AASU Captures 15th PBC Women's Tennis Title With 9-0 Win At North Ga.

DAHLONEGA, Ga. - The No. 3-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State women's tennis team captured its 15th Peach Belt Conference regular season title outright with a 9-0 victory over North Georgia on Easter Sunday in Dahlonega.

The Lady Pirates (19-1, 10-0 PBC) will now head to the 2009 PBC Tennis Championships in Jonesboro, Ga., as the top seed after sweeping through the Peach Belt undefeated. AASU has now won 62 straight regular season PBC matches, dating back to 2003. North Georgia (6-16, 1-9 PBC) will await further action to determine its seeding for the tournament.

AASU dropped just four games for the entire match against the Lady Saints, sweeping all three doubles matches and winning all six singles matches in straight sets. Second-ranked Alida Muller-Wehlau and Martina Beckmann defeated Velina Boteva and Maria Dreaden, 8-1, at No. 1 singles, while seventh-ranked Sona Novakova and Gabriella Kovacs defeated Meredith Cash and Ashley Marie Jordan, 8-0, at No. 2 doubles. Kathleen Henry and Tina Ronel defeated Katherine Harrison and Mallory Perloff, 8-0, at No. 3 doubles.

Top-ranked Novakova finished an undefeated dual match season in singles with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Boteva at No. 1 singles. 16th-ranked Muller-Wehlau defeated Dreaden, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 2 singles, while 19th-ranked Kovacs blanked Cash, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 3 singles.

Ronel shut out Harrison, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 4 singles, while Henry beat Jordan, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 5 singles. Alisa Kagukina finished the singles sweep with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Perloff.