Saturday, April 21, 2007

Johnson City, Tenn. - The Jacksonville Women are the first team to advance to the Championship round at the 2007 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Tennis Championships. The No. 1 seed Lady Dolphins ousted No. 5 seed Belmont by a score of 4-0.

The doubles point was closely contested with Jacksonville taking No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, and Belmont taking No. 3 doubles. Jacksonville's No. 1 doubles team of Emese Sulyos and Lena Willi defeated Belmont's April Bradley and Tatiana Pozo 9-7. In No. 2 doubles, JU's Tatiana Soldatova and Iva Jaresova beat Elizabeth Conyer and Katie Rhodes 8-5. Belmont's No. 3 team of Linda Johansson and Kelly Pence won 8-4 over Fernanda Carrero and Cristina Paira-Flor.

The singles matches were not as close as the doubles. Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, Emese Sulyos beat Linda Johansson of Belmont 6-1, 6-0. Iva Jaresova or JU served past April Bradley 6-2, 6-1. Cristinia Paiva-Flor defeated Kelly Pence 6-2, 6-0.

Jacksonville advances to the Finals and will face the winner or No. 2 seed ETSU and No. 3 seed Stetson at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Doubles
No. 1 Sulyos/Willi (JU) def. Bradley/Pozo (Bel) - 9-7
No. 2 Soldatova/Jaresova (JU) def. Conyer/Rhodes (Bel) - 8-5
No. 3 Johansson/Pence (Belmont) def.Carrero/Paiva-Flor (JU) - 8-4

Singles
No. 1 Emese Sulyos (JU) def. Linda Johansson (Bel) - 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 Lena Willi (JU) vs. Elizabeth Conyer (Bel) - DNF
No. 3 Tatiana Soldatova (JU) vs. Tatiana Pozo (Bel) - DNF
No. 4 Iva Jaresova (JU) def. April Bradley (Bel) - 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Fernanda Carrero (JU) vs. Katie Rhodes (Bel) - DNF
No. 6 Cristina Paiva-Flor (JU) def. Kelly Pence (Bel) - 6-2, 6-0