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The Liberty tennis teams announced today that their Big South Conference match tomorrow against Winthrop has been postponed due to a forecast of rain for Lynchburg.
Both the men’s and women’s matches, which were scheduled for 1 p.m. at the E.C. Glass tennis courts have been moved to Sunday, April 9 at Noon on the Esbenshade-Hershey tennis courts.
Also, both the matches this coming Tuesday against Birmingham-Southern have been moved to Randolph Macon Women’s College as the resurfacing of Liberty’s courts are completed. Match time for both the men’s and women’s matches are scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
Finally, the teams announced the match on April 8 at Elon has been canceled. Both the men and women will only play Gardner-Webb at home at 9 a.m.
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
James Madison captured the doubles point. Lady Flames Erica Fredstrom (So., Grand Forks, S.D.) and Ekaterina Kuznetsova won the #2 doubles match, 8-5. However, James Madison squeaked out an 9-8 victory at #1 doubles and won the point with a default in the #3 doubles match to take the point.
The teams then split the singles matches as the Lady Flames actually won three matches, but with two wins and a default, the Lady Dukes were able to take the team victory.
losing due to forfeits in D1 sports is inexusable
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
The Birmingham-Southern Panthers defeated the Liberty Lady Flames, 6-1, Tuesday afternoon in Big South Tennis action at the Randolph Macon Women’s College Tennis Courts.
Birmingham-Southern opened the match by claiming the doubles point by taking two of the three doubles contests on the afternoon.
The Panthers then took five of the six singles contest to take the match. Jonita Randolph (Jr., Townville, S.C.) was the lone Liberty winner in singles and also won her doubles match for the Lady Flames only dual victor on the day.
The Lady Flames are in action tomorrow afternoon as they travel to High Point, N.C. for a Big South Conference match with the High Point Panthers. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m.
Winning the all important doubles point, the Liberty Lady Flames defeated the High Point Panthers, 4-3, in Big South women’s tennis action at the High Point Tennis Complex, Wednesday.
Liberty improves to 6-7 overall and 2-3 in the Big South, while High Point falls to 5-11 overall and 4-3 in conference.
The Lady Flames got off to a strong start on the afternoon, picking up the doubles point early by winning two of the three doubles contests. Jonita Randolph (Jr., Townville, S.C.) and Martyna Hanusz (So., Stalowa Wola, Poland) won the #1 doubles match, 8-4, while teammates Dina Senkina (Fr.,) and Ekaterina Kuznetsova (Fr., Krasnogorsk, Russia) took the #2 doubles match, 8-2.
In singles play and up 1-0, Liberty won three of the six matches to capture their second conference team victory of the season. Randolph in #1 singles, Senkina in #2 singles and Kuznetsova in #5 singles all claimed singles wins and were dual winners on the afternoon.
The Lady Flames take the weekend off, before hosting in-state Big South rival Radford Tuesday afternoon. Match time is scheduled for 3 p.m.
The Liberty Lady Flames won every match contested on the day to take a
6-1 victory over the Howard Lady Bison, Saturday at the Heritage High School Tennis Courts.
With back-to-back team wins, the Lady Flames evened their season record at 7-7.
The only setbacks for Liberty on the afternoon were defaults in the #3 doubles and #6 singles matches.
In doubles, the team of Jonita Randolph (Jr., Townville, S.C.) and Martyna Hanusz (So., Stalowa Wola, Poland) won at #1 doubles to claim their 10th victory of the season. The pair has posted a 10-3 mark this season.
In singles, Dina Senkina (Fr., Moscow, Russia) continued her outstanding first season by upping her season singles mark to 13-1 with a victory in #2 singles, while Randolph won at #1 singles to record her second 10 or more win season in singles in her three seasons with the Lady Flames.
Liberty moves back into conference on Tuesday afternoon as the Lady Flames host in-state conference rival Radford. The Big South Conference match is set for 3 p.m.
Singles 1. Jonita Randolph (LU) def. Aja Wright (HU) 7-5, 6-0
2. Dina Senkina (LU) def. Jasmine Smith (HU) 7-6 (10-8), 6-2
3. Erica Fredstrom (LU) def. Laura Marin (HU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
4. Martyna Hanusz (LU) def. Cecilia Townes (HU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Ekaterina Kuznetsova (LU) def. Nichole Henderson (HU) 6-1, 6-0 6. HU by default
Doubles 1. J. Randolph/M. Hanusz (LU) def. Marin/Smith (HU) 8-4
2. D. Senkina/E. Kuznetsova (LU) def. Wright/Henderson (HU) 8-23. HU by default
Dina Senkina ran her singles match record to 12-2
in Liberty's victory over Howard, Saturday.
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
Not sure why the defaults were there...maybe an injured player or something...I dunno...but they are doing better than last year, or at least thats what the coach tells me.
Defaults were because Livia Branco was injured and was held out. Ale knew they would win easily and decided to rest her. There is no one else. Katy Gooden came to school this fall with a rotar cuff injury, so the girls go with six. Its all they have.
thanks FYI: I assumed since we swept the actual matches played that Coach wasn't worried about 2 defaults, but was curious due to the fact that this isn't the first time we've given up points this way.
I didn't realize we only had 6. Thats a shame- hopefully will be fully staffed next year.
The ladies are hanging tough though and .500 can probably be considered a success considering the coaching scenario going on over there. I personally think the acting Coach is doing a good job, at least w/ the ladies but I also feel the program is obviously NOT getting the support needed from the top. Hopefully new AD Barber will address that issue.
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
The Liberty Lady Flames took four of the six singles matches played to win a close match with the Radford Highlanders, 4-3, Wednesday afternoon on the refurbished Eshbenshade-Hershey Tennis Courts in Big South women’s tennis action.
The Lady Flames, winners of three straight matches, move to 8-7 overall and even their conference mark at 3-3. The Highlanders drop to 7-12 overall and 1-6 in conference play.
Radford claimed the doubles point to start the afternoon by taking two of the three contests. Jonita Randolph (Sr., Townville, S.C.) and Martyna Hanusz (So., Stalowa Wala, Poland) continued their winning ways as the pair won their fifth straight match at #1 doubles. However, the pair was the only winners for Liberty in doubles.
The Lady Flames came back in singles to take the match with wins in four of the six matches to edge the Highlanders. Randolph and Hanusz both were dual winners on the afternoon. Randolph ran her season mark to 12-3 with a straight set victory at #1 singles, while Hanusz won in the #4 spot. Dina Senkina (Fr., Moscow, Russia) also continued her winning ways in a two-set victory in #2 singles, while Ekaterina Kuznetsova (Fr., Krasnogorsk, Russia)captured Liberty’s fourth singles win at #5.
The Lady Flames travel to Longwood Friday for a match with the Lancers. Match time is set for 2 p.m.
PAmedic wrote:any pix of the "refurbished Eshbenshade-Hershey Tennis Courts" or word on what was done?
where's our friend FYI on this one? (somebody offer him/her a free membership, a gift bag- something. A batch of Mrs SCARs ccokies?)
The Esbenshade-Hershey courts are hardcourts do basically what they did was put down fresh asphalt, and then gave it all a fresh coat of paint. (youd be hard pressed to notice its asphalt once that new coat of paint went down). I will take some pics down there while Im at lunch.
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The Liberty Lady Flames took the first five matches in singles to defeat the Longwood Lady Lancers, 5-2, in women’s tennis action Friday afternoon at the Longwood Tennis Courts.
The win, Liberty’s fourth-straight, moves the Lady Flames to 9-7 on the season.
After dropping the doubles point, Liberty would win five of the six singles matches contested to take the team victory, 5-2. The Lady Flames won the #1-5 singles to claim the victory.
Liberty is back in action on Sunday as they host Winthrop in a Big South Conference match. The is scheduled to begin at Noon on the Eshbenshade-Hershey Tennis Courts.
After trying to wait out the rain this morning, the men's and women's tennis matches between Gardner-Webb and Liberty were canceled.
Both teams will be in action again tomorrow afternoon as they host Winthrop in Big South Conference tennis action. Both matches are scheduled to start Noon at the Eshbenshade-Hershey Tennis Courts.
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
The Winthrop Lady Eagles finished its regular season with a perfect 7-0 Big South Conference record on Sunday afternoon as it defeated Liberty 5-2 at the Eshbenshade-Hershey Tennis Court.
With the setback, their first in five matches, Liberty falls to 9-8 on the season and 3-4 in conference, while Winthrop moves to 13-9 overall and 7-0 in the Big South.
The Lady Eagles caputured all three doubles contests to take the doubles point to start the afternoon.
In singles, the Lady Flames would have to winners as Winthrop won the team victory with four single winners.
Dina Senkina (Fr., Moscow, Russia) ran her record to 16-1 in singles this spring with a straight set victory in #2 singles. Teammate Livia Branco (Fr., Sao Paulo, Brazil) was the other Lady Flame winner with a straight set win in #6 singles.
The Lady Flames now head to the Big South Women’s Tennis Championship which begins Thursday in Birmingham, Ala.
The Liberty Lady Flames have drawn the No. 6 seed for this week’s Big South Women’s Tennis Championship with the conclusion of the conference season Sunday afternoon.
Liberty and Charleston Southern recorded identical 3-4 records with the Lady Buccaneers receiving the No. 5 seed by virtue of its regular season win over the Lady Flames. Liberty will play High Point, the No. 3 seed, in the last match of the day on Thursday.
Winthrop won its fifth-consecutive Big South women’s tennis regular-season championship, and has earned the No. 1 seed for the upcoming tournament. All of the matches in the tournament will be played at host institution Birmingham-Southern in Birmingham, Ala. The Eagles posted a 7-0 record in league play.
Coastal Carolina posted a 6-1 record to pick up the No. 2 seed in the tournament. High Point and Birmingham-Southern each posted 4-3 records with High Point earning the No. 3 seed due to the head-to-head season tie-breaker. After Charleston Southern and Liberty, Radford posted a 1-6 record to pick up the No. 7 seed, while UNC Asheville rounds out the seeding.
The 2006 Big South Women’s Tennis Championship begins Thursday, with four games and concludes with the championship game on Saturday. The Big South’s Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Tennis Tournament.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Match 1: 9 a.m. - #1 Winthrop vs. #8 UNC Asheville
Match 2: 11 a.m. - #4 Birmingham-Southern vs. #5 Charleston Southern
Match 3: 2 p.m. - #2 Coastal Carolina vs. #7 Radford Match 4: 4 p.m. - #3 High Point vs. #6 Liberty
Friday, April 14, 2006
Match 5: 10 a.m. - Match 1 Winner vs. Winner 2 Match
Match 6: 1 p.m. - Match 3 Winner vs. Winner 4 Match
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Match 7: 9 a.m. – Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
Liberty Lady Flames Jonita Randolph and Dina Sekina were named to the Big South All-Conference in singles, while Randolph and her teammate Martyna Hanusz were selected all-conference in doubles by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors and announced at the Big South’s Annual Tennis Banquet held at the Sheraton Civic Center Hotel in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday night.
Randolph (Junior, Townville, S.C.) was named all-conference in both singles and doubles. It is the second time in her three-year career; the junior has been named all-conference in both singles and doubles. The Lady Flames’ #1 singles player recorded her second 12-plus win season in singles this season as the junior has posted a 13-4 overall mark and a 5-2 conference record. In doubles, she has teamed with Hanusz (So., Stolowa Wala, Poland) for a current mark of 11-5 and 5-2 in conference in being named all-conference. The pair went 6-2 in #1 doubles and 5-3 in #2 doubles matches. It is the first all-conference selection for Hanusz. Randolph also was selected for the second straight season to the Big South Women’s Tennis All-Academic team.
Sekina (Freshman, Moscow, Russia) also was selected all-conference in singles in her first collegiate season. Playing the entire season at #2 singles, Sekina drop only one match all season in recording a current overall record of 16-1 and a 6-1 conference mark. The only spring match the Lady Flames’ newcomer dropped in singles was in a three-set tiebreaker.
Liberty Flames’ senior Priit Pihl (Saue, Estonia) was named to the Big South Men’s Tennis All-Academic team for the second straight season.
Radford freshman Martin Sayer and Winthrop junior Ana Paula Noves were named the 2006 Big South Conference Men’s and Women’s Tennis Players of the Year, respectively.
Radford’s Mehdi Benhammou was named the men’s Freshman of the Year, while the Eagles’ Paty Coimbra received the women’s top freshman award.
Mike Anderson of Radford earned the Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year after leading the Highlanders to the men’s regular-season championship as the Highlanders finished 6-0 in the league and 18-3 overall. Coastal Carolina’s Jody Davis, who guided the Lady Chanticleers to a 6-1 Big South mark and 20-3 overall record, was named the Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year.
High Point’s Mike Tolman earned the Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, while Cassandra Price of Radford was named the Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the year. The All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes of the Year are chosen by the sports information directors at each school.
The Big South Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships begin Thursday, April 12 and run through Saturday, April 15. All matches will be played at the Birmingham-Southern College Tennis Complex.
Women’s Tennis Honors Singles
Cammie Nix, Birmingham-Southern
Meryam Tazi, Charleston Southern
Hayley Rudman, Coastal Carolina
Sofie Ahlberg, Coastal Carolina Jonita Randolph, Liberty
Dina Senkina, Liberty
Ana Paula Noves, Winthrop
Paty Coimbra, Winthrop
Doubles
Meryam Tazi/Rebecca Franzi, Charleston Southern
Virginie Dinh/Hayley Rudman, Coastal Carolina Jonita Randolph/Martyna Hanusz, Liberty
Ana Paula Noves/Paula Takahashi, Winthrop
All-Academic Team
Stephanie Boucher, Birmingham-Southern
Petra Jantti, Coastal Carolina
Sarah McDonaugh, High Point Jonita Randolph, Liberty
Cassandra Price, Radford
Rachel Rhoney, UNC Asheville
Paula Takahashi, Winthrop
Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Cassandra Price, Radford
Player of the Year
Ana Paula Noves, Winthrop
Freshman of the Year
Paty Coimbra, Winthrop
Coach of the Year
Jody Davis, Coastal Carolina
JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.
Nice first round win for the ladies... they are getting some Sasser Cup points we weren't expecting...Ale has done a great job with the girls despite all the turmoil the team has gone through... it's a shame they didn't do just a little better in the regular season, she could have been coach of the year.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The sixth-seeded Liberty Lady Flames defeated No. 3 seed High Point, 4-2, in the first round of the 2006 Big South Women’s Tennis Championship Thursday night at the Birmingham Southern College Tennis Complex.
Liberty jumped out to the 1-0 lead taking the doubles point. LU’s Jonita Randolph and Maryna Hanusz downed High Point’s Suzanne Celensu and Kelly Tolman 8-6 at the No. 1 flight. At No. 2 doubles, Katerina Kuznetsova and Dina Senkina of Liberty defeated Ann-Charlotte Talus and Iris Schaabetsberger of High Point, 8-2. High Point’s lone doubles win came from the tandem of Rebecca Carr and Jody Wicks as the duo defeated Erica Fredstrom and Livia Branco, 8-4.
In singles action, Liberty’s Jonita Randolph knocked off Suzanne Celensu, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 1 flight. At No. 2, Senkina defeated Talus, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0. Liberty wrapped up the match at the No. 5 slot as Katerina Kuznetsova defeated Sarah McDonaugh, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. For High Point, Iris Schaabetsberger downed Martyna Hanusz at No. 4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, while teammate Jody Wicks picked up the 6-1, 6-4 win over Livia Branco at No. 6.
With the win, Liberty moves on to the semifinals were it will play Coastal Carolina at 1:00pm CT on Friday, April 14.
The second-seeded Coastal Carolina Chanticleers defeated No. 6 seed Liberty, 4-0, in the semifinals of the 2006 Big South Women’s Tennis Championship Friday afternoon at the Birmingham-Southern College Tennis Complex.
Coastal Carolina grabbed the doubles jumped out to the early 1-0 lead. Coastal’s Virginie Dinh and Hayley Rudman downed Liberty’s Jonita Randolph and Martyna Hanusz 8-3at the No. 1 flight. At No. 3 doubles, Sofie Ahlberg and Sarize Coetzee of CCU defeated Erica Fredstrom and Livia Branco of LU, 8-6.
In singles action, Coastal Carolina’s Rudman knocked off Fredstrom in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0, at the No. 3 flight. At No. 4, Amy Pazahanick defeated Hanusz, 6-2, 6-1. Coetzee took the No. 6 flight 6-1, 6-1, over Flame netter Branco.
With the win, Coastal Carolina moves on to the finals were it will play the winner of the No. 1 Winthrop at 9:00am CT on Saturday, April 15.
congrats to our ladies who made the list. To be named to the Presidential Honor Roll, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better for the recently-completed academic year.
Tennis coach Chris Johnson will hold open tryouts for both the men's and women's tennis teams on Wednesday, August 23, at 6 p.m. at the Esbenshade-Hershey Courts on campus.
Those wishing to tryout do not need to sign-up; just come to the courts Wednesday.
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