May 1, 2011

Box Score

SLIPPERY ROCK, PA - The best season in the history of Winston-Salem State Lady Rams (27-2) tennis history ended, Sunday afternoon when the team took a 5-0 loss to the Indiana (Pa.) Crimson Hawks (20-6). The loss ended the best season in the history of Lady Rams tennis as the team finished 2011 with a 27-2 record, a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championship, and a 27-match winning streak.

Originally scheduled to take place at the Slippery Rock Tennis Courts, the match was moved to the Lakevue Racquet Club where the Lady Rams played their first indoor match of the season.

The Lady Rams' struggles began early when the team took three doubles losses to open the day. The team took 8-2 losses in the first and third doubles positions, but the team's showed their fight in the second doubles position where the sophomore tandem of Bianka Locklear and Sloane Holmes battled in an 8-6 loss.

With the 3-0 deficit, the Lady Rams had their work cut out for them as the Crimson Hawks needed just two singles wins to end the match. The WSSU losses came in the third and fourth singles positions to end the day with the loss.

The loss ends the Lady Rams' season and hands the team its first loss since the team's season opener at UNC-Charlotte. The future looks especially bright for Lady Rams tennis as the team as this season's team had just one senior. For more information on Lady Rams tennis, contact the WSSU Office of Athletic Media Relations at (336) 750-2143 or log on to www.WSSURams.com.