NORFOLK, Va. – Richmond earned a third set win at the No. 1 spot in the lineup on the way to a 7-0 win over the Norfolk State men’s tennis team on Sunday, Mar 20, afternoon at the indoor Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. The Spiders won both contested doubles matches and broke a five-match losing streak … Continue reading
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Freshman Benedikt Henning won his fifth straight singles match during Norfolk State’s 6-1 loss to No. 70 William & Mary on Friday, Mar 18, morning in men’s tennis action at the Millie West Tennis Facility at William & Mary. Henning topped Christian Cargill, the defending CAA Rookie of the Year, at the … Continue reading
Match Results CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 18-ranked Virginia swept the Norfolk State women’s tennis team by a 7-0 score on Sunday afternoon at the Snyder Tennis Center. The Cavaliers improved to 7-3 on the season while dropping the Spartans to 1-5. In an overall contest that took an hour and a half, NSU’s … Continue reading
Match 1 Results | Match 2 Results WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Norfolk State men’s tennis team played a pair of matches at No. 5 Wake Forest on Sunday afternoon. The Demon Deacons earned a 6-0 win in the first contest before defeating the Spartans again in the second one, 6-1, at the Wake Forest Tennis … Continue reading
Match Results NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Norfolk State women’s tennis team picked up its first victory of the season late Sunday morning with a 9-0 win over Christopher Newport at the outdoor Eyre Tennis Courts on the CNU campus. The Spartans won in straight sets in all six singles matches and also swept … Continue reading
Match Results WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Norfolk State women’s tennis team won the doubles point after taking two of the three matches, but George Washington earned victories in all six singles matches in a 6-1 win over the Spartans on Sunday afternoon at the Southeast Tennis Center. NSU (0-3) won the No. 2 and … Continue reading
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Sophomore Antonio Pejic claimed Norfolk State’s only win in the match during a 6-1 loss to Liberty on Saturday, Feb 13, evening in a men’s tennis matchup at the Sports Racket. Pejic won by a 7-5, 6-4 score at the No. 3 singles position over Diego Castano to keep NSU from getting … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion topped the Norfolk State men’s tennis team on Friday, Jan 29, evening by a 6-1 score in NSU’s spring opener at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of ODU. The No. 60 Monarchs won the third doubles and sixth singles spots by default due to NSU’s shorthanded lineup. ODU … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams is the top tennis player in the world and an emerging fashion designer. But she still needs something to do in that down time between matches. That’s where the pre-med classes come in. At a panel discussion Wednesday, Williams explained that she’s not necessarily interested in becoming a doctor, … Continue reading
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Norfolk State women’s tennis duo of junior Liza Gordeeva and sophomore Dajana Cvjetkovic earned a first-round win last Thursday in doubles at the ITA Atlantic Regional at Liberty. Competing at the Cook Tennis Center, the NSU tandem defeated Morgan State’s Cierra Plummer and Kayla Price by an 8-3 score in the … Continue reading
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Sophomore Antonio Pejic and freshman Benedikt Henning of the Norfolk State men’s tennis team each won once in singles and then together in doubles during the ITA Atlantic Regional Championship this weekend at Virginia Tech. The two Spartans earned their win in doubles with an 8-1 victory over the Duquesne duo of … Continue reading
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Norfolk State women’s tennis team picked up several wins over the weekend when the Spartans took on Christopher Newport in the CNU Invitational at the James T. and Sarah C. Eyre Courts. NSU won four of the five singles matches, while the Spartan duo of junior Liza Gordeeva and sophomore … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – With the 2015 fall season just weeks away, the Norfolk State tennis programs have added four new players for the upcoming year and beyond, including three men’s players and one women’s player. Freshmen Nico Lluch, Flavian Fernandez and Benedikt Henning will join the men’s side that lost all but two players from … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — A drone crash during a U.S. Open match has tennis officials thinking about whether they can do more to safeguard the sprawling National Tennis Center from such hazards, a spokesman said Friday. “Obviously, it’s something we are looking at” after an unmanned aircraft plummeted into empty seats and caused a scare … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – Senior Liz Riley of the Norfolk State softball team was named the MEAC Pitcher of the Week on Monday afternoon when the conference office announced its weekly softball honors. Riley, who hails from Virginia Beach, Va., allowed just one unearned run in 14 innings in a pair of complete game victories … Continue reading
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