Catching Up

With the first week of Spring quarter coming to a close, the SCAD tennis team is only now getting a much needed week-long break after a grueling first half of the season. A week without practice is a rarity, and the lack of play gives me very little to write about. Fortunately, I've linked this blog to the SCAD athletics web site so you can see exactly which schools we've played so far and how many matches we've won. The SCAD women have managed to hold on to their number 8 spot in the rankings with only one loss to rival school Embry-Riddle University of Daytona Beach, Florida. Four consecutive wins against Shorter College, Olahoma Baptist, Campbellsville University, and Georgetown College over Spring Break put us back on track and ready to take on Georgia College and State on April 11. Unfortunately, the SCAD men haven't been quite as successful with nearly half of the line-up forced to bow out of competition due to injuries. With any luck, most of those injured players will be rehabilitated by the time we play our Regional tournament.

Speaking of which, this year's NAIA Regional tournament (April 17th-18th) will be hosted by SCAD's home facility, Bacon Park Tennis Center. Since the new clubhouse and seating area was opened earlier this year, we've yet to have one home match. Sadly, even when we do play at home, so few people come to watch us play because the tennis center happens to be so far outside downtown. Its actually only a 15 minute drive, but our student following is slim to none because so many people either don't know where the tennis courts are or just can't find the transportation to get there. Fortunately for you, I've posted a link to the tennis center's web page. I'll even post the directions too, if only because I'm so desperate for students to come watch us play. It would be an awesome show of support and a decent way to spend a couple hours on the weekend. Hope to see you there!