CLARKSVILLE - Austin Peay State University
women's tennis team remain undefeated in Ohio Valley Conference play with a 5-2 win at Southeast Missouri, Saturday.
The Lady Govs (5-3; 2-0 OVC) return to
Clarksville for a Monday, home match against Kennesaw State before hitting the
road for five-straight road contests.
In a change of pace, the Lady Govs used
different doubles pairings against Redhawks and came away with a pair of 8-2
wins. Austin Peay is 3-3 in winning the doubles point, this being the first
doubles win since playing at Miami (Ohio).
Junior Vanja Tomic teamed with freshman
Kimberly Loo for the win at No. 1 doubles, while sophomore Carolin Weikard and
freshman Andra Cornea won at No. 2. Previously, Weikard and Loo had played No.
1, while Tomic and Cornea paired up for No. 2.
Southeast Missouri (0-5; 0-2 OVC) was no
match in singles, as the Lady Govs went on to win four of five singles matches.
Tomic won in three sets at No. 1; dropping the second set but rebounding to win
the third, 6-1.
Cornea blanked Laura Garcia at No. 3, while
Loo and Margolies won at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively. Weikard, meanwhile, lost
her second-straight at No. 2.
Austin Peay 5, Southeast Missouri 2
Singles competition
1. TOMIC, Vanja (APSU) def. Nikole Novikova
(SEMO) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
2. Elizabeth Nyenwe (SEMO) def. WEIKARD,
Carolin (APSU) 7-6, 6-4
3. CORNEA, Andra (APSU) def. Laura Garcia
(SEMO) 6-0, 6-0
4. LOO, Kimberly (APSU) def. Ashton Hartley
(SEMO) 6-0, 6-1
5. MARGOLIES, Rachel (APSU) def. Lauren
Schaper (SEMO) 6-0, 6-1
6. NaJeana Henderson (SEMO) def. No player
(APSU), by default
Doubles competition
1. TOMIC, Vanja/LOO, Kimberly (APSU) def.
Nikole Novikova/Elizabeth Nyenwe (SEMO) 8-2
2. WEIKARD, Carolin/CORNEA, Andra (APSU) def.
Ashton Hartley/Laura Garcia (SEMO) 8-2
3. Lauren Schaper/NaJeana Henderson (SEMO)
def. No player/No player (APSU), by default