Women’s Tennis
Columbus State Wins First PBC Women’s Tennis Tour- CSU clinched the match with wins at 5th and 6th singles. At #6,
CSU’s Olivera Tadijin beat ASU’s Lenka Styblova 6-4, 6-0.
nament Title!
CSU’s Leon, playing her first singles match of the tournament, beat
FLORENCE, SC – The Columbus State Cougars picked up wins at 2nd, ASU’s Tamri Chalaganidze 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the title at #5 singles.
5th and 6th singles after scoring two points in doubles to defeat Arm- Both teams will now await the selection of the NCAA Tournament
strong State 5-3 in the championship match of the 2017 PBC women’s field on Tuesday. Both school are expected to serve as regional hosts.
tennis tournament in Florence. The title is the first for the CSU wom-
Five PBC Women’s Tennis Players Named All-Ameri-
en’s team and breaks ASU’s run of 13 consecutive championships.
With the win, the 7th-ranked Cougars improve to 22-2 on the year. cans
#4 Armstrong State falls to 22-4. The match was played at the Dr.
Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center.
TEMPE, ARIZ – Five Peach Belt Conference women’s tennis players
Columbus State got off to a good start in doubles. The team of
were named All-Americans as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
Camila Tobar and Kirsa Utech defeated Armstrong’s Styblova and Stoll (ITA) released their final rankings. To be honored as an All-American,
8-2. That was also the score at #3 doubles as CSU’s Rachal Williams
a player must be ranked among the top 20 singles or top 10 doubles
and Giorgia Vitale edged ASU’s Patch and Chalaganidze. Armstrong teams in the nation in the final poll. Armstrong State’s Lena Lutzeier
State won a point at #1 doubles as the third-ranked doubles team
and Columbus State’s Beatriz Lopez earned All-America status in both
in the nation of Lena Lutzeier and Diana Stomlega beat fifth-ranked singles and doubles. North Georgia’s Kathrin Waidner also earned the
Beatriz Lopez and Beatriz Leon 8-4.
honor for singles play while Armstrong State’s Diana Stomlega and
Lutzeier then gave the Pirates another point in less than an hour CSU’s Beatriz Leon were recognized for doubles.
as she beat CSU’s #29 Kirsa Utech 6-1, 6-2. Lutzeier was named the The Pirates finished the 2017 season with a 26-5 overall record,
tournament singles MVP after going 3-0 on the weekend. She and
with all five losses coming to teams ranked above them in the final
Stomlega were named the doubles MVPs, also with a 3-0 mark.
rankings - national champion Barry tops the team rankings, followed
Lopez got a point back for Columbus State at #2 singles. The 43rd- by BYU-Hawai’i, Lynn and Columbus State.
ranked singles player beat #17 Tatjana Stoll 6-2, 6-3. Stomlega then Armstrong State closes out its final season of competition by
tied the match at 3-3 for the Pirates with a win at #3 singles. Stomle- advancing to the NCAA Championships and the NCAA Round of 16
ga, ranked #22 in the nation, beat #21 Vitale 6-2, 6-2.
for a 23rd consecutive season in 2017. The 10-time NCAA DII National
Champions advanced to the national semifinals for the 19th time in
2016-17
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