April 23, 2005

Richmond, VA - It would come down to a tie-breaker on Saturday as the Fayetteville State University Lady Broncos won yet another CIAA women's tennis title over the Lady Bears of Shaw University. The Lady Rams of Winston-Salem State University would close out competition with a sixth-place finish.

The Lady Broncos and Lady Bears would each finish the championships with 66 total points, forcing a tie breaker to be used to determine the eventual champion. CIAA rules mandated that the draw be broken by using a head-to-head tie-breaker format.

That format would crown the Lady Broncos the 2005 CIAA Champion as Fayetteville State University would post a 53% winning percentage over Shaw in head to head matches. The championship would ultimately come down to a sixth singles, semi-final matchup between the two teams.

Deadlocked at even in head to head matches, the Lady Broncos would earn the championship with Dana Maynor's 6-1, 6-0 win over Shaw's Ronke Oyelade that came in the sixth-singles semi-final round. Johnson C. Smith University would finish in third place with 50 points, with Virginia State posting 47 points, Virginia Union posting 30 points and the Lady Rams of Winston-Salem State University posting 27 points, good enough for a sixth-place finish.

For additional information on WSSU women's tennis, contact the WSSU Office of Sports Information at (336) 750-2143 or log on to the Official Website of WSSU Athletics at www.WSSURAMS.com

Team Scoring
Fayetteville State-66 (CIAA Champion via tiebreaker)
Shaw-66
Johnson C. Smith-50
Virginia State-47
Virginia Union-30
Winston-Salem State-27
Bowie State-19
North Carolina Central-17

Singles Results
1st Singles-Shaw def. Johnson C. Smith
2nd Singles-Fayetteville State def. Shaw
3rd Singles-Shaw def. Fayetteville State
4th Singles-Fayetteville State def. Shaw
5th Singles-Shaw def. Fayetteville State
6th Singles-Fayetteville State def. Shaw