Women's Tennis Is Topped By Mountaineers 6-1

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3/9/2010 11:32:31 AM

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MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Morehead State women’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to the West Virginia Mountaineers on Sunday afternoon at the Wellness Center Indoor Courts. The Eagles now have a record of 2-8.

The Mountaineers swept the Eagles in the doubles matches and took an early match lead 1-0. In the one spot Madeleinne Antero and Lauren Delaney battled hard, but eventually bowed 8-6. Brooke Helms and Alexandra Rydberg were defeated 8-4 by Cardenas and Mathis at number two. The twosome of Kayla Tuscany and Alix Young came up short 8-3 in the three spot.

In singles action MSU’s Young was the only Eagle who gathered a victory, playing in the two spot she defeated Burton 6-3, 6-3. Rydberg fell at the number one spot 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 in a tough match. Antero who played in the three spot was downed by Cardenas 6-1, 6-3. Tuscany was in the four spot, but was defeated by Haught 6-2, 6-4. At number five Catherine Butts lost 6-0, 6-0 to Mathis and in the sixth spot Helms came up short of Pilsbury 8-2.

The Eagles will be back in action March 15 in Orlando, Fla. against Florida Gulf Coast University at 1:00 p.m.

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Sat, Feb. 04, 2012

Women's Tennis
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Pepsi Athletes of the Week

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.

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.

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