CLARKSVILLE - Austin Peay State University women's tennis team rolled over Cumberland University, winning every singles match in straight sets to remain unbeaten, Tuesday, at the Governors Tennis Center.
The Governors (5-0) imposed their stranglehold on the match from the get-go in doubles. The twin duo of Lidia Yanes Garcia and Claudia Yanes Garcia easily won at No. 1 doubles, 6-1, and Helena Kuppig and Danielle Morris followed up with a 6-1 victory of their own to claim the doubles point for the Govs. At No. 2 doubles, Tatiana Lopez and Honoka Nakanishi were ahead 5-3, but the match went unfinished.
The Govs continued to impress in singles, with Lopez winning her fifth straight match after a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles. Lidia made it a 3-0 Govs lead after dominating one of the best NAIA players in the country, winning 6-2, 6-1. Kuppig, who clinched numerous matches last season for the Govs, did the same today after winning 6-3, 6-1.
Claudia added a win of her own at No. 2 singles before the match was rounded off by two more straight-set wins from Morris at No. 5 singles and Nakanishi at No. 6 singles. For Nakanishi, it was her first career singles win in her first career attempt as a Governor. In addition to Nakanishi improving to 1-0, the Yanes Garcia twins and Lopez remain unbeaten in singles to start the spring season.
The Govs are in the thick of their five-match homestand and will take on Central Arkansas, 11 a.m., Saturday.
Results: Austin Peay 7, Cumberland 0
Doubles
1. Lidia Yanes Garcia/Claudia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Ainhoa Garrido/Jessica Hernandez (CU) 6-1
2. Honoka Nakanishi/Tatiana Lopez (APSU) vs. Marianela Landi/Ksenija Dmitrovic (CU) 5-3, unfinished
3. Danielle Morris/Helena Kuppig (APSU) def. Kylie Humphrey/Stefanie Navaratnam (CU) 6-1
Singles
1. Lidia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Ainhoa Garrido (CU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Claudia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Jessica Hernandez (CU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Tatiana Lopez (APSU) def. Marianela Landi (CU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Helena Kuppig (APSU) def. Ksenija Dmitrovic (CU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Danielle Morris (APSU) def. Kylie Humphrey (CU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Honoka Nakanishi (APSU) def. Stefanie Navaratnam (CU) 6-1, 6-0
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,1,4,2,5,6)
