Dixie Tournament Wrap-Up

Golf Finishes with Best Finish Ever

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Men’s and Women’s Tennis

NEWPORT NEWS , Va. – On the strength of two runner-up and two third place finishes in singles, the SU women’s tennis team finished a best ever third at the Dixie Conference championships this past weekend.

Senior Jen McNeal (Verona, Va./Fort Defiance) earned All-Dixie honors for the second time in her career with a runner-up performance at No.1 singles. McNeal also paired with Wendy Legge (Stephens City, Va./Sherando) to reach the finals at No. 1 doubles; they were defeated by the 2001 Rolex doubles national championship duo of Elena Blanina and Carla Simpson from Methodist College 8-0. Blanina, the Rolex singles national champion as well, defeated McNeal 6-1, 6-1 in the singles competition.

All-Conference is determined by the place in the tournament championship; all winners are considered first team and runners-up second team. SU has had three first team All-Dixie singles selections for the women: Lauren John (No. 1) in 1995, Carla Gorman (No. 2) in 1996 and McNeal (No. 1) in 1999. 

Senior Laura Turek (Littlestown, Pa./Littlestown) and sophomore Jessica Padgett (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ross) both earned third place finishes with victories in the consolation finals on Sunday. Turek defeated Erin Williams from Ferrum 9-7 at No. 4 while Padgett was an 8-1 winner over Averett’s Courtney Carrington at No. 6.

The men stayed at the same sixth place spot they held after day one; freshman Alex Bhaskarla (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown led Shenandoah with a team best fourth place finish at No. 5 singles.

No. 3 James Ham (Burke, Va./NoVa CC), No. 5 Tim Dunford (Pembroke, Va./New River CC) and No. 6 Will Rice (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) had previously clinched fifth place for the men.

Complete results can be found on the Dixie Conference web page at http://www.dixieconference.com

Golf

DANVILLE , Va. – The golf team completed shot 331 on day two of the Dixie Conference Tournament at Goodyear Golf Club in Danville Sunday, giving the Hornets a best ever sixth place finish. Shenandoah had never finished better than seventh in eight previous tournaments; SU finished the 2002 tournament 13 strokes out of fifth.

Greensboro, the 2000 Division III National Champions, won the tournament with a 287-298—585. Methodist was second at 300-293—593 while conference newcomer Chowan finished last with a 340-342-682.

Jason Aud (Mount Airy, Md./Frederick CC) carded a team best 78 on Sunday over the par 71, 6324 yard layout. His 82-78—160 won him team medalist honors by one stroke over sophomore Byron Pitts (Nokesville, Va./Home School), who followed up his 75 on Saturday with an 86 to finish at 161. Kevin Richards (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls) finished four strokes behind Pitts with an 84-81—165, while Dallas Strait (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle) finished fourth overall for SU with a 168 despite shooting a team high 89 in Sunday’s final round. Sophomore Tim Detweiler (Manassas, Va./Middle Tennessee State) became the Hornets fourth scoring golfer Sunday by carding an 86. He shot 89-86—175 for the tournament.

Results

Team

SU Individual

Shenandoah University offers 16 intercollegiate sports, eight for men and eight for women. For further information, please contact the Office of Athletic Communications at 540-665-5417 or visit our web site at http://www.su.edu/athletics. For Dixie Conference Information, please visit the Dixie Conference home page: http://www.dixieconference.com.

Shenandoah University is a comprehensive Level V private university with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students in five schools: School of Arts & Sciences, Harry F. Byrd Jr. School of Business, Shenandoah Conservatory, Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy and the School of Health Professions (Athletic Training, Nursing, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Care, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy). The University offers more than 60 programs of study at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels.