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Covenant hosted the conference tournament at the Champions Club this past Friday and Saturday. Thursday night all the teams were treated to a meal provided by Carrabba's to kick off the tournament.
Friday morning the awards were handed out and the following students were honored: All Academic - Julia Myers, Chelsey Schortmann, Jane Shibley, Josh Jeremiah. All Conference - Josh Jeremiah (missed player of the year by one point), Casey Cochran. Honorable Mention - Adam Herberich, Jane Shibley and Julia Myers. Champions of Character for both men and women as a team and Adam Herberich the Sportman of the Year.
The girls beat Bluefield 5-0 Friday to advance to the semi-final while the guys beat UVA Wise 5-0 to advance to the semi-final. Friday afternoon turned out to be a long hot one with both teams playing Tennessee Wesleyan to get to the finals. The girls team won a tough match that lasted over 4 hours.
Play started with Covenant taking the #3 doubles point Jane Shibley/Chelsey Schortmann and then #1 (Myers/Ramage)lost a close one after being up 7-4 dropped the pro set 9-7. #2 (Cochran/Janie Sizemore) pulled out a close one 9-7 for Covenant to go up 2-1 after singles. Chelsey Schortmann won first at #6 to give Covenant a 3-1 lead then Julia Myers lost at #1 to make it 3-2.
Freshman Janie Sizemore battled a close match at #4 and won to give Covenant the edge 4-2 with all other matches in tight 3rd sets. Freshman Jane Shibley was the first to win at #5 to give Covenant the 5-2 win and the other matches were halted in progess.
On the men's side Covenant started their semi-final match against Tennessee Wesleyan 2 1/2 hours late due to the length of the women's match. They came out flat and lost the #3 (Herberich/Herberich) doubles , followed by #2 (Bernardez/Hirte) with #1(Jeremiah/Reid) still to finish. They had chances at #1 but were unable to capitalize on them and lost 9-7 giving Tennessee Wesleyan the huge advantage of going into singles up 3-0.
The matches were competitive across the board but Jonny Herberich lost first at #5 to Chattanooga native Eric Chastain. Freshman John Hirte was able to come back from 2-5 in the first to win it in a tie breaker, while freshman Ryan Bernardez won easily at #4, giving Covenant its first point to be down 1-4. Garrett Reid #2 was in a 3rd set and Adam Herberich #6 was in a close second set when #1 Josh Jeremiah lost to Cody Gaby, giving Tennessee Wesleyan the 5-1 win.
The men finished the season 10-9.
Saturday morning the women's team faced Union, the #25 ranked team in the country. The girls started out a little slow but then got going. #3 doubles had opportunities but eventually fell in a tie breaker 9-8. #2 doubles started playing better but after getting down 6-1 it was just too much to come back and win while #1 doubles also lost. The Union team went into singles with a comfortable 3-0 lead but the Covenant women battled hard and played some great tennis. Catie Ramage #3 was winning, #6 Chelsey Schortmann was winning, #4 Janie Sizemore lost a close first set in a tie breaker and Casey Cochran was in a close match when #5 Jane Shibley lost and then #1 Julia Myers lost to give Union the 5-0 win.
The women finished the year second in the conference with a winning record of 12-6.
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