No. 9 Clayton State records Saturday split at Montevallo

MONTEVALLO, Ala. – March 24, 2012 – The Clayton State women's tennis team recorded a doubleheader split on Saturday at Montevallo. The Lakers opened with an impressive 9-0 victory over Montevallo in Peach Belt Conference action, but dropped an 8-1 decision to No. 1-ranked BYU-Hawaii in the nightcap.

The split improves the Lakers, ranked No. 9 in Division II, to 5-7 overall and 4-2 in the Peach Belt Conference.

Clayton State did not lose a single game in doubles play against Montevallo. In singles, the Lakers won each match in straight sets. In fact, Charlotte Fabricius (No. 4) and Alyze' Pagal (No. 6) both won their matches without dropping a single game.

Clayton State's lone victory against BYU-Hawaii came in singles. Marie Cercelletti recorded a 6-3, 1-0 retired victory over BYU-Hawaii's Yuan Jia.

Clayton State plays next on Friday in non-conference action at Erskine.

CLAYTON STATE 9, MONTEVALLO 0

Singles:
1. Hannah Keeling (CLS) d. Helene Nordgreen 6-1, 6-1
2. Marie Cercelletti (CLS) d. Lauren Blair 6-2, 6-3
3. Martina Dedaj (CLS) d. Meagan Stevens 6-4, 6-1
4. Charlotte Fabricius (CLS) d. Amy McGucken 6-0, 6-0
5. Jessica Budd (CLS) d. Yulia Shvetsova 6-0, 6-1
6. Alyze' Pagal (CLS0 d. Kiana Banks 6-0, 6-0

Doubles:
1. Keeling/Cercelletti (CLS) d. Nordgreen/McGucken 8-0
2. Dedaj/Budd (CLS) d. Blair/Stevens 8-0
3. Fabricius/Pagal (CLS) d. Banks/Shvetsova 8-0

BYU-HAWAII 8, CLAYTON STATE 1

Singles:
1. Annir Hwang (BYUH) d. Hannah Keeling 6-0, 6-1
2. Marie Cercelletti (CLS) d. Yuan Jia 6-3, 1-0 (retired)
3. Tanja Rebholz (BYUH) d. Martina Dedaj 6-0, 6-0
4. Marika Kobayashi (BYUH) d. Charlotte Fabricius 6-0, 6-2
5. Marieta Tuionetoa (BYUH) d. Jessica Budd 6-2, 6-1
6. Sasha Ulbrictova (BYUH) d. Alyze' Pagal 6-1, 6-2

Doubles:
1. Hwang/Sherry Liu (BYUH) d. Keeling/Cercelletti 8-1
2. Tuionetoa/Jia (BYUH) d. Dedaj/Budd 8-2
3. Kobayashi/Ulbrichtova (BYUH) d. Fabricius/Pagal 8-4