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Barbora Krtickova in 2012. She also joins Zsofia Golopencza (2003),
Johanna Dahlback (2006) and Sona Novakova (2009) as other “Super
Bowl” champions for Armstrong State.
As a result, Cisneros will now advance to the ITA National Indoor
Championships in Flushing, N.Y., on November 12-15. She will be the
only non-Division I player in the field of 32 players.
Earlier in the weekend, Cisneros claimed the DII singles championship. She defeated Siedliska, 0-6, 6-3, 7-5, to become Armstrong
State’s eighth winner of the ITA’s DII singles title, joining Sandra Van
der Aa (1994),
Zsofia Golopencza
(2001 & 2003),
Iuliia Stupak (2008),
Sona Novakova
(2008 & 2009) and
Alida Muller-Wehlau
(2010).
The Pirates also
had a men’s singles
championship match
participant in senior
Pablo Gor, but Gor
fell to top-seeded
Jan Meyer of Azusa
Pacific, 7-6 (5),
6-2. Gor finishes as
the DII singles runner-up and will begin the spring season as the No.
2-ranked singles player in the nation.
Armstrong State University Receives Approval For
$1.5 Million On-Campus Tennis Complex
SAVANNAH, Ga. - The University System of Georgia Board of Regents
approved the construction of a $1.5 million tennis complex for
Armstrong State University at its Wednesday meeting, bringing the
12-time NCAA Division II National Champions back on campus to play
home matches for the first time since 2009.
The facility will be located along Compass Point Drive, across
from the Windward Commons student housing building. It will feature
12 hard courts, seating and scoreboards and when completed, the
courts will also be used for physical education classes, intramural and
club sports in addition to being the home of the nine-time National
Champion women’s tennis team and three-time National Champion
men’s tennis team.
Since the completion of the 2009 season, Armstrong State has
been playing its home matches at the Bacon Park Tennis Center, a facility run by the City of Savannah about nine miles away from campus.
Between the older campus facility and Bacon Park, the women’s tennis
2015-16
program has put together a string of 155 consecutive home wins, dating
back to 2003, and now the Pirates will be able to try and continue that
streak on campus.
“Our National Champion tennis teams are finally coming home,”
Armstrong State AD Lisa Sweany said. “This project has been a long time
coming and I am ecstatic we have been given the green light to move
forward. Our men’s and women’s tennis teams deserve the opportunity
to play on campus in front of their fellow students and fans.
“I want to thank the many people on campus that helped make
this dream come
true,” Sweany added.
“President Dr. Linda
Bleicken, Vice President of Business &
Finance Chris Corrigan,
Director of Facility
Services Katie Twining
and Vice President
of Advancement Bill
Kelso, to name just a
few. It has certainly
been a team effort
and Armstrong State
Athletics is fortunate
and grateful to have
such a strong team
behind us.”
Phase I of the project is being funded by donated and auxiliary
funds. Concurrent with the construction of the courts, a Phase II fundraising campaign will begin, which will include locker rooms, a team
room, coaches’ offices and public restrooms.
“It’s become quite evident that Armstrong State University tennis
has become, arguably, the most dominant college tennis program in
NCAA Division II, if not all of collegiate tennis,” Armstrong State head
coach Sean McCaffrey said. “With such a rich history and tradition, it
only makes sense that Armstrong State tennis has what should be one
of the most beautiful and exciting collegiate tennis venues built on
campus.
“Savannah and the Armstrong State University community has
an undeniable passion for tennis and we are so excited to be able to
showcase our wonderful student-athletes on campus,” McCaffrey said.
“We look forward to welcoming fans, old and new, to what will prove
to be a heck of a tennis experience at an amazing championship-level
location.”
Work on the project is expected to begin mid-September with a
targeted completion date late Spring of 2016.
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