Armstrong Atlantic State won its first Division II Women's Tennis Championship since 1996 and third overall with a 5-3 victory over Brigham Young-Hawaii May 14 at Altamonte Springs, Florida. Brigham Young-Hawaii, which had won 130 consecutive matches, had been vying for a fourth straight crown.

Both teams came into the championship match undefeated. With the win, Armstrong Atlantic State finished the season 30-0. Brigham Young-Hawaii completed a 29-1 slate. The Seasiders had won the last three consecutive championships and five of the last six.

The two finalists split the top two doubles matchups. Armstrong Atlantic State's Manuela Emmrich and Caroline Grage posted an 8-3 win over Tetyana Bula and Petra Teller in a match many expected to be closer. Emmrich and Grage were ranked eighth by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and Bula and Teller were seventh.

Brigham Young-Hawaii's top-ranked team of Jing Jing Liu and Adrienn Hegedus defeated the Pirates' Luisa Cowper and Laura Peaty, 8-5. Cowper and Peaty are ranked fourth.

Dziyana Nazaruk and Johanna Dahlback gave the the Pirates the lead with a victory over Brigham Young-Hawaii's Guiranna Korinihona and Crustal Schwenke.

The Seasiders took the first two singles matches on strong play from both Liu and Hegedus over Cowper and Nazaruk, but the Pirates took the remaining matches to win, 5-3. Among those victories was an unexpected one from unranked Emmrich, who upset No. 14 Teller. Dahlback, ranked 21st, knocked off Bula, ranked seventh, in another upset for Armstrong Atlantic State.

With Brigham Young-Hawaii's 130-match winning streak snapped, the Pirates now hold Division II's longest winning streak at 30. Since becoming a member of Division II in 1998, Brigham Young-Hawaii has lost only two women's tennis matchups -- the 2001 national championship to Lynn and the 2005 championship. The Seasiders' Division II record is 233-2.

Armstrong Atlantic State won the championship in 1995 and 1996 and finished second in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002.

First and second rounds

At Cal Poly Pomona -- Cal Poly Pomona 5, Sonoma St. 0; BYU-Hawaii 5, Cal Poly Pomona 0 (BYU-Hawaii advances.)

At Bloomsburg -- Millersville 5, N.J. Inst. of Tech. 0; Bloomsburg 5, California (Pa.) 0; Millersville 5, Bloomsburg 4 (Millersville advances.)

At Emporia St. -- Northwest Mo. St. 5, St. Cloud St. 0; Emporia St. 5, Mesa St. 1; Northwest Mo. St. 5, Emporia St. 1 (Northwest Mo. St. advances.)

At Columbus St. -- North Fla. 5, Clayton St. 1; Columbus St. 5, Erskine 0; Columbus St. 5, North Fla. 3 (Columbus St. advances.)

At Northwood -- Northwood 6, West Liberty St. 0; Indianapolis 5, Mercyhurst 1; Northwood 5, Indianapolis 0 (Northwood advances.)

At West Fla. -- West Fla. 5, Tuskegee 0; Lincoln Memorial 5, Central Ark. 0; West Fla. 5, Lincoln Memorial 1 (West Fla. advances.)

At Barry -- Barry 5, Eckerd 0; Fla. Southern 5, Presbyterian 3; Barry 5, Fla. Southern 0 (Barry advances.)

At St. Edward's -- Midwestern St. 5, Tarleton St. 2; St. Edward's 5, East Central 1; Midwestern St. 5, St. Edward's 1 (Midwestern St. advances.)

At Kutztown -- Bryant 5, Queens (N.Y.) 2; Kutztown 5, Stonehill 0; Kutztown 5, Bryant 1 (Kutztown advances).

At Hawaii-Hilo -- Hawaii-Hilo 5, Hawaii Pacific 2 (Hawaii-Hilo advances.)

At UC San Diego -- UC San Diego 5, Cal St. L.A. 0; UC San Diego 5, Hawaii-Hilo 0 (UC San Diego advances).

At Armstrong Atlantic -- Armstrong Atlantic 5, Fayetteville St. 0; GC&SU 5, S.C.-Upstate 3; Armstrong Atlantic 6, GC&SU 0 (Armstrong Atlantic advances).

At Washburn -- Neb.-Omaha 5, Colorado St.-Pueblo 1; Washburn 5, North Dakota 0; Neb.-Omaha 5, Washburn 2 (Neb.-Omaha advances).

At Valdosta St. -- North Ala. 5, Delta St. 3; Valdosta St. 5, Harding 0; Valdosta St. 5, North Ala. 0 (Valdosta St. advances.)

At Ferris St. -- Grand Valley St. 5, Southern Ind. 1; Ferris St. 5, Wayne St. (Mich.) 0; Ferris St. 5, Grand Valley St. 1 (Ferris St. advances.)

At Abilene Christian -- Northeastern St. 5, Cameron 2; Abilene Christian 5, Drury 0; Abilene Christian 5, Northeastern St. 0 (Abilene Christian advances.)

At Lynn -- Rollins 5, Nova Southeastern 1; Lynn 5, Tusculum 0; Lynn 5, Rollins 1 (Lynn advances.)

Round of 16

BYU-Hawaii 6, Millersville 0; Columbus St. 5, Northwest Mo. St. 0; Barry 5, Midwestern St. 0; UC San Diego 5, Kutztown 0; West Fla. 5; Northwood 3; Armstrong Atlantic 5, Neb.-Omaha 0; Valdosta St. 5, Ferris St. 0; Lynn 5, Abilene Christian 0.

Quarterfinals

BYU-Hawaii 5, Columbus St. 1; Barry 5, West Fla. 2; Armstrong Atlantic 5, UC-San Diego 0; Valdosta St. 5, Lynn 3.

Semifinals

BYU-Hawaii def. Barry, 5-0; Armstrong Atlantic def. Valdosta St., 5-0.

Championship

Armstrong Atlantic 5, BYU-Hawaii 3.

Doubles: No. 1 -- Jing Jing Liu-Adrienn Hegedus, BYU-Hawaii, def. Luisa Cowper-Laura Peaty, Armstrong Atlantic, 8-5; No. 2 -- Manuela Emmrich-Caroline Grage, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Tetyana Bula-Petra Teller, BYU-Hawaii, 8-3; No. 3 -- Dziyana Nazaruk-Johanna Dahlback, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Gurianna Korinihona-Crystal Schwenke, BYU-Hawaii, 8-5.

Singles: No. 1 -- Liu, BYU-Hawaii, def. Cowper, Armstrong Atlantic, 6-1, 6-0; Hegedus, BYU-Hawaii, def. Nazaruk, Armstrong Atlantic, 6-2, 6-0; No. 3 -- Dahlback, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Bula, BYU-Hawaii, 6-3, 6-1; No. 4 -- Emmrich, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Teller, BYU-Hawaii, 6-4, 6-0; No. 5 -- Korinihona, BYU-Hawaii, def. Grage, Armstrong Atlantic, 6-2, 3-6, 2-1; No. 6 -- Peaty, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Trisha Piercy, BYU-Hawaii, 6-2, 6-3.