Cincinnati Edges Women's Tennis

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2/6/2010 8:34:39 AM

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CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Morehead State women's tennis team came up just short in its match with the University of Cincinnati Friday, losing 4-3, at the Western Tennis and Fitness Club.

MSU fell to 0-4, while UC improved to 1-3.

The Bearcats won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead, and the Eagles picked up singles wins at numbers one, four and six.

At number one, Alexandra Rydberg defeated Lindsey Lonergan 6-2, 6-7, 6-4. Kayla Tuscany won over Caitlion O'Gara 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 at number four, and Lauren Delaney secured a 7-5, 6-1 victory against Abby Mayo at number six. Alix Young took the first set 7-5 versus Kysenia Slynko but then fell 6-4, 6-2.

The Eagles' next match is at Ball State on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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Sat, Feb. 04, 2012

Women's Tennis
at Marshall
1 p.m.

Pepsi Athletes of the Week

Brooke Helms

Women's Tennis

Junior women's tennis player Brooke Helms went undefeated in singles action over the weekend, as she tallied two individual match wins.

Helms clinched the come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Big East power West Virginia, a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 at number five singles. Helms then was only one of two Eagle netters to score a win in a 5-2 loss at Duquesne, winning 6-3, 6-4 at number five.

Ty Proffitt

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball senior Ty Proffitt recorded a team-high 18 points on 5-of-6 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in Tuesday’s 75-69 victory over Norfolk State.

He then registered a season-best 20 points on 6-of-10 from the floor, 4-of-7 from long range and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe in Saturday’s 56-50 win over Tennessee Tech.

The guard, who hails from London, Ky., connected on 69 percent from the field (11-of-16) and 67 percent from downtown (8-of-12) in addition to making all eight free-throw attempts. He also committed just four turnovers in 65 minutes last week.

Proffitt was also named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for his performances this past week.

Morehead State University Athletics