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The News Argus
Feb. 5, 2007
Lady Rams’basketball
season is winding down
Townsley Anderson
STAFF REPORTER
With their final two home basketball games approaching
on Feb. 8 and 21, the Lady Rams are determined to enter
the games well-focused and prepared to grab a couple more
wins for the home crowd.
The team has had a bumpy season this year with five
wins, but they're determined to finish the season strong as
they host Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and
Savannah State Wednesday, Feb.21. Both games start at 7
p.m. at C.E. Gaines Center . On Tuesday, Feb. 13, the Lady
Rams will play Longwood at Longwood , Va.
Other than their plans to win, the team strives to "get bet
ter skill wise, get along with one another and teach each
other how to be a leader," said starting forward Lavontay
Johnson.
The team functions as a unit and not as individuals, said
Coach Dee Stokes. "We do not believe in having only one
captain, as they alternate each game because they all are
leaders," she said.
With seven returning players, the Lady Rams hope to
build a successful season on the backs of freshman Ja'Pel
Sumpter; sophomores Richea Harris, Lavontay Johnson,
Candace Saunders, Akebia Williams; juniors Tierra Rudd
and Keoshia Worthy, and their new recruits.
Lady Ram brings it hard against her opponent.
Photo by Stanley Leary
Lady Rams
Bowlers
on a roll
Sharrod Patterson
PHOTO EDITOR
The Lady Rams bowlers have
had an up-and-down season, but
things are looking good for the
future. The Lady Rams have only
been bowling for five short years,
but by 2003, the team — led by for
mer head coach Leon Kay, and
now head coach Tyrone Scales —
had already won its second
Western Division regular-season
title and secured a No. 1 seed in
the 2003 CIAA Bowling
Championship Tournament.
In 2003 the Lady Rams bowlers
also competed their first-ever
NCAA Women's Bowling National
Championship.
Lady Rams bowling has been
making slow but steady progress.
With the arrival of WSSU in the
MEAC, the opposition has stiff
ened, putting the team in a difficult
but also promising situation. The
Lady Rams could use more sup
port at their matches, but they
understand that most of the match
es are pretty far from campus, with
their closest tournament being the
NC A&T Aggie Invitational in
Greensboro.
After getting off to a rocky start
in 2006, the bowlers showed a
tremendous effort by turning
things around in the recent 2007
MEAC Southern Division Classic,
winning their first three matches of
the tournament. With seasoned
veterans such as Patrese Nesbitt,
Alexa Jeffries and Candice
Leatherberry increasing their
already high averages and ever
growing commitment to the team,
the Lady Rams could finish their
2006-07 season on a high note at
the Releaser's NCAA Invitation in
Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 9 through 11.
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"The team is showing significant
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from their new recruits, things can
only get better," said Nesbitt, the
team captain.
Coach Scales is equally happy
with his team's improvements, and
he believes the move to the MEAC
should increase the team's fan
base.
"We keep improving and are
ready for the MEAC, and this team
is going to make it back to the
nationals," Scales said.
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