ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STOPS SU BEARS IN NCAA
TENNIS
May 4, 2006
The No. 7-ranked Armstrong Atlantic men's tennis team picked up
a 5-0 win over Shaw in the first round of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic
Region in Savannah on Thursday afternoon, earning a berth in
Friday's championship match.
The Pirates, who advanced to the NCAA DII semifinals last season,
won all three doubles matches then got singles wins from senior
David Secker and junior Taavo Roos. Roos defeated Olwaseyi
Bamigbade at No. 4 singles, 6-0, 6-2, while Secker defeated
Olayiwola Enitan, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 5 singles. AASU improves to 17-6
on the season, while CIAA champion Shaw suffered its first loss of
the campaign, finishing its season with a 17-1 mark.
After SU dropped all three double matches, it only took AASU two
singles matches (#5 & #6) to claim the opening round win.
SU's CIAA Player of the Year, Kabiru Ibrahim had won the first set
and was leading in the second 3-0 when the team match was stopped.
At #1 singles, he was taking on AASU's Davor Zink who is ranked
4th in the country. Ibrahim ended his collegiate
career with an impressive three year 57-0 record.
AASU takes on the winner of Francis Marion and Anderson in the Mid-Atlantic Region Championship match at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 5.