Shaw Men's Tennis Advances to Regional Play
Raleigh, NC - (May 1, 2009) The Men's Tennis program of Shaw
University has been chosen to participate in the 2009 NCAA Division
II Atlantic Region First Round Men's Tennis Tournament at Kutztown
University, May 7-8, 2009.
The defending 2009 CIAA Champions (20-1) are excited and set to
take to the courts versus Concord (14-5) on May 7th. The
winner of this match will take on Kutztown University (13-4) or
Millersville (10-8) to advance to the next round. Head Coach
Sunday Enitan stated, "We are excited about this Tournament and our
team is talented and positioned to win. We look for exciting
and competitive athleticism. I am proud of my team as they
are ranked 5th in the nation."
The Bears of Shaw University claimed their fifth consecutive CIAA
men's tennis championship on the final day (Saturday) of the 2009
CIAA Spring Championships held on the campus of Virginia State
University. Shaw dominated the men's tournament by winning each of
the three doubles and six singles flights for a maximum team score
of 54 points. In the last match of the Tournament, the number
one seeds faced each other as Alexandre Lord-Andrade defeated Jason
Stuckey of Johnson C. Smith University in exciting play 6-1, 6-0.
The men's team stormed the court as the win finalized the dream of
a 5th straight CIAA Championship title. With honors continuing,
Lord-Andrade was named as the 2009 CIAA Men's Tennis Tournament MVP
and the 2009 CIAA Men's Tennis Player of the Year; defending both
titles from the 2008 Tournament. Continuing the University's
historic accomplishments, Coach Enitan was named the 2009 CIAA
Coach of the Year for the eighth straight year.
