CAU Lady Panthers Claim Second Consecutive Tennis Title While FVSU Wildcats
Halt Maroon Tigers Win Streak
April 21, 2003
The 2003 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
Women and Men Tennis Championships were held April 18th and
19th at Morehouse College.
In the women’s division, the Lady Panthers of Clark Atlanta
University were the defending conference champs and entered
the tournament ranked number one. After a first round bye,
the Lady Panthers began tournament play by meeting the Lady
Wildcats of Fort Valley State University. After the playing
the minimum of five matches (three doubles and two singles)
the Lady Panthers won the match 5-0 and advanced to the championship
match for the third consecutive year.
The championship match up featured the same two teams who had
met in the two previous SIAC women’s finals; the Lady
Panthers and the Tigerettes of Tuskegee University. In the
final, the Lady Panthers had little difficulty in claiming
their second consecutive SIAC crown. Again, the Lady Panthers
played the minimum number of matches in a 5-0 over Tuskegee.
With the win, the Lady Panthers were crowned SIAC Champs for
the second time in three years and they now advance to NCAA
regional play.
In the men’s division, history was made when the Wildcats
of Fort Valley State University upset the Maroon Tigers of
Morehouse College in the championship match. For 25 of the
last 27 years, the Maroon Tigers had been crowned SIAC Men’s
Tennis Champs. The win by the Wildcats was their first conference
title under Head Coach Willie Foster. The 5-4 win by the Wildcats
also propels them into their first NCAA regional appearance.
The following are the results from the Championship:
WOMEN APRIL 18, 2003 (Day 1)
Game 1: #4Fort Valley State def. #5
LeMoyne-Owen (5-3)
Game
2: #3 Albany State def. #6 Kentucky State (5-0)
Game
3: #2 Tuskegee University def. #7 Lane College (5-0)
Game
4: #1 Clark Atlanta def. Fort Valley State (5-0)
Game
5: Tuskegee University def. Albany State (5-1)
APRIL 19, 2003 (Day 2)
Game 6: Fort Valley def. Albany State (5-4)
(Third Place)
Game
7: Clark Atlanta def. Tuskegee University (5-0) CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME
MEN APRIL 18, 2003 (Day 1)
Game 1: #5 LeMoyne-Owen def. #4 Lane
College (5-3)
Game 2:
#3 Fort Valley State def. #6 Benedict College (5-1)
Game
3: #2 Tuskegee University def. #7 Kentucky State (5-0)
Game
4: #1 Morehouse def. LeMoyne-Owen (5-0)
Game 5: Fort
Valley State def. Tuskegee University (5-3)
APRIL 19, 2003 (Day 2)
Game 6: Tuskegee University def. LeMoyne-Owen
(5-0) Third Place
Game 7: Fort Valley State def. Morehouse (5-4) CHAMPIONSHIP
SUPERLATIVE AWARDS
WOMEN
All Conference (Singles):
Chanel Brown (Clark Atlanta University);
Kamilah Smith (Clark Atlanta University); Stacey Spencer (Tuskegee
University);
Tosha Evans (Fort Valley State University); Nina Cloud (Tuskegee
University); Brandi Williams (Fort Valley State University)
All Conference (Doubles):
Chanel Brown & Neiger Green (Clark Atlanta University);
Kamilah Smith & Autumn Williams (Clark Atlanta University);
Nina Cloud & Ebony Palmer (Tuskegee)
Most Valuable Player: Kamilah Smith, Clark Atlanta University
Sportsmanship
Award: Nina Cloud, Tuskegee University
Coach
of the Year: Oliver McClendon, Jr., Clark Atlanta University
MEN
All Conference (Singles):
Ryan Shade (Morehouse College); Andre
Moore (Tuskegee University); Charles Harris (Tuskegee); Rafael
Smith (Morehouse College);
Robert Isaacs (Fort Valley State University); Kweku Symonette
(Fort Valley State University)
Most Valuable Player: Robert Isaacs (Fort Valley State
University)
Sportsmanship: Andre Moore (Tuskegee University)
Coach of
the Year: Willie Foster (Fort Valley State University)
