DURHAM, NC - The 2000 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men’s Tennis Championship begins on Friday morning at four Durham venues.
Action starts at 9:30 a.m. with Johnson C. Smith, the regular season Western Division champion with a 14-0 record in CIAA play and 22-7 overall, facing Virginia Union at Southern Boundaries Park (Third Fork Road off South Roxboro Road); Saint Augustine’s challenging Shaw at East End Park (Alston Avenue); North Carolina Central playing Saint Paul’s on the NCCU tennis courts (behind McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium); and Virginia State, the regular season Eastern Division champion with a 12-2 record in the CIAA and 13-2 overall, facing Winston-Salem State at Elmira Park (Elmira Avenue off Fayetteville Street).
At the 2:00 p.m. semifinals, the winner of the JCSU vs. VUU match will play the winner of the SAC vs. SU match at East End Park, while the winner of the NCCU vs. SPC match will face the winner of the VSU vs. WSSU match at Elmira Park.
On Saturday at East End Park, the consolation match will start at 8:30 a.m. and the championship match will be held at 11:30 a.m.
2000 CIAA Men’s Tennis Championship
Round One
(9:30 AM Friday)
Match #1 - Virginia Union vs. Johnson C. Smith
(Southern Boundaries)
Match #2 - Saint Augustine’s vs. Shaw (East
End)
Match #3 - Saint Paul’s vs. North Carolina Central (NCCU)
Match #4 -
Winston-Salem State vs. Virginia State (Elmira)
Round Two (2:00 PM Friday)
Semifinal #1 - Winner Match #1 vs.
Winner Match #2 (East End)
Semifinal #2 - Winner Match #3 vs. Winner Match #4
(Elmira)
Consolation Match (8:30 AM Saturday)
Loser Semifinal #1 vs. Loser
Semifinal #2 (East End)
Championship Match (11:30 AM Saturday)
Winner Semifinal #1 vs.
Winner Semifinal #2 (East End)
• Awards Presentations at East End Park following championship
match