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Highlights
SU women’s tennis sweeps All-SWAC first team honors
WOMEN
#2 Camara Davis/Morgan Taylor (Southern)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR Demetria Woods (Southern)
#3 Kate Potapova/Merlin Tipp (Alcorn State)
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Second Team
Danielle Dixon (Southern)
#1 Kesica Jayalapan/Harshini Reddy (Jackson State)
SINGLES
#2 Katja Kraus/Arantxia Wijingaarde (Alabama State)
First team The Southwestern Athletic Conference named Southern University duo Demetria Woods and Danielle Dixon as 2013 conference Player and Freshman of the Year. Woods was 6-1 at No. 1 singles during the two SWAC Roundups, while Dixon was 6-1 at No. 3 Singles. Southern swept all of the singles slots on the All-SWAC first team. Along with Woods at No. 1 and Dixon at No. 3, Gabrielle Moore, who was perfect at 7-0, joined Lois Alexis, Laura Syori, and Camara Davis on the first team. The Lady Jaguars also dominated the doubles first team, taking the No. 1 and 2 positions. Alexis and Moore joined Davis and Morgan Taylor on the first team. Kate Potapova and Merlin Tipp of Alcorn State claimed the final first team doubles slot at No. 3.
Ovations
#1 Demetria Woods (Southern) #2 Gabrielle Moore (Southern) #3 Danielle Dixon (Southern) #4 Lois Alexis (Southern) #5 Laura Syori (Southern) #6 Camara Davis (Southern) Second Team #1 Denise Cherry (Alabama A&M) #2 Arielle Buchmann (Alcorn State) #3 Christina Gwodog (Prairie View) #4 Kesica Jayalapan (Jackson State) #5 Alicia Shaw (Grambling)
#3 Tafadzwa Chindza/Joy Jones (Grambling)
SU Jaguars win SWAC men’s basketball championship, nearly upset top seed in NCAA tourney--The Southern University Jaguars March 16, 2013, clinched the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament men’s basketball championship title and earned a trip to the NCAA tournament. The Jaguars took home the title trophy after a thrilling 45-44 win over the Prairie View A&M Panthers in the final game of the SWAC tournament in Garland, Texas. Coach Banks and team headed to Salt Lake City to take on top seed Gonzaga March 21 in the West Region of the NCAA tournament. The Jaguars kept pace in a near upset of the Bulldogs. The 16th-seeded Jaguars made a great showing in the 64-58 first round game.
#6 Angie Condorelli (Jackson State) DOUBLES First Team #1 Lois Alexis/Gabrielle Moore (Southern) 56
Spring/Summer 2013