There's something to be said for bringing an experienced squad to the 2010 NCAA DII National Tennis Championships. All seven members of the Lady Pirates' squad return from last year's title team, and the experience to not get flustered when adversity rears its head showed this morning for AASU.The Lady Pirates have a 3-0 lead in doubles over Hawai'i Pacific thanks to Martina Beckmann and Alida Muller-Wehlau's 8-2 win over Ingrid Cseh and Zora Vickova at No. 1 doubles. At No. 2 doubles, Gabriella Kovacs and Sona Novakova spotted Alexandra Stankovic and Sandra Wikstrom a 7-2 lead, but then won seven straight games for a 9-7 victory. At No. 3 doubles, Kathleen Henry and Tina Ronel (pictured) led 6-3 when Ronel slipped and fell chasing down a ball on the baseline. Shaken up briefly, HPU's duo of Nina and Tinka Mihova won the next three games to tie things up 6-6, but a break by the Lady Pirates stopped the streak and Ronel served out the 8-6 win.
In the other semifinal match, Lynn is up 2-1 over BYU-Hawai'i.
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