APSU Sports: Austin Peay Women’s Tennis
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University women’s tennis team won its second-straight Ohio Valley Conference match, 6-1, against Southeast Missouri, Saturday at the Governors Indoor Tennis Center.
“Overall it was a good match for us,” head coach Malik Tabet said. “We’ve been battling some illness; we have a number of players sick. They pulled it together today and put out a good effort. We still have some improvement to make on the way we apply strategy during the match, but it’s getting better.”
Senior Vanja Tomic picked up her 13th-straight win at No. 1 singles, but the most impressive win came at No. 4 singles. Sophomore Andra Cornea dropped the first set, but never settled. She took the next two sets, avoiding the third-set tiebreaking, for win.
Austin Peay also got wins at No. 2 from Ornella Di Salvo in straight sets, and at No. 3 from Alison Carre in straight sets. Jovana Karak won the day’s final match at No. 6 singles.
Next for the Lady Govs is a 2:00pm, Sunday, match at UT Martin. Last season, the Skyhawks defeated the Lady Govs, 4-3, in Clarksville.
Austin Peay 6, Southeast Missouri 1
Singles competition
1. TOMIC, Vanja (APSUW) def. Nikole Novikova (SEMO) 6-0, 6-3
2. Di SALVO, Ornella (APSUW) def. Elizabeth Nyenwe (SEMO) 6-2, 6-1
3. CARRE, Alison (APSUW) def. Jessica Courtnell (SEMO) 6-1, 6-0
4. CORNEA, Andra (APSUW) def. Melissa Martin (SEMO) 0-6, 6-0, 7-5
5. Heather Robinson (SEMO) def. TAVAREZ, Vanessa (APSUW) 6-0, 6-0
6. KARAK, Jovana (APSUW) def. Laura Garcia (SEMO) 6-0, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. TOMIC, Vanja/CARRE, Alison (APSUW) def. Nikole Novikova/Heather Robinson (SEMO) 8-4
2. CORNEA, Andra/Di SALVO, Ornella (APSUW) def. Jessica Courtnell/Melissa Martin (SEMO) 8-1
3. TAVAREZ, Vanessa/KARAK, Jovana (APSUW) def. Elizabeth Nyenwe/Lauren Schaper (SEMO) 8-4
