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BCSP Notes . . .
- B-CC Three-Peats
Bethune-Cookman, using the long ball at the most opportune
times, downed Norfolk State 11-2 in the
final game to earn their third consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference baseball title Sunday. The Wildcats
(26-32) now advance to the NCAA tournament May 25-27 at a site to be
determined.
George Bailey, Treran
Porter, and James Carter each had homers
as the Wildcats pulled away from a 3-2 deficit with three runs in the sixth
and five in the seventh.
Travis Johnson picked up the victory, scattering four hits and striking
out six. B-CC players picked to the all-tournament team include
Jose Ramos, George Bailey, Micah
Simmons, and Sharbel Torres. B-CC head
coach Mervyl Melendez was named most outstanding coach.
- JSU Golfers Struggle
The young history-making Jackson State
women's golf team had rough going in their first NCAA Regional.
The Lady Tigers, the first HBCU women's golf team to make the
NCAA field, finished last in the 21-team Eastern Regional tourney held in
Chapel Hill, N. C., with a score of 351, 63-over par. Freshman
Akita Taylor posted the best individual score, tying for
88th with an 81.
- Grambling Out
Western Illinois belted nine home runs in a doubleheader sweep of
Southwestern Athletic Conference champion
Grambling State, 8-0 and 17-1, in an NCAA softball play-in series
at WIU's Mary Ellen McKee Stadium. Grambling State, which won
five straight games in the SWAC Tournament last weekend to earn
the conference's postseason title, closed the season with a record of 33-18.
- Beth.-Cookman Plays-In
LaTasha Robertson went 2 for 3 with one RBI to lead
Bethune-Cookman College to a 2-0 victory
over host Tennessee Tech to win the NCAA play-in softball series and advance
to the NCAA tournament May 17 at a site to be determined.
The Wildcats, Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference champions, put together a six-hit performance to
defeat the Ohio Valley Conference champions in the best of three series.
B-CC split with Tennessee Tech, 4-2 and 0-9, Thursday to force Friday's
decisive game.
This is the second-straight year Bethune-Cookman (45-21) has
advanced to the NCAA tournament through the play-in. Earning the win
on Friday was MEAC Rookie-of-the-Year Jessica
Cabato, who also led the Wildcats to victory last Sunday in the
MEAC championship game.
- Alcorn State Shutout
The University of Texas women's tennis team easily downed
Alcorn State at the 2001 NCAA Women's
Tennis Regional Championships on Saturday at Penick-Allison Tennis Center
in Austin. Texas gave up only one game during the entire match to Alcorn
State and won 4-0. Senior Janet Walker (Seffner, Fla./Canterbury) posted
her second consecutive shutout victory at the No. 2 position, defeating
Sandra Keaveney (6-0, 6-0) to seal the overall match for UT. Freshman Michelle
Krinke (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) tabbed the first singles win of the day for the
Longhorns, downing Theresa Kennedy (6-0,
6-0), followed by junior Kaysie Smashey (El Paso, Texas/Franklin) defeating
Dana Childs (6-0, 6-0) at No. 5.
- Hampton Tennis Ousted
The fifth-seeded Duke men's tennis team blanked
Hampton, 4-0, in the first round of the 2001 NCAA Men's
Tennis Tournament at the Duke Tennis Stadium in Durham, N.C.
Duke quickly took the 1-0 lead as they took the doubles point with
victories at the number one and three positions. The 22nd-ranked team of
Phillip King and Ramsey Smith ousted Pyung Koo Lee/Tomas
Ibler 8-1 at the number one slot while Yorke Allen and
Mike Yani defeated Shaun Crichlow/Ladislav
Rezac at the number three slot 8-5.
Alex Bose got things started for Duke at No. 5 singles as he ousted Iber
6-0, 6-0 in a match that only lasted 40 minutes. Duke continued to
dominate Hampton (19-6) at the bottom of the lineup as Allen cruised by
Amine Elouizzai 6-3, 6-1.
Forty-ninth-ranked Andres Pedroso clinched the match
for the Blue Devils as he posted a 6-2,6-3 victory over
Glauco Nascimento at No. 3 singles.
© 2001 Azeez Communications, Inc.
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