Johnson C. Smith and Fayetteville State Claim Tennis Titles Again

CIAA Women's Tennis Champions Fayetteville State University	CIAA Men's Tennis Champions Johnson C. Smith University

Charlotte, NC-The rain proved an annoyance for the participants in this year's 2003 CIAA Women's and Men's Tennis Championships. While play was forced indoors due to inclement weather on Friday and Saturday, teams and players alike focused on the objective at hand. The men's five time champion is the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University, and two time champion for the women is the Lady Broncos of Fayetteville State University claiming the respective CIAA Tennis Championship for 2003.

Unlike last year, the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University had very stiff competition from Shaw University. Justin Gilbert defeated Joseph Lee of Virginia State University 6-1, 6-1 at the number five singles; Michael White defeated Sahr Mondeh of Shaw University 6-0, 6-0 for the number two singles. In the number six singles, Davie Immonite of Shaw University defeated Maurice Rahman 6-0, 6-1. Sam Okaya defeated Larry Holmes 6-4, 6-2 for the number four singles. John Agori squeaked by Tim Hunter in a tiebreak by defeating Hunter 6-4, 7-6, and 8-6. In the last number one singles match, Shaw's Michael Oladele defeated Chris Lee 7-5, 6-2. Oladele was named men's MVP of the Championship.

The Golden Bulls pulled out enough points in the doubles match to earn the championship trophy.

On the women's side after a one-point deficit behind Virginia State University on day one, the Lady Broncos of Fayetteville State University regrouped and dominated the competition on Friday and Saturday. Despite Ada Lopez defeating Mary Cherry 6-2, 6-0, the Lady Broncos won five out of six singles matches to claim the trophy. Lopez was named women's MVP.

Scoring Breakdown (Conclusion of Two Day Event)

Women's Team	Points		Men's Team	Points
Fayetteville State	67		Johnson C. Smith	67
Virginia State	63		Shaw University	63
North Carolina Central	44		Virginia State	51
Johnson C. Smith	41		North Carolina Central	48
Shaw University	38		Saint Augustine's	34
Elizabeth City State	34		Winston-Salem State	27
Winston-Salem State	25		Virginia Union	22
Bowie State	12		Saint Paul's	12

All-CIAA Men’s Tennis Selections Justin Gilbert JCSU Larry Holmes, Jr. JCSU Timothy Hunter JCSU Christopher Lee JCSU Maurice Rahman JCSU Michael White JCSU Michael Oladele SHAW John Agori SHAW Samuel Agori SHAW Sahr Mondeh SHAW David Imonite SHAW Rashaad Emory VSU MVP: Christopher Lee - JCSU Rookie of the Year: Timothy Hunter - JCSU

All-CIAA Women’s Tennis Selections Ranata Strong JCSU Mary Cherry FSU Roshawanah Clark FSU Keli Campbell FSU Annette Jackson FSU Sheryl Adams FSU Bradsheedah Elohim FSU Ada lopez VSU Lenee Richards VSU Arial Pegues VSU Karen Barnes VSU Ashley Saunders VSU MVP: Ada Lopez - VSU Rookie of the Year: Karen Barnes - VSU