Posted by Will Stern - Sat, Apr 23, 2005 - [Women's Tennis] - Viewed 1226 times
JOHNSON CITY,
TN (April 23, 2005) --- The Milligan College Lady Buffs tennis
team won the 2005 Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament as
the tournament ended Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Buffs
finished in a three-way tie for the regular season title with
Tennessee Wesleyan and UVa.-Wise. Milligan’s Lady Buffs won the
AAC title by a 10-9 score over UVa.-Wise while Tennessee
Wesleyan was third with five points. With the results, the Lady
Buffs and UVa.-Wise earn Regional births.
The Buffaloes
finished second in the tournament to No. 7 Virginia Intermont as
VI won 26-11 over Milligan. The Buffs earned a Regional Bid with
their second place finish as King (Tenn.) College finished third
with 10 points. The tournament was played at the Memorial Center
at ETSU as the tournament was moved indoors from the Liberty
Bell Tennis Complex.
With the
results, both the Lady Buffs and Buffaloes now advance to NAIA
Region XII tournament April 29-30 at the University of
Indiana-Southeast at Community Park in New Albany, Ind.
Milligan’s
sophomore Ryan Reynolds (Johnson City, Tenn.) lost to
Thiago Barbosa of Virginia Intermont in the #2 singles finals by
a 0-6, 3-6 score. The Lady Buffs’ #4 senior Jessica Conn
(Springboro, Ohio) defeated Courtney Smith (Tennessee Wesleyan)
6-0, 6-4 and #5 sophomore Krissi Denton (Bristol, Tenn.)
defeated Yuri Kamakawi (TWC) 6-4, 6-1 to earn singles conference
championships. # 3 senior Cheri Lomison (New Castle,
Ind.) lost her title match to Autumn Lauzon (UVa.-Wise) 5-7,
4-6.
In doubles,
Milligan’s Johnson City sophomore duo of Ryan Reynolds and
Tom Jones won the #1 doubles title as they defeated Travis
Sandlant and Thiago Barbosa (VI) 8-5. On the women’s side the
Lady Buffs won two doubles AAC championships as #1 sister duo of
Cheri and Cassie Lomison defeated Vita Feldmana and Anna
Blome (VI) 9-8 and #3 Jessica Conn and junior Lauren Douty
(Mill Hall, Penn.) defeated Rhyssa Philipp and Ashlie Munsey (UVa.-Wise)
8-5 in the final match of the day which clinched the Women’s
championship for Milligan.
All-AAC honors
for the Milligan tennis team go to Tom Jones, Ryan Reynolds,
Cassie Lomison, Jessica Conn, Cheri Lomison, Krissi Denton and
sophomore Amber Campbell (Erwin, Tenn.).
On the
All-Academic team for the Buffaloes, senior Patrick Mitchell
(Knoxville, Tenn.), Tom Jones, junior Joe Dyer (Monroe,
Ga.), Cassie Lomison, Jessica Conn, Cheri Lomison, Krissi Denton
and sophomore Beth Toner (Mill Hall, Penn.) earned the
honor for the Milligan tennis team.
Tom Jones and
Cassie Lomison both earned spots on the All-AAC Sportsmanship
team for 2005.