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Torrealba vs. Lipscomb
Alex Allard, APSU Athletics
0
Lipscomb LIP (7-8, 2-1 ASUN)
7
Winner Austin Peay APSU (11-4, 2-1 ASUN)
Lipscomb LIP
(7-8, 2-1 ASUN)
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Final
7
Austin Peay APSU
(11-4, 2-1 ASUN)
Winner

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

Govs sweep Bisons, cruise to first ASUN home win

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University women's tennis team earned a 7-0 victory against Lipscomb, Saturday, at the Governors Tennis Courts to claim its first ASUN Conference home win.

Asia Fontana and Yu-Hua Cheng gave Austin Peay (11-4, 2-1 ASUN) the early doubles advantage following a 6-1 win from the No. 3 court, while Denise Torrealba and Sophia Baranov secured the matches first point following a 6-2 win from the No. 2 position. Jana Leder and Melody Hefti's match from the No. 1 court went unfinished while the duo led, 5-2.

Hefti extended APSU's lead early in singles, winning her eight-straight match in a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Lipscomb's (7-8, 2-1 ASUN) Anja Trbeznik. Baranov then earned her 13th-straight win in No. 4 singles, defeating LU's Liza Diachenko, 6-4, 6-3. 

Torrealba won 7-6 (5), 7-5 to secure the win from the No. 2 court. With the win already in hand, Leder won 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, and both Yu-Hua Cheng and Fontana came away with straight-set victories from the No. 5 and No. 6 positions, respectively.

Austin Peay prepares for a quick turnaround, as its hosts Eastern Kentucky in a 2 p.m., Sunday match at the Governors Tennis Courts.

Results vs. Lipscomb

Doubles

  1. Jana Leder / Melody Hefti vs. Sasha Dobranos / Anja Trebznik, Unfinished at 5-2
  2. Denise Torrealba / Sophia Baranov def. Alina Cheriaieva / Sofiia Paladi, 6-2 
  3. Yu-Hua Cheng / Asia Fontana def. Perri Howard / Lizia Diachenko, 6-1 

Order of finish: 3, 2*

Singles

  1. Jana Leder def. Sasha Dobranos, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
  2. Denise Torrealba def. Sofiia Paladi, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5
  3. Melody Hefti def. Anja Trbeznik, 6-1, 6-4
  4. Sophia Baranov def. Liza Diachenko, 6-4, 6-3
  5. Yu-Hua Cheng def. Alina Cherniaieva, 6-1, 6-1
  6. Asia Fontana def. Taisia Yakunina, 6-2, 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 4, 2*, 1, 5, 6

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