Topic: Tennis

Asheville--The #1 ranked Lady Cougar Tennis Team (16-0) recently finished their fourth consecutive regular season as Mountain Athletic Conference Champs as the playoffs are underway. The Ladies have the impressive distinction of two consecutive seasons without a regular season loss and o­nly o­ne regular season loss in the past 3 years. Congratulations!

In the first round of the NCHSAA Playoffs, the Cougars defeated wildcard North Buncombe. The Cougars face St. Stephens o­n October 25.

Follow the team throughout the playoffs! A bracket is available from the NCHSAA at http://www.nchsaa.org/pdf/4244C.pdf.

 

Asheville, NC – December 16, 2004 - The Asheville Lady Cougar tennis team was well represented o­n the Asheville Citizen-Times’ All Western North Carolina Tennis Team, announced today.  As a team, the Lady Cougars advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCHSAA dual team tournament after winning the Mountain Athletic Conference title.  The Lady Cougars went undefeated in the regular season and finished with a 20-1 record, losing o­nly to Hickory.

Sophomore Alexa Ely was named WNC Player of the Year.  Ely won the 2004 NCHSAA 3A singles championship.  She finished the season with a 17-1 singles record.Sophomore Christiane Pheil was also named to the First Team.  Pheil had an 18-0 record in the No. 2 singles spot and played No. 1 doubles with Ashley Brown, a junior, finishing with a 10-2 record.  Ashley Brown, who played No. 3 singles, was named to the Second Team. 

Asheville’s first-year coach, Buster Brown (Ashley's father), was named WNC Coach of the Year.  Brown guided the team to its first undefeated regular season, a MAC title, a 20-1 overall record, and had a 3A singles champion.

Congratulations to everyone o­n the well-deserved accolades!  The best news of all:  five of Asheville’s starting six players return next fall!

Burlington, NC - October 29, 2004 - Asheville High sophomore Alexa Ely won the 3-A singles tennis championship over Hickory's Emily Mauser.  After dropping her first set 6-2 to Mauser, Ely rebounded to win the next two sets, 6-4 and 6-0 at the Burlington Tennis Center.  Ely and Mauser will likely have a rematch Tuesday when the Cougars (20-0) travel to Hickory for the third round of the 3-A dual team playoffs.  Congratulations to Alexa Ely!!

Asheville, NC - October 13, 2004 - The AHS Lady Cougar tennis team completed the 2004 regular season with a perfect record.  Follow this link to an article in the Asheville Citizen-Times:  http://www.citizen-times.com/cache/article/hs_gateway/63091.shtml

2004 Lady Cougar Tennis Schedule has been posted.

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