SAVANNAH, Ga. – The 11th-ranked Clayton State Lady Lakers advanced to the 2009 NCAA Southeast Region final with a 5-1 victory over No. 19 Augusta State on Friday afternoon at the AASU Tennis Complex in Savannah.

Clayton State (11-6) will now face host Armstrong Atlantic State at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday to determine which team advances to the 2009 NCAA National Championships in Altamonte Springs, Fla., on May 13-16. The matchup is a rematch of last year's Mid-Atlantic Region final, won by AASU, 5-0. Augusta State ended its season at 13-8 after making its seventh NCAA Championships appearance.

The Lady Lakers won two of three doubles matches, then picked up three straight-set singles wins to clinch the match. ASU earned its doubles point as Marina Ferreira and Bianca Machado blanked Evelin Csizi and Veronika Jasenovcova, 8-0, at No. 2 doubles. CSU's Marie Cercelletti and Selma Hidass then defeated Camila Correa and Giovana Fenstersifer, 8-0, at No. 3 doubles. Ninth-ranked Viktoriya Semyrodenko and Katie White beat Fernanda Chiaparini and Nathalia Rodrigues, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles to give Clayton State the edge heading into singles.

Clayton State won four of the six first sets, then clinched the match behind Csizi, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Correa at No. 4 singles; Semyrodenko, a 6-3, 6-0 winner over Chiaparini at No. 2 singles and Hidass, who clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Machado at No. 4 singles.

NCAA Southeast Regional
Clayton State vs. Augusta State
Savannah, Ga. -- AASU Tennis Complex

May 8, 2009
Singles
1. Nathalia Rodrigues (ASU) vs. Katie White (CSU) 6-3, 3-4, unfinished
2. Viktorya Semyrodenko (CSU) def. Fernanda Chiaparini (ASU) 6-3, 6-0
3. Marina Ferreria (ASU) vs. Marie Cercelletti (CSU) 6-7, 1-2, unfinished
4. Selma Hidass (CSU) def. Bianca Machado (ASU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Evelin Csizi (CSU) def. Camila Correa (ASU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Giovana Fenstersifer (ASU) vs. Veronika Jasenovcova (CSU) 6-1, 2-1, unfinished

Doubles
1. Viktorya Semyrodenko/Katie White (CSU) def. Fernanda Chiaparini/Nathalia Rodrigues (ASU) 8-5
2. Marina Ferreria/Bianca Machado (ASU) def. Evelin Csizi/Veronika Jasenovcova (CSU 8-0
3. Marie Cercelletti/Selma Hidass (CSU) def. Camila Correa/Giovana Fenstersifer (ASU) 8-0