|
|
 |
Wednesday
March 17, 2010 Since 1922 |
Lady Rebels score tournament sweep
From sports staff reports
Baytown Sun Published February 9, 2010 Lee College’s women’s tennis team defeated nationally ranked Trinity University 5-4 and Prairie View A&M 7-2 Saturday to complete a sweep of its three matches against four-year schools in the Lady Rebel Invitational tournament at Lee College.
The Lady Rebels, the defending junior college national champions, had beaten Tarleton State 5-4 Friday in their first match of the spring season.
“We found out a lot about our team this weekend,” Lee College coach Jason Haynes said. “We are above average, and they competed like people that are trying to do something special.
“We’re trying to repeat as national champions, which is uncharted territory for Lee College (which has won three national titles under Haynes but never back-to-back titles).
“It takes working harder than last year’s team. If we can be consistent in our effort both in practices and matches, Lee College has a lot to be proud of.”
As was the case against Tarleton, Lee College’s Nadia Lee, Dionecia Akina and Manuela Gomez led the team by winning all their doubles and singles matches against both Trinity and Prairie View.
Akina, elevated to No. 2 singles after Friday’s matches, had the toughest path, needing to win a 10-point tie-breaker after splitting the first two sets with both her singles opponents.
Against Prairie View’s Melissa Guerrier, Akina dropped the first set 6-7 in a tie-breaker and rallied by winning the second set 7-6 in a long 14-12 tie-breaker, then finished off Guerrier 10-2 in the final tie-breaker.
Trinity, an NCAA Division III team, ranked No. 19 in the nation coming in.
Lee and Akina began things with an 8-1 win over Trinity’s Katy Poettcker and Thavindra Ekanayake in No. 1 doubles. Gomez and Frederique Sunstrum eked out an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles over Katie Griffith and Erin Jamison while Trinity’s No. 3 doubles team of Kassie Seger and Katie Budinsky downed LC’s Gina Stephenson and Shana Landry 8-1.
Lee beat Poettcker 6-0 6-0 at No. 1 singles; Akina was a 6-0, 4-6 (10-6) winner over Griffith at No. 2; and Gomez downed Budinsky 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4.
Trinity won at No. 3, with Ekanayake beating Sunstrum 6-1, 6-2; at No. 5, with Megan Jackson beating Stephenson 7-5, 7-5; and at No. 6, where Seger downed Huong Huynh 6-1, 6-1.
Lee College won all three doubles matches and four of six singles matches against Prairie View.
Lee and Akina downed Zimbabwe natives Munashe Makuni and Lerato Ndigvu 8-1 at No. 1; Sunstrum and Gomez downed Guerrier and Alejandra Barrera 8-6 and Francesca Bassoo and Stephenson downed Margaret Banks and Onossita Chapman 8-1.
In singles, Lee downed Makuni 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1; Gomez defeated Barrera 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4 and Landry defeated Chapman 6-2, 6-2 at No. 6, while Prairie View’s winners were Ndigvu 6-2, 6-3 over Sunstrum at No. 3 and Banks over Stephenson 6-4, 7-5 at No. 5.
Baytown Sun Published February 9, 2010 Lee College’s women’s tennis team defeated nationally ranked Trinity University 5-4 and Prairie View A&M 7-2 Saturday to complete a sweep of its three matches against four-year schools in the Lady Rebel Invitational tournament at Lee College.
The Lady Rebels, the defending junior college national champions, had beaten Tarleton State 5-4 Friday in their first match of the spring season.
“We found out a lot about our team this weekend,” Lee College coach Jason Haynes said. “We are above average, and they competed like people that are trying to do something special.
“We’re trying to repeat as national champions, which is uncharted territory for Lee College (which has won three national titles under Haynes but never back-to-back titles).
“It takes working harder than last year’s team. If we can be consistent in our effort both in practices and matches, Lee College has a lot to be proud of.”
As was the case against Tarleton, Lee College’s Nadia Lee, Dionecia Akina and Manuela Gomez led the team by winning all their doubles and singles matches against both Trinity and Prairie View.
Akina, elevated to No. 2 singles after Friday’s matches, had the toughest path, needing to win a 10-point tie-breaker after splitting the first two sets with both her singles opponents.
Against Prairie View’s Melissa Guerrier, Akina dropped the first set 6-7 in a tie-breaker and rallied by winning the second set 7-6 in a long 14-12 tie-breaker, then finished off Guerrier 10-2 in the final tie-breaker.
Trinity, an NCAA Division III team, ranked No. 19 in the nation coming in.
Lee and Akina began things with an 8-1 win over Trinity’s Katy Poettcker and Thavindra Ekanayake in No. 1 doubles. Gomez and Frederique Sunstrum eked out an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles over Katie Griffith and Erin Jamison while Trinity’s No. 3 doubles team of Kassie Seger and Katie Budinsky downed LC’s Gina Stephenson and Shana Landry 8-1.
Lee beat Poettcker 6-0 6-0 at No. 1 singles; Akina was a 6-0, 4-6 (10-6) winner over Griffith at No. 2; and Gomez downed Budinsky 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4.
Trinity won at No. 3, with Ekanayake beating Sunstrum 6-1, 6-2; at No. 5, with Megan Jackson beating Stephenson 7-5, 7-5; and at No. 6, where Seger downed Huong Huynh 6-1, 6-1.
Lee College won all three doubles matches and four of six singles matches against Prairie View.
Lee and Akina downed Zimbabwe natives Munashe Makuni and Lerato Ndigvu 8-1 at No. 1; Sunstrum and Gomez downed Guerrier and Alejandra Barrera 8-6 and Francesca Bassoo and Stephenson downed Margaret Banks and Onossita Chapman 8-1.
In singles, Lee downed Makuni 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1; Gomez defeated Barrera 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4 and Landry defeated Chapman 6-2, 6-2 at No. 6, while Prairie View’s winners were Ndigvu 6-2, 6-3 over Sunstrum at No. 3 and Banks over Stephenson 6-4, 7-5 at No. 5.