{"id":2897,"date":"2012-05-15T16:19:07","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2012-05-20T17:31:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T21:31:03","slug":"armstrong-tennis-teams-enter-ncaa-dii-tournament-ranked-1-and-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/05\/15\/armstrong-tennis-teams-enter-ncaa-dii-tournament-ranked-1-and-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Armstrong tennis teams enter NCAA DII tournament ranked #1 and #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>UPDATE: Both men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams became national champs!!!<\/p>\n<p>We finished up a great semester at Armstrong Atlantic State University last week, but some students have found their commitments continuing &#8212; and that&#8217;s a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong&#8217;s tennis teams &#8212; both the men and the women &#8212; play on Wednesday in the round of 16 in the NCAA Division II tournament in Louisville. I don&#8217;t want to jinx them, but both teams have legitimate shots at national titles. The men enter the tournament <a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongpirates.com\/sports\/mten\/2011-12\/releases\/mt5312\" target=\"_blank\">ranked #1<\/a>, while the women are <a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongpirates.com\/sports\/wten\/2011-12\/releases\/wt5312\" target=\"_blank\">ranked #3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Golfer Jenna Birch <a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongpirates.com\/sports\/wgolf\/2011-12\/releases\/201205083mdfxz\" target=\"_blank\">is also in Louisville<\/a> for the NCAA finals this week. The men&#8217;s golf team ended the season <a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongpirates.com\/sports\/mgolf\/2011-12\/releases\/20120509qfcfsh\" target=\"_blank\">tied for 12th<\/a> in the South\/Southeast regional. The softball team made it <a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongpirates.com\/sports\/sball\/2011-12\/releases\/20120505t8l2ug\" target=\"_blank\">deep into the regionals<\/a>. The baseball team won the Peach Belt Conference tournament and <a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongpirates.com\/sports\/bsb\/2011-12\/releases\/base51412\" target=\"_blank\">enters NCAA regional play on Thursday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2899\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/05\/15\/armstrong-tennis-teams-enter-ncaa-dii-tournament-ranked-1-and-3\/screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-3-33-55-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-3.33.55-PM.png?fit=388%2C346\" data-orig-size=\"388,346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2012-05-15 at 3.33.55 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-3.33.55-PM.png?fit=300%2C267\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-3.33.55-PM.png?fit=388%2C346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-3.33.55-PM.png?resize=388%2C346\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-05-15 at 3.33.55 PM\" width=\"388\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-3.33.55-PM.png?w=388 388w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-3.33.55-PM.png?resize=300%2C267 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>I try to go to a few of the tennis matches every year, and I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/03\/29\/some-photos-of-armstrongs-tennis-teams-now-ranked-1st-and-3rd-in-the-nation-in-ncaa-dii\/\" target=\"_blank\">already posted some pics of an early season match<\/a>. I also attended the regional finals a few weeks ago and posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150708284424103.390930.617509102&#038;type=3\" target=\"_blank\">over 100 pics on Facebook<\/a> already. I&#8217;ve winnowed those pics down to the better ones for this post.<\/p>\n<p>In the action here, the women defeated Flagler 5-0 and the men defeated Georgia State 5-0.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:4px 0 4px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- AAMA476bKpMn -->\r\n<!-- Cincopa WordPress plugin wp1.161: \/\/www.cincopa.com\/media-platform\/wordpress-plugin.aspx -->\r\n<div id=\"cp_widget_AAMA476bKpMn_8e45a7554b2a6feb88f3b460ca1d94cb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cincopa.com\/media-platform\/runtime\/loading.gif?w=594\" style=\"border:0;\" alt=\"Cincopa WordPress plugin\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\/* PLEASE CHANGE DEFAULT EXCERPT HANDLING TO CLEAN OR FULL (go to your Wordpress Dashboard\/Settings\/Cincopa Options ... *\/\r\n\/\/ cp_load_widget(\"AAMA476bKpMn\", \"cp_widget_AAMA476bKpMn_8e45a7554b2a6feb88f3b460ca1d94cb\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Both men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams became national champs!!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/05\/15\/armstrong-tennis-teams-enter-ncaa-dii-tournament-ranked-1-and-3\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[63,44,346],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-3.32.55-PM.png?fit=366%2C307","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-KJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}