Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls

JCSU Tennis Drops Livingstone, 7-2

3/15/2015 9:21:00 PM

JCSU Sports Information

Salisbury, N.C. (March 15, 2015) – The Johnson C. Smith women's tennis team took five of six singles matches to down CIAA foe Livingstone on Sunday afternoon.

At No. 2 singles, Rankin Anderson (Decatur, Ga.) took a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Tenesha Dickerson. JCSU would sweep the remaining singles matches at Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6, all by a 6-0, 6-0 count.

In doubles competition, JCSU took the #2 and #3 matches, each by an 8-0 count.  Khadijah Battle (Atlanta, Ga.) and teammate Victoria Ogundipe (Jonesboro, Ga.) won 8-0 over Ceara Gillis and Sarah Haynes at No. 2 while Kaylin Roman (Atlanta, Ga.) and Michaela Colvin (Fayetteville, N.C.) downed Shontell McMillian and Aailyah Tucker also by an 8-0 count.

With the win, JCSU improves to 2-8 overall and 1-3 in CIAA play.  The Golden Bulls will hit the courts again on Tuesday, March 17 for a 2:00 p.m. match at Winston-Salem State.

JCSU 7, Livingstone 2

Singles
1. Shondra Redfern (LC) def. Victoria Ogundipe (JCSU),  6-3 6-3
2. Rankin Anderson (JCSU) def.  Tenesha Dickerson (LC),  6-1,6-0
3. Khadijah Battle (JCSU) def. Ceara Gillis (LC),  6-0,6-0
4. Nichelle Heard (JCSU) def. Sarah Haynes (LC), 6-0,6-0
5. Amanda Pettway(JCSU) def. Aailyah Tucker (LC), 6-0,6-0
6. Kaylin Roman (JCSU) def. Shontell McMillan (LC), 6-0,6-0

Doubles
1. Redfern/Dickerson (LC) def. Anderson/Heard (JCSU) 8-6
2. Battle/Ogundipe (JCSU) def. Gillis/Haynes (LC), 8-0
3. Roman/Michaela Colvin (JCSU) def. Millan/Tucker (LC) 8-0