ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Three Tusculum College players have
been named to the 2009 All-South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis
Team announced league officials at Thursday's SAC Tennis Banquet.
Jennifer Sparks was named to the All-SAC First
Team, while Katelyn Doss and Amanda
Pike garnered Second Team honors.
Sparks, a 5-4 senior from Missouri City, Texas, earns All-SAC
First Team honors for the second time in her career. Sparks posted
a 10-7 record at No. 1 singles, including 4-4 in SAC play. Sparks
and Pike also posted a 14-3 record at No. 2 doubles, including a
perfect 8-0 slate in league action.
Doss, a 5-3 sophomore from Bristol, Va., earns All-SAC Second Team
accolades for a second straight year. Doss went 9-7 in singles,
including 5-2 in SAC play. Doss and teammate Caroline Crowe have
gone 12-6 at No. 1 doubles (6-2 in SAC).
Pike, a 5-3 senior from Elizabethton, Tenn., garners All-SAC honors
for the first time in her storied career. Pike went 12-8 in
singles, including 5-3 in SAC matches.
The Pioneers (17-4) have won nine of their last 10 contests, en
route to a perfect 8-0 league mark and their fourth SAC
Championship. TC is the No. 1 seed in the Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Tournament and will face No. 4 seed Brevard College
Friday at noon from the Rock Hill Tennis Center in Rock Hill,
S.C.
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2009 All-South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis
Team
First Team
Kim Dixon, Brevard
Lindsay Shaeffer, Brevard
Amanda Bartlett, Carson-Newman
Elizabeth Sneed, Carson-Newman
Sophia Lopez Mimendi, Lincoln Memorial
Ann-Sophi Inderherberge, Lincoln Memorial
Erika Pinate, Mars Hill
Jennifer Sparks, Tusculum
Second Team
Jen Denyes, Catawba
Kasia Zielinski, Catawba
Kate Meinrs, Lenoir-Rhyne
Patty La Rovere, Mars Hill
Katelyn Doss, Tusculum
Amanda Pike, Tusculum
Hollyn Alberghini, Wingate
Zoe Hartas, Wingate
Kara Stasikelis, Wingate
SAC Player of the Year: Amanda Bartlett,
Carson-Newman
SAC Freshman of the Year: Erika Pinate, Mars
Hill
SAC Coach of the Year: Paul Thompson, Brevard
SAC Scholar Athlete for Women's Tennis: Elizabeth
Sneed, Carson-Newman