The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Abigail Simms, Sydney Clarke and Sierra Donaldson for their stellar play over the last week. Abigail Simms and the Indiana Tech Women’s Tennis attain the highest national ranking in program history on April 1st, 2021 is ranked 23rd in the most recent National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) ranking.…
Elana Mackey has won her maiden college tournament singles match. Representing Mars Hill Lions, Elana had a thriller of a match. She defeated Sara Valentini 6-3, 2-6, 11-8. Despite the Lion’s losing the matchup, Elana was able to win her very first college singles on Saturday. Elana is also scheduled to compete today for the…
Abigail Simms and the Indiana Tech women tennis team remain undefeated in the Wolverine Hosier Athletic Conference. Simms won in doubles following a tough singles lost 6-7, 4-6 against Gomez from Aquinas. In doubles, she teamed up with Isidora Hrnjak winning a tiebreaking battle 10-5. This duo was featured in the Oracle ITA Women’s NAIA…
Abigail Simms with her exceptional play has been instrumental in the Indiana Tech Warriors going undefeated (5-0) for the start of the college season. Abigail also has a perfect record for the season in singles and doubles 3-0 and 5-0 respectively). On Feb 19th playing against Indiana University East, Simms won over Ashlyn Hubbard in…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) congratulates Elana Mackey on receiving a scholarship to Mars Hill University, a Division 2 school in North Carolina. The university is in the South Atlantic Conference. Elana has the distinguished privilege of being named to both the University’s Women’s Tennis Team and Track Team for Mars Hill Lions. Elana…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association(BLTA) congratulates Sierra Donaldson for being named Athlete of the Week in the Gulf South Conference (GSC) for her outstanding collegiate play during the past week. On Feb 12th The Lee University women’s tennis team upset No. 23 Tusculum University 4-3. Playing as #5 singles Sierra Donaldson was a 6-3, 6-3…
Bahamian Abigail Simms playing for Indiana Tech Warriors in the tennis spring season went 4-5 in singles at first flight and 7-4 in doubles. Abigail’s spring season, like many others, was cut short due to COVID-19. However, Abigail made history for women’s tennis at her school being 1 of 3 Warriors who earned national rankings…
All-around athlete, great academics, God-fearing and a gifted musician are a few of the attributes that Bahamian Michael Cooper possesses. Now, Michael, a former BLTA junior athlete can add graduate to that list! The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association would like to extend hearty congratulations to Michael on obtaining a Bachelors degree with 3 majors in five (5)…
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced its 2020 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American’s list. Bahamian Joshua Turnquest was selected by The ITA to the All-American list for the second year in a row! Joshua earned this accolade by being ranked in the top 20 in the NAIA/ITA national singles ranking. Joshua leads the Asbury…
With four offers on the table from three D1 and one D2 university in North America, talented tennis athlete Donte Armbrister has decided to join the Pirates Men’s Tennis Team at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. The D1 Team plays in the Big South Conference. Southpaw Donte received his Acceptance Letter on April 13 and…