March 6, 2012

Armstrong's Irdoja and Filipovski Named Tennis Players of the Week

Men's Tennis Player of the Week

Mikk Irdoja, Armstrong
Senior • Talinn, Estonia

Irdoja went unbeaten on the week with two singles wins and three doubles victories as the No. 3-ranked Pirates moved to 8-0 on the season ... Beat No. 5 Lynn’s Luca Pavanelli, 6-3, 6-3, on Friday ...
Knocked off North Georgia’s Mateus Camasmie, 6-2, 6-2, on Sunday ...Teamed with Georgi Rumenov to beat the No. 4-ranked doubles duo of Cirla and Van Haelen from Lynn, 8-3, on Friday ... Beat No. 2 Barry’s top doubles team of Groetsch and Sigaud, 8-2, on Saturday, then downed Camasmie and Friedrich of North Georgia, 8-2, on Sunday ... Irdoja is a perfect 7-0 in singles and doubles this spring for the Pirates.

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Women's Tennis Player of the Week

Aleksandra Filipovski, Armstrong
Soph. • Seged, Hungary

Filipovski gave up just one game in singles and picked up a key come-from-behind doubles win in helping the No. 4-ranked Pirates stay unbeaten on the season at 7-0 ... Filipovski downed No. 42 Andrea Berkova of No. 3-ranked Lynn, 6-1, 6-0, on Friday, then blanked North Georgia’s Juliana Chiang, 6-0, 6-0, on Sunday ... Teamed with Barbora Krtickova to erase an early 3-0 deficit and pick up a 9-8 (3) win over No. 4-ranked Ivan and Krause of Lynn on Friday ... The doubles duo then blanked the No. 1 doubles teams of North Georgia and UNC Pembroke with 8-0 scores .. Filipovski is 6-0 in singles and 7-0 in doubles so far this dual match season.

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