2009-10 News
June 17, 2010National Champion Lady Pirates Appear On CBS Saturday
Third straight NCAA DII national championship will be featured nationally on the NCAA's Spring Sports Wrapup show at 4:00 p.m. ET on CBS (WTOC-TV 11 locally).
June 2, 2010
Pirates Figure Prominently In Final ITA DII National Rankings
Three-time DII champion Lady Pirates ranked No. 1; senior Martina Beckmann and junior Alida Muller-Wehlau top-ranked doubles team in DII, while junior Mikk Irdoja is the top-ranked DII men's singles player.
May 16, 2010
National Champion Lady Pirates Return To Savannah !
For a third year in a row, the AASU women's tennis team received an enthusiastic welcome back to Savannah with the championship trophy in tow !
May 15, 2010
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS !! AASU Wins Third Straight Title
Top-ranked and undefeated Armstrong Atlantic State defeats No. 3 BYU-Hawai'i, 5-1, on Saturday morning to capture its third straight title and sixth overall NCAA crown !
May 14, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Advance To National Championship Match
AASU blanks No. 9-ranked Hawai'i Pacific, 5-0, to set up the national title match against No. 3 BYU-Hawai'i at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
May 13, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Move Into Semis With 5-0 Win Over No. 2 Barry
AASU makes its sixth straight trip into the NCAA DII Women's Tennis semifinals; will face Hawaii Pacific on Friday at 9 a.m.
May 12, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Roll Into Quarterfinals With 5-0 Win
AASU knocks off No. 20 Northeastern State, 5-0, on Wednesday morning in Round of 16 action; showdown with No. 2 Barry in quarterfinals looms on Thursday at 9 a.m.
May 11, 2010
Alida Muller-Wehlau Named ITA "Player To Watch"
AASU opens play on Wednesday; Muller-Wehlau earns national award at Tuesday night's NCAA/ITA banquet.
May 8, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Advance To Round Of 16 With 5-1 Win Over FMU
Two-time defending DII national champion AASU wins its 44th straight, makes a 16th consecutive appearance into the Round of 16.
May 7, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Blank Queens, 5-0, In NCAA Regional Action
Two-time defending DII national champion AASU begins its title defense by shutting out the Royals on Friday.
May 5, 2010
Three Lady Pirates Earn PBC All-Academic Tennis Honors
Senior Alisa Kagukina, junior Alida Muller-Wehlau and sophomore Kathleen Henry named to the 2010 PBC All-Academic Women's Tennis squad.
April 28, 2010
AASU Hosts Men's & Women's Tennis Regionals
AASU welcomes in five other men's squads and four other women's squads to Savannah on May 6-8 for NCAA Southeast Regional action.
April 18, 2010
AASU Captures 7th Straight PBC Women's Tennis Tournament Title
Top-seeded and top-ranked Lady Pirates knock off third-seeded and No. 12-ranked Clayton State, 5-0, on Sunday morning at the Clayton County Tennis Center.
April 17, 2010
Lady Pirates Earn PBC Tennis Honors
Sona Novakova repeats as PBC Player of the Year; Simon Earnshaw earns Coach of the Year and five players total earn singles, doubles honors.
April 17, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Advance To PBC Championship Match
AASU knocks off fourth-seeded and No. 13-ranked Francis Marion, 5-0; Pirates face Clayton State at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
April 16, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Move Into PBC Semifinals With 5-0 Win
AASU gives up just one game to No. 32-ranked Lander in advancing to face fourth-seeded Francis Marion on Saturday.
April 14, 2010
Muller-Wehlau Earns PBC Women's Tennis Player of the Week Honors
Muller-Wehlau goes 4-0 in singles and 3-1 in doubles for the Lady Pirates in the final week of play in the 2010 regular season.
April 12, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Down No. 13 FMU 8-1, Clinch PBC Title
AASU claims its seventh straight Peach Belt regular season women's tennis title, notches 74th consecutive regular season PBC victory.
April 10, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Rally For 7-2 Win At No. 6 VSU
AASU trails for the first time this season after doubles, 2-1, but rebounds to sweep all six singles matches for the victory over the Lady Blazers.
April 9, 2010
Top-ranked Lady Pirates Sweep No. 10 UWF, 9-0
AASU collects 9-0 victory over the Argonauts in a neutral-site match in Valdosta on Friday.
April 7, 2010
Lady Pirates Blank Flagler, Clinch Tie For PBC Title
AASU downs the Saints, 9-0, and earns at least a share of the Lady Pirates' seventh straight PBC regular season crown.
April 6, 2010
Kathleen Henry Named PBC Women's Tennis Player of the Week
Sophomore from South Carolina went 3-0 in singles and doubles last week, including a win over the No. 6-ranked player in NAIA.
April 5, 2010
AASU Tennis Remains No. 1 In ITA DII/Campbell Rankings
Undefeated Pirates and Lady Pirates atop the third release of Division II rankings from the ITA; Six Lady Pirates and four Pirates individually also ranked.
April 3, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Win 20th, Down North Georgia 9-0
AASU drops just four games in improving to 20-0 overall and 10-0 in the Peach Belt with Saturday's victory over the Lady Saints.
April 2, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Blank Lander, 9-0
AASU stretches its consecutive regular season Peach Belt win streak to 71 with the victory over the Bearcats.
March 30, 2010
Top-Ranked Lady Pirates Defeat Auburn-Montgomery, 7-2
AASU claims the victory over the top-ranked team in NAIA on Tuesday afternoon in Macon, Ga.
March 23, 2010
Sona Novakova Named PBC Women's Tennis Player of the Week
Reigning PBC Player of the Year goes a perfect 3-0 in singles and doubles in the top-ranked Lady Pirates' three wins last week.
March 17, 2010
Lady Pirates Saintly In 9-0 Win Over Hilltoppers
AASU downs St. Edward's on St. Patrick's Day in Las Vegas to improve to 17-0 on the season.
March 16, 2010
Top-ranked Lady Pirates Beat No. 2 (NAIA) Fresno Pacific, 6-3
AASU tested by the second-ranked team in NAIA on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
March 15, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Blank No. 12 Hawaii Pacific, 9-0
AASU improves to 15-0 on the season with the win over the Seasiders in Las Vegas on Monday afternoon.
March 13, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Notch 8-1 Win Over No. 5 Barry
AASU remains unbeaten on the season, beats second top-5 ranked opponent in the last eight days.
March 10, 2010
Alida Muller-Wehlau Named PBC Women's Tennis Player of the Week
Junior goes 3-0 in singles and doubles for the Lady Pirates last week, earns fifth career weekly PBC honor.
March 9, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Win Twice On Tuesday
AASU knocks off No. 14 (DIII) Washington University in St. Louis, 8-1, and then downs PBC foe UNC Pembroke, 9-0.
March 6, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Notch 6-3 Win Over No. 13 Cal (Pa.)
AASU improves to 11-0 on the season with its fifth straight win over a nationally-ranked opponent.
March 5, 2010
No. 1 vs. 2 Showdown Goes To AASU, 7-2
Lady Pirates remain unbeaten in 2010 with victory over No. 2 Lynn University at Bacon Park on Friday.
March 2, 2010
Sona Novakova Named PBC Women's Tennis Player of the Week
Top-ranked singles player in the nation goes 2-0 in singles and doubles for the undefeated Lady Pirates last week.
March 1, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Blank No. 10 Clayton State, 9-0
AASU downs second straight top 10-ranked foe, sets up showdown with No. 2 Lynn on Friday.
February 27, 2010
Top-ranked Lady Pirates Defeat No. 8 Columbus State, 8-1
AASU remains unbeaten but drops first point of the 2010 dual match season after winning 63 straight to open the year.
February 23, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Blank No. 29 GCSU, 9-0
AASU extends its conference regular win streak to 66 with the victory over the Lady Bobcats in Milledgeville on Tuesday.
February 21, 2010
Top-ranked Lady Pirates Notch Pair of Wins On Sunday
AASU blanks unranked foes USC Aiken and Anderson (SC), 9-0, to stay unbeaten during the 2010 season.
February 20, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Collect 9-0 Win Over Augusta State
AASU stretches its streak to 65 of consecutive Peach Belt regular season matches won, Lady Pirates give up just 12 games to the Lady Jaguars.
February 14, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Show Montevallo Lots Of Love On Valentine's Day
Armstrong Atlantic gives up just two games in notching the 9-0 Peach Belt Conference women's tennis victory over the Falcons on Sunday.
February 6, 2010
No. 1 Lady Pirates Open Season With Two Wins
AASU downs Georgia Southwestern and Stillman by 9-0 scores to successfully open up the 2010 campaign.
January 5, 2010
AASU Tennis Named Top Savannah Sports Story Of 2010
WJCL-TV 22 ABC / WTGS-TV 28 Fox spotlight AASU Tennis' back-to-back NCAA Division II National Championships on New Year's Day as the top sports story of 2010.
November 11, 2009
AASU Tennis Teams Begin 2009-10 Seasons Ranked No. 1
Fall Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings have the two-time defending DII national champions at No. 1; Four Pirates and Lady Pirates combined in the top 10 in singles rankings.
November 6, 2009
Novakova Wraps Up Play At ITA Indoors
Sophomore knocks off California's Mari Andersson, 6-1, 6-1, in the consolation bracket on Friday, but falls, 6-3, 6-3, to the No. 3-seeded Laura Vallverdu on Saturday.
November 5, 2009
Novakova Suffers Tough Three-Set Loss At ITA National Indoors
"Super Bowl" winner bounced from the main draw by Baylor's Lenka Broosova, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 7-6 (5).
November 4, 2009
Sona Novakova Competes At ITA National Indoor Championships
"Super Bowl" of Small College Tennis winner opens action on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. against Lenka Broosova of Baylor.
November 1, 2009
Lady Pirates Wrap Up Weekend Tennis Action
Tournament action at Baylor and The Landings wrapped up on Sunday for AASU.
October 31, 2009
Novakova, Kovacs Still Alive At Baylor HEB Invitational
Doubles duo wins twice on Saturday and advances to the Sunday's doubles bracket final in Waco, Texas.
October 30, 2009
Lady Pirates Compete In Waco, The Landings On Friday
AASU plays at two tournaments and picks up singles and doubles wins after first day action.
October 18, 2009
Novakova Earns ITA "Super Bowl" Singles Championship
Sophomore becomes AASU's third "Super Bowl" Singles champion with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jillian O'Neill.
October 17, 2009
Novakova Captures DII Singles Title, In "Super Bowl" Final
Sophomore defends her title at the ITA Small College Championships with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Yuan Jia of BYU-Hawaii.
October 16, 2009
Sona Novakova Advances To DII Singles Final
Sophomore faces BYU-Hawaii's Yuan Jia on Saturday morning for the ITA Small College National Championships' DII singles bracket championship.
October 15, 2009
Novakova Advances At ITA Small College National Championships
Top-seed blanks Anastasia Dabiza of Upper Iowa, 6-0, 6-0, on Thursday morning to advance to the women's DII singles semifinals.
October 14, 2009
Array, Novakova Begin Play Thursday At Small College Championships
Novakova is the top seed in the DII women's singles bracket; Array faces tough matchup with the top seed in the DII men's singles bracket in Mobile, Ala.
October 13, 2009
AASU Women's Tennis Hosts "One Day Showdown" on Nov. 21st
One day tournament at the AASU Tennis Complex open to juniors, college players, professionals and adults.
October 11, 2009
Lady Pirates Earn Three Singles Bracket Wins On Sunday
Novakova, Muller-Wehlau earn wins in Kentucky, while Kathleen Henry bests teammate Alisa Kagukina at Rollins.
October 10, 2009
Four Singles Players Advance to Finals on Saturday
Two players each from the Lady Pirates are in singles bracket finals in Kentucky and Florida.
October 9, 2009
Lady Pirates Successful in Tournament Action Friday
Playing in two separate events, AASU excels in singles play in Kentucky and Florida after Friday's matches.
September 27, 2009
Lady Pirates Conclude FGCU Invitational Action
AASU claims six bracket championships after Sunday's action.
September 26, 2009
Day Two Of AASU Action At The FGCU Invitational
Lady Pirates win five singles, three doubles matches on Saturday in Fort Myers, Fla.
September 25, 2009
Women's Tennis Competes at FGCU Invitational
Lady Pirates go 4-2 in singles and 6-0 in doubles after first day of competition on Friday in Fort Myers, Fla.
September 21, 2009
Array, Novakova Capture ITA Southeast Region Singles Titles
Both players advance to the ITA Small College National Championships on Oct. 15-18 in Mobile, Ala.
September 20, 2009
Pirates Place Three In ITA Southeast Region Singles Finals
Monday's women's singles match an all-AASU affair with Sona Novakova and Alida Muller-Wehlau, while Rafael Array represents the Pirate men.
September 19, 2009
Pirates Excel In Second Day Of ITA Southeast Regional
AASU women place four players in the quarterfinals; men have three after Saturday's action. Four doubles teams also alive for the Pirates in the semifinals of both men's and women's brackets.
September 18, 2009
Pirates Almost Perfect After First Day Of ITA Southeat Regional
AASU men's and women's players go a combined 11-1 in singles and doubles action on Friday in first round action in Sumter, S.C.
September 17, 2009
Pirates Seeded For ITA Southeast Regional
Play begins Friday in Sumter, S.C., at the Palmetto Tennis center in men's and women's play; singles and doubles brackets to determine who earns a berth in the 2009 ITA Small College Championships.
