SAVANNAH, Ga. – The No. 43 GRU Augusta Women's Tennis team and No. 23 Men's team dropped two Peach Belt Conference dual matches at Bacon Park on Monday afternoon to the Armstrong Pirates, ranked No. 2 in the nation for women's and No. 5 for men's tennis.
The Jaguar women slid to 10-7 overall and 4-5 in the Peach Belt after the Pirates took a 9-0 shut-out victory on their home court. Armstrong improved to 16-1 and remained perfect in the PBC at 9-0.
The Jaguars fell to 13-5 and 3-3 in the league with the loss and Armstrong jumped to 10-5 and 6-0 in the league. Victor Cabellos won the first set in No. 1 singles, but the Pirates' No. 10 Pedro Scocuglia won the next two to take the match. Armstrong took the next five matches in two sets and swept doubles play for the 9-0 victory.
Both Jaguar squads host North Georgia this Wednesday, April 2nd for a 2:00 p.m. dual match at Newman Tennis Center.
WOMEN'S TENNIS: #1 Armstrong 9, #43 GRU Augusta 0
Singles competition
1. #3 Aleksndra Filipovski (ARMSTRNG) def. Aida Castany (GRUAWT) 6-1, 6-0
2. #11 Barbora Krtickova (ARMSTRNG) def. Roberta Oliveira (GRUAWT) 6-0, 6-2
3. #19 Carolina Prats-Milan (ARMSTRNG) def. Gisela Font (GRUAWT) 6-0, 6-0
4. #42 Clara Perez (ARMSTRNG) def. Maria C. Pimentel (GRUAWT) 6-2, 6-1
5. Olga Kalodzitsa (ARMSTRNG) def. Julie Fontaine (GRUAWT) 6-0, 6-0
6. Dora Andrejszki (ARMSTRNG) def. Maria Nadal (GRUAWT) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #2 Aleksndra Filipovski/Barbora Krtickova (ARMSTRNG) def. Aida Castany/Marie Vin (GRUAWT) 8-0
2. Clara Perez/Carolina Prats-Milan (ARMSTRNG) def. Julie Fontaine/Roberta Oliveira (GRUAWT) 8-2
3. Dora Andrejszki/Olga Kalodzitsa (ARMSTRNG) def. Gisela Font/Maria C. Pimentel (GRUAWT) 8-0
Match Notes:
GRU Augusta 10-7, 4-5 PBC; National ranking #43
Armstrong 16-1, 9-0 PBC; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,5,3,6,4,2)
MEN'S TENNIS: #5 Armstrong 9, #23 GRU Augusta 0
Singles competition
1. #10 Pedro Scocuglia (ARMSTRNG) def. #32 Victor Cabellos (GRUAMT) 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
2. #25 Jaan Kononov (ARMSTRNG) def. Romain Ferreria (GRUAMT) 6-0, 6-0
3. #13 Pablo Gor (ARMSTRNG) def. Romain Brunie (GRUAMT) 6-1, 6-3
4. Ignacio Hernandez (ARMSTRNG) def. Victor Guimaraes (GRUAMT) 6-1, 6-2
5. Luca Cerin (ARMSTRNG) def. Joao Freitas (GRUAMT) 6-2, 6-3
6. Damian Okrutny (ARMSTRNG) def. Gustav Anderson (GRUAMT) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. #5 Jaan Kononov/Pablo Gor (ARMSTRNG) def. #6 Victor Cabellos/Victor Guimaraes (GRUAMT) 8-3
2. Ignacio Hernandez/Damian Okrutny (ARMSTRNG) def. Romain Brunie/Romain Ferreria (GRUAMT) 9-7
3. Luca Cerin/Pedro Scocuglia (ARMSTRNG) def. Maxime Coulomb/Joao Freitas (GRUAMT) 8-3
Match Notes:
GRU Augusta 13-5, 3-3 PBC; National ranking #23
Armstrong 10-5, 6-0 PBC; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,5,3,4,1)