Posted by TTU Sports Information
on April 16, 2003

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles and Golden Eaglettes clinched the top seeds in next week's Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Tournament by rolling past Tennessee State University Tuesday afternoon in Cookeville. The Tech men gave up only four games on the day as they defeated the TSU Tigers by a 7-0 decision. The Golden Eaglettes, losing only five games in the match, came away with a 7-0 win.

The victories closed out Tech's regular season on a high note for both the Golden Eagles and Golden Eaglettes. The Tech men finished with a 12-9 overall record and a 5-0 slate in conference play, while the women finished 8-6 on the season and 6-0 in the OVC.

The Golden Eagles opened the men's match with the Tigers by sweeping through the doubles competition to take a 1-0 lead. All three Tech doubles duos rolled to easy 8-0 victories.

Gernot Fischer, playing No. 1 for the Golden Eagles, had a minor test from TSU's Jamaal Brown before taking a 6-2, 6-0 decision. Luis Aguerrevere grabbed a 6-0, 6-1 victory at the No. 2 position, while Razvan Ilie took a straight-set decision over Carleton White, 6-0, 6-0.

Will Chappell had little trouble against Trey Collier, taking a 6-0,6-0 decision at the No. 4 spot, while Rodrigo Cuesta gave up only one game en route a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 5. Michele Panzeri, playing the final singles match of the day, took a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Loren Johnson.

The Golden Eaglettes took the doubles point in their match with the Lady Tigers and just continued to roll as they followed that with victories in all six singles matches.

Marina Tasheva and Anita Obando teamed up to get an 8-1 victory at the No. 1 doubles match, while Ana Marie Cibils and Alet Boonzaaier won their No. 2 doubles match, 8-0, as did Maja Russinova and Alicja Kutyla at the No. 3 spot.

Cibils and Tasheva gave the Golden Eaglettes a 3-0 lead by picking up victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles positions, respectively. Cibils won 6-1, 6-0, while Tasheva took a 6-0, 6-1 victory. Obando gave up two games in the first set of her match with Martina Goldthreate at the No. 3 spot before rolling to a 6-2, 6-0 victory. Boonzaaier, Russinova and Kutyla closed out the singles matches with straight-set victories.

The OVC Tournament will be held at Centennial Park in Nashville on Friday through Sunday, April 25-27. The competition should begin each day at 8 a.m.