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Friday, May 9, 2008
A farewell to champions
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
They sometimes call each other “Granny,” so maybe the Bill Moore Tennis Center has been Grandmother’s House. And Kristi Miller and Whitney McCray are about to leave it for the last time.
Saturday’s second-round NCAA tournament match will be the final home appearance in the All-America careers of Miller and McCray. With them, Tech has won an NCAA championship, two national indoors, three ACC tournament championships and four ACC regular-season championships.
Miller plans to begin a pro career in June, with trips to Mexico and Australia in the fall. But she’s not so eager to see her Tech career come to a close.
“It almost feels like a part of me is going to be missing,” she told me. “That will be difficult. I love the team environment, and these girls are my best friends.
“You almost want to pause it and have it for awhile.”
That’s not an option, of course. They leave a lot of talented players behind them, and one heck of a coach, and Tech has two strong incoming freshmen. But make no mistake; an era is ending.
