WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM WINS SECOND STRAIGHT

GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T kept up its momentum heading into the MEAC Women's Tennis Tournament with a 7-0 win over Savannah State Saturday afternoon at the Aggie Tennis Complex.

Four Aggies won their respective matches 6-0, 6-0, including two freshmen – Nianna Henry and Chole McSwain.

“It's real important to the young ladies that we go into the tournament on a winning streak,'' said head coach James Dunwoody. “I think we're playing like a team looking forward to postseason play. We're really excited about what we could accomplish.”

The Aggies have played three straight home matches and have one more on Sunday before facing Howard in Raleigh on April 16. On Saturday, the Tigers only scored two points during singles competition. Winnie Quick, Azeib Nigatu, Nianna Henry and McSwain won 6-0, 6-0.

Nigatu won her team-leading sixth match of the season. No. 1 singles player Jaymee Jones defeated Lauren Daniels 6-1, 6-0 while Cayla Cross defeated Shawannda McClain 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 3 singles position. The Aggies took the doubles point by winning all three matches.

Nina and Nianna Henry won their No. 3 doubles matches 8-0. The Henry sisters won their fifth match of the season, which leads the team. The Aggies will open the MEAC Tournament against Howard. Howard is 12-3 overall and 5-0 in the MEAC.

North Carolina A&T State Uni 7, Savannah State University 0
Singles competition:
1. JONES,Jaymee (NCATW) def. DANIELS, Lauren (SSU) 6-1, 6-0
2. WINNIE,Quick (NCATW) def. HOWARD,Shannon (SSU) 6-0, 6-0
3. CROSS,Cayla (NCATW) def. MCCLAIN, Shawannda (SSU) 6-1, 6-0
4. NIGATU,Azeib (NCATW) def. WASHINGTON, Davita (SSU) 6-0, 6-0
5. HENRY,Nianna (NCATW) def. JOHNSON, Courtney (SSU) 6-0, 6-0
6. MCSWAIN,Chole (NCATW) def. TILUS, Ruth Pamela (SSU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition:
1. JONES,Jaymee/WINNIE,Quick (NCATW) def. DANIELS, Lauren/HOWARD,Shannon (SSU) 8-0
2. CROSS,Cayla/NIGATU,Azeib (NCATW) def. MCCLAIN, Shawannda/WASHINGTON, Davita (SSU) 8-1
3. HENRY,Nina/HENRY,Nianna (NCATW) def. JOHNSON, Courtney/VANCA, Denisa (SSU) 8-0

Match Notes:
North Carolina A&T State Uni 4-14
T-2:14 A-50

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