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Golden Tigers Go 2-1 at Shorter Blast Off Tournament

Published Mar 31, 2008

After 15 hours of tennnis in two days, the Brenau Golden Tigers defeated two ranked opponents to push their season record to 10-7. The Shorter Blast Off Tournament was the occasion and Brenau opened things up with a convincing 5-0 victory of #17 Union, KY. All three doubles teams were winners and Liubov Orlova and Paula Ghilardotti finished things off in singles play. After a short rest, the Tigers came back to face #14 Bethel, TN and were defeated 6-3. Diana Cardenas and Natalia Aranguren won their singles matches, but only one of the doubles teams was able to get a win. The opponent for Saturday's finale was #21 Georgetown, KY and the match was a close one, with the Tigers coming out on top 5-4. The doubles teams of Ghilardotti/Aranguren and Orlova/Shkurte Ejupi both won 9-8 in tiebreakers. Cardenas, Orlova and Ejupi all won in singles to secure the win.



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