Thursday, April 13, 2006

MACON, Ga. - The no. 1 seeded East Tennessee State Lady Bucs defeated no. 8 Gardner-Webb at the Atlantic Sun Championships on Thursday.

ETSU (21-4) had no problem with the Bulldogs (6-18) at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center. Masha Ilina won at no. 1 singles and also paired with Sylwia Ziolkowska for a victory at no. 1 doubles.

Tara Byrne also registered triumphs in singles (no. 5) and doubles (no. 2). The Lady Bucs also received a solid effort from Sandie Knight at number three singles. Knight defeated Sara Zirnheld 6-0, 6-0.

East Tennessee State will battle no. 4 Mercer in semifinal action on Friday at 2 p.m.

Doubles
No. 1 Ziolkowska/Ilina (ETSU) def. Walser/Sigmon (GWU) 8-1
No. 2 Batsula/Byrne (ETSU) def. Zirnheld/Beavers (GWU) 8-2
No. 3 Volobueva/Knight (ETSU) vs. Gomez/Pancia (GWU) DNF

Singles
No. 1 Masha Ilina (ETSU) def. Jenny Gomez (GWU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 Olya Batsula (ETSU) vs. Amy Beavers (GWU DNF
No. 3 Sandie Knight (ETSU) def. Sara Zirnheld (GWU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Elena Volobuera (ETSU) vs. Monica Walser (GWU) DNF
No. 5 Tara Byrne (ETSU) def. Krystina Sigmon (GWU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Sylwia Ziolkowska (ETSU) vs. Tracey Tonsor (GWU) DNF