Tennis tournament opens
LSUS girls, women in sports agenda
01/25/04

A tennis tournament postponed from a rainy Saturday to a sunny – albeit blustery – Sunday afternoon opened an expanded list of activities surrounding the LSUS observance of the 18th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

The tournament featured competition in one level of mixed doubles and three levels of women’s doubles. Here are the results. Mixed Doubles 7.0: 1st - Robin Harris and Gordy Ward, 2nd - Diane Cord and J.D. Hartley; Women’s Doubles 8.0: 1st - Sue Allander and Kate Chance, 2nd - Anita Randall and Vicki Owen; Women’s Doubles 7.0: 1st - Claire Moisel and Becky Koll, 2nd - Cay Evans and Cheryl Crain; Women’s Doubles 6.0: 1st - Leah Muslow and Dana George, 2nd - Sondra Vickers and Susan Easterling.

Aiding the competition at the tennis complex on the LSUS campus were new wind screens donated by the Northwest Louisiana Community Tennis Association. The screens, valued at about $5,000, effectively blocked what would otherwise have been troublesome breezes for the players.

NGWSD activities continue Saturday with a 5K race, a 5K kids race and a one-mile walk on the LSUS campus. The race, managed by Sportspectrum, starts at 8:30 a.m. A recognition ceremony in the LSUS University Center Theater on Wednesday, Feb. 4, will honor all female athletes of any age, sport and level. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and will feature the Caddo Middle Magnet dance line and a choral group from Midway Elementary Professional Development School. The ceremony is open to the public.

The activities will culminate with the Second Annual Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Physical Activity and Sport on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7, in the LSUS University Center. A highlight of the conference is the Friday noon luncheon, which is open to the public and costs $15.

For information, contact Dr. Cay Evans, LSUS professor of education, at 318-797-5037 or cevans@lsus.edu.