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Individually, the doubles duo of Stomlega and Lutzeier earned ITA All-American honors by finishing the season ranked No. 2 in the nation. The pair went 23-2 this Spring in doubles and went 5-2 against nationally-ranked doubles teams during the dual match season.
Lutzeier adds All-American singles honors as well as she finished the year ranked No. 4 in the nation after going a spectacular 28-1 this dual match season, with 11 wins over nationally-ranked opponents.
Leon earned All-American honors for her worked in doubles play, making her the first Lady Cougar in program history to garner All-American recognition in four straight years. Leon was an All-America singles selection in her first three seasons.
The senior wrapped up her stellar four-year career with an 86-19 record in doubles play and 69-10 in singles. The Lady Cougars posted a 91-19 overall record during Leon’ s time at CSU.
Lopez made history of her own this season, becoming the first freshman in Lady Cougar history to be named an All-American in both singles and doubles. The Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year exploded onto the scene in her first season, turning in an 18-2 overall mark in singles play and pairing together with Leon for a 17-6 mark in doubles.
NCAA Women’ s Tennis: Pirates Earn Berth In NCAA Semifinals With 5-2 Win
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.- The No. 5-ranked and two-time defending NCAA Division II national champion Armstrong State University women’ s tennis team is back into the national semifinals after picking up a 5-2 win over No. 15 Midwestern State on
Thursday morning at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
The Pirates( 26-4) are making their 19th appearance in the national semifinals and the 10-time NCAA Division II national champions will have to get through No. 2 Barry- 5-4 winners over top-ranked BYU-Hawaii on Thursday- to earn a berth into the national championship match. The national semifinal will take place at 9:00 a. m. on Friday. Midwestern State sees its season come to a close with a 20-5 record.
Armstrong State took a 2-1 lead heading into singles play with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. The No. 2-ranked doubles duo of Lena Lutzeier and Diana Stomlega defeated Bianca Duff and Maddy Coffman, 8-2, at No. 1 doubles, while Alice Patch and Tamri Chalaganidze collected an 8-6 win over Greta Lazzarotto and Ashley Ramirez at No. 3 doubles. Midwestern State picked up a doubles point at No. 2 dobules as Daria Panferova and Eirini Kontaki beat Tatjana Stoll and Lenka Styblova, 8-4.
In singles play, the Pirates won three singles matches in straight sets to clinch the match. Stoll defeated Kontaki, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 2 singles, while Chalaganidze downed Lazzarotto, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 5 singles. Midwestern State notched a point at No. 4 singles as Coffman beat Patch, 6-4, 6-4, but Styblova clinched the match with a 6-4, 7-6( 5) win at No. 6 singles.
NCAA Women’ s Tennis: Lady Cougars Punch National Quarterfinal Ticket
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.- The fourth-ranked Columbus State University women’ s tennis team needed just two hours to dispatch 35th-ranked Mercyhurst 5-0 Wednesday morning. The NCAA Round of 16 match was played at Sanlando Park.
Columbus State( 25-2) moves into the national quarterfinal round for the fifth time in program history and fourth in the last six seasons. The Lady Cougars will take on third-ranked Lynn in Thursday’ s quarterfinal at 9 a. m.
“ I liked what I saw out of the ladies today,” head coach Evan Isaacs said.“ They came out and were focused from the opening serve and
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