Pensacola, Fla. - After beating Tuskegee on Friday, both UAH tennis teams lost their first two Gulf South Conference opening matches over the weekend. On Saturday, the 3rd-ranked Valdosta State men's team defeated UAH 9-0 and the 6th-ranked Blazer women's team knocked off the Lady Chargers 8-1. Then on Sunday, the 7th-ranked West Florida men beat the UAH men's team 8-1 and the Argonaut women swept the Lady Chargers 9-0.

The Charger men went to 5-4 and 0-2 in the GSC after the weekend, while the Lady Chargers slipped to 5-5 and 0-2.

The tennis teams will take some time off for Spring Break before returning to action on March 24 against Martin Methodist.

Women's Results from the weekend:

UAH def. Tuskegee 5-2 (3/12/10)
Shaneka Knight (TU) def Yngrid Alviz 6-4, 6-3
Mar Piernavieja (UAH) def Constanza Ananda 6-4, 6-0
Giannina Mulky (UAH) def. Sunny Willonghby 6-1, 6-0
Lillianne Reagan (UAH) won by default
Knight/Ananda (TU) def. Mulky/Alviz (UAH) 8-6
Piernavieja/Pacheco (UAH) def. Willonghby/Scott (TU) 8-3
Sipple/Reagan (UAH) won by default

Valdosta State def. UAH 8-1 (3/13/10)
Raphaelle Durante (VSU) def Yngrid Alviz 6-1, 6-1
Tina Trautmann(VSU) def Mar Piernavieja (UAH) 6-1, 6-0
Hollie Bees (VSU) def. Giannina Mulky (UAH) 6-1, 6-3
Sanya Haggshram (VSU) def. Amanda Sipple (UAH) 6-0, 6-0
Nicole Hernandez (VSU) def. Alejandra Pacheco (UAH) 6-0, 6-1
Lillianne Reagan (UAH) def. Leslie Roberge (VSU) 7-6, 3-6, (10-3)
Gambreant/Bees (VSU) def. Mulky/Alviz (UAH) 8-3
Durante/Trautmann def. Piernavieja/Pacheco (UAH) 8-0
Haggshram/Hernandez (VSU) def. Sipple/Reagan (UAH) 8-0

West Florida def. UAH 9-0 (3/14/10)
Taylor Brewster (UWF) def Yngrid Alviz 6-1, 6-2
Caitlyn Baines (UWF) def Mar Piernavieja (UAH) 6-2, 6-1
Luiza Sonnervig (UWF) def. Giannina Mulky (UAH) 6-1, 6-0
Mariana Sonnervig (UWF) def. Amanda Sipple (UAH) 6-0, 6-0
Cammie Gray (UWF) def. Alejandra Pacheco (UAH) 6-0, 6-2
Jacqueline March (UWF) def. Lillianne Reagan (UAH) 6-1, 6-2
Brewster/Baines (UWF) def. Mulky/Alviz (UAH) 8-2
Ojeda/L. Sonnervig (UWF) def. Piernavieja/Sippel (UAH) 8-0
Gray/March (UWF) def. Pacheco/Reagan (UAH) 8-0

Men's Results from the weekend:

UAH def. Tuskegee 9-0 (3/12/10)
Andres Buse (UAH) won by default
Andre Ipince (UAH) won by default
Daniel Canellas (UAH) def Marko Jagodic 2-1 (ret.)
Davyd Fowler (UAH) def David Mohammed 6-2, 6-0
Kyle Smith (UAH) def. Elijah Pugh 6-1, 6-3
Andrew Alfonso (UAH) def Miles Narnor 6-0, 6-0
Buse/Canellas (UAH) def Jagodic/Mohammed 8-0
Ipince/Fowler (UAH) def Pugh/Narnor 8-1
Smith/Alfonso (UAH) won by default

Valdosta State def. UAH 9-0 (3/13/10)
Daniel Dueren (VSU) def. Andres Buse (UAH) 6-1, 6-1
Philip Pakebusch (VSU) def. Andre Ipince (UAH) 6-4, 6-0
Otto Lenhart (VSU) def. Daniel Canellas (UAH) 6-2, 6-3
Christian Hansen (VSU) def. Davyd Fowler (UAH) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
Konstantin Kutschenko (VSU) def. Kyle Smith (UAH) 6-3, 6-0
Michael Kuech (VSU) def. Andrew Alfonso (UAH) 6-3, 6-4
Pakebusch/Kuech (VSU) def. Buse/Canellas (UAH) 8-5
Dueren/Hansen (VSU) def. Ipince/Fowler (UAH) 8-3
Lenhart/Kutschenko (VSU) def. Smith/Alfonso (UAH) 8-2

West Florida def. UAH 8-1 (3/14/10)
Kevin Ducros (UWF) def. Andres Buse (UAH) 6-2, 6-2
Leandro Ferreira (UWF) def. Andre Ipince (UAH) 6-4, 6-1
Andrey Pozhidaeu (UWF) def. Daniel Canellas (UAH) 6-0, 6-4
Davyd Fowler (UAH) def. Patrick Bateman (UWF) 2-6, 6-1, (10-4)
Mike Lue (UWF) def. Kyle Smith (UAH) 6-0, 6-1
Lukas Larsson (UWF) def. Andrew Alfonso (UAH) 6-0, 6-3
Ducros/Ferreira (UWF) def. Buse/Canellas (UAH) 8-6
Pozhidaeu/Lue (UWF) def. Ipince/Fowler (UAH) 8-4
Bateman/Larsson (UWF) def. Smith/Alfonso (UAH) 8-3

The Valdosta State men's team is ranked third in this week's Campbell/ITA DII poll, while the West Florida men are No. 7. Meanwhile, the VSU women's team is sixth and the Lady Argonauts are ninth in the ITA poll.

The teams had a busy schedule over the weekend playing on three consecutive days. On Friday, Alabama A&M visited the UAH tennis courts. The Charger men whipped the Bulldogs 8-1, but the Lady Chargers fell 6-3. Both teams were victorious on Saturday, beating Cumberland. The men won 7-2, while the ladies squeaked out a 5-4 decision. Things got a little bumpy on Sunday as Division I Western Kentucky came to town. The Hilltopper men's team edged he Chargers 5-4, while the WKU women cruised past the Lady Chargers 8-1.

Men's Results

UAH def Alabama A&M  8-1 (3-5-10)
Desta Sandy (A&M) def Andres Buse 7-5, 3-6 (10-4)
Andre Ipince (UAH) def Nicholas Burger 6-0, 6-1
Daniel Canellas (UAH) def Stevon Walker 6-2, 6-1
Davyd Fowler (UAH) def Johnnie Singleton 6-0, 6-0
Kyle Smith (UAH) def. Bertaud Ngomsi 6-0, 6-0
Andrew Alfonso (UAH) def Anthony Pickard 6-0, 6-0
Buse/Canellas (UAH) def Sandy/Burger 8-4
Ipnice/Fowler (UAH) def Walker/Singleton 8-0
Smith/Alfonso (UAH) def Ngomsi/Pickard 8-0

UAH def Cumberland  7-2 (3-6-10)
Mike Basler (CC) def Andres Buse 5-7, 6-2 (5-5 Retired)
Naim Azhar (CC) def Andre Ipince 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Daniel Canellas (UAH) def Felipe Oliviera 6-4, 6-0
Davyd Fowler (UAH) def Jeremy Fleming 6-2, 6-3
Kyle Smith (UAH) def. Christian Hernandez 6-7, (1-2 Retired)
Andrew Alfonso (UAH) def Devin Crotzer (3-4 Retired)
Buse/Canellas (UAH) def Azhar/Basler 8-4
Ipnice/Fowler (UAH) def Olwiera/Fleming 8-4
Smith/Alfonso (UAH) def Hernandez/Crotzer 8-5

Western Kentucky def UAH  5-4 (3-6-10)
Tomi Krug (WKU) def Andres Buse 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
Andre Ipince (UAH) def Currie Martin 6-2, 6-2
Daniel Canellas (UAH) def Craig Kirchgessner 6-4, 7-5
Priyank Gargadharan (WKU) def Davyd Fowler 6-2, 7-6
Arul Selvan (WKU) def Kyle Smith 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Lance Freeman (WKU) def Andrew Alfonso 6-1, 5-7, 7-5
Krug/Kirchgessner (WKU) def Buse/Canellas 8-5
Ipnice/Fowler (UAH) def Gargadharan/Selvan 9-8 (3)
Smith/Alfonso (UAH) def Martin/Andrew Swanson 8-3

Women's Results

Alabama A&M def UAH 6-3 (3-5-10)
Denise Cherry (A&M) def Yngrid Alviz 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
Mar Piernavieja (UAH) def Te'lisha Mixon 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-4
Shannon Warner (A&M) def Giannina Mulky 6-2, 6-3
Brittany Jelks (A&M) def Alejandra Pacheco 6-0, 6-1
Jasmine Cherry (A&M) def Amanda Sipple 6-1, 6-0
Lillianne Reagan (UAH) def Alison Gladness 6-0, 6-3
Mixon/Warner (A&M) def Piernavieja/Pacheco 8-4
D. Cherry/Jelks (A&M) def Mulky/Alviz 8-2
Sipple/Reagan (UAH) def. Gladness/J. Cherry 8-4

UAH def Cumberland 5-4 (3-6-10)
Bea Mompo (CC) def Yngrid Alviz 6-4, 6-2
Courtney Schaub (CC) def Mar Piernavieja 6-1, 6-1
Giannina Mulky (UAH) def  Emily Jacobs 7-6, 6-7, 6-3
Alejandra Pacheco (UAH) def Amber Johnson 7-5, 6-1
Lillianne Reagan (UAH) def Julia Malyavho 6-1, 6-0
Amanda Sipple (UAH) won by default
Mompo/Johnson (CC) def Mulky/Alviz 8-2
Jacobs/Schaub (CC) def  Piernavieja/Pacheco 8-3
Sipple/Reagan (UAH) won by default

Western Kentucky def UAH 8-1 (3-7-10)
Fionna Heuff (WKU) def Yngrid Alviz 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3
Kate Vucina (WKU) def Mar Piernavieja 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Carrie True (WKU) def Giannina Mulky 6-2, 6-0
Alejandra Pacheco (UAH) def Katie DiTommaso 6-0, 6-3
Leanne Cuplinger (WKU) def Lillianne Reagan 6-0, 6-3
Megan Stephens (WKU) def Amanda Sipple 6-3, 6-1
Heuff/Vucina (WKU) def Mulky/Alviz 8-4
True/Cuplinger (WKU) def  Piernavieja/Pacheco 8-6
DiTommaso/Stephens (WKU) def Sipple/Reagan 9-7

vs. Stillman (Women)
Yngrid Alviz (UAH) def Olivia Hall 6-1, 6-1
Mar Piernavieja (UAH) def Andrea McCorvey 6-0, 6-1
Giannina Mulky (UAH) def. Whitney Horner 6-2, 6-4
Alejandra Pacheco (UAH) def. Joyce Lewis 6-2, 6-2
Amanda Sipple (UAH) def Lakisha Andry 6-0, 6-1
Lillianne Reagan (UAH)) def Lauren Thomas 6-2, 6-2
Piernavieja/Pacheco (UAH) def Hall/Thomas 8-1
Mulky/Alviz (UAH) def. Lewis/Horner 8-3
Sipple/Reagan (UAH) def. McCorvey/Andrey 8-3
 
vs. Stillman (Men)
Andres Buse (UAH) def Bryan Walker 6-0, 6-0
Andre Ipince (UAH) def Jordan Wilburn 6-0, 6-0
Daniel Canellas (UAH) def Jeshua Irazabal 7-5, 2-6 (10-5)
Davyd Fowler (UAH) def Anes Hrnjic 6-2, 6-0
Kyle Smith (UAH) def. Felipe Farias 4-6, 7-5 (10-7)
Andrew Alfonso (UAH) def Jeffrey Farias 6-2, 6-2
Buse/Canellas (UAH) def Walker/Wilburn 8-0
Ipnice/Fowler (UAH) def Farias/Irazabal 8-3
Smith/Alfonso (UAH) def Hrnjic/Farias 8-2

The UAH women's tennis team made it two in a row with a 7-2 win over Montevallo on Tuesday at the Charger Tennis Center. That win came on the heels of Sunday's 6-3 win over Bethel College. With the wins, the Lady Chargers improved to 2-1 on the season. Meanwhile, the UAH men's team evened their record at 1-1 by edging Bethel 5-4.