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Fighting Owls Women’s Tennis Brings Home NJCAA Region XX Championship, Courtney Brewer Named MVP

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by Dagger News Service

10/27/08 From HCC Sports Desk…

HAGERSTOWN, Md.­­­­—The Harford women’s tennis team, in its first year competing as an NJCAA Division I program, claimed the NJCAA Region XX Women’s Tennis championship title last weekend at Hagerstown Community College. After finishing in third place at last year’s region tournament, and the Division III champs, the Fighting Owls claimed the overall title this year by outdistancing host Hagerstown by just three points and claimed six of the nine overall titles.

Harford amassed a total of 14 points to the Hawks’ 11, while Cecil added two points to take third place and Montgomery College-Rockville rounded out the four-team tournament with zero points. With the D-I title, the Owls also earn an automatic bid to the NJCAA Division I National Championship from May 2-7, 2009 at the Randolph Tennis Center in Tucson, Ariz., where they will look to improve on their 10th place finish in ...Continue Reading

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Fighting Owls Women’s Tennis On A Roll, Winning Six Straight

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From HCC’s Sports Desk

ST. MARY’S CITY, Md.—The Harford women’s tennis team won its sixth straight match as the Fighting Owls (6-0) downed NCAA Division III opponent St. Mary’s, 7-2, on Friday afternoon in St. Mary’s City.

Freshmen Kate Tiburzi (Fallston, Md./Fallston) and Kelsey Strine (Abingdon, Md./Edgewood) remain perfect on the season after taking individual victories at No. 5 and No. 4 singles, respectively, while the No. 1 doubles team of freshman Ashley Sherinsky (Fallston, Md./Fallston) and sophomore Katrina Tiedeman (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford) took their first dual match loss.

Tiburzi rallied from a one set deficit to defeat Jerilyn Rogalski, 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 7-5 in the No. 5 spot, while Strine also endured a three-set match to take the No. 4 win against Katie Lackler, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5.

Tiburzi also teamed with sophomore Julie Strong (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) at No. 3 doubles and moved to 5-0 on the season with an ...Continue Reading

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