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Austin Peay defeated McKendree, 7-0, Tuesday, at the Governors Tennis Courts.
Carder Henry, APSU Athletics
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Winner Austin Peay APSU (4-5)
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University of the Cumberlands UOCW (11-4)
Winner
Austin Peay APSU
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University of the Cumberlands UOCW
(11-4)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Alex Allard, Athletics Communications Assistant

Govs earn third-straight sweep in nonconference finale

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – Austin Peay State University women's tennis earned its fourth win and third-straight sweep of the season following a 7-0 victory against the University of the Cumberlands, Thursday, at the UC Tennis Complex. 

With the win, the Governors (4-5) finish as the only unbeaten team in the Ohio Valley Conference during the month of March at 4-0 and are 19-2 in the month since the 2017-18 campaign.

The Govs jumped out to an early lead, winning their third-straight doubles point following wins from the No. 1 and No. 3 positions.

Denise Torrealba and Honoka Nakanishi won their third match from the No. 1 doubles court, while Martina Paladini-Jennings and Yu-Hua Cheng continued their strong play from the No. 3 line, winning, 6-0, to match Torrealba and Nakanishi for a team-best five wins.

In singles, Torrealba and Paladini-Jennings both won their team-best sixth matches of the season in straight-set victories, while Jana Leder and Aleks Topalovic earned their third wins from the No. 2 and No. 4 positions, respectively.

Senior Danielle Morris remained perfect in her second match of the spring, defeating the University of the Cumberlands' Hana Shimeno, 7-5, 6-2 on the No. 5 singles court. Nakanishi rounded out the Govs' strong play, winning 6-4, 6-3 from the No. 6 line.

With the nonconference season in the books, the Govs turn their attention to the start of their final conference slate as a member of the OVC. 

Austin Peay opens conference action against Belmont at 11 a.m. April 2 at the Belmont Tennis Complex in Nashville. The Govs have won nine of their last 10 matches against BU and have defeated the Bruins rival 12 times in the all-time series dating back to 1995.

Results vs. University of the Cumberlands

Doubles

  1. Denise Torrealba / Honoka Nakanishi (APSU) def. Tomomi Nagao / Mikaela Fros (UC), 6-4
  2. Tessa Gray / Meiri Okuwaki (UC) def. Jana Leder / Aleks Topalovic (APSU), 6-4 
  3. Martina Paladini-Jennings / Yu-Hua Cheng (APSU) def. Johanna Beckmann / Satsuki Mitani (UC), 6-0

Singles

  1. Denise Torrealba (APSU) def. Tomomi Nagao (UC), 6-4, 6-2
  2. Jana Leder (APSU) def. Meiri Okuwaki (UC), 6-2, 6-1
  3. Martina Paladini-Jennings (APSU) def. Catherine Rae (UC), 6-3, 6-1
  4. Aleks Topalovic (APSU) def. Johanna Beckmann (UC), 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
  5. Danielle Morris (APSU) def. Hana Shimeno (UC), 7-5, 6-2
  6. Honoka Nakanishi (APSU) def. Fan Shiau (UC), 6-4, 6-3 

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