MCC tennis player advances to national tournament

MCC Sports Information
Oct 2, 2006

Meridian Community College men’s and women’s teams recently competed in the Southeast Regional Wilson/ ITA NJCAA Championships held at Central Alabama Community College in Alexander City, Alabama.

Seven teams from four states: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina competed for the chance to advance to the National Small College Championships.

MCC sophomore, Sierra Woolery, of Morton, Miss., won the singles division and has qualified to compete in the National Small College Championships to be held in Fort Myers, Florida, October 11-15. The single’s champion and the doubles’ champion of the ITA won an automatic berth into the National Small College Championships hosted by Florida Gulf Coast University. The winners of the Small College Super Bowl (DII, DIII, NAIA, NJCAA) will receive wildcards into the DI ITA National Indoor Championships to be held November 2-5, 2006, at Ohio State University.

In the women’s bracket Woolery was the no. 2 seed based on her current ranking as no. 6 in the nation and her performance at last year’s ITA where she was the runner-up. Woolery was selected as one of ten ITA All-Americans last season.

As the no. 2 seed Woolery drew a first round bye. In the second round, Woolery defeated Chanel Kim of Oxford College 6-2, 6-0. She then faced Emily Blackwood of CACC defeated her 6-4, 7-6(3). In the quarterfinals Woolery defeated Maria Djuran of no. 19 ranked Itawamba CC 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. In semifinal action Woolery faced another ICC opponent Lindsay Collins and defeated her 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. In a final match which began at 8:00 Sunday and completed at 5:00 Sunday afternoon due to rain delays, Woolery defeated the no. 1 seed, Cristina Oliveira of ABAC in straight sets 6-1, 7-6(3).

In other women’s action, MCC freshman Alycia LeMerle, of Melbourne, Australia, who was the no. 3 seed, drew a bye the first round. She won her next round against ICC’s Haley Huggins 6-1, 6-0; then, defeated Madeline Spratt of Oxford College 6-0, 6-1. In the quarterfinals LeMerle was defeated by the no. 6 seed, Charlotte Tatler of CACC 6-2, 6-1.

MCC freshman Lane Denuex, of Douglassville, Ga., won her first match against Sally Woodhead of Young Harris 6-1, 6-0. She then faced the no. 1 seed and lost 6-0, 6-1. Leslie Bunn, sophomore, won her first round match against Jasmine Allen of Spartanburg 6-3, 6-2. She then lost to the no. 5 seed Judith Llorens of Georgia Perimeter 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles action MCC’s Sierra Woolery and Alycia LeMerle had a bye as the no 1 seeded team. They defeated Huggins/Mahaffey from ICC 8-0 and then Burke/Hall from ABAC 8-3, In the semifinals they won against Collins/Sims of ICC 8-3. In the finals which had to be played on Thursday a week later Woolery/LeMerle lost to Djuran/Ozols of ICC 8-4.

Bunn/Denuex of MCC won their first round of doubles against Wilkinson/Trail of Young Harris 8-3. They then played the no. 2 seed Oliveira/Jacobs from ABAC losing 8-0.
The Lady Eagles will host UWA on October 19 at Northeast Tennis Center at 2:00 p.m.


MCC Men’s Tennis Update

The Meridian Community College Men's Tennis Team recently competed in the Southeast Regional Wilson/ITA Tennis Championships at Central Alabama Community College in Alexander City, Alabama.

In first round single's action MCC freshman Justin Newman, of Kosciusko, Miss. was defeated by Gadsden State's Milton Dudley in the longest match of the day in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 4-6. In consolation play, Newman lost to Klipstein of ICC 8-3.

In the round of 32 MCC sophomore Joseph Meek of Southaven, Miss., defeated Dustin Kearns of CACC 6-1, 6-2; MCC sophomore Mickey Renfroe of Bay St. Louis, Miss., defeated JT Merferns of Oxford College 6-3, 6-3; MCC freshman Nicolas Zabrodiec of Paraguay, defeated Brian Beck of Gadsden 6-0, 6-2; MCC freshman Scott Truesdale of Meridian, Miss, lost to Drew Marshall of ABAC 6-2, 6-1 and then was defeated in consolation play by Myrick of Gadsden 8-4.

MCC sophomore, Scott McNamara, of Melbourne, Austraila, who was seeded no. 3 defeated William Stone of SMC 6-1, 6-4, and Blake Sherman of MCC defeated Doug Anderson of ICC 6-1, 6-1. In the round of 16 Meek lost to the no. 1 seed Paul Fitzgerald of ABAC 6-1, 6-1; Renfroe lost to Peter Hooper of SMC 6-3, 7-6(6); Zabrodiec defeated Neil Kuttapan of OC 6-0, 6-2; Scott McNamara lost to Will Bald of Oxford College 6-2, 6-3; and Blake Sherman lost to the no. 2 seed Jayraj Jadeja of ABAC 6-3, 6-4. In the quarterfinals, Nicolas Zabrodiec of MCC lost to the no. 4 seed Karim Belhadj of ABAC 6-1, 6-3.

In doubles action the doubles team of McNamara/Renfroe of MCC defeated Dudley and Beck of Gadsden 8-2 and then lost to Bald/Kuttapan 8-2.

The no. 2 doubles team of Meek/Zabrodiec lost their first round match to Hooper/Murray of SMC 8-2 and the lost in the consolation bracket 9-7 to Russell/Klipstein of ICC.
The no. 3 doubles team of Truesdale/Sherman won their first round against Sullivan/Mertens of Oxford College 8-4. They then played the no. 1 seeds Jadeja/Fitzgerald and lost 8-2. Paul Fitzgerald of ABAC won the single's championship 6-3, 6-1 atainst his teammate Jadeja. Fitzgerald will compete in the National Small College Championships in October. Fitzgerald teamed with Jayraj Jadeja to win the doubles championship against Bald/Kupputan of Oxford College 8-3. ABAC will be represented in singles and doubles at the National Small College Championships.

MCC men will be in action October 19 at Northeast Tennis Center at 2:00 when they compete against UWA.