Senior Jessica Bond WIns No. 5 Singles Title
FINAL RESULTS
(PETERSBURG, Va.) Shaw University won the CIAA women’s tennis title by one point over host Virginia State University Saturday afternoon on the VSU Tennis Courts. Both schools had tallied 50 team points
with the number four singles position set to determine the champion. BSU senior
Jessica Bond (Silver Spring, MD, John F. Kennedy / Emerson Preparatory School) defeated Lakevia Ingram of Virginia State in straights sets 6-4 and 6-3 to capture the No. 5 Singles title.
Xania Steele (Shaw) defeated Tamilia Hicks (VSU) in three sets to give Shaw 58 team points and the CIAA crown. Virginia State finished second with 57 team points. Bowie State had an impressive showing with 51 team points for third place.
Johnson C. Smith University and Elizabeth City State University tied for fourth with 43 points. CIAA Player of the Year Cameron Chatman (JCSU) was also named Tournament MVP after defeating Ines Nieves (6-1, 6-1) at the number one singles position.
Fayetteville State University finished sixth with 42 team points, Saint Augustine’s College was seventh with 15 points, and Saint Paul’s College had 10 team points for eighth place.
The championship final results are as follows:
Singles flight No. 1 -- Championships
Cameron Chatman (Johnson C. Smith) def. Ines Nieves (Fayetteville State) – (6-1, 6-1)
Singles flight No. 2 -- Championships
Lolia Kienka (Shaw) def. Kristan Tapassi (Fayetteville State) – (6-1, 6-0)
Singles flight No. 3 -- Championships
Evan Okafor (Shaw) def. Kendra Plummer (Virginia State) – (6-1, 6-1)
Singles flight No. 4 -- Championships
Xania Steele (Shaw) def. Tamilia Hicks (Virginia State) – (6-4, 4-6, 6-4)
Singles flight No. 5 -- Championship
Jessica Bond (Bowie State) def. Lakevia Ingram (Virginia State) – (6-4, 6-3)
Singles flight No. 6 -- Championships
Ashley Foster (Virginia State) def. Phyllis King (Elizabeth City State) – (6-0, 6-1)
Doubles Flight No. 1 -- Championship
Lolia Kienka and Fernanda Silva (Shaw) def. Cameron Chatman and Jae Hargett (Johnson C. Smith) – (8-3)
Doubles Flight No. 2 -- Championship
Evan Okafor and Xania Steele (Shaw) def. Tamilia Hicks and Kendra Plummer (Virginia State) – (8-2)
Doubles Flight No. 3 -- Championship
Ashley Foster and Lakevia Ingram (Virginia State) def. Tyra Breaux and Melissa Shuler (Johnson C. Smith) – (8-2)