http://howard-bison.com en-us en-us http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/201304193sucp4 With a conference record of 3-2 and overall record of 6-7, the Howard University women’s tennis team concludes the 2012-13 season with a 4-2 loss to the Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman University on Friday, April 19 during the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tennis Championships in Raleigh, N.C. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/201304193sucp4 2013-04-19T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130419fwp6v0 South Carolina State University's Maria Craciun and Florida A&M University's C. Salif Kante were named the 2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s and Women's Tennis Players of the Year, as voted by the conference's head tennis coaches and sports information directors. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130419fwp6v0 2013-04-19T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130407nyi8w3 In a week of racquet-to-racquet action, the Howard University women’s tennis defeated George Mason (5-2) on Wednesday, April 3 and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference foe Coppin State (4-0) on Saturday, April 6. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130407nyi8w3 2013-04-03T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130401h2qp65 The Howard University Lady Bison tennis team (3-6) won two critical Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference matches this weekend at home. Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130401h2qp65 2013-03-29T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130305m0cmq4 Howard (1-5) went head-to-head with the U.S. Naval Academy, but couldn't find the right twitch to bring home the win suffering a 5-2 loss on Saturday, March 2. Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130305m0cmq4 2013-03-02T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/2013022182ryxt The Howard University Lady Bison took on the James Madison Dukes Saturday at the Brigade Sports Complex in Annapolis, Md., but couldn’t pull out their first win for the season. Sat, 16 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/2013022182ryxt 2013-02-16T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/2013020441ov8p The Lady Bison (0-3) went head-to-head with the Lady Colonials of George Washington (1-1) Saturday, Feb. 2 at the indoor Army Navy Country Club falling short a few strokes, 5-2. Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/2013020441ov8p 2013-02-02T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130120h4hnn5 The Howard University women’s tennis team battled the Old Dominion University Lady Monarchs on Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center to kick off the new year. Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130120h4hnn5 2013-01-19T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130110jvgnza Based on votes from Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference head coaches and sports information directors, the Howard women’s tennis team is predicted to win the 2013 conference title as well as the Northern Division title on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20130110jvgnza 2013-01-10T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20121211xhggks The USTA/ITA National Campus & Community Outreach Award is presented each year to a college coach who provides a leadership role in increasing tennis participation throughout his or her community, both on and off campus. Among the USTA/ITA partner programs available to assist coaches in giving back are Campus Kids' Days, Campus QuickStart, Campus Showdowns and Tennis On Campus. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20121211xhggks 2012-12-11T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20121023xysdc4 Two members of the Howard University women’s tennis team stood out during the 2012 USTA/ITA Regional Championship in Blacksburg, Va., on Oct. 19-23. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20121023xysdc4 2012-10-19T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20120925jqyikp ANNAPOLIS, MD. (www.howard-bison.com) – Howard University’s Katelyn Stokes finished on top for the Lady Bison during the Bill and Sandra Moore Invitational hosted by the Naval Academy by sweeping the Flight A Singles competition on Sept. 21-23 in Annapolis, Md. Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20120925jqyikp 2012-09-21T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20120710bdilbi Former Howard University student-athletes Anna Akhimien and Michelle Brown continue to make their mark as Lady Bison as they were named to the 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete list on Thursday, July 5. HU sophomore Talia Johnson also received the award based on her academic success during her freshman year. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2012-13/releases/20120710bdilbi 2012-07-10T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/Championship_result RALEIGH, N.C.,April 15, 2012- The Howard University women's tennis team battled and scrapped their way through an injury-plagued season, but in the end, South Carolina State University proved to be too much as the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Lady Bison, 4-1 to win the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Women's Tennis Championship title on Sunday morning at Millbrook Tennis Center in Raleigh N.C. The title was the eighth consecutive and ninth overall for the Lady Bulldogs. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/Championship_result 2012-04-15T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20120414frt9gx RALEIGH, N.C., April 14, 2012- The Howard University Lady Bison and the South Carolina State University Lady Bulldogs will compete Sunday, April 15 in the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tennis Championship women's final beginning at 9 a.m. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20120414frt9gx 2012-04-14T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20120413y5r4or Raleigh, NC—April 13---Kately Stokes, Howard’s Number 1 singles player, posted a win over Katerina Szaboova that proved to be the deciding factor as the Lady Bison, the Number 4 seed, defeated Bethune Cookman, 4-3 in the opening round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s and women’s tennis championship at the Millbrook Tennis Center. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20120413y5r4or 2012-04-13T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/WTEN_Team_Gears_Up_For_MEAC-_Eight_Recognized_for_Academic_Honors The Howard University women’s tennis team will open play on Friday when it takes on Bethune Cookman at 8:30 am in the opening round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tennis Championships at the Millbrook Tennis Center in Raleigh, NC. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/WTEN_Team_Gears_Up_For_MEAC-_Eight_Recognized_for_Academic_Honors 2012-04-11T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20120409rete6m The Bison women's tennis team were back in action on Saturday against the Towson Tigers. The Lady Bison captured the first point winning two of the three doubles at number 1 Katelyn Stokes and Brittney Morgan beat Towson's Ayana Dow and Ariel Burke 9-7 and at 3 doubles Brooke Hawthorne and Michelle Brown downed Nisha Shah and Carly Easdale 8-3. Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20120409rete6m 2012-04-07T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/201202201kb2fn QUEENS, N.Y. - The Lady Bison Tennis Team won a hard fought four hour battle with St. Johns. Howard won the doubles point with wins at No. 1. Brittney Morgan and Katelyn Stokes beat Nevena Selacovic and Diamond Adams 8-6, while Michelle Brown and Brooke Hawthorne sealed the point at No. 3 doubles with an 8-3 victory over Joanna Zwinlulis and Terri Thomas. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/201202201kb2fn 2012-02-18T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/201201250w1hhe COLLEGE PARK, MD. - The Lady Bison tennis took on the 40th ranked University of Maryland Terps at the College Park Tennis Center. Maryland won all nine matches in a highly contested team match. The Terps behind the 37th ranked doubles team of Cristina Stancu and Welma Luus won all three doubles matches. Maryland earned straight set victories at No. 1 and 2 singles led by Stancu, ranked at 28th in the nation. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/201201250w1hhe 2012-01-24T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20120122qlo53x The women's tennis team opened the Spring 2012 campaign with a close loss, 4-3 to Old Dominion Saturday in Norfolk, Virginia. The Lady Bison who are picked to win MEAC North had wins at 2, 3 and 6 singles. Sophomore All Conference, Katelyn Stokes collected the first point at number 2 singles beating ODU's Juliana Pire 6-3, 6-4, followed by a win at 3 singles by sophomore Brooke Hawthorne over Melissa Esnal Olbuin 6-4, 6-1, the Howard scoring was rounded out with a win at 6 single when senior Anne Akhimien defeated Faith Atiso in a hard fought three setter, 6-2, 5-7,6-4. The Lady Bison are in action again Tuesday January 24, 2012 at 1:00pm against the University of Maryland at the College Park Tennis Center. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20120122qlo53x 2012-01-21T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/MW_Tennis_Picked_First The Howard University men's and women's tennis teams have been picked first in the MEAC Northern Division. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/MW_Tennis_Picked_First 2012-01-10T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/mten/2011-12/releases/Strickland_Award Howard University head men’s and women’s tennis coach Larry Strickland has been selected as one of 10 coaches named to be a recipient of the 2011 USTA Multicultural grants. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/mten/2011-12/releases/Strickland_Award 2011-11-11T05:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20110927ymrdwg ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Women’s Tennis Team had an outstanding weekend at the eight team, Bill and Sandra Moore Invitational at the U.S. Naval Academy. With just four entries due to injuries the Lady Bison won four of the six events contested. The doubles team of Anne Akhimien and Katelyn Stokes won the B Doubles over the Naval Academy team of Dye Das and Gabby Winter in the finals 8- 4 on Saturday. In Sunday’s singles finals, sophomore Katelyn Stokes won the A flight beating teammate junior Brittney Morgan in a shorten match 8-6. Freshman Talia Johnson playing her first collegiate competition won the C flight besting Towson’s Ayana Dow in a match tiebreaker 6-7(2), 6-4, 1-0(10-5). Senior Anne Akhimien easily beat Towson’s Judy Mont in the C flight finals 6-3, 6-0. The Lady Bison will be back in action October 7th at the Hampton Roads Invitational in Newport News, Virginia. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2011-12/releases/20110927ymrdwg 2011-09-23T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/news/2010-11/ITAAward Five women and two men qualified for Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s 2011 National ITA Scholar-Athlete’s Award. The award is given annually tennis student-athletes who are varsity letter winners, have a grade point average of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the current academic year, and have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/news/2010-11/ITAAward 2011-06-23T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/news/2010-11/BisonAwards2011 WASHINGTON, DC – Kyle Riley and Saadia Doyle highlighted the honorees as they were named Howard’s male and female athletes of the year at the annual Bison Awards Ceremony held on April 19, 2011. In addition, over 50 other student athletes were honored for their athletic and academic achievements. Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/news/2010-11/BisonAwards2011 2011-04-20T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2010-11/releases/20110417lsc60o RALEIGH, N.C. - The Howard Univ. women's tennis team fell to the Bulldogs of South Carolina State 4-0 in the Tennis Championship title on Sunday at the Millbrook Tennis Courts in Raleigh N.C. Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2010-11/releases/20110417lsc60o 2011-04-17T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2010-11/releases/20110416oie2q4 RALEIGH, N.C. – Howard, the top seed in the north defeated No. 2 Florida A&M, 4-0, and will vie for their first tennis championship title since the 1995 season. The Lady Bison won the doubles point and captured wins at the number one, two and five singles positions to advance. Brittney Morgan, an All-MEAC Second-Team honoree, clinched the victory for Howard with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Alexis Brown, an All-MEAC First-Team selection at the number two singles spot. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/wten/2010-11/releases/20110416oie2q4 2011-04-15T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/mten/2010-11/releases/MWTennis NORFOLK, VA – Larry Strickland was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. All awards were voted on by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/mten/2010-11/releases/MWTennis 2011-04-14T04:00:00Z http://howard-bison.com/sports/mten/2010-11/releases/EastDivTitle NORFOLK, VA – The Howard Univ. men’s and women’s tennis teams clinched the MEAC Divisional title and will enter the tournament as the top seed from the North Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://howard-bison.com/sports/mten/2010-11/releases/EastDivTitle 2011-04-12T04:00:00Z