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RICHARDSON, Texas –– The Mary Hardin-Baylor women went 6-0 in American Southwest Conference West Division play for the first time in program history to earn the right to host the 2011 ASC Tennis Championships on April 29-May 1 at Yvonne Li Tennis Center and Belton High School in Belton, Texas.

The hosting rights of the ASC championships – which features both the men and women – rotates each year. The men’s and women’s ASC champion will each earn the conference’s automatic bids into their respective NCAA Division III Tennis Championships.

For the fourth straight year, live statistics will be available. They can be found on the conference’s website, www.ASCsports.org, and the official championships website, linked to through www.cruathletics.com.

UMHB head coach James Cohagan’s women’s squad used a 5-4 victory over Hardin-Simmons in the regular season finale to earn the division crown and snap an 84 division-match win streak by the Cowgirls that dated back to 1999. The Lady Cru (12-5) also earned a first-round bye in the six-team, single-elimination tournament and on Saturday at 1 p.m. on their home court will play the winner of East No. 2 seed Texas-Dallas (7-6, 4-1 ASC) and West No. 3 seed Sul Ross State (6-3, 4-2 ASC), who square off at 1 p.m. Friday at Belton High School.

Head coach Chris Bizot and three-time defending conference champion Texas-Tyler (11-6, 5-0 ASC), which won its sixth straight ASC East Division title and has carried a national ranking most of the season, will wait until Saturday at 1 p.m. at Belton High School to get Friday’s 1 p.m. winner at Yvonne Li Tennis Center between West No. 2 seed Hardin-Simmons (11-7, 5-1 ASC) and East No. 3 seed Mississippi College (7-10, 4-1 ASC).

On the men side, Hardin-Simmons and Texas-Tyler – who have combined for the last 10 ASC titles – wrapped up their respective division’s top seeds with perfect marks and also received first-round byes in the six-team, single-elimination event. They will each wait for semifinal action on Saturday.

Head coach Shane Williford’s 10-time West Division champion Cowboys used a 5-4 win over cross-town rival McMurry in the season finale to capture the division crown. HSU (10-8, 5-0 ASC) will get underway at 9 a.m. at Yvonne Li Tennis Center against the winner of Friday’s 9 a.m. quarterfinal on the same court between East No. 2 seed Mississippi College (12-5, 4-1 ASC) and West No. 3 seed Mary Hardin-Baylor (8-6, 4-2 ASC).

On Saturday at 9 a.m. at Belton High School, Bizot’s three-time defending conference champion and nationally-ranked Patriots (16-6, 5-0 ASC) will face the victor of Friday’s 9 a.m. match also at BHS between West No. 2 seed McMurry (18-3, 5-1 ASC) and East No. 3 seed Texas-Dallas (10-4, 3-2 ASC).

Both the men’s and women’s semifinal winners will face off for the titles on Sunday at Yvonne Li. The men will start at 1 p.m. and the women will begin 30 minutes following the conclusion of that match.

NOTES: Free admission. . . Official tournament T-shirts will be available for $12, while programs will be free. . . . This is the 15th year of the ASC Championships. . . . The same school has won both the men’s and women’s ASC title for nine straight years (Texas-Tyler from 2008-10, Hardin-Simmons from 2002-2007) and 10 overall (HSU in 1998, MC in 2000). . . . Hardin-Simmons has won a record seven ASC men’s titles and nine ASC women’s crowns. . . . The West Division leads the East in ASC men’s titles 9-5, while the West Division leads the East in women’s titles 10-4. . . . Next in line to host the ASC Championships will be the women’s East Division champion (2012), the men’s West Division champion (2013) and the men’s East Division champion (2014). . . Directions to Yvonne Li Tennis Center can be found here: http://cruathletics.com/sports/2009/7/31/GEN_0731094200.aspx? . . . . Direction for Belton High School can be found here: http://www.bisd.net/183320125142740340/site/default.asp

2011 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 

April 29-May 1 / Yvonne Li Tennis Center / Belton, Texas

West Division: #1 Hardin-Simmons (10-8, 6-0 ASC), #McMurry (18-3, 5-1 ASC); #3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (8-6, 4-2 ASC)

East Division: #1 Texas-Tyler (16-6, 5-0 ASC), #Mississippi College (12-4, 4-1); #3 Texas-Dallas (10-4, 3-2)

West Division: #1 Mary Hardin-Baylor (12-5, 6-0 ASC), #Hardin-Simmons (11-7, 5-1 ASC); #3 Sul Ross State (6-3, 4-2 ASC)

East Division: #1 Texas-Tyler (15-7, 5-0 ASC), #Texas-Dallas (7-6, 4-1 ASC); #3 Mississippi College (7-9, 3-2 ASC)

                Match 1: MCMURRY (W2) vs. TEXAS-DALLAS (E3), 9:00 a.m., Belton High School

                Match 2: MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (2E) vs. MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (W3), 9:00 a.m., Yvonne Li Tennis Center

                Match 3: TEXAS-TYLER (E1) vs. Winner of Match 1 [MCM/UTD], 9:00 a.m., Belton High School

                Match 4: HARDIN-SIMMONS (W1) vs. Winner of Match 2 [MC/UMHB], 9:00 a.m. , Yvonne Li Tennis Center

                Match 5: Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4, 1:00 p.m., Yvonne Li Tennis Center

                Match 1: HARDIN-SIMMONS (W2) vs. MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (E3), 1:00 p.m., Yvonne Li Tennis Center

                Match 2: TEXAS-DALLAS (2E) vs. SUL ROSS STATE (3W), 1:00 p.m., Belton High School

                Match 3: TEXAS -TYLER (E1) vs. Winner of Match 1 [HSU/MC], 1:00 p.m., Belton High School

                Match 4: MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (W1) vs. Winner of Match 2 [UTD/SRSU], 1:00 p.m., Yvonne Li Tennis Center

                Match 5: Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4, 30 minutes after men's final, Yvonne Li Tennis Center

ALL-TIME ASC TENNIS CHAMPIONS