Women's Tennis Competes at FGCU Invitational

FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Armstrong Atlantic State women's tennis teams went a combined 4-2 in singles and 6-0 in doubles at the first day of action in the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational in Fort Myers, Fla., on Friday.

The Pirates' singles players all faced off against players from Stetson on Friday. Alida Muller-Wehlau notched a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 win over Valentina Galbarini, while Martina Beckmann picked up a 6-2, 7-5 win over Breanna Atkinson. Gabriella Kovacs notched a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Carolina de los Santos and Tina Ronel beat Unnati Purushotham, 7-5, 6-2. Stetson's Shannon Gunning defeated AASU's Kathleen Henry, 6-3, 6-3, while Katherine Nowicki defeated Alisa Kagukina, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

In doubles, each of the Lady Pirates' teams picked up a pair of wins. Beckmann and Muller-Wehlau defeated FGCU's Villemond and Leclerq, 8-2, then knocked off Stetson's Atkinson and Nowicki, 8-6. Kathleen Henry and Tina Ronel defeated Stetson's Gunning and Purushotham, 8-6, and Florida Atlantic's Augustin and Wimmer, 8-3. Finally, Kagukina and Kovacs defeated FGCU's Evans and Bechtel, 8-4, as well as Florida Atlantic's Mrazkova and Phillips, 8-1.

Play continues in the FGCU Invitational on Saturday with and doubles matches beginning at 8:00 a.m.