BCSP Spring Notes . . .
CIAA Wrap-upBASEBALL
After dropping its first game of the 2004 CIAA Baseball Tournament 18-13, Virginia State rebounded in the tiebreaker game to defeat Elizabeth City State 11-9 and repeat as conference champions.
VSU's MVP Carlton Tucker finished the tiebreaker game going 3-5 including a 2-run homer and 4 RBIs. The starting pitcher for VSU, Tucker also struck out four batters.
2004 Baseball All-Tournament Team
| Deron Chase | OF | ECSU |
| Ernest Craddock | P | VSU |
| Carlton Tucker | P | VSU (MVP) |
| Carlos Gutierrez | RF | ECSU |
| Charles Monroe | 2B | VSU |
| P.J. Camacho | 1B | ECSU |
| Jason Jennings | C | VSU |
| Victor Branch | DH | ECSU |
| Kevin White | Utility | SU |
| Chris Taylor | 3B | ECSU |
| Jerrel Walter | C | SU |
| Jamie Moore | C | ECSU |
SOFTBALL
Virginia State defeated Shaw
8-3 Saturday to win its first ever CIAA Softball Championship.
2004 CIAA Softball All-Tournament Team
| Shonda Welch | P | Shaw |
| Amber Nance | P | WSSU |
| Andrea Blake | 1B | Shaw |
| Tiya Hines | P | VSU (MVP) |
| Lisa Harris | DP | ECSU |
| Clarisse Steans | P | NCCU |
| Dishondra Goree | OF | Shaw |
| Jennifer Lewis | P | SAC |
| Tishell Blakeny | SS | VSU |
| Carrie Handfinger | SS | VSU |
| Adija Beatty | OF | NCCU |
| Katrina Rowson | OF | VSU |
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Saint Augustine's continued its CIAA track
and field dominance by winning both men's and
women's team titles at the 2004 Championships held on
the campus of Johnson C. Smith University in
Charlotte, NC.
For St. Augustine's head coach and 2004 Olympic head coach George Williams, this is his program's seventh consecutive men's team title and eighth straight women's crown.
St. Augustine's women amassed 226 points to easily outdistance second place J. C. Smith (90 points). Livingstone and Virginia State tied for third with 85 points.
The St. Aug men tallied 206.5 points to claim their seventh consecutive team title. Livingstone captured second place with 125 points, while Virginia State scored 98 points for third place.
Doris Thompson scored 30 points for the victorious Lady Falcons with wins in the shot put, discus and javelin, earning the Most Outstanding Female Field Athlete award. Teammates Melissa Murillo and Maria Medina were selected co-Most Outstanding Female Track Athletes. Murillo won the 100 and 200-meter dashes and ran a leg of the winning 4x100m relay squad. Medina repeated in both the 800m and 1500m runs and was a member of the repeat 4x400m relay team.
Larry Marshall topped the first place Falcons with a repeat performance in the 1500m run and a runaway victory in the 5000m run, taking home recognition as the Most Outstanding Male Track Athlete.
Livingstone's Patrick Wright repeated as the Most Outstanding Male Field Athlete by capturing victories in the shot put and discus throw, and placing fifth in the javelin throw.
There were two three-peat performances Saturday, with St. Augustine's Adrian Findley winning the men's 400m hurdles for the third straight time and Livingstone's Jordan Vaden capturing his third consecutive win in the men's 200m dash.
| WOMEN | MEN | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1) St. Augustine's | 226 | 1) St. Augustine's | 206.5 |
| 2) J. C. Smith | 90 | 2) Livingstone | 125 |
| 3) Virginia State | 85 | 3) Virginia State | 98 |
| 3) Livingstone | 85 | 4) N.C. Cen tral | 72.5 |
| 5) Shaw | 53 | 5) Bowie State | 69 |
| 6) Bowie State | 49 | 6) Shaw | 35 |
| 7) N.C. Central | 23 | 7) J. C. Smith | 16 |
| 8) St. Paul's | 10 | 8) Virginia Union | 14 |
| 9) St. Paul's | 10 |
GOLF
Fayetteville State once again captured the
CIAA Golf crown as they tallied a 613 total (306 + 307 =
613) with N. C. Central 30 strokes behind in second
place with a 643 (318 + 325 = 643).
| Fayetteville State | 306-307 | 613 |
| N. Carolina Central | 318 -325 | 643 |
| Elizabeth City State | 347-359 | 706 |
| Johnson C. Smith | 357 -363 | 720 |
| St. Augustine's | 389-374 | 763 |
| Virginia Union | 368 -404 | 772 |
| Winston-Salem State | 390-377 | 775 |
| Virginia State | 433-401 | 834 |
| St. Paul's | 461-450 | 911 |
TENNIS
(MEN) The Johnson C. Smith men's tennis
team won its sixth consecutive CIAA Tennis
Championship, edging Shaw by one point for the second-straight
year. Shaw's Kabiru Ibrahim, Daniel
Sabogal and Olayiwola Enitan won the number 3, 5 and 6
singles, but JCSU's Michael White won the number
one position on his way to being named the
tournament's Most Valuable Player. Justin Stuckey won the
number 2 position and Larry Holmes won the number 4
for JCSU.
ORDER OF FINISH
1) Johnson C. Smith 2) Shaw 3) Virginia State 4) N. C.
Central 5) St. Paul's 6) St. Augustine's 7) WSSU 8) Virginia Union
(WOMEN) The Lady Broncos of Fayetteville State captured their third consecutive CIAA Women's Tennis Championship on Saturday afternoon at Hornet's Nest Park in Charlotte, NC as they edged the Lady Trojans of Virginia State by the score of 66-62 despite VSU capturing five flight championships (two doubles and three singles).
Brasheedah Elohim of FSU, who won the
singles title, was named the Most Outstanding Player.
RESULTS
| 1) Fayetteville St. | 66 |
| 2) Virginia State | 62 |
| 3) Shaw | 49 |
| 4) JC Smith | 45 |
| 5) NC Central | 41 |
| 6) WSSU | 24 |
| 7) Bowie State | 21 |
| 8) Eliz. City State | 12 |
SIAC Wrap-Up
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference crowned champions in six Spring sports over
the weekend in competition in Columbia, S.C.
Benedict came out of the loser's bracket with
three victories on Saturday to capture the softball title.
Tuskegee knocked off
Morehouse to take the men's tennis championship.
Clark Atlanta edged Tuskegee for the women's tennis title and Albany State picked up its fourth straight SIAC baseball title with a 13-5 victory over Paine.
Albany State's men and Fort Valley State's women captured the outdoor track and field championships.
SWAC Golf
MEN
The Jackson State Tigers captured their
17th consecutive Southwestern Athletic
Conference Men's Golf Title with a 38-stroke win over second
place Alcorn State (886-924) at the 72-par Quail
Valley Country Club in Houston on April 15, 2004.
Alcorn State's Greg Banks earned individual tournament top medalist honors, shooting a 2-under par 218. Banks, who shot a steady 74-72-72 during the three-day event, held off two Jackson State golfers, Harold Villere and L.C. Honore, who tied for second shooting 219 for the tournament. Honore blistered the course with a 3-under par 69 on the final day of the championship.
WOMEN
The Southern women's golf team captured
its second straight Southwestern Athletic
Conference title with a 33-stroke victory over runner-up
Jackson State (647-680) at the par 72 Quail Valley CC
in Houston, Texas.
Alcorn State's Ada Lamela finished as the women's medalist, finishing the two-day tournament with a 161. Southern golfers Danielle Sells and Josephine Ainley shot 162 each to lead five Jaguar golfers finishing among the top ten medalists.
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