Pioneer Tennis Opens Spring with Loss at Newberry

Newberry, SC - The SMC Pioneers men's tennis team kicked off the 2011 season with Newberry College Wednesday afternoon and lost 8-1.

Stephen Higginbotham (Boiling Springs HS) earned the lone victory for the Pioneers in the singles six spot, 6-3, 6-1.

The Pioneers travel to Erskine Collegeon Thursday for a match with the Flying Fleet.

Spartanburg Methodist College has 14 intercollegiate teams that compete in Region X of the National Junior College Athletic Association, which includes colleges in the Carolinas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

The College is in its 100th academic year of providing a quality education to students in a Christian environment. More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.
 
For more information please contact athletic director Mark Perdue at (864) 587-4237.