Blanchard Named Heritage Community Financial Services Athlete of the Month

Hartsville, S.C. - The Heritage Community Financial Services Athlete of the Month for March 2009, is Cobra Women's Tennis player, Alyssa Blanchard (Columbia, SC).

Blanchard, a freshman, has made her presence known on the Coker Women's Tennis team in the month of March, going undefeated in all her singles matches and losing just one doubles match. Alyssa was 4-0 in March playing at the No. 2 singles position, including getting big conference wins over Anderson and Mount Olive. Along with her doubles part, Rachel Lemar, Blanchard was 3-1 at No. 1 doubles in March, with their lone loss, coming in a tie breaker set to Mount Olive.

On the year, Alyssa is 6-2 in singles matches and 6-2 in doubles matches, while helping lead the Lady Cobras to a 5-3 overall record and a 2-2 Conference Carolinas record.