Ferris Teams To Compete In GLIAC Events
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and
women's cross country teams along with the Bulldog women's tennis
squad will compete in their respective Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC) postseason events this weekend at
seperate locations.
The Bulldog women's tennis team, which is guided by third-year head
coach Alex Palladino, will be the sixth seed
for Saturday's (Oct. 24) opening round of the GLIAC Tournament and
face third-seeded Michigan Tech in a 10 a.m. (ET) match held
at the Michigan Athletic Club in East Lansing, Mich. The
two-day conference women's tennis tournament runs Saturday and
Sunday with matches taking place at both the Michigan Athletic Club
and the Michigan State Tennis Facility.
The second round of the GLIAC Tournament will be held on Saturday
afternoon with final-round play set to start on Sunday (Oct. 25)
morning at 10 a.m. (ET). FSU placed sixth at last year's
GLIAC Tournament held at the Midland (Mich.) Community Tennis
Center and suffered a narrow 5-4 home loss to Michigan Tech earlier
this fall (Sept. 26) at the FSU Racquet and Fitness Center in Big
Rapids.
Meanwhile, the Bulldog men's and women's cross country teams will
compete in the 2009 GLIAC Championships on Saturday at the Maple
Leaf Golf Course in Linwood, Mich. The annual conference
championships will be hosted by Saginaw Valley State University and
held 19 miles north of the SVSU campus.
The women's 6K championship race will begin at 11 a.m. (ET) with
the men's 8K event to follow at approximately 11:45 a.m. (ET).
The Ferris women's cross country team is ranked third in the latest
United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association
(USTFCCCA) Division II Midwest Regional Rankings with the men's
team listed eighth. FSU's women are ranked 18th nationally this
week under second-year head coach Steve
Picucci.
Last season, the Bulldog women placed third and the men were 10th
at the league championships (10/25) in Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich. The Bulldog women's squad went on to advance to the
NCAA Division II National Championships (11/22) and placed 17th in
Slippery Rock, Pa.
FSU junior Tina Muir (St. Albans, U.K.) figures to
be one of the top individual contenders in the women's field after
becoming the All-American in women's cross country history a year
ago and the program's top finisher ever at the national meet with a
12th-place performance. She has claimed the individual title
in all three of her races to date this fall.
For more information on both GLIAC events, please visit the
official conference website at this link:
http://www.gliac.org