chan (BC and Leslie Vial (SC); DNF

#5 Adriana herran (SC) def. Valentine Eberhardt (BC); 6-3, 6-0

#6 Kristin Whaley (BC) and Michelle Lord (SC); DNF

 

Doubles

#1 Hunter/Llaguno (BC) def. Cepeda/Ratsaraefadahy (SC); 8-4

#2 M. Eberhardt/Chan (BC) def. Vial/Carval (SC); 8-5

#3 Lord/Herran (SC) def.V. Eberhardt/Whaley (BC); 8-4

 

Men

AUM-5; Lee-0

Singles

#1 Daniel Plasa (AUM) and Dimitar Pamukchiyan (LU); DNF

#2 Victor Sanakai Papi (AUM) and Caio Borges (LU); DNF

#3 Joel Kusnierz (AUM) def. Sidney Victoratto (LU); 6-0, 6-1

#4 Nikola Minkovic (AUM) and Juan Saa (LU); DNF

#5 Tim Mudrick (AUM) def. Christian Thobo (LU); 6-1, 6-1

#6 Alex Petropolous (AUM) and Alex Figueiredom (LU); DNF

 

Doubles

#1 Kusnierz/Plasa (AUM) def. Pamukchiyan/Borges (LU); 8-5

#2 Sanakai Papi/Minkovic (AUM) def. Victoratto/Figueiredo (LU); 8-4

#3 Anton Brykalin/Mudrick (AUM) def. Saa/Thobo (LU); 8-2

 

Berry-2; Shorter-2

Play suspended and will pick up play at 8 a.m. tomorrow.

 

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