SHAW MEN’S TENNIS “SIX-PEAT” AS CIAA CHAMPIONS

SHAW MEN’S TENNIS “SIX-PEAT” AS CIAA CHAMPIONS

Bears top Johnson C. Smith at the 2010 CIAA Men’s Tennis Championships

April 17, 2010

Petersburg, VA – Shaw University captured their sixth consecutive CIAA Men’s Tennis Championship on Saturday afternoon (April 17th) with a 5-0 victory against Johnson C. Smith University at the VSU Tennis Complex. The Bears improve their record to 20-6 overall and finished 12-0 in the conference. JCSU concludes their year at 20-6 overall and 9-3 in the CIAA.

Shaw eased past the Golden Bulls in doubles action for a 3-0 advantage heading into singles play. CIAA Player of the Year Fabio Falcato and All-CIAA selection Medhi Ben-Cheikh (SU) defeated the fellow all conference duo of Jason Stuckey and Aaron Hutcherson (JCSU) 8-3 in No. 1 doubles. All-CIAA duo Kalada Kienka and Milos Stankovic (SU) trumped Robert Butts and McKenzie Bean (JCSU) 8-1 in the No. 2 doubles match. Martin Faison and Antoine Jacobs (SU) made a doubles sweep with an 8-4 victory over Jerald Stuckey and Barren Smith (JCSU) in the third and final doubles competition.

2010 CIAA Men's Tennis Champions Shaw University

Only needing five match points to clutch the title, Stankovic and Kienka closed the deal for Shaw with a win in No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. The remaining singles competitions went unfinished. The Bears have achieved their sixth straight CIAA Men’s Tennis Championship with the victory.

Shaw won the previous five titles under the individual flight format and wins this year’s crown under the new team format.

The Bears will receive an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Division II Regionals and await seeding and location for tournament play.