March 18, 2012 |
APSU Sports: Austin Peay Women’s Tennis
Vanja Tomic Wins 11th Straight Match
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay women’s tennis team opened Ohio Valley Conference play with a 5-2 win against SIU Edwardsville, Saturday.
The Lady Govs the top two doubles matches, setting the stage for a strong performance on the singles side to wrap it up.
 Austin Peay Women's Tennis. (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)
Senior Vanja Tomic and Alison Carre won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles, while also earning wins on the singles side. Sophomore Andra Cornea and freshman Ornella Di Salvo won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.
Tomic won her 11th-straight match at No. 1 singles, which has her six matches away from tying her consecutive wins streak set in 2010. Carre earned her singles win at No. 3. Austin Peay also got straight-set wins from Di Salvo and Cornea.
The Lady Govs continue a difficult schedule with a Tuesday match at Middle Tennessee before returning to OVC play, Saturday, at Southeast Missouri.
Austin Peay 5, SIU Edwardsville 2
Singles competition
1. TOMIC, Vanja (APSUW) def. DONNER, Kali (SIUE) 6-1, 6-1
2. Di SALVO, Ornella (APSUW) def. CONNORS, Carli (SIUE) 6-3, 6-0
3. CARRE, Alison (APSUW) def. WEBB, Rachel (SIUE) 6-2, 6-3
4. CORNEA, Andra (APSUW) def. ILCEWICZ, Haley (SIUE) 6-1, 6-1
5. HORNING, Laura (SIUE) def. TAVAREZ, Vanessa (APSUW) 0-1, retired
6. RAYMOND, Lindsey (SIUE) def. KARAK, Jovana (APSUW) 8-5
Doubles competition
1. TOMIC, Vanja/CARRE, Alison (APSUW) def. CONNORS, Carli/HORNING, Laura (SIUE) 8-3
2. CORNEA, Andra/Di SALVO, Ornella (APSUW) def. MILLER, Amanda/DONNER, Kali (SIUE) 8-3
3. RAYMOND, Lindsey/CORKERN, Joanna (SIUE) def. KARAK, Jovana/TAVAREZ, Vanessa (APSUW) 8-6
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TopicsAlison Carre, Andra Cornea, APSU, APSU Athletics, APSU Sports, APSU Tennis, APSU Women's Tennis, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN, Lady Govs, Ohio Valley Conference, Ornella Di Salvo, OVC, SIU Edwardsville, Southeast Missouri, Vanja Tomic
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