April 15, 2004

Charlotte, NC - Virginia State University captured two first-place doubles championships on Thursday afternoon and Fayetteville State captured one title as the Lady Trojans and Lady Broncos jumped out to an early lead after the first day of the CIAA Women's Tennis Championships at Hornet's Nest Park in Charlotte, NC.

In number three doubles action, the Lady Broncos Tamieka McLean and LaKeisha Cribb strung together three straight wins to capture the championship. Finishing second was the host-team Lady Golden Bull's pairing of Kern Legette and Natasha Hairston who fell in the championship by the score of 8-5.

Team Placings: Third Doubles 1st Place: McLean/Cribb (Fayetteville State)
2nd Place: Legett/Hairston (Johnson C. Smith)
3rd Place: Ray/Bradshaw (North Carolina Central)
4th Place: Oyelade/Makalo (Shaw)
5th Place: Richards/Braswell (Virginia State)
6th Place: Layton/Brehon (Elizabeth City State)
7th Place: Epps/Johnson (Bowie State)
8th Place: Default (Winston-Salem State)

In second doubles action, Virginia State's pairing of Barnes and Pegues surrendered only two points in three matches as they breezed to a championship. The Lady Broncos were hot on the heels of the Lady Trojans all the way up to the finals, but Jackson and Maynor failed to score a point in the championship round and fell by the score of 8-0.

Team Placings: Second Doubles
1st Place: Barnes/Pegues (Virginia State)
2nd Place: Jackson/Maynor (Fayetteville State)
3rd Place: Lewis/Shoecraft (Johnson C. Smith)
4th Place: Riley/Romain (Shaw)
5th Place: McMillan/Jeffries (North Carolina Central)
6th Place: Jackson/Gregory (Bowie State)
7th Place: Hopper/Wheeler (Winston-Salem State)
8th Place: Whidbee/Fieka (Elizabeth City State)

In first doubles action is was Virginia State who tallied their second women's doubles title of the afternoon as the tandem of Lopez and Saunders defeated Fayetteville State's Elohim and Bennett 9-7 in a tie-breaker to capture the title for the Lady Trojans.

Team Placings: First Doubles
1st Place: Lopez/Saunders (Virginia State)
2nd Place: Elohim/Bennett (Fayetteville State)
3rd Place: Enebechi/Lake (Shaw)
4th Place: Goss/Cross (Johnson C. Smith)
5th Place: Ligons/McFadden (North Carolina Central)
6th Place: Webber/Didigu (Bowie State)
7th Place: Stewart/Allen (Winston-Salem State)
8th Place: Smith/Williams (Elizabeth State)

All eight teams return to action on Friday morning starting at 9:00 am at Hornet's Nest Park for the first day of CIAA Tennis Championship singles action.

For pairings and brackets, refer to the Portable Document Format (PDF) attached to this document, or on the Official Website for WSSU Athletics at www.WSSURAMS.com