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Front, from left: Patrick Steck, Greg Puckett, Chris Davidson, Jay Evans, and Joel Silverberg; back: assistant coach Jan White, Andrew Babb, James Wingate, Justin Gilleland, Moses Das, and coach Shane Wood.
Men’s and women’s tennis
Moses Das
Jennifer Granlund
It was a triumphant return to the Demorest campus for head tennis coach Shane Wood, who, after a three-year stint at NCAA Division I Jacksonville University, once again took the reins of the PC tennis program to a Great South Athletic Conference championship. It was the men’s team, with an 11-6 overall record and 4-2 mark in GSAC play, that handed the veteran coach his 10th overall conference tournament title, knocking off the tourney’s top seed in Huntingdon College. As one of nine men’s players to be selected to the All-Conference team, GSAC Player of the Year Moses Das provided the deciding point in the dramatic 5-4 win over the Hawks that sealed the Lions’ grip on a championship. On the women’s side, the Lady Lions made their second straight appearance in the league’s yearend tournament after nabbing a trio of conference wins in 2011, while posting a 5-12 overall record. Demonstrating the program’s commitment to academic excellence, a quartet of women’s players led by senior Jennifer Granlund earned All-Academic status to tie for the league lead in that category.
Front, from left: Lauren Hodges, Melody Mitchell, Jen Granlund, and Cydney Goodwin; back: coach Shane Wood, Maria Carter, Mandy Christian, Lauren Anderson, Ashley Fannon, and assistant coach Jan White.
22 The piedmont college journal
Autumn 2011