Mens and womens head coach Kenny Doyle recently announced the team award recipients for the 2009-10 season at the teams awards cookout.
Nick Stafford was named the OVC Men's Tennis Freshman of the Year, and four Golden Eagles earned all-conference honors as the league announced annual awards on the eve of the championship tournament.
One day after the announcement that the womens tennis program at Tennessee Tech University would be suspended following this season, the Golden Eagles performed nearly flawlessly in a 7-0 sweep over Tennessee State at the Tech Tennis Courts.
Tennessee Tech has announced a strategic restructuring of its intercollegiate sports programs. The move is an effort to maximize financial resources and ensure sustained athletics competitiveness in the OVC. Two athletic teams rifle and womens tennis will be suspended effective July 1.
The Ohio Valley Conference tennis matches between Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State will start three hours later than originally scheduled. The women's and men's teams will now square off at 2 p.m. on the Tech campus tennis courts, in the final home contest of the year for the Golden Eagle teams.
Morehead State jumped out to an early lead and the Tennessee Tech womens tennis team could not come back as the Golden Eagles fell, 5-2, at the Sadler Courts on Tuesday.
Light rain in the Upper Cumberland has forced a slight change in the schedule for Saturday's home tennis and softball contests. The tennis matches are now scheduled for 12:30 p.m. while softball is moving to a 2:30 p.m. start time.
Tennessee Tech got a couple of straight set victories in singles action and took a double contest, but Murray State prevailed over the Golden Eagles, 5-2, in Ohio Valley Conference women's tennis action Saturday afternoon.
Diana Woodcock earned the clinching point as the TTU women's tennis team opened the weekend with a 5-2 non-conference victory Friday over visiting SIU Edwarsville.
The University of Memphis women's tennis team put together a dominating performance Wednesday in defeating Tennessee Tech, 6-0, in non-conference action.
The Tennessee Tech women's tennis team waged a battle with UT Martin Tuesday afternoon, forcing five tie-breakers, but every point went to the host Skyhawks who claimed the 7-0 victory.
The Tennessee Tech women's tennis team couldn't slow down the league-leading Eastern Kentucky Lady Colonels, who topped the Golden Eagles 5-2 Sunday in Ohio Valley Conference action.
Singles victories at No. 3 through No. 6 along with a sweep of the doubles competition led the Tennessee Tech womens tennis team to a 5-2 victory against Southeast Missouri on Tuesday evening at the Redhawks Sorts Complex.
After splitting their singles points to begin their match indoors, Tennessee Tech and Eastern Illinois had Sunday's contest decided in doubles play and the host Panthers prevailed, 4-3, in OVC action at the Danville Indoor Tennis Center.
A win in the doubles competition was not enough to propel the Tennessee Tech womens tennis team to a victory on Friday as the Austin Peay Lady Govs defeated the Golden Eagles, 5-2, at the Tech Tennis Courts.
Freshman Victoria Cran captured a hard-earned victory at No. 5 singles, preventing a sweep by Chattanooga as the Lady Mocs took home a 6-1 non-conference win over Tech Thursday in women's tennis action.
