Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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iff? IIPI'f'f4I3Z'Z324'2'!157'29Z4 zZ'!'!'??.7'?!'I 'ilfg The did it again! Com. 4 I I J iq J.1 Shayne Blankenship. as an American is a minor ity when it comes to Nicholls' tennis wins. Torbjorn Fasth, Ian Fredman, Felipe I-loyos, Kuldip Singh and Per Blomgren were the winning duo in the No. 2 dou- bles. For the second straight year, Coach Randy Raymond was credited with coach-of-the-year laurels in GSC tennis. Fasth and Iorge Hoyos won straight sets in singles, while Fredman and Singh came from behind to win in split sets after dropping the opening series in singles action. Felipe Hoyos captured the No. 4 singles title by posting a 6-1 win in the third and decisive set against Tennessee-Martin's Mike McCrimmon. ff! ' fi 'fwrivnis -i,- The Fasth-Fredman team won in split sets for No. 1 doubles, while Blomgren and Singh had an easier time, winning 6-1, 6-2 for the No.2 doubles. Fasth, Fredman, Felipe I-Ioyos, Singh, Iorge Hoyos and Blomgren received all- conference credit by leading the Colo- nels to the conference championship in the annual tournament. Fasth, Fredman, Blomgren and Singh competed in the NCAA national cham- pionships. As a team, Nicholls did not score any points. The University of Cal- ifornia-lrvine, one team Nicholls lost to, won the championship. Kuldip Singh of Malaysia hits a few volleys to warm up before a Nicholls tennis match.

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. 3 -' rg' if F xl Q -' V ' .CV .,... 1 'Y . 1.44. 4 A ' I g- V , 11140, .fs ?..,ifj:-. it f ' fe- -Ma-4-assassin. j a' ' -.-2 1 xy . ,V . ,Q , . ' sf 5 , .- A 'U . 1- I, fx 'Q 0 . . ..,.., W 4',v if with by-a24m 4A 'mQ Vx 9 9 '--.. --.-uunun--an-Q-..- ,. ,,.v,..--.--4-.-4. 7' K.:-rye McCann is the first woman to receive a K scholarship for athletics at Nicholls. The McCann tradition in tennis at Nicholls carried on with the signing of the first woman to an athletic scholar- ship. Kaye McCann, the first woman in the history of Nicholls State University to receive an athletic scholarship, is the daughter of Dr. Cary McCann, head of the foreign lan- guage department at Nicholls. Dr. McCann was the Gulf South Conference coach-of- the-year in 1972, 1973 and 1974 as Nicholls' men's tennis coach. He led the Colonels to CSC tennis championships three consecutive years. As E. D. White's number one player, Kaye McCann won 23 out of 24 singles matches. She was the team's captain in 1976 and was chosen as the outstanding player in 1974-75. She was runner-up in the regional tennis playoffs also. McCann finished her first season at Nicholls with the highest average in singles play, winning 18 out of 20 matches. First woman athlete signed I fIlll'x ,nil bil c-P in P-do is P+ is e-t- is fff A ' Beatriz Uribe from Colombia takes time to think about her strategy for the next match. by Rhonda Aucoin The Lady Colonels tennis team had a very impressive third season of exist- ence by winning the Southern Missis- sippi Invitational Championship. They also placed third in the Louisiana Colle- giate Tournament. The Southern Mississippi Invita- tional is a tournament for small col- leges. In the state championships, Nic- holls was up against large colleges, so by finishing third, they also finished as the No. 1 small college team in Louisi- ana. Coach Ioey McCoey's women's team won 13 of 17 matches, recording shut- out wins over Southern Mississippi, McNeese, Southeastern Louisiana and Louisiana Tech in addition to beating Notre Dame, Southwestern Louisiana, Northwestern Louisiana, Tulane and the University of New Orleans. The Lady Colonels' only defeats were to LSU Ctwicel, Nebraska, and Northeast- ern Louisiana. Sharon Robichaux gets ready for a shot to her backhand. 1 in-.W ..- Pnnningt