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SPORTS
The Clarion — April 14,2006
Men’s tennis stretch
streak to four straight
The Brevard College men
continued their mid season suc
cess on April 1 and 2 by posting
wins over King College 6-3 and
UVA-Wise 6-3.
The Tornadoes have won 5
of 6 are now 6-8 and 3-0 in the
AAC. Brevard is sitting atop the
conference in a first place tie with
Union and Virginia Intermont.
Head coach Paul Thomson said,
“We had a great week of tennis.
We got stronger as the week
went on and everybody contrib
uted to our success.”
On April 1 the men swept
the 3 doubles points from King
and took 3 of 6 singles matches.
Sunday afternoon the men took
2 of 3 double from Wise and won
4 of six singles matches. “I really
felt like we had our opportuni
ties to sweep the single today.
UVA-Wise worked hard at the 1
and 2 spots and were able to pull
out a couple of heart breakers
over Andres and Aaron.”
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BC takes first at golf
invitational
Brevard College kept hold
of an early lead to win the sec
ond Annual Brevard College
Spring Golf Invitational over
NCAA Division II Lees McRae
and North Greenville; and NAIA
conference rivals Tennessee
Wesleyan, Covenant, and
Union colleges. The tournament
was held at BC’s home course
located at Connestee Falls Golf
Brevard’s “A” team fin
ished three-rounds with 879, the
lowest score in team history.
North Greenville finished as run
ner-up with a score of 906.
Earning a spot on the All
Tournament team were Lees
McRae senior and medalist Dion
Sirianni (215); Brevard College
junior Austin Ornelas (218);
North Greenville junior Bo Ream
(218); Union senior Eric Wyrick
(221) and Brevard College fresh
man Michael Burnett.
AAC/Region XII Golf
Tournament
Gibson Bay Golf Course,
Richmond, KY
April 17 & 18,2006
54-Hole Medal Play
NAIA National Championship
Tournament
May 16-19,2006