Randall's Ramblings

3. Women’s basketball team advances to AAC Tournament finals
All year, the women’s basketball team was searching for an identity. They found it at just the right time. Putting a disappointing regular season behind them, the no. 9 ranked Lady Buffs began their quest towards history with their first upset over the eighth seeded UVA-Wise Lady Cavs. After the first-round win, Milligan faced nationally ranked Brevard College, who had only lost one conference game all season. Milligan fell behind early but fought back behind efforts of junior Leah Seevers and senior Ann-Marie Gardner who each scored 24 points and grabbed over 10 rebounds, leading Milligan to a quarterfinal victory.
In the semifinals, Milligan faced King College. Milligan continued to defy the odds with a 73-61 victory over the Lady Tornadoes.
In the finals, Milligan finally ran out of gas against second seed Bryan College. Despite shooting only 25 percent from the field, Milligan saw themselves down by single digits with five minutes left in the game before Bryan pulled away for the victory.

2. Milligan defeats King College in soccer shootout
The men’s soccer team had already defeated King twice by scores of 5-1 and 2-1. However, when the two teams matched up in the Region XII quarterfinal game, Milligan didn’t know what they were in for.
At the end of regulation, the game was tied at 1-1 and overtime commenced. After two scoreless overtimes, the next step was a shootout. Each team selected five players. After two rounds of five, the game was still knotted up and neither team had won.
The third and final round of penalty kicks began with a goal by Milligan senior Ali Mohamed and was matched by King. Next, freshman Kofi Frimpong put another goal in for Milligan.
The crowd stood on the sidelines chanting goalie Jordan Fode’s name as he prepared for the coming shot. The kick from Paul Eldridge sailed high, giving Milligan the hard-fought 2-1 win.

1. Both Milligan men’s and women’s tennis teams advance to the Regional Tournament
Last weekend at East Tennessee State University, the women’s tennis team continued on their torrid pace through the AAC Conference schedule by winning the conference tournament 10-9 over UVA-Wise. The girls did it on doubles titles by no. 1 doubles Cassie and Cheri Lomison and no. 3 doubles of Lauren Douty and Jessica Conn, whose victories clinched tournament. The men’s tennis team had a somewhat disappointing regular season by finishing fifth in the conference. In doubles, no. 1 doubles Tom Jones and Ryan Reynolds won the no. 1 overall doubles title, defeating Virginia Intermont and clinching second place behind VI.