SSAC News
Mon, May 15, 2006 - [Men's Tennis]
MOBILE, Ala....Berry College's men's tennis team will begin its chase for a national championship Tuesday when it plays in its first match of the NAIA National Tournament in Mobile, Ala. However, the Vikings were already crowned national champions of a different sort this week when they were the lone NAIA men's tennis team to earn the Buffalo Funds Five Star Champions of Character Award.
The NAIA awards one team in each of its 23 championship sports the honor. The Buffalo Funds Five Star Champions of Character Award is given to the team that best exhibits the five core character values of the NAIA's Champions of Character program.
The values are respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship.
Coach Clay Hightower's squad is the national tournament's eighth seed and will return to the court Tuesday at 2 p.m. (EDT) against either Northwood (Fla.) or Nebraska Wesleyan, which face off against one another Monday.
Hightower also led Berry's women's squad to the national tournament, where the seventh seeded Lady Vikings will face either Bethany (Kan.) or Embry-Riddle (Fla.) Tuesday at 10 a.m. (EDT).
For information on the the NAIA's Champions of Character program, go to: http://naia.cstv.com/champions-character/.
For information on the NAIA Men's National Tournament, go to: http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/091905aac.html
For information on the NAIA Women's National Tournament, go to: http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/091905aac.html
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