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Game, Set and Match

Congratulations go to the dynamic duo of Ani Mijacika (Fr) and Federica van Adrichem (So) who were the first tennis doubles team in school history to advance to the NCAA semifinals. As seen over at ClemsonTigers.com, they defeated a Stanford duo in two sets down in Athens to make their way into the record books. They go on to face a #1 seed William and Mary duo today. The win placed the duo at a 18-4 mark, hopefully that will get some more W’s in the near future.

That might get me out of the house tomorrow

Clemson women's tennis teams' Federica van AdrichemIt’s nice that our women’s tennis team is doing well. It’s also nice that the women’s tennis players are much nicer to look at than, say, any of the male athletes on campus. So it’s nice to know they’re coming to town.

The fifth-ranked Tiger women’s tennis team will wrap up its 2007 regular season this weekend with matches at Virginia and Virginia Tech. Clemson (17-3, 8-1 ACC) will face the Cavaliers (10-8, 4-5 ACC) at 11:00 am on Saturday at the Snyder Tennis Center in Charlottesville, VA.

Unfortunately I’ll probably miss the chance to see the team because rain is in the forecast and getting out of bed that early on a Saturday isn’t always easy.

Weekend news:

  • The baseball team had gained some momentum before the Hurricanes came to town. That momentum is now gone, as the ‘Canes took the first and the third games of the series. Sunday’s Game 3 score was 7-6.
  • The 8th ranked women’s tennis team went to Chapel Hill and kicked some baby blue ass this weekend. The #13 Tar Heels lost 6-1.
  • Men’s tennis, on the other hand, lost on Friday to #2 Virginia 5-2. And they also lost to Virginia Tech 4-3. The lesson to be learned is that people from Clemson just don’t belong in Virginia.
  • The bad news continues on into the world of men’s golf. The team finished 10th at the Administaff ASU Invitational. Coastal was first, UNC was 2nd. USCe finished 4th. The team did finish 8 shots better than 15th place USC-Aiken.

And for the golf team alumni at the Shell Houston Open:

  • Lucas Glover missed the cut.
  • J. Byrd earned $66,660 by finishing tied for 19th at -8.
  • Matt Hendrix had three solid and one “oh my god what happened” rounds en route to winning $34,100 and finishing at -5.
  • Charles Warren fared less well, but still made the cut. He finished tied for 66th at 2 over. His check was for $11,300.Beer Cart Girl
  • Finally, DJ Trahan finished all alone in the 8th spot. He was 10-under for the weekend and 11-under for the tournament. That performance was worth $170,500.

It may be worth noting that the 5 golfers above combined to win $282,500. I’m fairly certain they won more in a weekend that all the Gnomes make combined in a year. Which all goes to show that the time spent in the classroom would have been better spent harassing the cart girl.

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Clemson Women's Tennis Team 2007