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The 2011-2012 tennis season came to a close today with the annual Orange and Blue tennis match. The Blue team outlasted the Orange team with a 56-48 victory. The format of the match consists of four rounds. Each round has a men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and a mixed doubles match. The final score reflects the total number of games won by each team over the four rounds.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles wept the three doubles points and never looked back, cruising to a 9-0 win over Lenoir-Rhyne in South Atlantic Conference action. C-N improves to 6-7 on the year and picks up its second SAC win.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles made short work of shorthanded King, 9-0, on Tuesday afternoon at the C-N Tennis Complex. C-N won three matches by default and had little resistance in the six played matches to move to 2-2 on the year.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman's weekend tennis matches have been postponed due to damage to the tennis courts sustained during Wednesday night's storms.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles lost a Saturday afternoon tennis match in Jefferson City to visiting Lee University, 9-0. C-N hung tough in the bottom half of the singles lineup and at No. 3 doubles but couldn't close out a match.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles fought back from a 2-1 deficit in doubles to win their 2012 season opener, 5-4, over the University of the Cumberlands on Friday afternoon at the C-N Tennis Complex.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles open their 2012 season on Friday when they host The University of Cumberlands (Ky.) at the C-N Tennis Complex at 2 p.m.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman senior Kylie Elliott (Maryville, Tenn.) has been named to the 2012 Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference Women’s Tennis team. Elliott earns second team accolades after playing at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles throughout much of her junior season. The Maryville, Tenn. native played through injury during her entire junior season.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman College has signed two student-athletes to play tennis for the Lady Eagles beginning in 2012-2013, C-N head tennis coach Jean Love has announced Friday. Haleigh Chastain (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Brooke Sanderson (Evans, Ga.) have signed to play with the Lady Eagles beginning next fall. Chastain is a standout at Christian Academy of Knoxville, while Sanderson plays at Greenbrier High School outside of thee Augusta, Ga. area.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman Eagles and Lady Eagles participated in the ETSU Fall Invitational Tennis Tournament on September 9-10. 2011. A total of 224 men and women representing seven schools saw action in the tournament, which included 6 flights of singles and 3 flights of doubles for men and women. Highlights of the tournament for Carson-Newman included two flight winners and three flight finalists.