Date Posted: 1/25/2008

MACON, Ga. - Lipscomb freshman Kara Jackson emerged victorious in her first career dual match, notching the Lady Bisons only point in a 6-1 loss to Chattanooga last weekend, and on Friday Jackson added another first to her resume, picking up her first career Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honor the conference office announced.

Jackson competed at the number two slot, and downed Chattanooga’s Beata Knizat 6-3, 6-2 in just her third collegiate match. The Dayton, Ohio native took to the court twice in the fall season, falling in straight sets on both occasions and winning a mere four games in both outings combined. The elementary education major is the first women’s tennis player in school history to claim a weekly honor and the first freshman to do so since Stetson’s Samantha Lange in 2006.

The Atlantic Sun Conference is a 12-member league committed to Building Winners for Life, with a focus on academic and athletic integrity and a balance between the two for the student-athlete, and maintaining a high level of sportsmanship. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun encompasses six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun consists of some of the most dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Gardner-Webb University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.

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