Sweet Supremacy: Southern University Women’s Tennis wins sixth consecutive SWAC Championship

Since the fall semester for Southern University Athletics, every team has entered the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament only to retrieve false hopes. Unlike the teams before them, the tennis team has entered into the SWAC tournament five consecutive times over and won those five times in a row.
This past Sunday at the Hilton Riverside Health Club Tennis Facility, Southern once again stormed the SWAC when they compiled a sixth entrance and exited with championship status once again when they beat the number two seed, Alcorn (4-1).
This season, Southern has once again hit the top spot as they were number one going into the championships. They also concocted a winning season in-conference because they won seven games overall and swept the conference while Alcorn led at swift second with only one loss to stain their record.
In singles competition, Southern pulled out a sweep when only Laura Syori suffered a loss against Alcorn’s Aida Kelic (6-2, 6-3). This was a hardened set with competitive status. To finish the singles competition, Southern however came to a conclusion of winning when: Darnesha Moore came upsetted S. Ryan-Bovey (7-5, 6-4), Amanda Materre ended a double-double trialed victory against Ivana Boberic (7-5, 7-5) and Gabrielle Moore swept Patricia Norman (6-4, 6-0).
Southern also came to the conclusion that double competition was going to sync just as their conference season with wins all the way through. Syori and Kendall Bunch combatted A. Kelic and Boberic and treasured the overall set with a Southern win of (6-2). Camara Davis and Materre Taylor also came to a resolve when they closely defeated Aakanksha Punj and Patricia Normand.
This marks the fourteenth time that the Jaguars have entered the SWAC tournament and for the past six years, but this year, the banner has shifted. In the six past years, Southern has faced Alcorn for the title.
The number one singles player, Syori was named the 2015 tournament MVP as well as placed on the 2015 SWAC Women’s Tennis Tournament Team alongside teammates, Morgan Taylor, Gabrielle Moore, and Darnesha Moore.
Head Coach Jeff Conyers was named SWAC Coach of the Year and received the honor humbly.
Unfortunately due to the academic ban placed on Southern, the tennis team will not be able to advance to the NCAA tournament on May 14-25 and Alcorn will take their bid.
These girls are known to take home the gold with the core duty and discipline the team holds. One could see the girls practice on the tennis courts earl in the morning or even during the early parts of Spring Break when everyone else is on a break.
People will be on the edge of Social Media if Southern reaches and captures the SWAC once again and by the way they’re performing, it won’t be too long.
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