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FLORENCE, S.C. – Playing in its sixth straight Peach Belt Conference championship match, the eighth-ranked and second-seeded Columbus State University women's tennis team dropped a 5-0 contest to fourth-ranked and top-seeded Armstrong State Sunday morning. The tournament took place at Dr. Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center.
The Lady Cougars (19-6) will now have to wait until Tuesday, May 3 to find out their NCAA Tournament fate.
Armstrong (26-1) swept doubles play to take an early 3-0 lead. Carolina Prats Millian and Alice Patch recorded the first win of the day at third doubles taking down
Rachael Williams and
Olivera Tadijin 8-3. At the second spot, Nicole Fossa Huergo and Lena Pacholski defeated
Beatriz Leon and
Giorgia Vitale 8-2. In a top-10 showdown at the top spot, the third-ranked tandem of Lena Lutzeier and Diana Stomlega knocked off the 10
th-ranked duo of
Camila Tobar and
Kirsa Utech 8-3.
In singles action, 48
th-ranked Prats Millian defeated Tadijin 6-1, 6-1 before Alice Patch clinched the victory for the Pirates with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Williams.
When play was called, 14
th-ranked Leon was leading ninth-ranked Lutzeier after a set while Utech was also up a set against Stomlega at the fourth spot. Armstrong won the opening set in both second and fifth singles.
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For her efforts, Leon was named the PBC Tournament's most valuable player in singles.
Singles
1. #9 Lena Lutzeier (ARMST) vs. #14
Beatriz Leon (CSU) 6-7 (3-7), unfinished
2. #4 Nicole Fossa Huergo (ARMST) vs. #36
Camila Tobar (CSU) 6-0, 5-1, unfinished
3. #48 Carolina Prats Millian (ARMST) def.
Olivera Tadijin (CSU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Diana Stomlega (ARMST) vs.
Kirsa Utech (CSU) 4-6, 1-0, unfinished
5. Lena Pacholski (ARMST) vs.
Giorgia Vitale (CSU) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
6. Alice Patch (ARMST) def.
Rachael Williams (CSU) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
1. #3 Lutzeier/Stomlega (ARMST) def. #10 Tobar/Utech (CSU) 8-3
2. Huergo/Pacholski (ARMST) def. Leon/Vitale (CSU) 8-2
3. Prats Millan/Patch (ARMST) def. Williams/Tadijin (CSU) 8-3
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