2004 Belles Season |
Observer names
SMC Tennis '03-'04 "Team of the Year" (May
14)
On
the Saint Mary's tennis team, there are no individual standouts
- there is one team that stands out.
As a result, the Saint Mary's tennis team has been named The Observer's 2003-04
Outstanding Team of the Year.
From the beginning, there was no doubt this team would be competitive. They won
the 2003 MIAA Tournament and returned four key members from that team
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TENNIS Belles
win league by one point (Apr.
28)
After a season filled
with plenty of close matches and inspiring play, Saint
Mary's closed out its year on top Saturday winning
the 2004 MIAA Tournament. The conference win reaffirmed
the Belles dominance within
the MIAA after a 2004 Team Title victory earlier
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 in
the year. The Belles captured their
fourth straight MIAA Tournament Title by a single
point, beating out
runner-up Albion College 79.5 to 78.5. ...press
release
Text results
at host site here...
PDF files of all brackets available
on Tennis home page
With
the MIAA Team trophy are (L to R) Kristen Palombo, Kate
Bowler, Kaitlin Cutler, Kris Spriggle, Miranda Mikulyuk,
Grace Gordon and Jeannie Knish.
(Photo Courtesy of Mike Gordan)
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2004
MIAA Tournament results....as of 6:00pm, April 23
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Tennis
news... |
| Belles
fail to clinch crown (Apr. 19) |
| The
Belles couldn't take advantage of the home court and clinch
the regular season crown as visiting Calvin toppled Saint
Mary's 5-4 ...Cutler/Spriggle
at #2 doubles and #3 Palombo/Gordon both win, Palombo and
Cutler take singles matches. |
| Olivet
no match for first place Belles (Apr.
17) |
| In
winning 9-0, every Belles won in straight sets...Saint Mary's
remains in first, showdown with second place Calvin to determine
regular season champion |
| Belles
top Kalamazoo 6-3 (Apr.
16) |
| Last
year, Kalamazoo was the only team that could stop Saint
Mary's.
The Belles have continued to prove, however, that a new
year means a second chance, winning 6-3 Thursday for their
second victory over Kalamazoo in the past week.
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