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For Immediate Release
May 14, 2007
NWU WOMEN EXIT EARLY, PICK UP NAIA HONORS
Mobile, Ala -- In a battle of home-state players,
it was Advantage California on Monday in the opening round at the
NAIA Women’s Tennis Championships as 11th-rated Point Loma
Nazarene defeated Nebraska Wesleyan 9-0 at the Mobile Tennis Center.
The Sea Lions hailing from San Diego and made up
of six players from California, won all nine matches in straight
sets and improved to 14-6 overall, while the Region III champion
Prairie Wolves, with seven players from Nebraska, finished their
season at 10-12.
“Our players all had a positive feeling about
the way they played,” Head Coach Rick Harley said. “And
hopefully, that will roll over into this summer and motivate them
to keep practicing for next year.”
Match scores and awards received by NWU players
at the NAIA banquet on Sunday night are listed below:
NAIA Women’s Tennis Championships
Mobile Tennis Center, Mobile, Ala.
NAIA No. 11 Point Loma Nazarene 9, Nebraska Wesleyan
0
SINGLES: No. 1 -- Ashley Strimple def. Lauren Pfister
6-0, 6-2; No. 2 -- Kelsey Weir def. Mikayla Albin 6-0, 6-0; No.
3 -- Christine LaLonde def. Mikaela Caudill 6-4, 6-3; No. 4 -- Mara
Petrini def. Alex Yeagley 6-0, 6-0; No. 5 -- Samantha Reeve def.
Lexie Zoucha 6-3, 6-0; No. 6 -- Leanne Miliken def. Becca Brown
6-2, 6-3. DOUBLES: No. 1 -- Weir/LaLonde def. Pfister/Albin 8-2;
No. 2 -- Strimple/Petrini def. Caudill/Brown 8-1; No. 3 -- Reeve/Miliken
def. Yeagley/Natalie Brooks 8-1.
Champions of Character team award:
Lauren Pfister (Sr., Lexington, Neb., Lexington High School)
Daktronics/NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards:
Natalie Brooks (So., McCook, Neb., McCook High School) 3.96 GPA,
biology and Spanish
Becca Brown (So., Grand Island, Neb., Grand Island High School)
3.69 GPA, mathematics
Mikayla Albin (So., Hastings, Neb., Hastings High School) 3.64 GPA,
biology
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