Campbell Advances In A-Sun Championship With 4-2 Win Over Belmont

Thursday, April 13, 2006

MACON, GA. – Third-seeded Campbell rallied to defeat No. 6 Belmont 4-2 Thursday in the quarterfinal round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Tennis Championship at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center.

Belmont (6-9) won the doubles point, but Campbell (14-7) battled back winning four of five singles matches to advance to the semifinal round for the first time since reaching the title match in 2003.

Iva Stojancev and Liza Bensimon each won in straight sets for Campbell, while Belmont's Linda Johansson downed Scarlet Alfonzo at the first position. Surviladze improved her record to 20-4 on the year, 18-2 in the spring season, while defeating Tatiana Pozo 6-4, 6-2 at number-two.

Bensimon dropped only four games in a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over April Bradley at number-four. Nina Surviladze and Anita Dajc provided the winning points with three-set victories at numbers three and five, respectively.

Campbell will face second-seeded Stetson in Friday's 2:00 p.m. semifinal.

Campbell 4, Belmont 2 (Atlantic Sun Women's Quarterfinal)

Doubles

No. 1 Johansson/Pozo (Belmont) def. Alfonzo/Surviladze (Campbell) 8-6

No. 2 Stojancev/Bensimon (Campbell) def. Bradley/Rhodes (Belmont) 8-0

No. 3 Conyer/Griffith (Belmont) def. Dajc/Ahuja (Campbell) 8-1

Singles

No. 1 Linda Johansson (Belmont) def. Scarlet Alfonzo (Campbell) 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 Iva Stojancev (Campbell) def. Tatiana Pozo (Belmont) 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 Nina Surviladze (Campbell) def. Elizabeth Conyer (Belmont) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

No. 4 Liza Bensimon (Campbell) def. April Bradley (Belmont) 6-3, 6-1

No. 5 Anita Dajc (Campbell) def. Katie Rhodes (Belmont) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4