Buoyed by the "Armstrong ! Armstrong !" cheer of the father of Pirate senior Matus Mydla, Armstrong has taken a 2-1 lead in doubles over West Florida in the NCAA DII Men's Tennis semifinals. Mydla and teammate Jaan Kononov led 7-4 at No. 3 doubles, saw West Florida claim a service break to fight back to 7-6, but Kononov held serve to claim the 8-6 win.
We head into singles play with the No. 2 Pirates holding that slim one point lead. In the other semifinal, top-ranked Barry won three close doubles matches over No. 6 Concordia (NY) to lead 3-0 heading into singles play.
By the way, the NCAA.com has posted the story from Denise Maloof of the Pirates' win over Barry yesterday and the rivalry that has existed between the Bucs and the Pirates. If the doubles scores hold into singles, we will see a renewing of that rivalry on the men's side - and this time it'll be for a national championship !
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