No. 4 West Florida Advances With Victory over No. 35 Harding :: The Argonauts shut out the Bisons to move on to the Round of 16

May 4, 2007

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Fourth-ranked Univeristy of West Florida (19-6) defeated 35th-ranked Harding (22-7) 5-0 Friday morning at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carlson Complex during the second round of the NCAA Division II Women's National Championship. The Argonauts defeated the Bisons without dropping a single match to win the Regional title and move on to the round of 16.

The Argonauts swept the doubles action, earning all three possible points. Sophomore Renata Mattos (Cuiaba, Brazil) and her partner senior Anne Claire Beard (Villevaude, France) did not lose a game in the number three position to earn a 15-3 record on the season. Sophomore Suzana Cavalcante (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and her partner junior Paola Arevalo (Cali, Columbia) finished to doubles action with a 8-3 victory over Harding's team of Karina Gommes and Lola Pardo to give the Argonauts the 3-0 lead.

Following the doubles action, the Argonauts earned two more wins in the singles play to finish the match. Once again, Beard did not drop a game in the fifth position against the Bisons Kathrine Golik to improve to a 12-3 singles record on the season. Mattos did not have trouble to beat her opponent, Milena Chisaca, 6-2, 6-1, and improves to a 18-5 singles record on the season.

West Florida will return to action in in the NCAA Division II Women's National Championship on Wednesday, May 9 for the round of 16 to be played in Orlando, Fla.

Results:
#1 Singles: Suzana Cavalcante (UWF) def. Alicia Willians (HU) DNF
#2 Singles: Tammy Kevey (UWF) against. Karina Gomes (HU) DNF
#3 Singles: Renata Mattos (UWF) def. Milena Chisaca (HU), DNF
#4 Singles: Paola Arevalo (UWF) against Lola Pardo (HU), 6-2, 6-1
#5 Singles: Anne Claire Beard (UWF) against Katherine Golik (HU), 6-0, 6-0
#6 Singles: Cristina Mardones (UWF) against Denise Pascuzzi (HU), DNF
#1 Doubles: T. Kevey/M. Septoe (UWF) def. A. Williams/M. Chisaca (HU) 8-5
#2 Doubles: S. Cavalcante/P. Arevalo (UWF) def. L. Pardo/K. Gomes (HU), 8-3
#3 Doubles: R. Mattos/A. Berad (UWF) def. D. Pascuzzi/K. Golik (HU), 8-0

(By Gui Amaral Jasmin)