Feb. 18, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Sunday evening's tennis match between the Winston-Salem State University Lady Rams and the North Carolina Central Lady Eagles would come down to a decision in the sixth singles flight as NCCU's Comesha Hickman earned a 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 victory over WSSU's Jade Heggins that propelled NCCU to a 4-3 match victory at the WSSU Tennis Complex in Winston-Salem, NC.
The Lady Rams started the evening's action by securing the doubles point as WSSU's Terese Lavan and Johanna Nunez defeated NCCU's Comesha Hickman and Stephanie Lee 8-4 at second doubles and WSSU`s Gabrielle Benjamin and Jade Heggins defeated NCCU's Ambra Mason and Antionette Spain 8-6 at third doubles as WSSU earned the two match victories necessary to receive the coveted doubles point in the contest.
With the doubles point in hand the Lady Rams fell just short to the Lady Eagles as NCCU won four of the six singles matches en route to the 4-3 match victory.
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With the match tied at three points each, the Lady Rams could only watch as Jade Heggins dropped a three-set marathon of a match to Comesha Hickman in the final singles match of the evening.
After dropping the first set 6-4, Heggins earned a 7-5 victory in the second set to tie the match before dropping the third, and deciding, set 7-5 as NCCU earned the final point of the evening and secured their first win of the season.
The loss drops the Lady Rams to 0-9 overall while the Lady Eagles improve to 1-4 overall with the victory.
WSSU returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 10:00 am as they face the Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman University at the MEAC Tennis Round-Up. The match is part of a four-day event that will take place in
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Tennis Match Results
North Carolina Central vs
Feb 17, 2008 at
Singles competition
1. Ashley Rogers (NCCU) def. Shannon Loughnan (WSSUW) 6-1, 6-0
2. Tatiana Velasquez (NCCU) def. Laken Joyce (WSSUW) 6-1, 6-0
3. Terese Lavan (WSSUW) def. Stephanie Lee (NCCU) 7-5 (11-9), 6-1
4. Johanna Nunez (WSSUW) def. Ambra Mason (NCCU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Antionette Spain (NCCU) def. Gabrielle Benjamin (WSSUW) 6-0, 6-3
6. Comesha Hickman (NCCU) def. Jade Heggins (WSSUW) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Tatiana Velasquez/Ashley Rogers (NCCU) def.
2. Johanna Nunez/Terese Lavan (WSSUW) def. Comesha Hickman/Stephanie Lee (NCCU) 8-4
3. Gabrielle Benjamin/Jade Heggins (WSSUW) def. Ambra Mason/Antionette
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