ORLANDO, Fla. — During Friday's action in the SIAC roundup,
Savannah State earned another split, losing to
Tuskegee but beating in-state rival
Albany State.
Tuskegee defeated SSU 6-1 but the Lady Tigers bounced back to top Albany State 5-2 in the second match.
Against Tuskegee, SSU lost all doubles matches with Madeleine Anne Nolan and Jaeda Cooper and Nyla Warner and Sunzahra Banks losing their matches 6-1. Amaia Connor and Simone Reese fell in their match 6-0.
Madeleine Anne Nolan picked up SSU's only singles win against Tuskegee, with a 6-2,0-6,10-8 victory.
Falling short in their singles matches were Nyla Warner (6-1, 6-1), Jaeda Cooper (6-1, 6-3), Sunzahra Banks (6-3, 6-0), Katelynn Welch (6-1, 6-0) and Simone Reese (6-1, 6-1).
Savannah State swept the doubles matches against the Golden Rams.
Nolan/Cooper won 6-4, Warner/Banks won 6-2 and Welch/Connor won by default.
Warner won her singles match 6-0, 6-0 while Banks (6-3, 6-4), Welch (6-1, 6-1) and Connor (won by default) were also victorious. Nolan lost her match 6-4, 6-2 and Cooper fell her her match 6-4, 6-4.
Savannah will wrap up the roundup on Saturday with matches against Edward Waters and Clark Atlanta.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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