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APRIL 25-29, 2011
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UMES CLAIM SECOND NATIONAL Bowling Title IN 2011

UMES tops Lindenwood
in final 2-1 to claim
second National
Title this season.
COLUMBUS, Ga—It wasn’t pretty but,
the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
overcame Lindenwood 2-1 to win the
United States Bowling Congress (USBC)
Intercollegiate Team Championships
(ITCs) and with it their second National
Championship this season, claiming, un-
equivocally, the title of best women’s col-
lege bowling team in the land.
“I’m still trying to feel if this is real or
not,” said head coach Sharon Brummell.
Knowing that our team is the champions
in both events, there’s no doubt anymore
that we are the best team in the nation.”
Last weekend, UMES knocked off
Vanderbilt to claim their second NCAA
Women’s Bowling title and a week later
hoisted the Kerm Helmer Cup at the In-
tercollegiate Team Championships, best-
ing a third place finish in 2008, the first
time they won the NCAA title.
This is the Hawk’s first ITC title in
their eighth appearance. They have par-
ticipated every year since 2003 with the
exception of 2007.
UMES’ Maria Rodriguez (Ibague To-
lima, Colombia) barely converted the
3-6-9 spare in the final frame to beat Lin-
denwood, 164-158, in the deciding game.
The Hawks dropped the opening game
to the Lions, 182-156, before rallying
back to win the second game, 189-183.
“When I let the spare shot go, I thought
I missed it and had cost my team the ti-
tle,” said Rodriguez, who narrowly made
the spare by hitting the left side of the 3
pin and getting the 6 pin to fall into the
9 pin. I was too busy thinking about all
the bad shots I’d made and how hard the
lanes were. I’m just glad I made it.”
“We want another
one. “We can do it,
how many teams get
a chance to win two
national titles in one
year, we want to say
we did.”
–UMES Sophomore Anggie Ramirez
comments after winning the NCAA
National Championship last Saturday.
The final frames spelled doom for the
Lions of Lindenwood. In game two they
left an open in the eighth frame and Ang-
gie Ramirez (Bogota, Colombia) made
them pay by throwing a strike to give her
Hawks the lead by seven pins. Kristina
Frahm (Oswego, Ill.) and Rodriguez kept
the Hawks in front for the game two win
by both making 9-spares in the ninth and
tenth frames respectively.
Game three saw them leave another
open, this time in the ninth to keep
UMES’ hopes alive. Frahm doubled after
Ramirez’s strike and Rodriguez’s spare
clinched the win.
The Lady Hawks overcame three opens
earlier in the game in the third, fourth
and fifth frames but were offset by Lin-
denwood opens in the first and second
frames.
Rodriguez is just the second player
in UMES history to earn an All-Tourna-
ment Team honor at the ITCs. MaryEtta
Lewis got a nod in 2006.
Central Florida’s Kara Bunting earned
the tournament’s most valuable play-
er honors, while Lindenwood’s Jenny
Petzoldt was the runner-up. Danielle
Merino of Adelphi, Amanda Greene of
Lindenwood, Jenn Boisselle of Central
Florida and Rodriguez rounded out the
all-tournament team.
“Neither team bowled very well on the
television lanes,” said Brummell. “But
we persevered. Maria came through for
us like she has all season and helped us
to both national titles. I can’t believe it.
It has been an exhausting season, but one
well worth everything these young ladies
put in.”
After the match Brummell reflected on
her team’s accomplishment. “This will
probably never happen again in college
bowling, it is such a rare feat and some-
thing our team and University can be
very proud of.”
Last week, the Lady Eagles hoisted the Kerm Helmer Cup at the NCAA National Bowling Championship. This week they won the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships. College Bowling itself it still some-
what new to the NCAA, with the first
championship being held in 2004. There
were just 65 schools over all three divi-
sions competing this season. But just
because it is in its eighth season with
the NCAA doesn’t mean it doesn’t have
a long reaching history. The USBC has
been holding a national tournament for
women’s college teams since 1975 and
gives club teams, junior colleges, NAIA
and NCAA schools the chance to com-
pete nationally for its championship.
Some might argue that the 16-team
field is even tougher to win because of
the depth and broadness of players at
the ITCs. One thing is for sure, because
the competition is so fierce at the NCAA
and ITC Championships, no one has ever
won both in the same season. Until this
year an NCAA team has not made the
finals since they started a championship
in 2004. In 2003, Central Missouri State,
who has been in every NCAA Tourna-
ment, won the ITC event.
Fresno State, meanwhile, defeated the
top-ranked team in the country, Webber
International, 2-0, to win the men’s title.
Both championship matches will be tele-
vised on ESPN2 on May 15 at 2 p.m. E.
The USBC ITC featured the top 16
men’s and top 16 women’s college bowl-
ing teams in the country vying for na-
tional titles. All 32 teams competed in
best-of-seven, double-elimination match
play in the Baker format Friday, after
which the field was pared down to four
in both the men’s and women’s divisions.

AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: Jackson State Alum Trey Johnson is the TEEING OFF: HBCUs will have three
ONLY HBCU alum participating in the 2011 NBA Playoffs. The 6-foot-5 guard led representatives at the Atlantic Region of the 2011
the NCAA in scoring as senior at JSU in 2007 and has slowly upped his scoring NCAA Division II Golf Men’s Golf Championships,
average over his four (abbreviated) seasons in the D-League from 11.8 PPG in Virginia State, Bluefield State and John M. Cole of
2007-08 to 20.7 the following year, 21.3 last season and his league-leading 25.5 Fayetteville State. The regional competitions will be
scoring average this season before being called up by the Los Angeles Lakers. conducted May 2-4.
THE YARD WEEK OF APRIL 25TH CIAA SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2

Rams Win 3 Titles in Return to Spring Championships

Baseball
Petersburg, Va—No. 3 Winston-
Salem State worked itself all the way back
from a first-round defeat to win the CIAA
Baseball Championship, completing a re-
markable comeback and improbable sea-
son for the first-year program.
The Rams defeated No. 2 Saint Au-
gustine’s College, 7-6 and 3-0, Saturday
afternoon at Whaley-Colbert Field on the
Virginia State University campus in the
double-elimination tournament. With
the win, Winston-Salem State earns the
CIAA’s automatic qualifier spot to the At-
lantic Region Tournament.
John Markley was named the tourna-
ment’s MVP for his sensational pitching
in both of Saturday’s contests. He reg-
istered the save in the first game by re-
cording the last two outs and then threw
seven shutout innings for the game-two
victory.
WSSU’s (30-19) Andrew Miller was a
combined 5-for-9 with three RBIs which
came across on what turned out to be the
tournament-deciding hit. He also scored
two runs.
Saint Augustine’s (36-18) had defeated
WSSU, 3-2, in the tournament’s opening
game on Thursday and had won its semi-
final game on Friday over No. 1 Chowan
to arrive to Championship Saturday un-
scathed.
The Rams, meanwhile, needed to
knock off No. 4 Virginia State on Thurs-
day and Chowan on Friday to earn the
right for a chance to knock off the Fal-
cons twice.
In the first championship game, the
Rams had banged out 15 hits and had
what appeared to be a comfortable 7-2
edge entering the bottom of the ninth.
After recording the first out, Jere Wilkins
recorded the first of five-straight singles.
After plating four runners, Markley
struck out Kevin White with the tying
run on third and the winning run on sec-
ond to force a second and deciding cham-
pionship game.
Miller was 3-for-5 leading five Rams
with multiple hits. Second baseman Jor-
dan Graham had a game-high 3 RBIs
including a two-run single in the second
2011 CIAA Baseball Champions, Winston-Salem State University.
inning for the game’s first runs. Tyler
Hickernell pitched 8 1/3 innings, allow-
ing six runs on 12 hits. He struck out four
and walked three for the win.
Falcons Joe Pierce and Wilkins each re-
corded 3-for-4 games while Pierce had a
team-high two RBIs including a single in
the ninth to get the Falcons with 7-5.
In the second game, Andrew Miller
delivered a two RBI single in the first to
give the Rams a lead they would not re-
linquish. Miller was 3-for-4 in the game.
Markley, after earning the save in the first
game, pitched seven scoreless innings
and allowed just three hits. Brice Riven-
bark closed out the game’s final innings
and gave up just one hit for the save.
Golf
Fort Lee, Va—Virginia Union’s
Mason Simpson shot a final-round 70
Thursday to win the 2011 CIAA Men’s
Golf Championship individual title while
Virginia State took home the team title
with a two-day total of 603.
Simpson came into the final round two
shots behind the first-round leader Mike
Swope of Virginia State, but his final-
round 70 was enough to overtake Swope
to win the title by four strokes. Simpson
was the only golfer under par for the
tournament while Swope finished with a
one-over par, 145.
Virginia State followed up its opening
round 301 with a final-round 302 to win
the team title by 14 strokes over Winston-
Salem State who shot a two-day total 617.
Fayetteville State finished in third
place with a two-day score of 645 (322-
323) while Chowan finished fourth (650,
319-331) and Virginia Union came in
fifth (693, 345-348). Livingstone pulled
in the sixth-place finish (699, 349-350)
followed by St. Augustine’s in seventh
(723, 368-355), Elizabeth City State in
eighth (756, 394-362), Johnson C. Smith
in ninth (768, 394-374) and St. Paul’s in
10th (918, 471-447).
Softball
eTTRick, Va—ViHer team still down
by two runs in the bottom of the eighth
inning, Winston-Salem State head coach
LaTanya Hilliard-Gray pulled her team
over and had one simple point to make.
“This is what we do,” she said.
And with that, in the midst what
looked like an improbable comeback,
the Rams made that improbable a real-
ity, scoring five runs in their last at-bat to
stun Chowan 7-6 and win the 2011 CIAA
Softball Championship on Saturday.
With three runs in and the bases still
loaded with two outs, Candace Spinks
hit a rocket toward Chowan shortstop
Fahren Munro. The sharp grounder got
by Munro for an error and bounded into
left-center field, allowing two runs to
score, including the game-winner.
“All we had to do was believe the way I
believe in them,” said Hilliard-Gray.
Only moments earlier, Alex Allen ap-
peared to have come up with her second
eighth inning, game-winning hit of the
day. She had slapped a single to right
field to score the go-ahead run, sparking
a four-run rally as Chowan (34-19) took
what seemed like an insurmountable 6-2
lead to the bottom half of the inning af-
ter using six hits and two Winston-Salem
State errors to take control.
But the Rams (29-11) quickly put run-
ners on first and second with one out
against Chowan’s third pitcher of the
game, Lacey Wilderboer. And Winston-
Salem State’s Kayla Woodbury made
things interesting with a two-run double
to left-center field to make it 6-4.
After giving up a single to Latoya
Lynch, Chowan made another pitching
change, bringing in Amber Matthews,
who, with runners on second and third,
loaded the bases after a walk to Britney
Cato on four pitches.
The Rams kept the pressure on, and
Shantel Haskins’ ground ball to second
base was mishandled, allowing another
run to score to trim the deficit to just
one, 6-5.
Matthews retired Hope Billings with a
strikeout for the second out, but Spinks
delivered the game-winning run.
Winston-Salem State moved through
the tournament bracket unbeaten, in-
cluding a 5-3 come-from-behind victory
over Chowan on Friday. But it appeared
as though the championship round was
headed to a second game until the Rams’
fireworks in the eighth.
Chowan led three times in the game,
getting an RBI single in the second in-
ning on Wildeboer’s double. Winston-
Salem State tied the game in the top of
the third on Haskins’’s infield single, but
Chowan responded with another run
driven in by Wildeboer in the top of the
sixth to take a 2-1 lead.
Again, though, the Rams came back,
tying the game on Tanaya Pettus’ bases-
loaded single in the bottom half of the
inning.
But that was all the Rams could get, de-
spite having the bases full with no outs.
Chowan came up with a dazzling short-
stop-to-home-to third double play, then
relief pitcher Allie Kolezynski ended the
threat by retiring Woodbury.
Still, Winston-Salem State found a way.
Tournament MVP Brittany Lane
earned her fourth win of the tournament
weekend, allowing six runs – four earned
– on 15 hits.
Matthews was hung with the loss; the
lone run charged to her was unearned.
Haskins and Lynch each had three
hits while Pettus and Woodbury had two
apiece for Winston-Salem State, which
banged out 15 hits.
Tricia Gorman, the nation’s top run-
producer, had three hits and two RBI
while Wildeboer did the same. Megan
Wade, Liz Hipple and Liz Sill each had a
pair of hits for Chowan.
“We practice to win,” said Hilliard-
Gray. That’s why we’re used to winning.”
Mike Swope led Virginia State to a
2011 CIAA Golf Championship.
Tennis
Men
Petersburg, Va—Shaw won its sev-
enth straight CIAA Men’s Tennis Cham-
pionship with a 5-0 win over Winston-
Salem State in a match played at Virginia
State Saturday night.
Shaw opened the match strong, tak-
ing the number two and three doubles.
At two, Kalada Kienka and CIAA Rookie
of the Year Daniel Vasquez downed Chris
Jeter and Creighton Jones 8-2, and at three,
CIAA Most Valuable Player Carlos Guarin
downed Max Glodde and Nick John 8-2.
The battle came at number one dou-
bles - a spot where WSSU had been domi-
nant all year, defeating Shaw in both of
their regular season matchups. This time,
Shaw’s Ataide Suca and Gabriel Nicotra
came out on top over Brian Coxton and
Ian Hunter 8-4.
Kienka, Shaw’s number three single,
returned the first singles score with a 6-0,
6-1 win over WSSU’s Hunter. Vasquez
then cemented the shut out with a 6-2,6-
1 win over Glodde. The remaining match-
es were unfinished.
Shaw finishes their season with a 24-1
record and the number one ranking in the
Atlantic Region.
Women
It was a match for the ages when the
Winston-Salem State Lady Rams (27-1)
took a 5-4 win over the Shaw Lady Bears
to with the 2011 CIAA Women’s Ten-
nis Championship, Saturday afternoon
at the Virginia State University Tennis
Complex. The match, which took nearly
four hours, featured a titanic battle be-
tween the two top women’s tennis teams
in the CIAA.
In the end, it came down to the number
four singles, which went into a tiebreaker
in the third set before the outcome was de-
cided. With the first CIAA championship
in school history hanging on the outcome
of her singles match, WSSU sophomore
Kalin Jarvis dug deep to take the 4-6, 6-1,
7-6 (7-4) win. Neither competitor showed
an ounce of quit as Jarvis battled her way
to the victory.
“I had a lot of pressure on me, but I just
had to take my time and play my game,”
Jarvis said following the victory. “I just
had to play like I practiced. I think I got
caught up in everybody cheering and I
just had to remember to keep the balls on
the court.”
With a player absent, Shaw forfeited
both the third doubles and sixth singles
slot before play even began in the best-of-
nine match. Shaw’s number one doubles
team of Aline Ferreira and Vimbai Mawi-
sire had an easy time defeating WSSU
sophomores Kayla Carter and Jarvis 8-2.
But at second doubles, in a match that
had all the spectators on the edge of their
seats, WSSU sophomores Sloane Holmes
and Bianka Locklear were pushed to the
brink by Lolia Kienka and Evan Okafor,
eking out an 8-6 win.
In singles play, Winston-Salem State’s
number five, Dominique Lindsay,
brought in an early 6-0, 6-1 win over De-
siree Bell, giving Winston-Salem a 4-1
lead and putting them one point from
victory. However, Shaw’s Ferreira was the
next to report - with a 6-0, 6-1 win over
Locklear to pull the Lady Bears within
two. Soon after, Shaw’s Mawisire report-
ed her 6-3, 6-1 victory over Carter, cutting
WSSU’s lead to one with two matches
still on the court.
At the number one singles, Kienka de-
feated Holmes 6-3, 6-3, tying the match
at 4-4. On court four, the fourth singles
were playing into the third set - and then
in a third-set tiebreaker to determine the
match. In the end, WSSU’s Jarvis handed
Okafor the 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) defeat to
give Winston-Salem State their first CIAA
women’s tennis title.
The conference championship caps a
whirlwind year for Winston-Salem State
women’s tennis as the team made the
transition from NCAA Division I to Divi-
sion II and had a coaching change. The
2011 title is the first under WSSU tennis
coach John Martin.
“I think that everything happened for
the betterment of the program,” Jarvis
added. “We’re definitely a stronger pro-
gram and we expect to keep winning. I’m
just a sophomore so I expect two more.”
The Lady Bears finish their season with
a 17-8 mark, while the Lady Rams move
into the NCAA Tournament with a 27-1
overall record.
THE YARD WEEK OF APRIL 25TH
Morehouse Tigers takes Jackson State, Alabama State
2011 SIAC Golf Title win SWAC Golf Championships
2011 SIAC Golf Classic Champions, Morehouse College
AUGUSTA, GA—For the second consec-
utive year, the Maroon Tigers of More-
house College have won the Southern In-
tercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
Golf Classic. The team shot a low score of
312 in the final round today at the Jones
Creek Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia to
claim the crown. For the classic, More-
house shot a team total of 935.
The Maroon Tigers were led by Olaju-
won Ajanaku who finished the three-day
event with a total score of 224, just eight
strokes above par. Ajanaku, who shot
rounds of 75, 72, and 77 respectively,
was named the classic’s most valuable
player. In addition, he was named to
the all-tournament team, named first
team all-conference, and was selected as
the SIAC Player of the Year.Teammates
Bryan McElderry, Thaddaeus Hill and
Earl Cooper joined Ajanaku with their
selection to the all-tournament team.
McElderry and Hill shot identical scores
of 235 for the tournament while Cooper
finished with a score of 242. The golfers
finished third, fourth, and fifth on the
leader board. Morehouse’s Bruce Cousin
finished the tournament in seventh place
with a score of 246 and was selected sec-
ond team all-conference.
Morehouse Head Coach Bill Lewis was
named SIAC Coach of the Year and the
Maroon Tigers also won the all-academic
team award with a combined grade point
average (gpa) of 3.72. Hill, a business ad-
ministration major, was named to the
all-academic team with a 3.51 gpa. He
was joined on the all-academic team by
Malcolm Parrish, a business administra-
tion major with a 3.94 gpa.
Tigers of Benedict finished second in
this year’s classic with a team score of
999. Benedict’s Anthony Wik finished
second on the leader board with a tour-
nament score of 232, just eight strokes
behind Ajanaku. Wik was named first
team all-tournament and all-conference
and the business administration student
was also named to the all-academic team
with a 3.3 gpa.
The Tigers also got a strong tourna-
ment showing from Jordan Buchanan.
The freshman finished the classic with
the sixth lowest score (244). He was
named second team all-conference and
SIAC Freshman of the Year. Teammate
Eddie Smith, III finished the tournament
with an overall score of 255 (11th) and
was also named second team all-conference.
The Thorobreds of Kentucky State
University finished third in the clas-
sic. With rounds of 352, 346, and 338,
the team total of 1,036 outpaced Paine
College and LeMoyne-Owen College
for the third place finish. Josh Jackson
was the team’s low scorer with a total of
248 strokes over the three days. He was
named second team all-conference.
For the Lions of Paine College, their
fourth place finished was highlighted by
the play of Lucus Gunn and Jordan Bai-
ley. Gunn shot a score of 247 and Bailey
scored 255 in tournament play. Finishing
eighth and 10th respectively, they both
were named second team all-conference.
2011 ALL-SIAC GOLF Team
ALL-CONFERENCE
First Team
Olajuwon Ajanaku, Morehouse
Anthony Wik, Benedict
Bryan McElderry, Morehouse
Thaddaeus Hill, Morehouse
Earl Cooper, Morehouse
Second Team
Jordan Buchanan, Benedict
Bruce Cousin, Morehouse
Lucus Gunn, Paine
Josh Jackson, Kentucky State
Jordan Bailey, Paine
Eddie Smith III, Benedict
Player of the MVP
Olajuwon Ajanaku, Morehouse
Freshman of the Year
Jordan Buchanan, Benedict
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Olajuwon Ajanaku, Morehouse
Anthony Wik, Benedict
Earl Cooper, Morehouse
Bryan McElderry, Morehouse
Thaddaeus Hill, Morehouse
Tournament MVP
Olajuwon Ajanaku, Morehouse
Coach of the Year
Bill Lewis, Morehouse
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Malcolm Parrish, Morehouse
Business Administration, 3.94 GPA
Thaddaeus Hill, Morehouse
Business Administration, 3.51 GPA
Anthony Wik, Benedict
Business Administration, 3.3 GPA
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM AWARD
Morehouse, 3.72 Combined GPA
GOLF
Alexandria, La—Jackson State took
all the drama out of the team race for
the 2011 SWAC Men’s Golf Tournament
title from the onset. The Tigers cruised
to a 24-stroke victory Wednesday giving
head coach Eddie Payton his 23rd title.
The “Story”line of the day was Alabama
A&M’s Bradley Story, who shot a 6-under
66 on the final day and came back from
six shots down to win individual medalist
honors at even par 216 for the three days
at Links on the Bayou Golf Course.
Story’s improbable comeback included
nine birdies and a red-hot 32 on the front
nine. He trailed second-round leader Clay
Myers of JSU by six shots heading into
the final round. Myers carded a 75 on
Wednesday to finish in fourth place in-
dividually. Story posted his 66 nearly an
hour before the final groups played the
final holes and made it stand.
2011 All-SWAC First Team
Texas Southern’s Dominique Worthen
and Alabama State’s John Montgomery
actually were tied with Story standing
on the 18th tee, but bogeyed and double-
bogeyed the final hole, respectively, to
finish at 217 (+1) and 218 (+2). Mont-
gomery won the SWAC medalist honors
two years ago as a freshman at this same
course.
Jackson State’s Josh McCormick, play-
ing separate from the team competition
as an individual, provided the highlight
of round three acing the 179-yard 14th
hole. He finished tied for 15th overall.
The team competition provided little
drama on the final day. Jackson State
doubled its 12-stroke lead it held over
Alabama State entering the day and were
never seriously threatened
With winds gusting to near 40 miles
per hour at Links on the Bayou Golf
ANOTHER TITLE: The 2011 SWAC Women’s Golf Champion Alabama State Lady Hornets added another
title to the mantle Sunday, winning the 17th National Women’s Collegiate Golf Classic at Stone Mountain Golf
Course. The Lady Hornets finished with a 671 score in the 36-hole event, holding off a strong charge from second
place South Carolina State (678). Hampton (690) finished third. The Lady Hornets will play in its first ever NCAA
Tournament May 5-7 in Daytona Beach, FL.
Course, Alabama State freshman Amelie
Buhl was as steady as a seasoned veteran
and led the Hornets to their first South-
western Athletic Conference title in wom-
en’s golf.
Buhl was the only player to break 40
on the back nine, firing an even-par 36
to distance herself and the Hornets from
Jackson State, which finished six shots
behind Alabama State. Buhl capped the
championship with a dramatic 30-foot
par putt on the final hole to seal the vic-
tory. She won the individual title by seven
shots over teammate Aileen Meredith.
Jackson State opened the day with a
one-shot lead over Alabama State in de-
fense of the Tigers’ 2010 title. Defending
medalist Jennifer Sells finished fifth over-
all in defense of her medalist title.
3
INDIVIDUAL HONORS
Medalist
Bradley Story, Alabama A&M
Amelie Buhl, Alabama State
Low Freshman Medalist
Justin Stills, Jackson State
Amelie Buhl, Alabama State
Coach of the Year
Eddie Payton, Jackson State
Gary Grandison, Alabama State
FIRST TEAM ALL-SWAC
Men
Bradley Story, Alabama A&M
Dominique Worthen, Texas Southern
John Montgomery, Alabama State
Clay Myers, Jackson State
Justin Stills, Jackson State
Women
Amelie Buhl, Alabama State
Aileen Meredith, Alabama State
Erica Payton, Jackson State
Jennifer Sells, Jackson State
Cami Stith, Jackson State
SECOND TEAM ALL-SWAC
Men
Maurice Jefferies, Jackson State
Jonathan Coleman, Jackson State
Scott Benson, Alabama State
Gregory Robinson, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Michael Bradham, Prairie View A&M
Women
Shanequa Valentine, Prairie View A&M
Peni Sanjoto, Prairie View A&M
Danielle Robinson, Alabama State
Tyler Lawrence, Texas Southern
Jessica Williams, Alabama State
THE YARD WEEK OF APRIL 25TH
South Carolina State
sweep MEAC Tennis
Men 2011 ALL-tournament
SCSU 4, Florida A&M 2
Raleigh—The South Carolina State
University Bulldogs won the 2011 MEAC
Men’s Tennis Championship title on
Sunday afternoon at the Millbrook Ten-
nis Courts in Raleigh NC. The title was
the fourth consecutive and ninth overall
for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs won two matches to
secure the doubles point. 2011 MEAC
Men’s Tennis Player of the Year Dmytro
Kovalevych and Aton Protsenko secured
the victory against Florida A&M’s Mau-
rice Wamukowa and Temeure Asafu-Ad-
jaye, 8-4 in the number two spot.
Aiding in the doubles win for SCSU,
the duo of Artemiy Nikitin and David
Grund topped Michael Moore and Levan
Clark, 9-8, at the number three spot to
take the lead 1-0.
The Bulldogs secured wins at the one
and two singles positions for the 3-0
advantage. Florida A&M rallied back to
make the score 3-1 with a win as Takura
Happy topped Gabriel Meana in two sets
6-3, 6-1 at the number one singles posi-
tion.
Temura Asafu-Adjaye would keep
FAMU’s rally going as he topped Grund
in the number six position 6-3, 6-4.
With the score at 3-2, Kovalevych
clinched the championship win for the
Bulldogs at the number two position
competing in two sets (6-4, 7-5) to defeat
Clark. He earned Outstanding Performer
honors after finishing 3-0 in singles play
and 2-0 in doubles.
Women ing Michelle Brown of Howard 7-5, 6-1.
SCSU 4, Howard 0
The South Carolina State Univer-
sity Lady Bulldogs won the 2011 MEAC
Women’s Tennis Championship title on
Sunday at the Millbrook Tennis Courts
in Raleigh NC. The title was the seventh
consecutive and eighth overall for the
Lady Bulldogs.
In doubles action, 2011 MEAC Wom-
en’s Player of the Year Daria Sekerina and
Maria Cracuin topped Howard’s Katelyn
Stokes and Michelle Brown, 8-4, at the
number one position earning the Lady
Bulldogs’ first doubles victory of the day.
The number three doubles tandem
of Alyssa Works and Anne Akhimien of
Howard evened the score at one game
apiece defeating SCSU’s AKilah James
and Laura Bosneag, 8-4.
Battling for the final doubles victory,
Lady Bison Brittney Morgan and Brooke
Hawthorne and SCSU’s Shuaila Jad and
Sabrina Mendez were tied eight-all. The
two teams went point for point in the
tiebreaker until SCSU scored the final
two points to win 8-6 and clinch the final
doubles point at the number two spot.
Up 1-0 heading into singles play, SCSU
tallied wins at the number two and five
singles positions to gain a 3-0 advantage
over the Lady Bison. At the number two
singles spot, SCSU’s Jad defeated How-
ard’s Morgan in two sets 6-1, 6-3. Men-
dez aided the Lady Bulldogs’ with a 6-4,
6-3 victory over Works at the number five
singles position.
The Lady Bulldogs’ captured the 2011
women’s tournament title at the number
three singles position with 2011 MEAC
Rookie of the Year AKilah James defeat-
Shuaila James was named outstand-
ing performer while head coach Hardeep
Judge was name Outstanding Coach.
Jad recorded a 2-0 record at the num-
ber two singles position and a 3-0 mark
in doubles play.
Head coach Hardeep Judge received
the seventh Men’s and Women’s Tennis
Outstanding Coach accolade of his ca-
reer.
Team
Outstanding Performer
Dmytro Kovalevych, South Carolina State
Suhaila Jad, South Carolina State
Outstanding Coach
Hardeep Judge, South Carolina State
DOUBLES
Number One
Gabriel Meana and Peteris Vinogradous
South Carolina State [Men]
Daria Sekerina and Maria Craicun
South Carolina State [Women]
Number Two
Anton Prtsenko and Dmytro Kovalevych
South Carolina State [Men]
Suhaila Jad and Sabrina Mendez
South Carolina State [Women]
Number Three
David Grund and Artemit Nikitin
South Caroina State [Men]
Alyssa Works and Anne Akhimien
Howard [Women]
SINGLES
Men
1. Tekura Happy, Florida A&M
2. Dmytro Kovalevych, South Carolina State
3. Anton Prtsenko, South Carolina State
4. Peteris Vinogradous, South Carolina State
5. Artemit Nikitin, South Carolina State
6. Michael Moore, Florida A&M
Women
1. Daria Sekerina, South Carolina State
2. Suhaila Jad, South Carolina State
3. AKilah James, South Carolina State
T4. Brooke Hawthorne, Howard
T4. Maria Craciun, South Carolina State
5. Sabrina Mendez, South Carolina State
6. Laura Bosneag, South Carolina State
TENNIS
Morehouse, Clark Atlanta claim
SIAC Tennis Championships
Men 2011 ALL-tournament
Morehouse 5, Stillman 4
Raleigh—The #2 seed Maroon Tigers
captured their third consecutive SIAC
tennis title, in a tense and dramatic vic-
tory over #1 Seed Stillman College.
Tied 4-4 going into the final match,
the best-of-nine contest could not have
been closer, in the battle between the top
two teams who had split wins in the reg-
ular season. But in the deciding match,
Morehouse’s No. 6 singles player Jordan
Bailey demolished Stillman’s Ryan Lin-
coln, 6-0, 6-1.
Following the hotly-contested match,
Morehouse teammates and fans stormed
the court in a joyous celebration, and
treated head coach Terry Alexander and
team captain Tory Martin to a Gatorade
shower.
Morehouse junior Michael Thomas,
who won all of his singles and doubles
matches throughout the tournament,
was named the Tournament Most Valu-
able Player.
Head Coach Terry Alexander was
again named Outstanding Coach of the
Tournament.
In doubles play, Morehouse took two
of the three matches. The Maroon Tigers
duo of Michael Cutrer and Jordan Bailey
defeated Stillman’s team of brothers, Jef-
frey and Felipe Farias, 8-6. Morehouse
got its second doubles win, when Michael
Thomas and Noah Terry paired to defeat
Ryan Lincoln and Anes Hrjnic, 8-1.
The Stillman Tigers rebounded in the
final doubles match, as the No. 1 team of
Ivan Irazabal and David Torres defeated
Morehouse’s All-SIAC and No. 1 team of
Tory Martin and Mario Ecung, 8-6.
In singles, Stillman forged ahead 3-2,
when Torres bested DeWayne Dixon in
straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, and Felipe Farias
out-dueled Ecung, 7-5, 6-2.
Morehouse pulled even at 3-3, when
Thomas defeated Hrjnic, 6-2, 6-4.
In one of the most hard-fought and
entertaining matches of the champion-
ship, Morehouse inched ahead, 4-3, after
Morehouse wins it’s third straight Tennis championship while Clark Atlanta wins its first title since 2007.
Martin out-lasted Irazabal, for a 7-5, 6-7
(9-7), 6-3 win. The Morehouse lead was
short-lived, however, as Jeffrey Farias de-
feated Michael Cutrer, 6-4, 6-0, to tie the
teams at four wins each, setting up the
decisive match.
Women inson by the same score to give the Lady
CAU 5, Fort Valley State 2
The Lady Panthers of Clark Atlanta
University claimed the SIAC women’s
tennis title with a 5-2 win over the Lady
Wildcats of Fort Valley State University
Saturday. The conference title is the first
for CAU since the 2007 season.
“We stayed poised and fought all the
way through,” said the 2011 SIAC Coach
of the Year Autumn Williams. “I am over-
whelmed and elated that we made it hap-
pen.
The tone of the match was set in dou-
bles play as the Lady Panthers took a 2-1
lead. CAU’s Munashe Makuni and Ivory
Conley took the number one doubles
match with an 8-3 win over FVSU’s Ro-
berta Robinson and Chelsea Spear. The
Lady Wildcats won the number two dou-
bles as the team of Yonelle Aromin and
Chade Scott defeated Keva Palmer and
Kasey Dawson, 8-6. CAU rallied to take
the final doubles match as Cydney Reid
and Brioone Bachus beat Chantelle Chil-
4
Team
Outstanding Performer
Michael Thomas, Morehouse
Munashe Makuni, Clark Atlanta
Outstanding Coach
Terry Alexander, Morehouse
Autumn Williams, Clark Atlanta
DOUBLES
Men
Noah Terry and Michael Thomas
Morehouse
Ivan Irazabal and David Torres
Stillman
Andrew Belk and Brandon Pringle
Fort Valley State
es and Briana Pettiford, 8-4.
After dropping her doubles match, Women
Palmer reflected on her own advice she
Chade Scott and Yonelle Aromin
gave to the team to fight for it and go
Fort Valley State
hard. The lead widened for CAU after the
first two singles matches. Makuni defeat- Brionne Bachus and Cydney Reid
ed Aromin 6-0, 6-0 and Palmer beat Rob- Clark Atlanta
Panthers a 4-1 edge. The Lady Wildcats DeAndra Reasonover and Jessica Carswell
drew closer in the third singles match Benedict
when FVSU’s Scott defeated Conley, 6-2,
6-2. The Lady Panthers claimed the 2011 SINGLES
Men
crown when Brionne Bachus defeated
Briana Pettiford, 6-2, 6-1. 1. Tekura Happy, Florida A&M
“It is an amazing feeling. As a team, 2. Dmytro Kovalevych, South Carolina State
3. Anton Prtsenko, South Carolina State
we deserved it because we worked really
4. Peteris Vinogradous, South Carolina State
hard,” Makuni added. “We took it to an-
5. Artemit Nikitin, South Carolina State
other level.” 6. Michael Moore, Florida A&M
Makuni, the 2011 SIAC Player of the
Year, received the tournament’s Most Women
Valuable Player honors while Coach Wil-
Munashe Makuni, Clark Atlanta
liams was named Coach of the Tourna- Keva Palmer, Clark Atlanta
ment. Palmer, CAU’s team captain, was Chade Scott, Fort Valley State
also named the to the All-Tournament Roberta Robinson, Fort Valley State
team in singles and the doubles tandem DeAndra Reasonover, Benedict
of Brionne Bachus and Cydney Reid also Sheneka Knight, Tuskegee
received All-Tournament honors.
“My team is awesome, my coach is
awesome and this feeling is awesome,”
Palmer said. “I felt like we really wanted
it, didn’t take it for granted and played
hard.”
THE YARD WEEK OF APRIL 25TH TRACK & FIELD 5

Falcons, Lady Golden Bulls win CIAA Titles

Petersburg, Va—For the 14th con-
secutive season, and 28th time in the last
29 years, the CIAA Men’s Track and Field
Championship belongs to the Falcons of
Saint Augustine’s College. They accumu-
lated 176.5 points over the two-day event.
Johnson C. Smith University finished in
second place with 119 points. Winston-
Salem State University came in third,
scoring 106 total points.
On the women’s side, the Lady Golden
Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University won
their first CIAA Championship. They to-
taled 153 points. Winston-Salem State
University accumulated 129 points.
Saint Augustine’s (105.5 points) finished
in third place on the women’s side.
The Falcons dominated the jumping
and sprinting events, leading to the vic-
tory. Men’s Field MVP Orolando Duffus
won the men’s long with a jump of 7.44m
and the men’s triple jump with a leap of
14.98m. Christopher Copeland took the
men’s high jump (2.16m).
The Falcons recorded an NCAA pro-
visional qualifying time of 40.36s in
the 400m relay to win that event. They
also won the 1600m relay in a time of
3:07.70s. Ramon Gittens (SAC) won the
100m dash in an NCAA provisional time
of 10.59s. Gittens also took the men’s
200m dash, with a time of 21.23s. Jason
Boyd of Saint Augustine’s College won
the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.14s.
Male track MVP Leford Green of John-
son C. Smith University ran 46.61s in the
men’s 400m dash to take first. He also
won the 400m hurdles, running 52.51s.
Jamin Gallman of Bowie State Univer-
sity won the men’s 800m run in 1:53.56s.
Bryan Aycoth of Livingstone College won
the men’s javelin with a toss of 60.27m.
In other event finals, Andrew Chebii of
Winston-Salem State University won the
men’s 1500m run with a time of 4:05.85s.
He also took the men’s 5000m run in a
time of 16:14.07s. With a jump of 3.56m,
St. Paul’s College’s Fred Boone won the
men’s pole vault. Winning each the
men’s shot put and discus was Randale
Watson of Johnson C. Smith University.
He threw 15.21m in the shot put and
48.12m in the discus.
The Johnson C. Smith Women also re-
lied on stellar performances in the short
events to take the team title.
Women’s Track MVP Shermain Wil-
liams (Johnson C. Smith University) won
the 100m hurdles in an NCAA Division
II qualifying time of 13.42. The Lady
Golden Bulls also took the women’s
400m relay in an NCAA qualifying time
of 45.61s. Danielle Williams of the Lady
Golden Bulls won the 100m dash with
a time of 12.02s. Danielle Williams of
Johnson C. Smith won the women’s long
jump (5.69m).
Co-Women’s Field MVP’s were Dedric-
ka Thomas of Winston-Salem State Uni-
versity and Brelyn Finley of Bowie State
University. Thomas took the women’s
triple jump (12.08m). Finley won the
women’s shot put with a toss of 12.74m.
Winston-Salem State’s Brittney Killebrew
took the women’s 1500m run in a time
of 5:04.65s. In the women’s discus, Bowie
State’s Lakeshia Carney won with a throw
of 43.11m.
Katherine Tokarski of Saint Augus-
tine’s College won the women’s javelin
with a throw of 34.21m. Shayla Szabo of
Virginia State University won the wom-
en’s 3000m run in a time of 11:06.96s. Si-
erra Clayton of Virginia State University
won the women’s 800m run with a time
of 2:19.75s. Saint Augustine’s College
April London won the women’s 400m
hurdles (1:01.62).
Virginia State’s Samantha Edwards
took both the 200m dash and 400m
St. Augustine’s Men’s Outdoor Track team wins it’s 14th straight CIAA Championship.
dash titles. She ran 24.21s and 53.25s,
respectively. Saint Augustine’s College’s
Andrea Powell won the women’s high
jump (1.65m). The Lady Falcons took
the 1600m relay with a time of 3:46.99s.
Baltimore–The University of the
District of Columbia Firebirds Women’s
Track Team registered a major break-
through during last weekend’s Morgan
State Legacy Meet when its women’s
4x400m relay team ran 1:51.70 to win
their heat, convincingly, in Baltimore,
Maryland.
The team of sophomore Callister Jones
(Marketing-Ft. Washington, MD), Two-
time All-American junior Kaneesha Hol-
lis (Criminal Justice-Centreville, MD),
All-American junior Latoya Allen (Social
Work-Washington, DC) and Three-time
All-American senior Saleena Green (Mar-
keting-Kingston, Jamaica) ended up 5th
overall in a field of 18 teams (highest fin-
isher among DII schools). The Team held
its own among the Meets participants,
the majority of whom came from NCAA
Division I schools.
With a blistering 3rd leg from Latoya
Allen, the Firebirds went from 4th to
2nd, and then had a dominating anchor
leg from Saleena Green to win their heat
by over 1 second. This time of 1:51.70 is
not too far off the NCAA Division 2 pro-
visional qualifying time of 1:50.0.
Head Track Coach Alton McKenzie
was pleased with his team’s performance
stating, “We finally got decent weather
and a chance to run fast and the 4x400M
team took full advantage of the oppor-
tunity. Not only did we run 10 seconds
faster than we’d run this season, we com-
peted very hard in doing so (thereby win-
ning our heat with strong legs from all
four young ladies). We still have room
for improvement so I believe they have
a chance to put it all together and run
faster during this season.”
Freshman Areial Clark continued to
excel in the Women’s Shot Put, finishing
9th (12.10M) in a field of 26 throwers.
The Firebirds will head to Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania on April 28, to partici-
pate in the venerable Penn Relays.
Tallahassee, FL–Don’t let his name
fool you. There’s nothing angelic about
first-year Florida A&M men’s track and
field coach Wayne Angel’s coaching style.
And he makes no apologies for his de-
manding approach.
With his accomplishments as a track
athlete at the University of Illinois and in
the military and his record of coaching
success at Tennessee-Martin, Illinois, Iowa
and Wichita State, none are necessary.
Angel was a two-time Big Ten Cham-
pion as a member of the University of Illi-
nois 4x400-meter relay team. He was also
a three-time gold medalist at the World
Military Games and still holds the Armed
Forces record in the 400-meter hurdles.
He produced 30 Big Ten Champions
as coach at Illinois, 17 All-Americans, 17
NCAA qualifiers, two Olympic Trials par-
ticipants, a Canadian National champion
and an Olympian.
“I push the envelope,’’ Angel says.
Angel says he sees no reason that
he can’t have similar success by push-
ing the envelope with the Florida A&M
men’s track program, once one of the
crown jewels of Rattler athletics and syn-
onymous with speed and winning under
long-time coach Bobby Lang.
“I’m mindful of the tradition,’’ Angel
says. “We want to get back to that stage
where we have the reputation for being
one of best in the MEAC.’’
Angel took over the Rattlers program
in August 2010 and didn’t have the ben-
efit of a recruiting class. Still he says the
program has made in roads with the
holdover team members.
Sophomore Shuaib Winters won the
MEAC Cross Country Championship
last fall, setting a course record and per-
sonal best time of 24:31.30 in the process,
and Leon Hunt won the long jump title
at the MEAC Indoor Championships.
Angel says his expectation for the
outdoor season is for the Rattlers to im-
prove on their performance of a year ago
when they finished seventh in the MEAC
Championships.
“We’re making baby steps,’’ Angel says.
“Those things mean a lot. If I can take
youngsters like (Winters and Hunt) and
get 3-4 more we can be knocking on the
door. I hope that within the third year
that we’re where we need to be in terms of
battling for the championship.”
Given the fact that Florida, along with
California and Texas, is among the top
three states for producing high school
track athletes, Angel anticipates being
able to recruit well. But he realizes that
challenging for supremacy in the confer-
ence will be a monumental challenge.
“This is a tough conference,’’ he says.
“Many teams are shaking and baking. It’s
not a conference where you can come in
and rest. You have to be about your busi-
ness. These coaches don’t play. You have
to do your job. We want to do better than
we did last year, be respectable and com-
petitive. We’re not looking for a quick fix.
We’re looking for stability, growth and a
championship.’’
Angel says he is optimistic that the
Rattlers will continue to make strides
during the outdoor season because of the
way team members have bought into his
coaching philosophy of pushing them to
do things better than they’ve ever done
them before.
“There are no free lunches, especially
when you’re trying to be the best,’’ he
says. “The training is very tough. I push
the athletes to a level they’ve never been
to. I call it inoculation to pain. They’ve
got to feel what it is to get to a situation
and be afraid to run. You find out if they
want to do it. I tell them if you come to
practice to have fun, you can’t be in my
practice. Time is precious.’’
Angel is from a military family -- five
of his six brothers, his father, grandfather
and several of his uncles served in the
armed forces - and his approach to train-
ing is a by-product of his military back-
ground. He spent 10 years in the United
States Army - six as an enlisted man in the
Military Police and four as Infantry Of-
ficer. He was also an Airborne Ranger and
a distinguished honors graduate of the
Army’s Air Assault School.
“I was always in a disciplined environ-
ment,’’ he says. “Leadership played a big
part in my development.’’
Angel says Col. Jesse Lipscomb, his
coach in the military, pushed his discipline
and training intensity to a higher level.
“I was just an average athlete,’’ Angel
says. “He taught me I could be whoever
I wanted to be and run with anybody.
He worked the devil out of me. I owe my
drive and desire to him. He shaped my
philosophy and work ethic.’’
Angel says he was pleasantly surprised
that not a single athlete quit the team de-
spite his demanding ways.
“I knew some had never trained at this
level,’’ he says. “They had to do a self-
analysis why they were part of the pro-
gram. They had to realize there is a cost.
After the first 3-4 weeks I knew I had a
good group. They were willing to do what
it takes.

FAST TRACK: The 2011 SWAC Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Championships are set to begin Friday, April 29, and will continue through Sunday,
PENN RELAYS: The 2011 Penn Relays begin this Thursday on the campus of the University
May 1. The three-day event will be held at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans, LA.
of Pennsylvania. 24 HBCU’s will participate including Cheyney, St. Augustine’s, Fort Valley State,
The Grambling State men and Alabama State women look to successfully defend their
Lincoln (Pa) and Norfolk State.
conference titles. It would be the sixth in the past seven years for the Tigers, while the
Lady Hornets are seeking their sixth overall.
THE YARD WEEK OF APRIL 25TH
Wildcats Dominate Coppin State, 24-1 in Series Sweep
Daytona Beach, FL—The Wildcats
wrapped up the series on Saturday with
the double-header versus Coppin State,
taking care of business in game one with
an 11-run eruption in the third inning
to dominate with a 15-1 win over the
Eagles. In the second half of the double-
header, the Wildcats controlled the pace
throughout, putting up steady hitting
and holding onto a no-hitter into the
final frame. The `Cats completed the
sweep with a two-hitter, 9-0 win in the fi-
nal game, moving to 12-0 in 2011 MEAC
play.
“We made the necessary adjustments
at the plate, like we’ve been talking about
as a team,” said Head Coach Mervyl Me-
lendez of the day’s outcomes, “and I was
very happy about that. We had timely hit-
ting, and you’ve got to give our guys a lot
of credit for that.”
In the first game of the day, the Eagles
challenged the Wildcats early, but B-CU
got moving quickly on offense and domi-
nated the day from that point forward.
The first run for the Wildcats came in
the first as CSU pitcher Ricky Ferri threw
around the zone against Peter O’Brien,
walking the Wildcats’ catcher with bases
loaded, bringing in Alejandro Sanchez.
In the bottom of the third, Ryan Dur-
rence fired a zinger up the middle, which
caught Ferri right below the knee, but he
remained in the game and on the mound.
In that same inning, Emmanuel Cas-
tro crossed the plate as Ferri hit B-CU’s
Nick Johnson with bases loaded. With
bases loaded and no outs, left fielder DJ
Leonard capitalized on the situation and
got the Wildcat offensive assault going,
hitting a two-RBI single right up the
middle. Brashad Johnson followed up
with a single through the left side for
an RBI. Matt Wright grabbed two more
for the Wildcats with a two-RBI double
down the right field line. Sanchez hit an
SPARTANS SHOOTING BLANKS: Matt McClain and Elliot Gardner hurled complete game shutouts in Delaware State’s double-
header sweep of Norfolk State at Marty Miller Field this afternoon. The Hornets won the opener 1-0 behind McClain’s three-hit gem,
while Gardner tossed a four-hitter in DSU’s 5-0 victory in the nightcap.
Bethune’s Patrick Goelz tallied up eight strikeouts
and maintained a shoutout in the Wildcats win over
Coppin St. Goelz was also named MEAC Pitcher of the
Week for a second straight week.
RBI single to shallow left field and then
Matt Wright scored on a wild pitch to
add to an already notable lead for the
`Cats.
Still in the third, following a Coppin
State pitching change, Durrence got a
three-run jack to left center on the first
pitch, wrapping up a six-hit, 11-run in-
ning for the Wildcats, which made it 12-0
in B-CU’s favor.
With a comfortable lead and another
game still on the slate, Coach Melendez
made some adjustments to the lineup
starting in the fourth. Stepping in as a
pinch hitter in the fourth, Cesar Rivera
hit an RBI single to shallow left field.
The Eagles put up their lone run of
the game in the sixth, scoring on a single
through the left side.
With the Wildcats continuing to
switch up lineups, Josh Johnson picked
up an RBI double to right field in the
sixth, and then was batted in by Cesar
Rivera’s single to right, extending the
B-CU lead to 15-1, where the cats would
finalize it after shutting CSU down in the
seventh.
Scott Garner (5-2) earned the win on
the mound with no runs on two hits,
with two strikeouts in four innings. In
Garners innings, the Wildcats recorded
seven groundouts, including two he
fielded.
Leading the charge offensively, Ryan
Durrence hit 2-3 with three RBI, while
scoring twice himself. Coming in late in
the game, Cesar Rivera hit 2-2 with two
RBI. Alejandro Sanchez was also steady
at the plate, with 2-4 hitting and an RBI,
while crossing the plate twice. In all,
eight different Wildcats picked up hits.
In game three, the Wildcats got back
to work quickly in the second game of
the day, proving tough on defense and
putting up early runs to distance them-
selves from the Eagles.
Nick Johnson batted in the first run
of the second game, in the second in-
ning, as his RBI double to left sent Em-
manuel Castro home. On the very next
pitch, Matt Wright hit a high ball along
the left field line, picking up a triple for
an RBI. A CSU error on a failed pickoff
of DJ Leonard allowed Wright to score,
but another error on the same play gave
Leonard his own opportunity to cross
the plate, wrapping up the inning with
B-CU leading 4-0.
In the third, the Cats came back for
more, starting with Emmanuel Castro
on an RBI single through the left side.
Wright fired a double right up the mid-
dle to Ryan Durrence home for the six-
run lead.
Wright added another for the `Cats on
a sac fly in the fifth.
BASEBALL
Peter O’Brien put out his shot for the
weekend, with a two run homer to left
center, making it a 9-0 lead in the sixth.
B-CU’s Patrick Goelz (5-3) picked up
the win and hung on to a no-hitter until
the top of the seventh, when the Eagles
made a couple of tough plays for hits.
Pitching the complete game, Goelz tal-
lied up eight strikeouts with two walks
and maintained the shutout.
Demonstrating the multi-headed
threat that is B-CU, Matt Wright took
charge in the second game of the day, go-
ing 2-3 with three RBI. Nick Johnson also
batted well, going 3-4 with an RBI, while
Emmanuel Castro hit 2-2 with an RBI.
With the two wins on Saturday, the
Wildcats (25-19) completed the sweep of
Coppin State, 3-0, and move to 12-0 in
2011 MEAC play. The wins also extend
the winning streak against conference
schools to 39 games.
Across the weekend series, B-CU out-
scored Coppin State 40-7, and the Wild-
cats have outscored MEAC opponents
135-50 in 2011.
Southern 7, ing to stay alive. About three years ago,
Jackson State 5
Baton Rouge—n the top of the ninth
inning on a warm, humid Saturday af-
ternoon, Southern pitcher Cody Hall
trotted to the mound at Lee-Hines Field,
looking for his second save in as many
days against rival Jackson State.
Hall needed only two pitches to get it,
securing a 7-5 victory and a two-game
sweep of the Tigers.
But for him, personally, those two
pitches might have been the most mean-
ingful of the season.
They were the first two pitches his ma-
ternal grandmother, Pansy Jackson, had
seen Hall throw in 10 years.
A native of Savannah, Ga., Hall moved
Jackson State’s Kendall Logan gets back to first base safely as Southern’s Fraizer Hall can’t make a play.
to Baton Rouge just before he entered
seventh grade, and Jackson, 66, hadn’t
seen her grandson pitch since then.
In the meantime, she was busy fight-
Jackson had a vicious bout with breast
cancer, which, after time and treatment,
went into remission.
“She had to fight her way through
chemo, but she never let it get her down,”
said Hall, a senior right-hander. “She
came down here last night and made it in
time (for Saturday’s game).”
Hall closed the game after Southern
(23-15) took an early five-run lead and
rode the arm of freshman right-hander
Jose De Leon (6-0), who gave up two runs
in seven innings, giving the Jaguars the
quality start they were looking for.
“That’s the kind of thing you need —
somebody like Jose going out and get-
ting the job done,” SU coach Roger Ca-
LUCKY?: Alcorn State’s Antolin Morales smashed a grand slam homerun in the bottom of
the eighth inning to power the Braves to an 11-4 SWAC win over and a weekend sweep oF
Alabama A&M Sunday at Alcorn State, MS.
The win was ASU’s seventh in a row and gives the Braves a 16-4 SWAC East division record.
JOHN OUBRE/THE ADVOCATE
dor said. “He was able to give us seven
innings today, and we needed all of the
innings he gave to make things work.”
De Leon struck out eight batters and
walked only two, but he also had to
dance out of trouble on a few occasions.
He gave up four hits in the fourth inning,
but JSU (20-20) managed only one run,
thanks in part to some sparkling defen-
sive plays from infielders Adrian Lopez
and DeMario Ellis.
In his seventh and final inning, De
Leon also showed signs of fatigue. With
two outs, he served up a double, a walk
and a single, then hit the Tigers’ next bat-
ter, Charles Epperson.
Stephen Curtis scored on a wild pitch,
but it was the only run JSU scored that
inning off De Leon, who got cleanup hit-
ter Desmond Russell to pop out.
De Leon also walked the first batter he
faced Saturday.
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“I just had to shake it off and get the
next guy,” he said. “I was in a little bit of a
mess, but I fought back and I got through
it. ... I’ve been working hard for this, and
now the hard work is paying off.”
Jackson State starter Chris Wingard
(1-2) wasn’t as successful Saturday. He
hit two batters, threw another wild pitch
and gave up four early runs. JSU coach
Omar Johnson pulled Wingard after he
failed to get an out in the third inning.
Ellis, Frazier Hall and B.J. Rowry had
two hits apiece for the Jaguars, who had a
6-0 lead after four innings and took a 7-2
lead into the eighth.
Still, Cador said his team probably
should have scored more often than it
did.
SU was 4-for-12 with runners in scor-
ing position, but it left the bases loaded
in the fourth and stranded 11 runners
overall.
“We could’ve busted the game open,”
Cador said.
Southern has stranded 103 runners in
its past 11 games.
The Jaguars also struggled to finish
off JSU on Sunday. Kyle Wahl, the team’s
regular closer, allowed one run in the
eighth inning and two more in the top of
the ninth as the Tigers pulled to within
two runs.
With two outs, they had a runner on
second base and No. 6 hitter Danny Be-
tancourt, the potential tying run, at the
plate.
That’s when Cody Hall came in to get
the final out. He threw two pitches his
grandmother probably won’t soon for-
get.
“Pretty cool,” he said.
For Hall and his family, it certainly
was.
THE YARD WEEK OF APRIL 25TH
Top-Seeded Southern, Alcorn State win SWAC Tennis Title
Women building on this success.”
Southern 4, Alcorn St. 3
Alexandria, La—Southern main-
tained its stronghold on the SWAC
Women’s Tennis Championship with
a 4-3 win over Alcorn State in Sunday’s
title match at Alexandria City Park Ten-
nis Complex.
The SWAC title was the second
straight and the sixth in nine years for
the Lady Jaguars.
After capturing the doubles point,
Southern put the match away with sin-
gles wins from Demetria Woods at No. 3,
Jo’Vonna Gaines at No. 5 and Lois Alexis
at No. 6.
But the Lady Braves pushed the Jag-
uars hard. Daria Rudd won No. 4 singles
for Alcorn State and Arielle Buchmann
had a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles. The
Braves tied the match at 3-3 when Ker-
sten Vanem took down SWAC Player of
the Year Carlista Mohammed at No. 1
singles, 6-3, 6-3. Woods’ 7-5, 6-1 win over
Merilin Tipp required an extra point in
the first set.
Men #26 Queens College (NY) and be ranked
Alcorn St. 4, Jackson St. 2
Top-seeded Alcorn State held on for a
4-2 win over third-seeded Jackson State in
the SWAC Men’s Tennis Championship
Sunday afternoon at Alexandria City Park
Tennis Complex.
A dramatic three-set win by Alexandr
Lidzar at the No. 2 spot and a hard-
fought win at No. 6 singles spelled the
difference for the Braves, who won its
sixth SWAC men’s title with the victory.
Alcorn State won the doubles point
and jumped out to a 2-0 lead after post-
ing a win at No. 4 singles. JSU rallied and
won the No. 3 and No. 5 singles spots to
even the score at 2-2, but Yanick-Shear-
ron Williams gave ASU a 3-2 lead with
ALL-tournament Team
FAMU’s Lady Rattlers won their last home game this semester against Fort Valley State University.
his 7-5, 6-2 win over Nicholas Crawford nis program reached a significant level
at No. 6 singles. Lidzar sealed the match of success yesterday when Coach Dickie
for the Braves with a three-set victory Mahaffey was named the East Coast
over Navaneetha Baskaran at the No. 2 Conference Coach of the Year and Fresh-
spot. man, Miguel Uzcatequi (Electrical Engi-
The NCAA Tennis Championships be- neering Major-Valencia,Venezuela) won
gin May 13 at campus sites to be deter- the league’s Rookie of the Year Award.
mined. Alcorn State Braves and the Lady The 13 and 5 season (4-2 in the ECC) was
Jaguars of Southern earned the SWAC’s an eleven win turnaround for UDC from
automatic tournament bids. 2009-10. Mahaffey and Uzcatequi were
not the only Firebirds honored as the
wASHINGTON, DC—The University year came to a close.
of the District of Columbia Men’s Ten- Tomas Gajdusek (Jr. Finance Major-
Men
Most Valuable Performer Winfried Weinbeer, Alcorn State
Anton Krutkin, Alcorn State Vishesh Bhatia, Jackson State
Jo’Vanna Gaines, Southern Jose Luque, Jackson State
Coach of the Year Joshua Donaldson, Alabama State
Anthony Dodgen, Alcorn State Eduardo Luque, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
TWO-MINUTE WARNING
Prague,Czech Republic) made the East
Coast Conference Men’s Tennis All-Con-
ference First Team along with teammate
Bruno Reich (Jr.Business Mgmt.Major-
Rio de Janeiro,Brazil). Gajdusek was a
strong #1 for UDC all year and Reich
won the Rookie of the Week in the con-
ference twice during the season.
Uzcatequi and fellow frosh, Carlos
Quiroga (Electrical Engineering Major-
Valencia,Venezuela) made the ECC Sec-
ond Team. Quiroga was ECC Rookie of
the Week twice during 2010-11. Miguel
Women
Lois Lexis, Southern
Kersten Vanem, Alcorn State
Arielle Buchmann, Alcorn State
Brittany Harrell, Prairie View A&M
Kesica Jayaoalan, Jackson State
ADAM LAU/The BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE
Uzcatequi, besides getting league-wide
Rookie Honors was a one time Player
of the Week as well as one time Rookie
of the Week. He added to his impressive
initial campaign with a 13 and 3 record
in both third flight singles play and
doubles play. Miguel was also the ITA
East Regional Men’s B Draw Champion
in his first year as a Firebird. Coach Ma-
haffey on Uzcatequi’s year: “ Miguel has
established himself as one of the tough-
est competitors in the East Region. I am
looking forward to having him back and
TSU Contacted About HEAD COACH: Eastern Michigan contacted Texas South-
ern University athletics director Charles McClelland to let him know of the Eagles’ interest in
Tigers basketball coach Tony Harvey. Eastern Michigan is looking for a new head coach after
firing Charles Ramsey. Harvey was named SWAC Coach of the Year after leading TSU to the
SWAC regular season championship this past season and a spot in the NIT.
Dickie Mahaffey is in his second year as
head coach of Men’s and Women’s Ten-
nis at the University. His strong recruit-
ing efforts have brought the Firebirds an
impressive two year rise in the East Coast
Conference, as well as a No.4 ranking in
the East Region of Divsion II Men’s Ten-
nis. Mahafffey is a 1995 graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania and furthered
his studies at Georgetown University in
Financial and Managerial Accounting.
He was hired by Director of Athletics,
Patricia Thomas in 2009, coming from
Georgetown where he was the assistant
tennis coach there for three years.
Mahaffey noted on the occasion of
his award: “It’s an honor to be named by
your peers. Ultimately it is a testament
to the accomplishments and hard work
of the team.” About the season past he
added: “To say that I am pleased with
how the season turned out would be an
understatement. Our goal was to go and
compete as hard as we could and finish
with a winning record. To have our only
two NCAA Division II loses come against
#4 in the East Region is truly something
to be proud of.”
Baseball
greensboro—An era in North Caro-
lina A&T baseball will come to an end
this summer. Effective July 31, Keith
Shumate will no longer be the head base-
ball coach at N.C. A&T. Shumate offered
his resignation to Director of Athletics
Earl Hilton on Tuesday.
“This is certainly a sad day for North
Carolina A&T Athletics. We’re losing a
great baseball coach and an even greater
human being from our staff,” said Hil-
ton. “While we hate to see him depart, we
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support Keith’s decision. He has a fantas-
tic knowledge of the game, and we have
certainly benefited from it over the years.
We wish him all the best in his future en-
deavors.”
Shumate came to N.C. A&T in 1997.
The year before Shumate’s arrival, the
Aggies went 4-45. In 15 seasons under
Shumate, the Aggies broke the school
record for wins six times, including last
season’s 31 wins that earned the program
its first ever 30-win season.
“I am extremely grateful to the players,
coaches, fans, alumni, administration
and colleagues with whom I worked for
over the past 15 years,” said Shumate. “I
felt strongly that God sent me here when
no one wanted the leadership of a strug-
gling baseball program. My time here has
been one of service while we built a pro-
gram.”
Shumate leaves behind a remarkable
legacy. In 2005, he led the baseball pro-
gram to its only MEAC Championship
with a 10-9 win over Norfolk State. The
MEAC title game has featured the Aggies
4 out of the last 6 years.
Rebuilding the program became pos-
sible because of Shumate’s ability to
recruit outstanding players. Shumate
has coached 11 players who have signed
professional baseball contracts. Five of
those players were drafted in the Major
League Baseball Draft. Shumate has also
coached three All-Americans, three Lou-
isville Slugger Freshman All-Americans
and 17 different players have earned first-
team All-MEAC honors under him.
Two different players earned MEAC
Player of the Year honors, and in 2010
Esterlin Paulino won MEAC Pitcher of
the Year and Kelvin Freeman earned
MEAC Rookie of the Year. Shumate cur-
rently has 294 career wins.