Box Score AUGUSTA, Ga. – No. 46 (ITA/Division II ranking) Augusta State University defeated No. 41 Flagler College 6-3 in a Peach Belt Conference women's tennis match Sunday afternoon at the Newman Tennis Center.
Augusta State improved to 11-3 overall and 6-2 in the Peach Belt while Flagler fell to 1-10 overall and 1-4 in conference play.
The Lady Jaguars opened by winning two of the three doubles matches.
Barbora Sebkova and
Esther Santiago earned Flagler's only win at doubles with an 8-4 victory over Roberta Oliveira and Julie Fontaine.
Sebkova and Santiago recorded Flagler's only wins in singles play. Sebkova defeated Victoria Lindqvist in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-0, at No. 1. Santiago also won in straight sets, by the same scores, but against Liv Pettersson at No. 2.
Flagler will take on the defending national champion, and currently top-ranked, Armstrong Atlantic State University on Wednesday (Mar. 20) at Savannah, Ga.
#46 Augusta State 6, #41 Flagler 3
Mar 17, 2013 at Augusta, Ga. (Newman Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Barbora Sebkova (FLG) def. Victoria Lindqvist (ASU) 6-3, 6-0
2.
Esther Santiago (FLG) def. Liv Pettersson (ASU) 6-3, 6-0
3. Roberta Oliveira (ASU) def.
Hanna Goettsching (FLG) 7-5, 6-0
4. Maria C. Pimental (ASU) def.
Thaisa Pereira (FLG) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Julie Fontaine (ASU) def.
Gabby Scammacca (FLG) 6-3, 6-4
6. Lissa Murakami (ASU) def.
Anika Cohen (FLG) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Victoria Lindqvist/Liv Pettersson (ASU) def.
Hanna Goettsching/
Thaisa Pereira (FLG) 8-5
2.
Barbora Sebkova/
Esther Santiago (FLG) def. Roberta Oliveira/Julie Fontaine (ASU) 8-4
3. Maria C. Pimental/Lissa Murakami (ASU) def.
Krista Ingrilli/
Madeline Wilburn (FLG) 8-0
Match Notes
Flagler 1-10, 1-4 PBC; National ranking #41; Regional ranking #6
Augusta State 11-3, 6-2 PBC; National ranking #46; Regional ranking #8