No. 1 Lady Pirates Lead No. 2 Barry, 3-0, After Doubles

After doubles, the No. 1-ranked Lady Pirates lead the No. 2-ranked Barry Bucs by a 3-0 score. The difference in this 3-0 lead and the one from the regular season meeting on March 13 was the performance at No. 1 doubles. In that regular season meeting, Alida Muller-Wehlau and Martina Beckmann (pictured) toughed out a 9-8 (7-5) tiebreak win over Barbi Pocza and Yulia Kashelkina.

This morning, the No. 2-ranked Muller-Wehlau and Beckmann blasted through a 26-minute 8-0 win over No. 3-ranked Pocza and Kashelkina to give AASU the early 1-0 lead. At No. 3 doubles, 23rd-ranked Kathleen Henry and Tina Ronel beat Mia Focca and Berit Peterson, 8-3, while at No. 2 doubles, seventh-ranked Gabriella Kovacs and Sona Novakova completed the sweep with an 8-3 win over Julie Stas and Angie Werschel.

Checking the other quarterfinals - Lynn is up 3-0 over Slippery Rock, BYU-Hawaii is up 3-0 over Northwood and California (Pa.) and Hawaii Pacific are in for a marathon - HPU is up 1-0 with the other two doubles matches still on the courts.