2008 Woodie Awards
Women's tennis pushes beyond defeat to pick up two NCCAA wins
By: Mary Fordham
Issue date: 2/28/07 Section: Sports
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Mary Fordham
Features Editor
While the women's tennis team picked up one loss this past week, they also earned two NCCAA wins.
Mars Hills College defeated the Lady Crusaders 7-2 on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Teresita Mariani, graduate studies, beat Aylin Seyalioglu in a three set thriller match and Keisha Kohns, senior elementary education, defeated Maranda Dellinger.
"I think we are better than last year," said Mariani, who remains undefeated this season. "We have a better chance with all of our matches this year because we have more experience. We are a better team and we are competing better. Today was a really tough match. Every single match is going to be really close. The more we compete, the better we will compete and the more we will win. We just need confidence."
Wingate University fell to the Lady Crusaders in a 7-2 landslide Thursday, Feb. 22.
"We are definitely stronger this year than we were last year because it is an old team," said Aubrey Sawyer, sophomore music performance. "There is only one new player and the fact that we have been together a whole season helps out teams strength. Some of our weaknesses are just staying focused during matches and competing all the way through the match. Most of the teams we are playing this year are really tough teams. Most of them are seated, or ranked. We are doing pretty well."
NGU's victory against The University of North Alabama was secured by Caitlyn Whitted, senior sport management, who played the tie-breaking match, edged the Lady Crusaders forward to a 5-4 win.
"The team is working on how to become great competitors," said Mark Elliot, tennis head coach. "Once we learn how to compete, the women will have a lot of success this year and are going to surprise a lot of teams."
The next home match will be played against Columbia College, on Thursday, March 1, at 3:30 p.m. The Lady Crusaders will also be playing Tusculum College along of the men's tennis team on Friday, March 2, at 2 p.m.
Features Editor
While the women's tennis team picked up one loss this past week, they also earned two NCCAA wins.
Mars Hills College defeated the Lady Crusaders 7-2 on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Teresita Mariani, graduate studies, beat Aylin Seyalioglu in a three set thriller match and Keisha Kohns, senior elementary education, defeated Maranda Dellinger.
"I think we are better than last year," said Mariani, who remains undefeated this season. "We have a better chance with all of our matches this year because we have more experience. We are a better team and we are competing better. Today was a really tough match. Every single match is going to be really close. The more we compete, the better we will compete and the more we will win. We just need confidence."
Wingate University fell to the Lady Crusaders in a 7-2 landslide Thursday, Feb. 22.
"We are definitely stronger this year than we were last year because it is an old team," said Aubrey Sawyer, sophomore music performance. "There is only one new player and the fact that we have been together a whole season helps out teams strength. Some of our weaknesses are just staying focused during matches and competing all the way through the match. Most of the teams we are playing this year are really tough teams. Most of them are seated, or ranked. We are doing pretty well."
NGU's victory against The University of North Alabama was secured by Caitlyn Whitted, senior sport management, who played the tie-breaking match, edged the Lady Crusaders forward to a 5-4 win.
"The team is working on how to become great competitors," said Mark Elliot, tennis head coach. "Once we learn how to compete, the women will have a lot of success this year and are going to surprise a lot of teams."
The next home match will be played against Columbia College, on Thursday, March 1, at 3:30 p.m. The Lady Crusaders will also be playing Tusculum College along of the men's tennis team on Friday, March 2, at 2 p.m.
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