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As the Piedmont Women’s Tennis team fights their way to the Conference Championships, every player has worked their hardest for their team. One particular player, a sophomore from Greensboro North Carolina, Marion Sloyan, has given nothing short of her all for her team, the Piedmont Lady Lions. She has gone from battling for her position in the line up last season to the Piedmont Women’s Tennis #4 singles throughout the entire conference tournament this season in hopes of winning a championship, and the beautiful ring that comes with it. Pictured below is a typical Tournament day with Marion Sloyan.

Sophomore Marion Sloyan finishes every long day and wakes up every morning before play with her Smart Water Tangerine Tranquility drink. She keeps hydrated the night before a big match at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Rome Georgia on April 27th, 2022.

Marion’s tennis racket remains out of her bag, ready for her warm up after a dynamic stretch with the Piedmont Women’s Tennis team at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022. This is the only rest her strings will see until her singles match is over.

Marion Sloyan, #4 singles for Piedmont Women’s Tennis, is prepared and delighted to accept her challenge as her match is about to begin against Pfieffer University at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022.

Marion Sloyan’s cheery smile is never brighter as she runs one last drill before matchplay with Piedmont Women’s Tennis Head Coach, Trey Martin, at Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022.

Marion’s battle at #4 singles for Piedmont Women’s Tennis begins as she takes control of the point and makes her way to the net. Marion’s goal is to assert dominance in order to finish on top against Pfieffer University at Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022.

Marion Sloyan is seen grinding on the run with fierce eyes on the tennis ball as she powers through her match against Pfieffer University at Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022.

Marion reels in the #4 singles match win in straight sets against Pfieffer University and shakes her opponents hand as the sportsmanlike player she is at Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022.

Marion Sloyan (middle) encourages her teammates, Alyssa McSpadden (left) and Dakota Wilkes (right) after winning her singles match because her day is not complete without supporting her team as she always does at Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022. Marion’s team spirit and positivity has earned her the Lions Heart Award previously in the season, which she upholds every time she sets foot on a tennis court.

After pep-talking her teammates as they continue to play, Marion Sloyan (left) is seen clapping and cheering for her team, Piedmont Women’s Tennis, with a freshman teammate, Anna Lassiter (right) at Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022. Marion is constantly showing her inner Lions Heart.

Marion finishes her long tournament day by attending the USA South Awards Ceremony at Rome Tennis Center in Rome Georgia on April 28th, 2022. Marion received First Team All-Conference Award thanks to her fighting spirit and her superb sportsmanship through her Piedmont Women’s Tennis career. Her accomplishments are difficult, yet she makes them look easy by being an incredibly admirable individual on and off the tennis court.

Wednesday April 6th, 2022 a research study on the groundwater in Demorest, Georgia was conducted, explained, and visualized by Imani Vincent in the Stewart Auditorium of Piedmont University’s Campus.

Imani Vincent (pictured left) stands by her research project visual board with information on the groundwater in Demorest, Georgia after presenting her hard work in the Stewart Auditorium at Piedmont University on April 6th, 2022.

Shown above is specific research by Imani Vincent casting light upon the unhealthy iron levels (seen in figure 6) in the groundwater in Demorest, Georgia and the 10 foot deep groundwater monitoring well (labeled figure 1) that was used by Vincent (pictured in figure 4) to collect the samples that she lab tested at Piedmont University to showcase just how unhealthy the water is.