CIAA Spring Sports Results

The Trojans (22-29) earned their 21st CIAA baseball crown as the only undefeated team in the tournament and becomes the first team in CIAA history to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Playoff which will begin May 17 at a site to be determined.

VSU scored 11 runs in the bottom of the fourth after trailing 5-2 to break the game open. Shaw (24-21) committed four errors in the inning.

VSU was paced by tournament MVP, third baseman Andrew Holt, who went 3-for-5 in the final game with two runs scored and two RBIs.

2007 CIAA Baseball All-Tournament Team
J.C. Cannon, Utility, SU; John Wilson. DH, ECSU; Joe Black, P, SU; Jeff Shelton, P, VSU; Averill Bryant, C, SU; Avery Bryant, LF, SU; Oliver Jenkins, CF, NCCU; Andrew Holt, 3B, VSU; Dontario Fuller, 1B, SU;Jonathan Scott, C, VSU; BJ Wood, 1B, VSU; Brandon Crump, CF, VSU

St. Augustine's sweeps outdoor track and field titles
PETERSBURG, VA -- Saint Augustine's captured both the men's and women's CIAA outdoor track & field championships Saturday on the campus of Virginia State University.

The St. Augustine's women reclaimed the conference crown for their tenth outdoor title in the last 11 years, scoring 216 points to outdistance North Carolina Central (170 points) and 2006 champion Bowie State (122 points).

In the closest men's finish in 11 years, SAC held off NCCU by a score of 244 to 221, as the Falcons won their tenth straight CIAA outdoor championship. Host Virginia State took third place with 35 points.

Individual honors were presented to SAC's Omar Wiggans as the most outstanding male track athlete, NCCU's Mark Davis as the most outstanding male field athlete, SAC's Kwonya Ferguson as the most outstanding female field athlete, and NCCU's Desinia Johnson and SAC's Johnsie Liles as co-most outstanding female track athletes.

Wiggans won gold medals in the 1500 and 3000-meters, and placed fourth in the 800 meters. Davis won the high jump, earned a bronze medal in the javelin throw and placed fourth in the triple jump. Ferguson won gold medals in the long and triple jumps, and placed second in the high jump, third in the javelin throw and eighth in the shot put. Johnson took home gold medals in the 1500 and 3000 meters, and finished fourth in the 800 meters. Liles, who receives the honor for the third consecutive year, won both the 200 and 400 meter dashes.

Bowie State captures first-ever softball crown
PETERSBURG, VA - Make it 20 straight victories for Bowie State but more importantly, the 9-4 victory over Virginia State Saturday, gave the Lady Bulldogs their first CIAA softball championship in school history.BSU closes out the regular season and conference championship play with a record of 27-7 and earns an automatic bid into the NCAA Regionals.

After scoring four runs in the first inning, BSU extended its lead to 902 after two innings in their final game win. VSU (24-16) committed six errors in the game. Senior Christina Rzepecki, junior Erin Gray and sophomores Tiffany Toney and Heather Enders accounted for two Bowie State hits each. Enders picked up her 13th pitching victory of the season and Toney was named the tournament's most valuable player. Other Bowie State players named to the All-Tournament Team include Gray and junior Ashley Cook.

Bowie State, the seventh ranked team in the most recent NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Region Poll, will now await a call to see who they will face and where they will play in the Regional playoffs in two weeks.

Shaw men, Fayetteville State women claim tennis titles
Ettrick, VA - Fayetteville State outpointed Virginia State to win the women's tennis team titles, placing first in eight of nine seedings. FSU's Ines Nieves was named most valuable player after posting a 3-0 singles record and a 3-0 doubles record with parther LaJacquelyn Artis. Nieves, the CIAA 2007 Player of the Year, has extended her 2007 singles streak to 26 matches. The Lady Broncos concluded the 2007 season 19-4 overall and 15-0 CIAA and won their fifth CIAA Tennis crown.

On the men's side, Shaw narrowly defeated Johnson C. Smith (58-55) to take the title, finishing first in seven out of nine seedings. Shaw freshman Ibukun Ilesanmi of Lagos, Nigeria was 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles.

Fayetteville State claims seventh straight golf crown
FORT LEE, VA - Fayetteville State captured its seventh consecutive title in dominating fashion at the 2007 CIAA Golf Championships at the Cardinal Golf Course on Friday, April 20, 2007.

The Broncos recorded a two-day score of 594 to easily beat the other seven teams in the field. They were the only team to shoot under 300 both days as six Bronco golfers finished in the top 10 individually. At the tournament's conclusion, the Broncos were named CIAA champions as well as winners of the CIAA Eastern and Western Divisions for 2007. Five of the six Bronco golfers shot under 80 on consecutive days.

Virginia State was second with a two-day total of 631 and Saint Augustine's was third with a two-day score of 696.

Jerel Whiting of VSUwas the individual winner with a two-day total of 143 including a 70 score on the second day. Whiting was the only golfer to shoot an under par round in the tournament. Kalani Britos of VSU, the first day leader, was second with a two-day total of 146 and Kevin Lyles of FSU was third with a two-day score of 147.

The All-CIAA Golf Team consisted of the top six scorers including Whiting and Britos of Virginia State and Lyles, 2006 CIAA individual winner Ian Milne, Derek Scott and Joel Lynn of Fayetteville State.

FINAL TEAM SCORES
1) Fayetteville State 299-295-594 2) Virginia State 311-320-6313. Saint Augustine's 353-343-696 4) N.C. Central 341-357-698 5) Johnson C. Smith 372-363-735 6) Elizabeth City State 385-375-760 7) Virginia Union 423-416-839 8) Saint Paul's 413-440-853

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