2008 Woodie Awards
Tennis continues rollercoaster season
By: Kathryn Fox
Issue date: 3/21/07 Section: Sports
Kat Fox
Staff Writer
North Greenville University's tennis teams continue to fight strong as they battle nationally ranked teams. The Crusaders men's took a tough loss on Feb. 26, when the USC-Upstate Spartans, ranked 11th in the country, came in on top with an 8-1 win. The women's Crusaders also lost to the Women's Spartans, ranked 12th in the country, 9-0.
Both men and women's teams were defeated on March 2, by Tusculum College; Men at 7-2, and women at 7-2.
The Crusaders were not discouraged and went on to win both the men and women teams of Benedict College on March 3; Men won 5-0, and women won 6-0.
While the men's Crusaders suffered a 9-0 loss to 10th ranked Lander University, the women bested Lander.
"So far so good, but we still have a lot of room to improve," said Gabriel Altmayer, senior international business.
"The teams I schedule are tough," said Mark Elliott, tennis head coach.
Elliott said the young teams have talent but still have much to learn. The men's team has five wins and six losses so far this season and the women's team has four wins and four losses. "I don't like to dwell on records, what I dwell on is: are we improving, are we getting better?" said Elliott.
"If we only play teams that are worse than us then we'll never get better," said Teresita Mariani, master's program, business administration.
Elliott will be dedicating time to preparing his players to compete mentally during matches.
"The men's team needs to learn how to better work as a team," said Elliott. Working as a team in an individual sport can be difficult, but according to Elliott, it can be done and they have plenty of time to do it.
Staff Writer
North Greenville University's tennis teams continue to fight strong as they battle nationally ranked teams. The Crusaders men's took a tough loss on Feb. 26, when the USC-Upstate Spartans, ranked 11th in the country, came in on top with an 8-1 win. The women's Crusaders also lost to the Women's Spartans, ranked 12th in the country, 9-0.
Both men and women's teams were defeated on March 2, by Tusculum College; Men at 7-2, and women at 7-2.
The Crusaders were not discouraged and went on to win both the men and women teams of Benedict College on March 3; Men won 5-0, and women won 6-0.
While the men's Crusaders suffered a 9-0 loss to 10th ranked Lander University, the women bested Lander.
"So far so good, but we still have a lot of room to improve," said Gabriel Altmayer, senior international business.
"The teams I schedule are tough," said Mark Elliott, tennis head coach.
Elliott said the young teams have talent but still have much to learn. The men's team has five wins and six losses so far this season and the women's team has four wins and four losses. "I don't like to dwell on records, what I dwell on is: are we improving, are we getting better?" said Elliott.
"If we only play teams that are worse than us then we'll never get better," said Teresita Mariani, master's program, business administration.
Elliott will be dedicating time to preparing his players to compete mentally during matches.
"The men's team needs to learn how to better work as a team," said Elliott. Working as a team in an individual sport can be difficult, but according to Elliott, it can be done and they have plenty of time to do it.
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