Beyond the Baseline Tennis Blog ----------------JV (pghtennis) wrote, @ 2003-04-20 10:38:00

Oops, They Did it Again: WVU Cuts Tennis Program
WVU Cuts: 'We feel lost'

Sunday, April 20, 2003

By Shelly Anderson, Post-Gazette Sports Writer

This was the toughest match for every member of the West Virginia men's tennis team, and not because visiting Maryland-Baltimore County was a colossus on the court. The Mountaineers' worst enemy in their 4-3 loss Thursday was inner turmoil.

Twenty-four hours earlier, they had faced a searing serve that they neither saw coming nor had the training to handle. They learned from university athletic officials that men's tennis is one of five sports being discontinued after this school year.

"It was just too much to overcome," said eighth-year West Virginia men's tennis coach Ed Dickson.

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