2017 Georgia Gwinnett Women's Tennis Media Guide

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GRIZZLY ATHLETICS

Quick Facts................................................2 2017 Schedule...........................................3

GEORGIA GWINNETT

Georgia Gwinnett College.........................4 Gwinnett County......................................10 Atlanta.....................................................12 Grizzly Athletics......................................14 Dr. Darin S. Wilson, Director of Athletics........16 Athletics Administration.........................17 Grizzly Athletics Complex.......................18 GGC Tennis Facility.................................20

2017 GRIZZLIES

Coaching Staff.........................................24 Roster.......................................................32 Player Profiles.........................................33 National Rankings...................................44 2016 Dual Match Statistics....................48

GRIZZLY HISTORY

National Titles.........................................52 All-Time Awards......................................62 All-Time Roster.......................................65 Program Records....................................66 Year-by-Year Results..............................70 All-Time Series........................................71

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QUICK FACTS

COLLEGE INFORMATION

School Name................ Georgia Gwinnett College Location.................................... Lawrenceville, Ga. Founded.......................................................... 2005 Enrollment................................................... 12,000 Nickname.................................................. Grizzlies Colors.............................................Green and Gray Affiliation........................................................ NAIA Conference...... Association of Independent Institutions President............ Dr. Stanley “Stas” C. Preczewski Director of Athletics.................Dr. Darin S. Wilson

GRIZZLY woMEN’S TENNIS

First Season.............................................. 2012-13 Overall Record.................52-16 (.765)/4 Seasons 2016 Record....................................................18-2 National Championships............... 2 (2014, 2016) Twitter..............................................@GGC_Tennis

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COACHING STAFF

Head Coach.................................... Chase Hodges Record at GGC...........52-16 (.765)/4 Seasons Career Record..........100-47 (.680)/8 Seasons Alma Mater..................... UNC Wilmington, ‘98 Assistant Coach................... Courtney Rutherford Assistant Coach...................................Amy Paske Assistant Coach.............................Artemiy Nikitin

SPORTS INFORMATION

Sports Information Director........... Jason Hendrix Email................................. jhendrix4@ggc.edu Office Phone.............................. 678.407.5039 Cell Phone................................. 678.371.9528 Website................................. GrizzlyAthletics.com Facebook.......................................... GGCAthletics Twitter............................................ @GGCAthletics Instagram...................................... @GGCAthletics

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2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent

Location

Time

Feb. 1

USC Aiken (S.C)

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

Feb. 3

Clayton State (Ga.)

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

Feb. 11 West Alabama

GGC Tennis Facility

9:30 a.m.

Feb. 11 Tusculum (Tenn.)

GGC Tennis Facility

4 p.m.

Feb. 15 Emory (Ga.)

GGC Tennis Facility

4 p.m.

Feb. 17 Indiana Wesleyan*

GGC Tennis Facility

9 a.m.

Feb. 17 Cumberland (Tenn.)*

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

Feb. 18 Keiser (Fla.)*

GGC Tennis Facility

11 a.m.

Feb. 19 Xavier (La.)*

GGC Tennis Facility

10 a.m.

March 1 Clark Atlanta (Ga.)

GGC Tennis Facility

10 a.m.

March 5 West Florida

GGC Tennis Facility

9:30 a.m.

March 6 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

March 9 Detroit Mercy (Mich)

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

March 10 William Woods (Mo.)

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

March 12 Campbellsville (Ky.)

GGC Tennis Facility

1 p.m.

March 13 Cumberlands (Ky.)

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

March 19 Clayton State (Ga.)

Morrow, Ga.

2 p.m.

March 27 Northwestern Ohio

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

April 12 Brenau (Ga.)

GGC Tennis Facility

3 p.m.

April 14-16 GGC Invitational

GGC Tennis Facility

TBA

April 19 Washington & Lee (Va.)

GGC Tennis Facility

2 p.m.

Atlanta, Ga.

12 p.m.

April 29 Emory (Ga.)

May 5-7 Southeast Regional Tournament

TBA

May 16-20 NAIA National Championship Mobile, Ala.

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GEORGIA GWINN New

COLLEGE

Higher education is different at Georgia Gwinnett College, built from the ground up for student success.

From the design of its facilities to its student mentorship, everything about GGC is designed to ensure that you get the most from your college experience. GGC’s innovative approach works, and word has gotten around. The campus now bustles with nearly 13,000 students from across Georgia and around the world.

The “real world” is looking for well-rounded graduates who can succeed in today’s challenging workplace.

That’s why at GGC, you’ll be immersed in an active learning environment designed to give you a global perspective and make you more marketable. We connect you to a world beyond your major and prepare you for a successful career after graduation.

The moment you arrive, you will meet faculty members who will mentor you throughout your journey. They will teach you the complexities of neuroscience, and help you land an internship. Or tag team with you on a research project. Mentor, inspire, cheerlead, advise -- GGC professors take teaching to a whole new level. GGC isn’t your typical college, and it shows in everything we do.

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ATTITUDE

DEGREES AND PROGRAMS MAJORS

Biology • Business Administration • Chemistry Criminal Justice/Criminology • Early Childhood Education English • Environmental Science • Exercise Science History • Information Technology • Mathematics Nursing • Political Science • Psychology • Special Education

MINORS

Business Administration • Criminal Justice English • Film • Geography • History • Leadership Information Technology • Political Science • Sociology

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Latin American Studies

CERTIFICATIONS Global Studies

ACADEMIC INTERESTS

Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant • Pre-Dental Hygene Pre-Dentistry • Pre-Medical Technology Pre-Medicine • Pre-Optometry Pre-Pharmacy • Pre-Physical Therapy Pre-Physician’s Assistant • Pre-Radiologic Science Pre-Respiratory 2014, 2015, 2016 Therapy • Pre-Veterinary Medicine Two-TIME NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 2014, 2016

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GEORGIA GWINN The Future of

EDUCATION

All classes at Georgia Gwinnett are taught by highquality faculty who are here only because they love to teach. Since our classes are small, they give personal attention that other institutions cannot deliver. If you need help with an assignment or a course, they spend extra time with you, perhaps even over lunch.

Our professors do not have office hours. They are available to you in person or by e-mail, phone, and text for questions.

And they do not just teach, they mentor. You will be assigned a specific faculty mentor, but all faculty fill this role. Whether you need advice about life, careers, internships, or competing for a special academic program, they are there to inspire and encourage you. They will even recommend you for conferences, research projects and other activities that will help prepare you for your future. They will welcome you into the college community during your “March Through the Arch� ceremony, and they will personally congratulate you when you graduate.

Think of them as your own personal coaching staff.

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RESIDENCE LIFE Suite-Style

LIVING

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Forget community bathrooms and bunk beds; GGC Residence Life Student Housing is decked out to the max. It is nothing like your parents’ dormitories (more like chic apartments). We call it suite-style living, and it is competitively priced and costs less than you might think.

Our apartment-style suites will have you feeling right at home, or even better. Your own private and spacious bedroom awaits you in a two-, three-, four-, six-, eight- or 12-bedroom suite, with a bathroom for every two students in the suite. Each bedroom comes carpeted and fully-furnished with a comfy twin bed, night stand, dresser and desk, while living spaces feature plenty of plush seating for you to gather with friends and study, chat or watch the 46-inch flatscreen television that comes standard in every suite.

Well-equipped kitchenettes, study rooms, on-site laundry facilities that email or text you when your laundry is done and wireless internet are all part of our modern take on campus living.

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GWINNETT COUNTY Atlanta’s

PLAYGROUND

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Gwinnett County is the second-most populous county in the state of Georgia and boasts a population in excess of 800,000 people and includes the cities of Auburn, Berkeley Lake, Buford, Dacula, Duluth, Grayson, Lilburn, Loganville, Norcross, Peachtree Corners, Snellville, Sugar Hill, and Suwanee.

Lawrenceville, which is home to Georgia Gwinnett College, is the county seat.

The county contains some of the best entertainment options in the Atlanta metro area, including the Aurora Theatre, which boasts of some of the top stage shows, and the Infinite Energy Arena, which has drawn in such acts as Justin Timberlake and Beyonce. For the sports fans, in addition to being close to major sports teams in Atlanta, Lawrenceville also has minor league teams in the Gwinnett Braves and Atlanta Gladiators and is the home base for the Harlem Globetrotters. For shoppers, Buford’s Mall of Georgia is the largest in the state, and Lawrenceville’s Sugarloaf Mills offers unique dining and entertainment options like Atlanta’s largest Dave & Buster’s and Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament.

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Lawrenceville is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which ranks as the ninth-largest in the United States.

In addition to being one of the most accessible cities to visit in the country, it also serves as the cultural and entertainment hub of the Southeast. The city was the host of the 1996 Summer Olympics and boasts of major professional sports teams in the Braves, Falcons and Hawks, and the city will add a Major League Soccer franchise, Atlanta United FC, in 2017. Other attractions include the world’s largest aquarium and a number of museums that highlight the historical significance of the city during both the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. The city also offers some of the best music, dining, and shopping attractions in the country.

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Georgia Gwinnett College founded the Office of Athletics with the hiring of Director of Athletics Dr. Darin S. Wilson on July 28, 2011, and over that time, the Grizzlies have become a truly dominant force within the NAIA. The first athletic events took place on August 25, 2012, with a soccer doubleheader against Tennessee Temple, which saw the men and women combine to beat the Crusaders 21-1. The impressive athletic achievements have continued ever since, highlighted by back-to-back-to-back NAIA national championships by the men’s tennis team. The women’s tennis team has also collected two national championships in three seasons of post-season eligibility, while men’s soccer, baseball, and softball have each taken home A.I.I. titles over the past four seasons. All six Grizzly programs have competed in national championship play.

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Our

MISSION

To develop lifelong leaders of character through academic 2014, 2016 and2015, athletic excellence.

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Dr. Darin S.

WILSON

Inaugural Director of Athletics National Athletics Director of the Year Dr. Darin S. Wilson established the Office of Athletics at Georgia Gwinnett College in late 2011 with the vision of being one of the nation’s premier programs. Off to an incredibly quick start, the Grizzlies are in the process of becoming just that.

The Grizzlies seek to develop lifelong leaders of character through academic and athletic excellence, inspired by Wilson’s devotion to the student-athlete experience. He has instilled the program’s five core values of Service, Responsibility, Leadership, Sportsmanship and the Pursuit of Excellence.

Committed to the idea of continuing professional development, Wilson holds a number of influential positions within the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and helps shape policy at the organization’s highest levels.

He currently serves on the NAIA’s National Administrative Council, as well as on the NAIA’s Athletic Directors Association Executive Committee. Additionally, he is on the Executive Committee of the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.), of which GGC is a member. In 2015-16, Wilson received recognition from the A.I.I. as he was named the conference’s Athletics Director of the Year.

Wilson’s drive to provide an unparalleled student-athlete experience committed to character-driven intercollegiate athletics has resulted in tremendous early success for the Grizzlies, who currently field teams in baseball, softball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis and women’s tennis.

During the program’s very first season of postseason eligibility in 2013-14, four of the Grizzlies’ six teams competed in the NAIA national tournament, each reaching a national top-10 ranking. Eighteen players secured All-American status over the course of the year and the men’s and women’s tennis teams delivered GGC’s first-ever national titles on May 17, 2014, in Mobile, Ala. Through four-plus seasons on the field, the Grizzlies have far exceeded expectations with a 573-200-17 (.736) overall record across all sports through fall 2016, earning of conference championships three conference championships in men’s soccer, a pair of championships by men’s tennis and baseball and one in softball, too. The Grizzlies have now collected five national titles (3-men’s tennis, 2-women’s tennis) and eight conference championships. In total, GGC has 46 NAIA All-Americans and one NAIA National Player of the Year.

The Grizzlies also have successfully bid for and hosted postseason championships in men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, softball, and baseball.

Student-athletes at Georgia Gwinnett College compete at the state-of-the-art Grizzly Athletics Complex, a $15 million facility which features baseball, softball, soccer and tennis complexes, plus a 25,000-square-foot Athletics building with staff offices, team locker rooms, a weight room, training areas, hospitality suites and academic resource space.

Wilson was instrumental in the concept, development and construction phases of the entire project, delivering the Grizzlies one of the nation’s elite athletic complexes.

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Wilson chairs GGC’s intercollegiate athletics committee, and with Wilson’s leadership, Georgia Gwinnett College successfully completed application into the NAIA in April of 2012.

training facilities. The athletics overhaul made Union’s facilities some of the best in the NAIA.

August 25, 2012 marked the historic Opening Day for Grizzly Athletics, with a pair of men’s and women’s soccer victories highlighting the occasion.

Wilson also grew Union’s department of athletics from 15 intercollegiate programs to 23, while effectively revitalizing the athletic booster club and managing a multi-million dollar operational and scholarship budget.

Wilson looks forward to the athletic program’s continued growth and progress at a rapid rate.

For his accomplishments, Wilson was selected as the 2010-11 NAIA National Athletics Director of the Year in the spring of 2012.

Wilson brought a wealth of experience to his position as GGC’s first Director of Athletics, coming from Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. He had served as the athletics director since 2003, following a five-year stint as baseball coach. His departure ended 18 years of involvement with Union, from an undergraduate student-athlete to leading the athletics program.

He was recognized as the AAC Athletic Director of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2011, the NAIA Region XII Athletic Director of the Year in 2008, and the 2009-10 NAIA Under Armour AD of the Year for the Southeast Region by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He won this award again in 201415 at GGC.

During Wilson’s time at Union, the college won 47 Appalachian Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships, four Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference titles, and six NAIA Region XII championships. Union was awarded the AAC Duard Walker All-Sports Trophy for the first time in school history in 2010. Forty-seven players were named NAIA ScholarAthletes, and four players were selected as CoSIDA Academic AllAmerica Team members.

Wilson’s time as a coach and player at Union were marked by success as well. He posted a 161-106-1 baseball coaching record and was named the 2001 Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year, setting a school record with 41 wins. As an undergraduate, Wilson was selected as Male Athlete of the Year while playing for Union.

Wilson oversaw extensive renovation of Union’s sports facilities, including baseball and football locker room remodels, new scoreboards and press boxes, the installation of a $1 million synthetic turf multi-purpose field, and the expansion of athletic

Wilson has a master’s in education from Union College and a Ph.D. in higher education leadership from Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He resides in Gwinnett County with his wife, Natalie, and has two children, Drew and Mara.

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION Dr. Ian POTTER

Asst. AD Internal Ops.

Erin Ned PRICE COLEGROVE

Asst. AD/SWA Asst. AD Business External Ops.

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Doug COURT

Asst. AD Facilities and Operations

Jason HENDRIX

Matt MAHONY

Kyle NORTON

James WILLIAMS

Sports Information Video/Broadcast Facilities/Grounds Head Athletic Director Coordinator Manager Trainer

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Shira WILLIAMS

Asst. Athletic Trainer

Joseph Dr. Suzanne MOSHER BIEDENBACH

Head Strength &

Faculty Athletics

Conditioning Coach Representative

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GRIZZLY ATHLETICS State-of-the-Art

FACILITIES

The Grizzly Athletics Complex, complete with facilities for baseball, softball, and soccer as well as a 25,000-square-foot administration building, was completed in 2013. The complex, which is located adjacent to the main entrance to campus, was built in a step-like manner to take advantage of the natural topography and welcome the GGC community and visitors to campus.

The Grizzly Soccer Complex was the first to open and features a synthetic playing surface, a Daktronics scoreboard and ample bleacher and hillside seating.

In the spring of 2013, both the baseball and softball teams opened their stadiums, which feature climatecontrolled press boxes, natural grass fields and full dugouts complete with restrooms. The baseball stadium seats 800 and the softball stadium can accommodate up to 600 while the soccer complex features bleacher and hillside seating for over 500.

The main athletics building hosts the bulk of the GGC coaching staff and athletics administration. It boasts of locker rooms, conference rooms, a weight room, a sports medicine facility, and a dedicated academic support center.

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GGC TENNIS FACILIT Just a half-mile from the main Grizzly Athletics Complex sits the GGC Tennis Facility, one of the finest settings for collegiate tennis in the region.

State-of-the-Art

FACILITIES

Acquired by Georgia Gwinnett College in 2012, the facility features 16 fully-lit playing courts, locker rooms, player lounges, a weight room, a pro shop, and both viewing decks and bleachers.

In the summer of 2016, the facility underwent a major renovation which saw the Grizzlies’ main eight competition courts completely overhauled for a stateof-the-art playing surface.

The facility buzzes with over 300 days of activity per year, including Grizzly Tennis matches and practices, junior academies and tournaments, lessons and clinics, adult league play, and community events.

The GGC Tennis Facility also includes four clay courts.

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Chase

HODGES

Head Coach Fifth Season UNC Wilmington, ‘98 Chase Hodges is the first head coach in Georgia Gwinnett tennis history, and in his four-year stay in Lawrenceville, he’s been named national coach of the year five times by the NAIA and twice by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

A decorated coach at all levels of collegiate tennis, Hodges delivered GGC its first-ever national titles in any sport with both the Men’s and Women’s 2014 NAIA National Championship titles. He was able to repeat the feat with the men this past year as he guided them to the 2015 crown while the women finished as the national runner-up. In 2016, the men’s tennis team completed a three-peat as NAIA National Champions while the women’s team collected its second national title in three years of postseason eligibility.

Hodges has 18 years of collegiate coaching experience--including the last 15 as a head coach--and boasts the distinction of being the only head coach in college tennis history to lead seven different programs to an ITA national ranking. Those programs include the women’s tennis teams from Longwood, UNC Asheville and GGC as well as the men’s teams from UNC Asheville, Drake, Georgia State and GGC. For six of the seven programs, it marked the first ITA rankings in school history.

He owns a career 372-110 (.772) combined men’s and women’s record as a head coach, including a 272-63 men’s record.

Hodges also oversees operations at the GGC Tennis Facility in Lawrenceville.

In 2016, the men’s team completed a perfect 26-0 season, capturing its third-straight NAIA National Championship. The Grizzly men completed its first wire-to-wire No. 1 ranking and placed six on the All-American selection list (Jordan Cox, Kevin Konfederak, Matias Hatem, Gilad Berman, Lachlan McPhee, and Connor Clements).

The men’s team defeated each No. 1 ranked opponent in NCAA Division II and III during the storied season.

GGC’s women’s team captured its second NAIA National Championship in 2016 after finishing as runner-up in 2015. With an 18-2 record, the Grizzly women remained undefeated in NAIA play and placed six selections on the All-American team (Valeria Podda, Klara Dohnalova, Chiara Di Salvo, Alyona Vasilyeva, Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff, and Sophie Feller).

It was another banner year for the Grizzly men in 2015 as they played unquestionably the toughest schedule in the country, beating opponents from all three NCAA divisions as well as the NAIA to finish the year with a 16-2. In all, GGC beat 11 teams ranked in their respective division, including 2014 NCAA Division II champion West Florida. Led by a line-up that featured five All-Americans, including three first teamers, the Green and Gray coasted through the NAIA National Championships in May, winning all four matches in 5-0 fashion.

Hodges earned the ITA National Coach of the Year award for the second successive season, and he further added to that with the same NAIA honor following the tournament. Five Grizzly men ended the year ranked within the nation’s top 50, marking the first time that any four-year program, regardless of division, had achieved that feat in two years.

The Grizzly women posted an 11-7 record in 2015, led by the nation’s top-ranked player in sophomore Valeria Podda. The talisman for the Green and Gray for much

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of the year, she led the way for a GGC line-up that featured five AllAmericans at the national tournament as the team came up just short of claiming back-to-back titles, falling 5-4 in the championship match to Auburn-Montgomery.

The GGC men’s squad went 21-0 in 2014, capping an unbeaten season with a 5-1 victory over defending-champion Embry-Riddle (Fla.) in the national title match. The Grizzlies earned six NAIA AllAmericans, including three First-Team selections. During the year, the Grizzlies knocked off NCAA Division I, II and III teams, plus the top NAIA programs.

Meanwhile, the GGC women’s squad edged the men’s team for the first trophy by a matter of hours, winning the 2014 championship earlier in the day on the same courts at the Mobile Tennis Center, also against Embry-Riddle, in a dramatic 5-4 decision. It stood as Hodges’ 300th career win as a head coach in collegiate tennis. The Grizzlies had eight NAIA All-Americans on the season, including a pair of First-Team players. During the year, the GGC women also earned victories against NCAA Division I, II and III competition, plus the top NAIA programs.

Drake team also achieved the highest ITA national ranking in school history at No. 33, at one point boasting the nation’s longest regularseason winning streak at 42 matches.

Before Drake, Hodges spent four combined seasons as head coach at University of North Carolina-Asheville (2002-05) and Longwood University in Farmville, Va., (2002), leading both the men’s and women’s programs. During this time, he led his teams to an overall 105-58 record and their first rankings in school history.

A native of Hickory, N.C., Hodges played two years collegiately at North Carolina State University before finishing his career at UNCWilmington. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UNCW in 1998 and a master’s degree there three years later while working with the Seahawks as a graduate assistant.

Hodges is the proud father of Gabriella Hodges.

Following the championships, Hodges was named NAIA National Coach of the Year for both men’s and women’s tennis, capping the Grizzlies’ very first season of postseason eligibility with a pair of No. 1 rankings. He also was named 2014 Wilson/ITA NAIA Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year, days after being named South Region winner.

He has recruited some of the top players from around the country and around the world to lay the foundation of the Grizzly program, developing many outstanding student-athletes.

In addition to the Grizzlies’ on-court success, the men’s tennis team has held the highest team GPA among Grizzly Athletics programs.

In Hodges’ first season at GGC in 2013, the Grizzlies posted an 11-1 men’s record and a 5-3 women’s record, marking the first seasons of competition in school history.

Hodges came to GGC from Division I Georgia State University in Atlanta, where he capped his three-year tenure by being named Colonial Athletic Association Co-Coach of the Year in April 2012.

Hodges’ time with the Panthers (2010-12) featured the greatest turnaround in men’s collegiate tennis history, as he inherited a 1-20 team and led them to a 15-6 mark in his first season. He then set a school record with 21 victories in 2011 and added 20 more wins to the ledger the following year for a 56-17 mark over three years.

Before GSU, Hodges spent four successful years (2005-09) at the helm of the Drake University program, where he guided the Bulldogs to a Missouri Valley regular-season or conference tournament title in each season. He was named the Missouri Valley Coach of the Year three times, leading the squad to an 85-17 overall record. Hodges’

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Courtney

RUTHERFORD

Assistant Coach Fourth Season Coker (S.C.), ‘02 Part of the coaching staff since 2013, Georgia Gwinnett tennis assistant Courtney Rutherford was appointed to the full-time assistant coach position for the Grizzly men’s and women’s tennis teams in January 2016.

A longtime coach at the junior, collegiate, and professional ranks, Rutherford assumed the main assistant role for the standout Grizzly tennis programs.

A native of Atlanta, Rutherford was a key part of the Grizzlies’ last three NAIA national championships on the men’s side, plus the two women’s titles in 2014 and 2016.

He began a part-time role with the Grizzlies in 2013-14, helping GGC to a 63-2 men’s record during his time, a 4713 women’s mark, and a number of individual national titles.

Prior to GGC, Rutherford enjoyed a successful coaching career at multiple levels of tennis.

He helped guide WTA player Edina Gallovits-Hall to a No. 54 world ranking, spending 10 years as a personal coach providing on-court instruction, fitness and nutrition programs, and daily schedule planning. Gallovits-Hall has claimed singles victories in all four grand slam tournaments during her career and captured three WTA doubles titles.

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Rutherford has held academy director positions for several Gwinnett-area tennis clubs over the last dozen years, most recently at the Hamilton Mill Tennis Center in Dacula.

He also worked at Magnolia Tennis Center in Dacula and even spent four years as academy director at the former Collins Hill Athletic Club, which has become the GGC Tennis Facility and the Grizzlies’ current home.

Many of the male and female junior players Rutherford coached went on to earn collegiate scholarships or reach the professional ranks.

Rutherford’s previous collegiate coaching experience came as head coach for two seasons at Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga. As a student-athlete, Rutherford competed four seasons for Coker College in Hartsville, S.C., earning team MVP honors with the Cobras. He earned his degree from Coker in 2002, serving as a student assistant to the Dean and doublemajoring in business and psychology.

Rutherford resides in Gwinnett County.

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Amy

PASKE

Volunteer Assistant Coach Second Season Elon (N.C.), ‘91 Amy Paske enters her second season as a Volunteer Assistant Coach with the Georgia Gwinnett women’s tennis team.

In 2016, Paske was an instrumental contributor to the GGC women’s tennis coaching staff that helped the squad capture its second NAIA National title with a 5-4, come-from-behind victory over Lindsey Wilson (Ky.). She also assisted the Grizzlies in the 2015 season when GGC finished as the NAIA National Championship runner-up.

Paske earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Elon University (N.C.) where she was a member of the Phoenix’s 1991 NCAA DII National Championship tournament qualifying team. Paske was named the Most Valuable Player for the women’s tennis team on two occasions during her tenure at Elon.

A Gwinnett County native, Paske returned back to the Gwinnett County area after graduating from Elon, where she worked as a second grade teacher for nine years.

Paske is a Certified Professional through the Professional Tennis Registry and carries over 20 years of coaching experience.

From 2000-2009, Paske served as Collins Hill Athletic Club’s Junior Coordinator and QuickStart Tennis Director.

In 2009, Paske launched Genesis Tennis, LLC, which offers and specializes in preschool level tennis programs for churches in the Gwinnett County area. She currently runs the 10 and under tennis program at the EPIC Family Life Center in Duluth, Ga. Paske, her husband, Jeff, and their two daughters, Karly and Stella, reside in Suwanee, Ga.

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Artemiy

NIKITIN

Volunteer Assistant Coach Second Season Idaho, ‘14 Artemiy Nikitin enters his second season as a Volunteer Assistant Coach with the Georgia Gwinnett women’s tennis team.

In 2016, Nikitin was an instrumental contributor to the GGC women’s tennis coaching staff that helped the squad capture its second NAIA National title with a 5-4, come-from-behind victory over Lindsey Wilson (Ky.). He also assisted the Grizzlies in the 2015 season when GGC finished as the NAIA National Championship runner-up.

A native of Omsk, Russia, Nikitin carries a wealth of coaching and playing experience to the Grizzly Staff. In 2014-15, Nikitin served as the student-assistant coach at the University of Idaho.

Nikitin earned his bachelor’s degree in General Business from Idaho in 2014. Prior to Idaho, Nikitin spent three years at South Carolina State University where he was a tennis standout for three seasons.

At SCSU, Nikitin was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s Rookie of the Year and Newcomer of the Year (2011). He was named the Most Valuable Player in 2013 where he went a perfect 24-0 on the season. Nikitin received First Team All-MEAC honors on three occasions (2011, 2012, 2013) and was a three-time MEAC champion (2011, 2012, 2013).

Nikitin concluded his collegiate tennis career at Idaho as Western Athletic Conference champion (2014) and was ranked as high as No. 20 in NCAA Division I’s Mountain region in singles play. Nikitin concluded his playing career ranked No. 86 in the NCAA in singles play.

Nikitin resides in Duluth, Ga.

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2017 GRIZZLIES Name Cl. Hometown Previous School Pronunciation Emerald Able

FR

Memphis, Tenn.

A Beka Academy

Margarida Abreu

FR

Lisbon, Portugal

Casa Pia Lisboa-Pina Manique

MAR-guh-REE-duh

Chiara Di Salvo

SR

Cordoba, Argentina

S.E.A.D.E.A.

key-AR-A de SAL-vo

Klara Dohnalova

SR

Trinec, Czech Republic

South Carolina State

CLAR-ah don-ah-LOW-va

Zena Graves FR Atlanta, Ga. Tennessee State ZEE-nuh Amy Morland

JR

Gold Coast, Australia

Trinity Lutheran College

MORE-land

Valeria Podda

SR

Leiderdorp, Netherlands

Calandlyceum

vah-LAR-e-ah PO-duh

Debora Scurt

FR

Oradea, Romania

Christian Liberty Press

Debra Skirt

Rebeca Scurt

FR

Oradea, Romania

Christian Liberty Press

Rebecca Skirt

Judith van Fraaijenhoven SR

Driebergen, Netherlands

Openbaar Lyceum Zeist

FRAY-en-hoe-van

Alyona Vasilyeva

Yekaterinburg, Russia

Murray State (Ky.)

a-LONE-ah vas-el-YAH-va

SR

Coaching Staff Chase Hodges Head Coach, 5th Season Courtney Rutherford

Assistant Coach, 4th Season

Amy Paske

Volunteer Assistant Coach, 2nd Season

PASS-key

Artemiy Nikitin

Volunteer Assistant Coach, 2nd Season

NICK-a-ten

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Two-TIME NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 2014, 2016

2017 GRIZZLIES

Senior Cordoba, Argentina

Chiara

DI SALVO

FALL 2016: Ranked No. 3 in singles and No. 1 in doubles, with partner Alyona Vasilyeva, in the Oracle/ ITA NAIA National rankings ... Captured the ITA South Regional tournament’s doubles championship with Vasilyeva with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over fellow Grizzlies Valeria Podda and Klara Dohnalova ... With Vasilyeva, won GGC’s second-ever individual national championship, winning the ITA Oracle Cup’s NAIA National Doubles Championship with another victory over Podda and Dohnalova, advancing to the ITA Super Bowl ... Finished with a combined 14-2 record, posting a 7-1 mark in both singles and doubles play ... Won the ITA South Regional Singles Championship with a 6-4, 2-6, 1-0(7) over Podda ...

Posted a third place finish at the ITA Oracle Cup in singles play with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Isabella Dale of the Cumberlands (Ky.).

SPRING 2016: First Team All-American ... Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete ... Ranked as high as No. 3 in doubles, with partner Alyona Vasilyeva, and No. 16 in singles in the Oracle/ITA NAIA South Regional rankings ... Posted a 16-2 record in singles ... Went 2-0 at No. 3, 12-1 at No. 4, and 2-0 at No. 5 ...

Carried an 11-match winning streak in singles play at its height ... Teamed with Vasilyeva (17-2) and Klara Dohnalova (1-0) to compile an 18-2 mark in doubles play with all wins coming at the No. 2 spot.

FALL 2015: Ranked No. 23 in singles ... Posted 2-1 record, falling to teammate Alyona Vasileva in the quarterfinals of the ITA regional ... Teamed with Vasileva to hoist regional title ... Ended year with a 5-2 record and No. 4 national ranking.

SPRING 2015: All-America Honorable Mention ... Posted 11-5 record with a 9-2 mark at No. 5 ... Put together perfect 4-0 mark NAIA National Championships ... Also went 10-8 in doubles playing entirely with Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff.

FALL 2014: Went 3-2 in singles play ... Advanced to quarterfinals of ITA regional, beating Ainsley Wright of Belhaven and Sha’Nel Bruins of Xavier (La.) before losing to eventual champion Nour Abbes of Xavier ... Picked up third win at Grizzly Open, beating Berry’s Lauren Byrket ... Also went 3-2 in doubles, teaming with Valeria Podda to beat a duo from Xavier at the regional ... Combined with Luma Schwab for victories over tandems from Emory and West Georgia at the Grizzly Open.

SPRING 2014: Second Team All-American ... Peaked at No. 32 in the national rankings ... Put together a 16-3 singles record, competing mostly at the fourth spot ... Made first GGC appearance vs.

Clayton State, beating Darina Drozdova in 2-6, 6-2, 11-9 fashion at line four ... Played once at No. 2, registering a 6-3, 6-2 win over Daniela Sanchez of Dalton State ... Went 3-0 at No. 3, highlighted by a 6-0, 6-2 win over Embry-Riddle’s Kristina Marova to help GGC lift the NAIA title ... Marova was ranked No. 33 nationally ... Collected eight wins in eight decisions at No. 4, including five matches unbeaten in postseason play, knocking off four opponents from teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation ...

Also went 16-3 in doubles, including a 12-2 record with Paloma Cortina ... The duo won four straight postseason matches to close out the year.

PRIOR TO GGC: Competed in several ITF events and captured the Pascuas Bowl in doubles and reached singles semifinals ... Ranked eighth in under 14 Argentinian rankings ... Won Athlete of the Year medal.

PERSONAL: Born Chiara Lucia Di Salvo on October 17, 1994, in Cordoba, Argentina ... Daughter of Blas Raul Di Salvo and Andrea Ines Roque ... Sister, Ornella, was an all-conference tennis player for Austin Peay.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2013-14 16-3 - 16-3 - 1-0 3-0 8-0 4-3 2014-15 13-5 3-2 10-3 - - - 1-1 9-2 2015-16 18-3 2-1 16-2 - - 2-1 12-1 2-0 2016-17 7-1 7-1 - - - - - - Total 54-12 12-4 42-8 - 1-0 5-1 21-2 15-5 Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring 2013-14 16-3 - 16-3 2014-15 13-10 3-2 10-8 2015-16 23-4 5-2 18-2 2016-17 7-1 2016 7-1 - 2014, 2015, Total 59-18 15-5 44-13

Position in Lineup 1 2 3 - 4-0 12-3 - 4-0 6-8 - 18-2 - - - 26-2 18-11

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2017 GRIZZLIES

Klara DOHNALOVA

Senior Trinec, Czech Republic FALL 2016: Partnered with Valeria Podda to earn the No. 2 spot in the Oracle/ITA NAIA doubles rankings ... Finished as No. 5 in the singles rankings ... Compiled an 8-3 record, going 3-1 in singles and 5-2 in doubles play ... Teamed with Podda to finish as a Finalist at the ITA South Regionals ... Semifinalist at the ITA South Regionals singles tournament with a 7-5, 6-1 win over fellow Grizzly, Debora Scurt.

SPRING 2016: First Team All-American ... Finished season ranked No. 16 in Oracle/ITA NAIA singles rankings ... Member of GGC’s second NAIA National Championship team ... Went 10-3 in singles play ... Was 6-0 at No. 2 and 3-1 at No. 3 while posting a 1-1 and 0-1 record at the No. 4 and No. 5 posts, respectively ...

Teamed with Valeria Podda (2-0), Chiara Di Salvo (1-0), and Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff (15-1) to capture GGC’s best doubles record at 18-1.

FALL 2015: Made debut at Grizzly Open, posting a 2-1 record and advancing to the semifinals with partner Victoria Svensson.

SPRING 2015: Did not play due to illness.

PRIOR TO GGC: Played two seasons for South Carolina State University ... Helped the Bulldogs to back-to-back Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships, earning a berth into the NCAA Division I Tournament both times ... Named to All-MEAC second team both seasons ... Also ranked in the top 20 in her native Czech Republic.

PERSONAL: Born Klara Dohnalova on May 15, 1993, in Trinec, Czech Republic ... Daughter of Jiri Dohnal and Sarka Dohnalova.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2015-16 10-3 - 10-3 - 6-0 3-1 1-1 0-1 2016-17 3-1 3-1 - - - - - - Total 13-4 3-1 10-3 - 6-0 3-1 1-1 0-1 Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring 2015-16 20-2 2-1 18-1 2016-17 5-2 5-2 - Total 25-4 7-3 18-1

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Position in Lineup 1 2 3 2-0 1-0 15-1 - - 2-0 1-0 15-1

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Senior Leiderdorp, Netherlands

Valeria

PODDA

FALL 2016: Partnered with Klara Dohnalova to earn the No. 2 spot in the Oracle/ITA NAIA doubles rankings ... Finished as No. 2 in the singles rankings ... Compiled an 11-4 record, going 6-2 in singles and 5-2 in doubles play ... Teamed with Dohnalova to finish as a Finalist at the ITA South Regionals ...

Finalist at the ITA South Regionals and ITA Oracle Cup in singles play.

SPRING 2016: First Team All-American ... Completed season going coast-to-coast as the No. 1 ranked singles player in the Oracle/ITA NAIA rankings ... Posted a 14-0 record in singles with all wins coming at the No. 1 spot ... Teamed with Dohnalova (2-0) and Sophie Feller (16-2) to post an 18-2 record ... Led GGC to its second NAIA National Champion ... Went 11-0 against NAIA opponents in doubles play ... Received the Marvin P. Richmond Outstanding Player Award for going undefeated in doubles and singles play throughout the NAIA National Championship tournament.

FALL 2015: Maintained No. 1 ranking in singles after taking home NAIA national championship crown ... Posted 4-0 record to lift second consecutive ITA regional crown ... Fell in semifinals of Small College Super Bowl ... Put together 4-2 record in doubles with Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff, dropping the final of the regional and semifinal of the national championship.

SPRING 2015: First Team All-American ... Finished season ranked No. 1 in the NAIA ... Put together 14-1 mark in singles while playing entirely at the No. 1 position ... Posted perfect 3-0 mark at NAIA National Championships, highlighted by a win over previous No. 1 Nour Abbes of Xavier (La.) ... Also went 14-4 in doubles, including a 13-4 mark with Laura Wehner at the No. 1 spot ... Duo finished the season ranked No. 3 nationally.

FALL 2014: Collected nine wins over 11 singles matches ... Earned a berth into the ITA National Small College Championships after falling in the final of the regional ... Beat Belhaven’s Sara Caroline Kimbal, Xavier (La.)’s Brion Flowers and the Auburn-Montgomery duo of Celine Lenertz and Alice Baudeign before losing to Xavier’s Nour Abbes ... Won opening match at the national event, dispatching Indiana Wesleyan’s Katie Wilson by a score of 7-6, 6-0 ... Also claimed the Grizzly Open singles title, beating two players (Ana Pain and Elisabeth Abanda) from defending NCAA Division II national champion Barry and one (Katarina Su) from Division III champ Emory ... Went 1-1 in doubles, teaming with Chiara Di Salvo to advance to the quarterfinals of the ITA regional.

SPRING 2014: First Team All-American … Went 14-4, peaking at No. 3 in the national rankings …

Debuted with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Clayton State’s Raluca Pavel … The win was part of a 10-match winning streak to begin her Grizzly career … Played primarily at No. 1, collecting 10 wins in 14 matches … Won only two decisions at NAIA National Tournament, beating Lindsey Wilson’s Alejandra Galvis and Embry-Riddle’s Hui-I Huang, who were ranked Nos. 16 and 15, respectively, by the ITA … Posted 19-3 mark in doubles, playing all but one match with Helena Korompis at No. 1 … Duo peaked at No. 3 in the national rankings … Won three out of four matches at the national tournament … Began season with 12 consecutive victories.

PERSONAL: Born Valeria Epifania Hendrika Podda on April 30, 1992, in Leiderdorp, Netherlands ...

Daughter of Celestino Podda and Catharina Podda-Van Veen.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2013-14 14-4 - 14-4 10-4 4-0 - - - 2014-15 23-3 9-2 14-1 14-1 - - - - 2015-16 21-1 7-1 14-0 14-0 - - - - 2016-17 6-2 6-2 - - - - - - Total 64-10 22-5 42-5 38-5 4-0 - - - Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring 2013-14 19-3 - 19-3 2014-15 15-5 1-1 14-4 2015-16 22-4 4-2 18-2 2016-17 5-2 5-2 - 2014, 2015, 2016 Total 61-14 10-5 51-9

Position in Lineup 1 2 3 19-3 - 14-4 - - - - - 33-7 - -

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2017 GRIZZLIES

Judith van FRAAIJENHOVEN

Senior Driebergen, Netherlands FALL 2016: Semifinalist of the ITA South Regional’s Consolation Singles tournament ... Posted a combined 9-6 record, going 5-4 in singles play ...

Teamed with Rebeca Scurt to post a 2-2 record in doubles play.

SPRING 2016: Member of GGC’s second NAIA National Championship team ...

Made two appearances, tallying a 1-0 record in both singles and doubles play ... Defeated Middle Georgia State’s Daniela Nino Duarte 6-0, 6-1 on Feb. 20 ...

On March 14, teamed with Luma Schwab to defeat the Cumberlands’ Kaylyn Collette and Hannah Wampler 8-1.

FALL 2015: Registered a 4-1 record in singles ... Partnered with Luma Schwab to post a 3-1 mark in doubles.

SPRING 2015: Second Team All-American ... Posted 3-10 singles record while playing mostly at No. 2 ... Also went 1-0 at No. 1 doubles with Valeria Podda.

FALL 2014: Went 2-1 in singles, advancing to the quarterfinals of the ITA regional ... Knocked off Brenau’s Patricia Recalda and Belhaven’s Mary Lichlyter before falling to Paula Diaz of Auburn-Montgomery ... Played one doubles match, teaming with Luma Schwab to fall to a Xavier (La.) tandem at the regional.

SPRING 2014: First Team All-American ... Peaked at No. 21 in national rankings ... Put together 9-5 singles record, playing mostly at No. 2 ... Debuted with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Dalton State’s Chelsea Powell at No. 4 ... Picked up one win at top spot, earning a victory over Powell once again later in the season ... Went 2-4 at the second spot, beating Sunshine Beba of Coastal Georgia and Maja Plavsic of SCAD Savannah ... Went 3-0 at No. 3, highlighted by a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Haley Dekkinga, helping GGC to a win over NCAA Division I opponent Northern Illinois ... Posted 2-1 record at No. 4 and 1-0 mark at No. 5 h Ended with a 4-1 doubles record wile playing with four different partners at both the first and second lines.

PERSONAL: Born Judith Francine van Fraaijenhoven on January 18, 1996, in Zeist, Netherlands ... Daughter of Frank van Fraaijenhoven and Tine Langeveld.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2013-14 9-5 - 9-5 1-0 2-4 3-0 2-1 1-0 2014-15 5-11 2-1 3-10 - 2-8 1-2 - - 2015-16 5-1 4-1 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 2016-17 5-4 5-4 - - - - - - Total 24-21 11-6 13-15 1-0 4-12 4-2 2-1 1-0 1-0 Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring 2013-14 4-1 - 4-1 2014-15 1-1 0-1 1-0 2015-16 4-1 3-1 1-0 2016-17 2-2 2-2 - Total 11-5 5-4 6-1

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Position in Lineup 1 2 3 1-0 3-1 1-0 - - - - - 2-0 3-1 -

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Senior Yekaterinburg, Russia

Alyona

vASILYEVA

FALL 2016: Ranked No. 20 in singles and No. 1 in doubles, with partner Chiara

Di Salvo, in the Oracle/ITA NAIA National rankings ... Captured the ITA South Regional tournament’s doubles championship with Di Salvo with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over fellow Grizzlies Valeria Podda and Klara Dohnalova ... With Di Salvo, won GGC’s second-ever individual national championship, winning the ITA Oracle Cup’s NAIA National Doubles Championship with another victory over Podda and Dohnalova, advancing to the ITA Super Bowl ... Finished with a combined 10-2 record, posting a 7-1 mark in doubles play ... Semifinalist in the ITA South Regional singles tournament, defeating Mobile’s Mariah Plauth 6-3, 6-4.

SPRING 2016: Second Team All-American ... Finished season ranked No. 30 in

the Oracle/ITA NAIA National singles rankings ... Ranked as high as No. 18 in singles and No. 8 in doubles, with partner Chiara Di Salvo, in the Oracle/ITA NAIA National rankings ...

Made her GGC debut against USC Aiken (S.C.) on Feb. 5, picking up wins in singles (6-2, 6-3) and doubles play (8-4) ... Clinched GGC’s 5-4 come-from-behind victory in the NAIA National Championship match, defeating Lindsey Wilson’s Natalia Kattah 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 ...

Went 11-5 in singles play, going 2-1 at both the No. 2 and No. 3 positions while posting a 1-1 record at No. 4 and 6-2 a tally in the No. 5 spot ... With Di Salvo, posted a 17-2 record in doubles play.

FALL 2015: Ranked No. 5 nationally in singles ... Posted a 6-2 record, advancing

to final of the ITA regional and earning a berth into the NAIA national championship field in the process ... Also ranked fourth in doubles with partner Chiara Di Salvo ... Duo went 5-2 and hoisted ITA regional crown, knocking off teammates Valeria Podda and Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff in the championship match.

PRIOR TO GGC: Attended Murray State University (Ky.), the University of

Wyoming, and Gymnasium #70 ... Posted a 16-3 singles record for Murray State as well as a 13-2 doubles mark ... Helped Racers to the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championship ... Went 14-10 and 6-2 in singles and doubles, respectively, as a freshman at Wyoming.

PERSONAL: Born Alyona Vasilyeva on Aug. 22, 1994, in Yekaterinburg, Russia ...

Daughter of Sergei Vasilev and Elena Baidina.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2015-16 17-7 6-2 11-5 - 2-1 2-1 1-1 6-2 2016-17 3-1 3-1 - - - - - - Total 20-8 9-3 11-5 - 2-1 2-1 1-1 6-2 Doubles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 2015-16 22-4 5-2 17-2 - - 2016-17 7-1 7-1 - - - 2014, 2015, 2016 Total 29-5 12-3 17-2 - - -

Two-TIME NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 2014, 2016

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2017 GRIZZLIES

Amy MORLAND

Junior Gold Coast, Australia 2015: Member of NAIA National RunnerUp team ... Made GGC debut against Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) on March 14 ... Teamed with Luma Schwab in doubles play to post a 0-1 record.

PRIOR TO GGC: Attended Trinity Lutheran College.

PERSONAL: Born Amy Morland on Nov. 16, 1995, in Gold Coast, Australia ... Is also a member of the GGC women’s soccer team ... Daughter of Mark and Janet Morland ...

Brother, Luke, played for Georgia Gwinnett men’s tennis team from 2013-16 ... Cousin, Grant, is a professional surfer.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2015-16 - - - - - - - - 2016-17 - - - - - - - - Total - - - - - - - - Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring 2015-16 - - 0-1 2016-17 - - - Total 0-1 - 0-1

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Position in Lineup 1 2 3 - 0-1 - - - 0-1 -

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Freshman Memphis, Tenn.

Emerald

ABLE

PRIOR TO GGC: Attended A Beka Academy (Fla.).

PERSONAL: Born Emerald Richelle Able on Sept. 5, 1997, in Memphis, Tenn. ... Daughter of Emerson and Rosalind Able ... Father, Emerson, played collegiate football at the University of Tennessee at Martin ... Cousin, Maurice Hall played collegiate football at the Ohio State University.

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2017 GRIZZLIES

Margarida

ABREU

Freshman Lisbon, Portugal FALL 2016: Finalist at the Grizzly Open in doubles play ... Compiled a 9-5 overall record, finishing 3-3 in singles and 6-2 in doubles play with partner Debora Scurt.

PRIOR TO GGC: Attended Casa Pia LisboaPina Manique.

PERSONAL: Born Margarida Fernandes de Abreu on May 1, 1997, in Lisbon, Portugal ... Daughter of Carlos Manuel de Abreu and Isabel Vieira Fernandes ... Youngest of three children ... Has a brother, Ivan, and sister, Vanessa.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2016-17 3-3 3-3 - - - - - - Total 3-3 3-3 - - - - - - Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring 2016-17 6-2 6-2 - Total 6-2 6-2 -

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Position in Lineup 1 2 3 - - - - -

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2017 GRIZZLIES

Freshman Atlanta, Ga.

Zena

GRAVES

PRIOR TO GGC: Attended Anointed Word Christian School (Ga.) and Tennessee State ... Ranked No. 270 in the USTA National Rankings.

PERSONAL: Born Ariel-Zena Graves on April 2, 1998, in Riverdale, Ga. ... Daughter of Sam Graves and Kaye Gearring-Graves ... Has three siblings, Xavier Graves, Brianna Graves, and James Hunter.

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2017 GRIZZLIES

Debora

SCURT

Freshman Oradea, Romania FALL 2016: Finalist at the Grizzly Open in doubles play ... Compiled an 8-4 overall record, finishing 2-2 record in singles and 6-2 in doubles play with partner Margarida Abreu.

PRIOR TO GGC: Attended Christian Liberty Press (Ill.).

PERSONAL: Born Debora Emanuela Scurt on June 17, 1997, in Oradea, Romania ...

Daughter of Marius and Simona Scurt ...

Twin sister, Rebeca, is also a member of the GGC women’s tennis team.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2016-17 2-2 2-2 - - - - - - Total 2-2 2-2 - - - - - - Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring 2016-17 6-2 6-2 - Total 6-2 6-2 -

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Position in Lineup 1 2 3 - - - - -

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2017 GRIZZLIES

Freshman Oradea, Romania

Rebeca

SCURT

FALL 2016: Quarterfinalist at the Grizzly Open in singles ... Defeated Tusculum’s Lyndsey Pulliam 6-3, 6-3 to reach quarterfinals ... Finished with a 6-3 record in singles and 2-2 mark in doubles play with partner Judith van Fraaijenhovan.

PRIOR TO GGC: Attended Christian Liberty Press (Ill.).

PERSONAL: Born Rebeca Ruth Scurt on June 17, 1997, in Oradea, Romania ...

Daughter of Marius and Simona Scurt ...

Twin sister, Debora, is also a member of the GGC women’s tennis team ... Aspires to become an officer in the United States military after graduation.

Singles Position in Lineup Year Overall Fall Spring 1 2 3 4 5 6 2016-17 6-3 6-3 - - - - - - Total 6-3 6-3 - - - - - - Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring 2016-17 2-2 2-2 - 2014, 2015, Total 2-2 2016 2-2 -

Position in Lineup 1 2 3 - - - - -

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NAIA TEAM RANKINGS

Preseason Poll: January 24, 2017 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Previous 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 17 12 18 14 15 16 20 RV 19 22 9 23 24 NR RV

School (First Place Votes) 2016 Final Pts. Georgia Gwinnett (13) 343 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 332 SCAD-Savannah (Ga.) 321 Brenau (Ga.) 310 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 297 William Woods (Mo.) 289 Indiana Wesleyan 276 Middle Georgia State 263 Davenport (Mich.)

244 Northwestern Ohio 230 Keiser (Fla.) 224 William Carey (Miss.)

223 Arizona Christian 209 LSU Alexandria 202 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 201 Mobile (Ala.) 171 Cumberland (Tenn.)

165 San Diego Christian (Calif.)

150 Xavier (La.) 147 McPherson (Kan.) 122 Westmont (Calif.)

119 St. Thomas (Fla.) 107 Reinhardt (Ga.) 102 Cumberlands (Ky.) 80 Marian (Ind.) 73

Dropped from the Top 25: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (21); Georgetown (Ky.) (25).

Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 66; Missouri Valley 64; Georgetown (Ky.) 43; Milligan (Tenn.) 27; Southeastern (Fla.) 18; Southwestern (Kan.) 12; Morningside (Iowa) 12; Asbury (Ky.) 12; Texas Wesleyan 11; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 9; Campbellsville (Ky.) 5; Huntington (Ind.) 3; Dalton State (Ga.) 3

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Top 25 Highlights courtesy of the NAIA (historical information dating back to 2000): • After its second national championship last May, the Grizzlies enter the 2017 season as the preseason No. 1 in the NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. Georgia Gwinnett earned all first-place votes to maintain its position for the fourth-straight installment of the poll.

• The Grizzlies took home the red banner after outwitting the Blue Raiders of Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 5-4, in the championship match of the 2016 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship to win their second title in just three years as a program.

• Six returners for the Grizzlies will be back to see if Georgia Gwinnett can earn another title, led by senior Valeria Podda. The All-American looks to lead her squad another year after going 14-0 in singles play last season.

• Three teams are making a new appearance since the last poll, as No. 18 San Diego Christian (Calif.), No. 24 Cumberlands (Ky.) and No. 25 Marian (Ind.) each are welcomed into the new edition for the start of 2017.

• Brenau also holds the record for most consecutive appearances in the Top 25 Poll with 96.

• Auburn Montgomery has the most all-time No. 1 rankings (80), followed by Georgia Gwinnett with 16, while Brenau (Ga.) is third with 12.

Two-TIME NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 2014, 2016

ITA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Women’s Tennis - National Doubles Rankings

As of Nov. 22, 2016

Women’s Tennis - National Singles Rankings Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Player Camille Gbaguidi Valeria Podda Chiara Di Salvo Isabel Dale Amanda Schneider Victoria Monakhova Jessica Emoto Cade Sorensen Megane Bianco Klara Dohnalova Brooke Ferslov-Jensen Alyona Vasilyeva Natalia Kattah Britany Zipf Mikayla Morgan Priscila Nunez Aleksandra Emelianova Julia Albuquerque Alexandra Shchipakina Tia Okano Rachel Bottoroff Julianna Gonclaves Alba Salinas Ainhoa Garrido Marian Plauth Isabel Lee Sara Andrade Alisa Reshetnikova Lauren Lang Charlene Goreau Elizabeth Bauss Natalia Baliaeva Felicia Cesar Margarida Abreu Debora Scurt Alison Torres Zlata Shuraeva Miriam Boeta Salgado Eika Weber Anna Braack Kaeda Amano Madeline Herr Karyna Sagalai Maria Mar Prados Cid Lilian Blasque Paige Murdock Julia Mulder Jayci Kelley Alexi Loomis Lea Striegel

School 2016 Final Rank SCAD Savannah 2 Georgia Gwinnett 1 Georgia Gwinnett NR Cumberlands 7 Northwestern Ohio NR Olivet Nazarene 27 Tabor College 8 Westmont NR Keiser NR Georgia Gwinnett NR San Diego Christian 41 Georgia Gwinnett 30 Lindsey Wilson 44 McPherson NR Arizona Christian 17 Olivet Nazarene 3 San Diego Christian 21 SCAD Savannah NR Lindsey Wilson NR Arizona Christian 25 Indiana Wesleyan NR Keiser NR William Woods NR Cumberland NR Mobile 33 Westmont 39 LSU Alexandria NR Northwestern Ohio NR Lewis-Clark State 24 Xavier, LA 18 Indiana Wesleyan NR William Carey NR William Woods NR Georgia Gwinnett NR Georgia Gwinnett NR Biola NR William Woods NR San Diego Christian NR SCAD Savannah NR William Woods NR Lindsey Wilson NR Biola NR William Woods NR Lindsey Wilson NR Missouri Valley NR SCAD Savannah NR William Woods NR Arizona Christian NR Cardinal Stritch NR McPherson NR

Rank Doubles Team 1 Di Salvo/Vasilyeva 2 Dohnalova/Podda 3 Murdock/Gbaguidi 4 Shchipakina/Cid 5 Nunez/Huck 6 Compton/Morgan 7 Schneider/Reshetnikova 8 Mulder/Steward 9 Bianco/Heino 10 Okano/Kelley 11 Droop/Albuquerque 12 Salinas/Shuraeva 13 Mella/Bauss 14 Boros/Emelianova 15 Andrade/Amor 16 Pea/Garrido 17 Blasque/Wahle 18 Abreu/Scurt 19 Lee/Sorensen 20 Gonclaves/Stanciu 21 Amano/Enkhbavar 22 Mammetgulyyeva/Pijls 23 Monakhova/Huckabee 24 Garcia/Kelley 25 Smith/Sagalai

School 2015 Final Rank Georgia Gwinnett NR Georgia Gwinnett NR SCAD Savannah 5 Lindsay Wilson NR Olivet Nazarene NR Arizona Christian NR Northwestern Ohio NR William Woods NR Keiser NR Arizona Christian NR SCAD Savannah NR William Woods NR Indiana Wesleyan NR San Diego Christian NR LSU Alexandria NR Cumberland NR Missouri Valley NR Georgia Gwinnett NR Westmont NR Keiser NR Campbellsville NR Brenau NR Olivet Nazarene 10 Arizona Christian NR William Woods NR

Women’s Tennis - South Region Singles Rankings Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Player Camille Gbaguidi Valeria Podda Chiara Di Salvo Megane Bianco Klara Dohnalova Alyona Vasilyeva Julia Albuquerque Julianna Goncalves Mariah Plauth Sara Andrade Charlene Goreau Natalia Baliaeva Margarida Abreu Debora Scurt Paige Murdock Eika Weber Julianna Heino Valerie Droop Rebecca Pijls Sofia Guerra

School SCAD Savannah Georgia Gwinnett Georgia Gwinnett Keiser Georgia Gwinnett Georgia Gwinnett SCAD Savannah Keiser Mobile LSU-Alexandria Xavier, LA William Carey Georgia Gwinnett Georgia Gwinnett SCAD Savannah SCAD Savannah Keiser SCAD Savannah Brenau SCAD Atlanta

Women’s Tennis - South Region Doubles Rankings Rank Player 1 Di Salvo/Vasilyeva 2 Dohnalova/Podda 3 Gbaguidi/Murdock 4 Bianco/Heino 5 Droop/Albuquerque 6 Andrade/Amor 7 Abreu/D. Scurt 8 Goncalves/Stanciu 9 Mammetgulyyeva/Pijls 10 Ancar/Kranendonk

School Georgia Gwinnett Georgia Gwinnett SCAD Savannah Keiser SCAD Savannah LSU-Alexandria Georgia Gwinnett Keiser Brenau Xavier, LA

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2016

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2016 DUAL GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE MATCH STATISTICS SEASON STATISTICS

Overall record: 18­2 • Conference: 0­0 • Region: 0­0 • Home: 9­1 • Away: 4­1 • Neutral: 5­0 vs National ranked: 11­2 • vs Regional ranked: 0­0 vs Ranked SINGLES

Overall Dual Tour Conf

1

2

3

4

5

6

Nat'l Reg'l Streak Last10 Career

Klara Dohnalova

10­3

10­3

0­0

0­0

­­­

6­0 3­1

1­1

0­1

­­­

0­0

0­0

W 4

5­1

10­3

Sophie Feller

5­7

5­7

0­0

0­0

­­­

0­4 2­2

1­0

1­1

1­0

0­0

0­0

L 6

1­6

5­7

J Van Fraaijenhoven

1­0

1­0

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­ ­­­

­­­

­­­

1­0

0­0

0­0

W 1

1­0

13­15

Helga Pinones

9­2

9­2

0­0

0­0

­­­

1­0 ­­­

­­­

2­0

6­2

0­0

0­0

L 1

4­2

21­4

Valeria Podda

14­0

14­0

0­0

0­0

14­0 ­­­ ­­­

­­­

­­­

­­­

0­0

0­0

W 14

7­0

42­5

Chiara Di Salvo

16­2

16­2

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­ 2­1 12­1

2­0

­­­

0­0

0­0

W 3

8­1

41­8

Luma Schwab

4­0

4­0

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­ ­­­

­­­

1­0

3­0

0­0

0­0

W 4

4­0

22­9

Victoria Svennson

0­1

0­1

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­ ­­­

­­­

­­­

0­1

0­0

0­0

L 1

0­1

0­1

Alyona Vasilyeva

11­5

11­5

0­0

0­0

­­­

2­1 2­1

1­1

6­2

­­­

0­0

0­0

W 4

7­2

11­5

70­20

70­20

0­0

0­0

14­0 9­5 9­5 15­3 12­4 11­3

0­0

0­0

.778

.778

.000

.000

1.000 .643 .643

.000

.000

Totals Percentage

.833

.750

.786

vs Ranked DOUBLES TEAMS

Overall Dual Tour Conf

1

2

3

Nat'l Reg'l Streak Last10

Klara Dohnalova/Valeria Podda

2­0

2­0

0­0

0­0

2­0

­­­

­­­

0­0

0­0

W 2

2­0

Chiara Di Salvo/Alyona Vasilyeva

17­2

17­2

0­0

0­0

­­­

17­2

­­­

0­0

0­0

L 1

8­2

Sophie Feller/Helga Pinones

1­0

1­0

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

1­0

0­0

0­0

W 1

1­0

Sophie Feller/Victoria Svennson

0­1

0­1

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

0­1

0­0

0­0

L 1

0­1

Sophie Feller/Valeria Podda

16­2

16­2

0­0

0­0

16­2

­­­

­­­

0­0

0­0

W 9

9­1

Luma Schwab/Victoria Svennson

0­1

0­1

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

0­1

0­0

0­0

L 1

0­1

Klara Dohnalova/Helga Pinones

15­1

15­1

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

15­1

0­0

0­0

L 1

9­1

Klara Dohnalova/Chiara Di Salvo

1­0

1­0

0­0

0­0

­­­

1­0

­­­

0­0

0­0

W 1

1­0

J Van Fraaijenhoven/Luma Schwab

1­0

1­0

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

1­0

0­0

0­0

W 1

1­0

Totals

53­7

53­7

0­0

0­0

18­2

18­2

17­3

0­0

0­0

Percentage

.883

.883

.000

.000

.900 .900 .850

.000

.000

vs Ranked DOUBLES

48

Overall Dual Tour Conf

1

2

3

Nat'l Reg'l

Klara Dohnalova

18­1

18­1

0­0

0­0

2­0

1­0

15­1

0­0

0­0

Sophie Feller

17­3

17­3

0­0

0­0

16­2

­­­

1­1

0­0

0­0

J Van Fraaijenhoven

1­0

1­0

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

1­0

0­0

0­0

Helga Pinones

16­1

16­1

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

16­1

0­0

0­0

Valeria Podda

18­2

18­2

0­0

0­0

18­2

­­­

­­­

0­0

0­0

Chiara Di Salvo

18­2

18­2

0­0

0­0

­­­

18­2

­­­

0­0

0­0

Luma Schwab

1­1

1­1

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

1­1

0­0

0­0

Victoria Svennson

0­2

0­2

0­0

0­0

­­­

­­­

0­2

0­0

0­0

Alyona Vasilyeva

17­2

17­2

0­0

0­0

­­­

17­2

­­­

0­0

0­0

Totals

53­7

53­7

0­0

0­0

18­2

18­2

17­3

0­0

0­0

Percentage

.883

.883

.000

.000

.900 .900 .850

.000

.000

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SINGLES

Date Feb. 5, 2016

Opponent

at USC Aiken

DOUBLES

Rankings

Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 Nation Region

W

8­1

W W W W

L

W W W W

#2

Feb. 17, 2016

#6 EMORY UNIVERSITY

L

3­6

W

L

L

L

L

L

W W

L

#2

Feb. 20, 2016

MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE

W

6­1

W W

u

W

u

W W W

L

#2

March 11, 2016

#6 WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY W

5­0

u

u

u

W

u

W W W W

#2

March 11, 2016

#13 CUMBERLAND (TENN.)

W

6­0

u

W W

u

W

u

W W W

#2

March 12, 2016

#15 INDIANA WESLEYAN

W

5­0

W

u

W

u

u

W W W

#2

March 13, 2016

CAMPBELLSVILLE (KY.)

W

9­0

W W W W W W W W W

#2

March 14, 2016

CUMBERLANDS (KY.)

W

8­1

W W

W W W W W W

#2

March18, 2016 at Clayton State (Ga.)

W

9­0

W W W W W W W W W

#2

March 26, 2016

#1 WILLIAMS (MASS.)

W

5­2

u

u

L

W W

#2

March 30, 2016

WEST ALABAMA

W

8­1

W W W W W W

L

W W

#2

W

L

u L

W W

L

W

April 9, 2016

at #6 West Florida

L

4­5

W

L

L

W

L

L

W

#2

April 10, 2016

vs #15 Valdosta State (Ga.)

W

5­0

u

u

u

W

u

W W W W

#2

April 14, 2016

at #6 Brenau (Ga.)

W

8­1

W

L

W W W W W W W

#2

W

8­1

W

L

W W W W W W W

#2

W W W W

#1

April 17, 2016

TUSCULUM (TENN.)

May 1, 2016

at #1 Emory (Ga.)

W

6­3

W

L

W

L

L

May 18, 2016

vs #16 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

W

5­0

u

u

u

W W

u

W W W

#1

May 19, 2016

vs #8 Indiana Wesleyan

W

5­0

W

u

u

u

W

u

W W W

#1

May 20, 2016

vs #4 SCAD Savannah (Ga.)

W

5­1

u

u

L

W W

u

W W W

#1

May 21, 2016

vs #7 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

W

5­4

W W

L

W W

L

W

#1

L

L

Schedule legend

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HISTORY 50

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National

May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

Bye as overall No. 2 seed vs. Indiana Wesleyan.............................................. W, 5-0 vs. No. 7 SCAD Savannah (Ga.).............................. W, 5-1 vs. No. 3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)................................. W, 5-2 vs. No. 5 Embry-Riddle (Fla.).................................. W, 5-4

TITLES

2014 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship First Round May 13

Second Round May 14

Quarterfinals May 15

Final Site:

Semifinals May 16

Championship May 17

Mobile Tennis Center Mobile, Ala. May 13-17

1 Xavier (La.) 5

Davenport (Mich.) 5 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

1 Xavier (La.) 5

Davenport (Mich.) 2

Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 4 Thursday, 12 noon

Mobile (Ala.) 0 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

1 Xavier (La.) 2

Northwood (Fla.) 5

Northwood (Fla.) 9 Wednesday, 9 a.m.

Northwood (Fla.) 0

8 Vanguard (Calif.) 4

Friday, 9 a.m.

5 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 4

5 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 5

Graceland (Iowa) 6 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

5 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 5

Graceland (Iowa) 0

McPherson (Kan.) 3 Thursday, 12 noon

Concordia (Calif.) 6 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

5 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 5

Concordia (Calif.) 0

Northwestern Ohio 3 Wednesday, 9 a.m.

4 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 3

4 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 5

2 Georgia Gwinnett Saturday, 9 a.m.

3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5

Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 4 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5

Milligan (Tenn.) 1

Milligan (Tenn.) 5 Thursday, 12 noon

IU Southeast (Ind.) 1 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 2

Oklahoma Baptist 1

Oklahoma Baptist 8 Wednesday, 9 a.m.

6 Brenau (Ga.) 2

6 Brenau (Ga.) 5 Friday, 9 a.m.

2 Georgia Gwinnett 5

7 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 5

Morningside (Iowa) 0 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

7 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 1

Westmont (Calif.) 1

Westmont (Calif.) 9 Thursday, 12 noon

Coastal Georgia 2 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Indiana Wesleyan 7

2 Georgia Gwinnett 5

Indiana Wesleyan 0 Wednesday, 9 a.m.

2 Georgia Gwinnett 5

2 Georgia Gwinnett 5

All times CDT.

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2014 SEASON

CHAMPS! Women’s Tennis Wins National Title Over Embry-Riddle, 5-4 May 17, 2014 Mobile, Ala. - Mobile, Ala. - The Georgia Gwinnett men’s and women’s tennis teams captured the first two national championship titles in Georgia Gwinnett College history on Saturday, each winning 2014 NAIA Tennis National Championships over Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) at the Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala. First, the Georgia Gwinnett women outlasted the Eagles, 5-4, before the GGC men capped an unbeaten season with a 5-1 victory over the defending champion Eagles.

For his success, GGC head coach Chase Hodges was named both the Men’s and Women’s 2014 NAIA Coach of the Year.

The championships come in GGC’s very first season of postseason eligibility.

“I’m just ecstatic,” said Hodges. “This is hard to even put it in perspective right now. It’s an amazing feeling. I have a great group of players who have been a joy to coach. We just compete out there and if you’re playing the Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies, you’re in for a dogfight. Nobody backs down and it’s a pleasure to represent our college.

“Today, we just did what we’ve been doing all season and that’s win matches,” Hodges added. “All I can think about is enjoying this for another 364 days.”

The Grizzlies become just the second program to ever capture men’s and women’s tennis national championships in the same season.

The over five-hour women’s match came down to the final court, where Georgia Gwinnett freshman Ines Costamagna delivered a dramatic 7-6, 6-2 victory at fifth singles over ERAU’s Paola Montero to give the Grizzlies their first championship.

The Grizzlies rallied from a 2-1 hole following doubles play, claiming four of six singles matches.

Georgia Gwinnett’s six-player championship lineup featured five freshmen and senior Paloma Cortina, who won both her singles and doubles matches on Saturday for the fourth straight day.

The Grizzlies clawed out an early 1-0 advantage in third doubles as Cortina and Chiara Di Salvo topped Eva Vilar and Paula Ortiz Couder, 8-5.

The Eagles tied it on court two as Paola Montero and Anna Gotz outlasted GGC’s Costamagna and Luma Schwab, 8-5.

The drama built as the final doubles point came down to the number one court between GGC’s Valeria Podda and Helena Korompis against Embry-Riddle’s Hui-I Huang and Kristina Marova.

The Grizzlies’ top tandem fell into an early 5-0 hole, but then staged a furious rally to come back for a 6-5 lead. ERAU won the next two games and had two match points on its serve, up 7-6, but Podda and Korompis fought off both opportunities, rallying to break serve and send the match to a tiebreaker at 8-8. The Eagles would squeak out the tiebreaker, seven points to five, for a 9-8 win and the 2-1 overall match edge through doubles play.

In singles play, the Grizzlies leapt back in front with a pair of straight sets wins from Podda and Cortina.

Podda defeated Huang, 6-0, 6-1 while Cortina took down Gotz, 6-0, 6-2.

The Eagles tied it briefly, 3-3, with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at fourth singles for Vilar over Schwab.

The Grizzlies quickly jumped back ahead, however, with di Salvo’s 6-0, 6-2 win at third singles over Marova. That win put GGC ahead, 4-3, with just two courts remaining. Both of those courts featured extremely close first sets, with each school winning on one.

In sixth singles, Korompis fell in the opening set and came back to claim the second, but eventually lost 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 as the Eagles tied the match, 4-4.

That set up Costamagna for the championship-clinching performance against Montero.

In the opening set, Costamagna had been down 5-3 and facing two set points, but rallied back for a 7-6 win in a first-set tiebreak. All the attention of the Mobile Tennis Center focused in on Costamagna and Montero, who each had the chance to win the national title for their respective school.

Costamagna built a 4-1 second-set lead and when Montero broke serve to make it 4-2, Costamagna broke back for a 5-2 lead, putting the championship on her serve.

The final point featured a rally where Montero’s last shot sailed long, sending the Grizzly squad onto the court for a championship dog pile.

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NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2016

National

May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

Bye as overall No. 1 seed vs. No. 16 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.).............................. W, 5-0 vs. No. 8 Indiana Wesleyan.................................... W, 5-0 vs. No. 3 SCAD-Savannah (Ga.).............................. W, 5-1 vs. No. 7 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)................................. W, 5-4

TITLES

2016 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship First Round May 17

Second Round May 18

Quarterfinals May 19

Final Site:

Semifinals

Championship

May 20

May 21

Mobile Tennis Center Mobile, Ala. May 17-21

1. Georgia Gwinnett, 5

17. Cumberland (Tenn.), 3 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

1. Georgia Gwinnett, 5

16. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), 0

16. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), 5 Thursday, 9 a.m.

9. Middle Georgia State, 5 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

1. Georgia Gwinnett, 5

9. Middle Georgia State, 0

24. Morningside (Iowa), 0 Wednesday, 9 a.m.

8. Indiana Wesleyan, 0

8. Indiana Wesleyan, 5

Friday, 9 a.m.

1. Georgia Gwinnett, 5

5. Brenau (Ga.), 5

21. Reinhardt (Ga.), 2 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

5. Brenau (Ga.), 1

12. Davenport (Mich.), 0

12. Davenport (Mich.), 5 Thursday, 9 a.m.

13. William Carey (Miss.), 5 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

4. SCAD Savannah (Ga.), 1

13. William Carey (Miss.), 0

20. McPherson (Kan.), 1 Wednesday, 9 a.m.

4. SCAD Savannah (Ga.), 5

4. SCAD Savannah (Ga.), 5 1. Georgia Gwinnett Saturday, 9 a.m.

3. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 5

19. LSU Alexandria (La.), 5 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

3. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 5

19. LSU Alexandria (La.), 1

14. Keiser (Fla.), 4 Thursday, 9 a.m.

11. Arizona Christian, 0 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

3. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 5

22. Mobile (Ala.), 2

22. Mobile (Ala.), 6 Wednesday, 9 a.m.

6. Cardinal Stritch (Wis.), 1

6. Cardinal Stritch (Wis.), 5 Friday, 9 a.m.

3. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 4

7. Westmont (Calif.), 3

23. Asbury (Ky.), 0 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

10. William Woods (Mo.), 0

10. William Woods (Mo.), 5

10. William Woods (Mo.), 5 Thursday, 9 a.m.

15. Northwestern Ohio, 5 Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

2. Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), 4

15. Northwestern Ohio, 0

18. Xavier (La.), 2 Wednesday, 9 a.m.

2. Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), 5

2. Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), 5

All times CDT.

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Marvin P. Richmond Most Outstanding Player Valeria Podda

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2016

Women’s Tennis Captures Second NAIA Title with 5-4 Comeback Victory over Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) May 21, 2016 Mobile, Ala. - The Georgia Gwinnett women’s tennis team captured its second NAIA National Title in three seasons on Saturday, defeating No. 7 Lindsey Wilson 5-4 at the Mobile Tennis Complex.

The Grizzlies (18-2) overcame a 2-1 deficit after doubles play, rallying to defeat the Blue Raiders by winning four of the six singles matches.

“Wow! I cannot describe how great it is to have this group of women overcome early adversity and rally to win the way they did,” stated GGC head coach Chase Hodges. “Klara [Dohnalova] and Alyona [Vasilyeva] came up clutch in a pressure situation to win the title, and I’m extremely happy for the way our team fought and came together to accomplish our goal. Getting back to the championship was great, but winning it for a second time is amazing.”

In doubles play, freshman Sophie Feller and junior Valeria Podda narrowed LWC’s lead to 2-1 in doubles play with an 8-2 victory over Henar Munoz and Natalia Kattah at No. 1 doubles.

The championship, which came down to singles play, was a back-and-forth battle between Georgia Gwinnett and Lindsey Wilson. Podda evened the match at 2-2 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Munoz at No. 1 singles. Lindsey Wilson regained the 3-2 edge at No. 3 singles as Jessica King defeated Feller 6-3, 6-4.

In the 90+ degree temperatures in Mobile, fatigue became an evident factor in the remaining four singles matches. Georgia Gwinnett’s fitness level shined through in the waning matches as it rallied for the victory. Junior Chiara Di Salvo tied the match at 3-3 in a battle that witnessed 27 deuces in the first set. Di Salvo held strong and pulled out the 7-6, 6-1 win over Maria Prados, reshifting the momentum back to the Grizzlies.

At No. 6 singles, Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff led early but fell to LWC’s Fiona Curty 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 to give the Blue Raiders the lead for the third time in the match.

Trailing 4-3, the Grizzlies battled back once again to pull even with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 come-from-behind victory at No. 2 singles by Dohnalova.

Knotted at 4-4, the match came down to No. 5 singles where Vasilyeva battled through a three-set match to defeat Kattah 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 to clinch the Grizzlies’ second title in three seasons.

Hodges continued, “Redemption feels great. We faced the same scenario last year and things didn’t go our way. This year, however, we held strong and finished the job. I’m extremely proud of how we ended our season and look forward to next year as we defend the title.”

During the awards ceremony, Podda received the Marvin P. Richmond Outstanding Player Award for going undefeated in doubles and singles play throughout the national tournament. Coach Hodges was also named the NAIA Women’s Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons.

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National

May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 17

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

Bye as overall No. 1 seed vs. No. 17 Westmont (Calif.)................................... W, 5-2 vs. No. 9 Northwood (Fla.)...................................... W, 5-1 vs. No. 5 Xavier (La.)............................................... W, 5-3 vs. No. 2 Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.)..................... L, 5-4

TITLES

2015 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship First Round

Second Round

May 12

Final Site:

Quarterfinals

May 13

Semifinals

May 14

Mobile Tennis Center Mobile, Ala. May 12-16

Championship

May 15

May 16

1 Georgia Gwinnett (8-6) 5 Wednesday, 1 p.m.

16 Evangel (Mo.) (10-4) 1

1 Georgia Gwinnett (9-6) 5

17 Westmont (Calif.) (14-10) 2

Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

17 Westmont (Calif.) (13-9) 6 Thursday, 1 p.m.

9 Northwood (Fla.) (8-6) 9 Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

24 Northwestern (Iowa) (13-7)

1 Georgia Gwinnett (10-6) 5

9 Northwood (Fla.) (9-6) 5 Wednesday, 1 p.m.

9 Northwood (Fla.) (10-7) 1

8 Brenau (Ga.) (12-6) 3 Friday, 1 p.m.

1 Georgia Gwinnett (11-7) 4

5 Xavier (La.) (15-9) 5 Wednesday, 1 p.m.

12 Oklahoma Baptist (11-7) 6 Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

21 SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) (6-9) 3

5 Xavier (La.) (16-9) 5

12 Oklahoma Baptist (12-8) 1 Thursday, 1 p.m.

13 Concordia (Calif.) (12-11) 6

5 Xavier (La.) (17-10) 3

13 Concordia (Calif.) (13-12) 0

Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

20 McPherson (Kan.) (14-8) 2

Wednesday, 1 p.m.

4 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (13-5) 0

4 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (12-4) 5 2 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (23-4) Sunday, 1 p.m.

3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (15-7) 5 Wednesday, 1 p.m.

14 Northwestern Ohio (17-6) 6 Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (16-7) 5

14 Northwestern Ohio (18-7) 1

19 Indiana Wesleyan 3 Thursday, 1 p.m.

11 Arizona Christian (22-2) 8 Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (17-8) 2

11 Arizona Christian (23-3) 0

22 Mobile (Ala.) (10-10) 1 Wednesday, 1 p.m.

6 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (14-6) 1

6 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (13-5) 5 Friday, 1 p.m.

2 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (22-4) 5

7 William Carey (Miss.) (12-8) 4 10 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) (21-2) 8 Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 1 p.m.

10 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) (23-3) 1

10 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) (22-2)5

23 Ashford (Iowa) (13-5) 1 Thursday, 1 p.m.

15 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (10-14) 5 15 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (11-14) 1 Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

2 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 18 LSU Alexandria (La.) (10-3) 4 (20-4) 6 Wednesday, 1 p.m.

2 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (21-4) 5

2 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (19-4) 5 All times CDT.

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Women’s Tennis Comes up Just Short in NAIA Championship Match May 17, 2015 Mobile, Ala. - In the end, another comeback victory proved too much to ask for the Georgia Gwinnett women’s tennis team as the Grizzlies saw their run for a second straight NAIA title upended by Auburn-Montgomery at the Mobile Tennis Center.

“I think that we did everything that we could to try to pull out a win today,” GGC Head Coach Chase Hodges said. “Down 4-2, we had an opportunity, and the match could’ve gone either way. Unfortunately, we were on the losing end, but we were on the winning end last season.

That’s the way it goes sometimes, but I’m very proud of the girls. We’re going to be back next year, and now the motivation factor will be extremely high. That’s for sure.”

The Grizzlies, who had recorded come-from-behind victories in two of their three previous matches in the NAIA tournament, once again found themselves down as they trudged back from 2-1 and 4-2 deficits to tie before Laura Wehner ultimately fell in a decisive third set, sealing the national title for the second-seeded Warhawks.

The dominance of Valeria Podda was the headline for the Grizzlies as she and Wehner teamed up for an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles, beating the duo of Paula Diaz and Anna Rudolfova, who entered the day as the seventh-ranked tandem in the NAIA. Podda, who was a day removed from knocking off the No. 1 singles player in the country, kept up her strong play in Mobile with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 1 over fourth-ranked Alice Baudeigne.

However, 26th-ranked Diaz was able to exact revenge for the doubles loss as she won the deciding singles match over Wehner, coming back from a first set loss to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2.

AUM picked up the early lead as Baudeigne and Claudine Maheu won 8-3 over Luma Schwab and Victoria Svensson at No. 2 doubles, and the other AUM team, Kelly Southwood and Celine Lenertz, picked up an 8-2 win at No. 3 over Chiara Di Salvo and Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff.

Podda would be the first singles player to win, tying the match up at 2-2, but Southwood and Maheu put the Warhawks in the driver’s seat with one-sided wins over Judith van Fraaijenhoven and Schwab, respectively, on lines two and three to put AUM within one of clinching with three matches remaining.

“The girls fight for every point, and they leave it all out on the court every match,” Hodges said. “That’s one thing that I’m very proud to have instilled in this team. We’re a tough out against every team we play. You could see it in every match we played this week.”

As they had all week in singles play, Di Salvo and Pinones-Haltenhoff delivered for Hodges, beginning with Di Salvo at No. 5 as she bounced back from an opening set loss to win 1-6, 6-2, 6-1. Pinones-Haltenhoff gutted out a tight first set to win 7-6 before racing past Rudolfova 6-1 in the second as all attention turned to Court 2 to decide the national title.

The championship is the 14th all-time for AUM and the 10th in the last 12 seasons.

GGC finished its 2015 campaign with an 11-7 record, spending the entire regular season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country. Sunday’s loss was the first2015, this season versus an NAIA opponent.

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Individual National

TITLES

Valeria Podda - NAIA Women’s Singles Champion USTA/ITA South Region NAIA Championships - New Orleans, La. Sep. 25 Round of 32 Bye Sep. 25 Round of 16 Def. Hannah Bradford (William Carey).................... 6-0, 6-0 Sep. 26 Quarterfinals Def. Celine Lenertz (Auburn-Montgomery)............ 6-1, 6-1 Sep. 26 Semifinals Def. Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff (GGC)...................... 6-1, 6-0 Sep. 30 Finals *Def. Alyona Vasileva (GGC)..................................... 6-1, 6-4 *Final match played at GGC Tennis Facility USTA/ITA Small College Championships - Sumter, S.C Oct. 15 Quarterfinals Def. Puck Luttikhuis (Davenport)............................. 6-2, 6-2 Oct. 16 Semifinals Def. Priscila Nunez (Olivet Nazarene)...................... 6-0, 6-2 Oct. 17 NAIA Finals Def. Camile Gbaguidi (SCAD Savannah)................. 6-1, 6-4 --Oct. 17 Super Bowl Semis Lost to Macarena Olivares (ASA Miami)...........6-4, 1-6, 6-1

Valeria Podda Junior Leiderdorp, Netherlands

Podda Wins GGC’s First-Ever Women’s Singles National Championship October 17, 2015 Sumter, S.C. - Junior Valeria Podda continued her stellar run on Saturday at the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships, earning the first-ever individual national championship in Georgia Gwinnett women’s tennis history at the Palmetto Tennis Center.

“This was another phenomenal day for us,” GGC head coach Chase Hodges said after the Grizzlies captured titles in women’s singles, men’s singles and men’s doubles. “We’re going to be going back to Lawrenceville with three national titles. Going back to when we started this program in 2012, today would really have to rank up there with the best of them. It was that good of a day for us, and everyone has been performing at an extremely high level all week.”

Podda lifted her trophy in the morning by beating SCAD Savannah’s Camile Gbaguidi 6-1, 6-4.

“Val’s No. 1 goal this week was to win the NAIA national title, and she did just that,” Hodges said. “She played outstanding against a very good player and did it with class. To come into an event like this with the No. 1 ranking and hold onto it is huge, and now she’s a national champion.”

The win meant that GGC won three of a possible four NAIA national championships at the Small College Championships this week. Two of the championship matches pitted Grizzly individuals or tandems against each other, while the women’s doubles tournament saw both Grizzly duos dispatched in the national semifinals.

Podda would continue her day at the Small College Super Bowl, but saw it come to an end with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 loss to junior college champion Macarena Olivares of ASA Miami.

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INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLES 2016 Chiara Di Salvo and Alyona Vasilyeva - NAIA Women’s Doubles Champions ITA NAIA South Regional Championships - Lawrenceville, Ga. Sept. 23 Round of 32 Bye Sept. 23 Round of 16 Def. Lara Persiani/Preeti Gokhale (Middle Ga. State)...... 8-1 Sept. 24 Quarterfinals Def. Brandi Nelson/Lyndsey Clark (Xavier).................... 8-0 Sept. 24 Semifinals Def. Maya Mammetgulyyeva/Rebecca Pijls (Brenau)...... 8-3 Sept. 25 Finals Def. Klara Dohnalova/Valeria Podda (GGC)............ 6-4, 6-3

Chiara Di Salvo Senior Cordoba, Argentina

ITA Oracle Cup - Surprise, Ariz.

Oct. 13 Quarterfinals Def. Amanda Schneider/Alisa Reshetnikova....... 6-1, 7-6(3) Oct. 14 Semifinals Def. MariaPradosCid/AlexShchipakina(LindseyWilson)...... 6-1, 6-3 Oct. 14 NAIA Finals Def. Klara Dohnalova/Valeria Podda (GGC)........ 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 --Oct. 15 Super Bowl Semis Lost to Rosalie Willig/ Diana Bogolii (Lynn)..................... 6-3, 6-2

Alyona Vasilyeva Senior Yekaterinburg, Russia Grizzlies Lift NAIA Doubles Crown at ITA Oracle Cup October 16, 2016 Surprise, Ariz. - The Georgia Gwinnett men’s and women’s tennis teams had an action packed start to the weekend on Friday, capturing their 11th and 12th national titles in program history. The squads, which were split between the ITA Oracle Cup in Surprise, Ariz., and the Grizzly Open in Lawrenceville, now has five team national titles and six individual crowns.

At the ITA Oracle Cup, two Grizzly doubles duos captured the 2016 NAIA ITA Oracle Cup Doubles Championships late Friday evening. In an allGrizzly final, the combo of Chiara Di Salvo and Alyona Vasilyeva outlasted teammates Valeria Podda and Klara Dohnalova in a three-set match (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) to capture their first doubles national title. Di Salvo and Vasilyeva will now enter the Super Bowl as the NAIA champion and will battle for not just the overall title, but a trip to the USTA ITA Indoor National Championships in Flushing, N.Y., on Nov. 3-6 as well.

“It was a complete battle tonight between two great teams,” said GGC head coach Chase Hodges. “These are the best two teams in the country, and2014, it is amazing that they both play for Georgia Gwinnett. I’m very proud of all four women and the effort they gave today.”

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AWARDS 60

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All-Time

AWARDS

Valeria Podda Fr. - Leiderdorp, Netherlands 2014

Judith van Fraaijenhoven

Fr. - Driebergen, Netherlands 2014

Valeria Podda So. - Leiderdorp, Netherlands 2015

Chiara Di Salvo Jr. - Cordoba, Argentina 2016

Klara Dohnalova Jr. - Trinec, Czech Republic 2016

Sophie Feller Fr. - Langedijk, Netherlands 2016

Helga PinonesHaltenhoff Sr. - Barcelona, Spain 2016

Valeria Podda Jr. - Leiderdorp, Netherlands 2016

Second Team

Paloma Cortina Sr. - Malaga, Spain 2014

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Chiara Di Salvo Fr. - Cordoba, Argentina 2014

Judith van Fraaijenhoven

So. - Driebergen, Netherlands 2015

Alyona Vasilyeva Jr. - Yekaterinburg, Russia 2016

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All-Time Ines Costamagna Fr. - Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014

Helena Korompis Fr. - Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands 2014

Helga PinonesHaltenhoff Jr. - Barcelona, Spain 2015

Laura Wehner So. - Nelson, New Zealand 2015

Luma Schwab Fr. - Yverdon-lesBains, Switzerland 2014

Victoria Svensson So. - Sundsvall, Sweden 2014

Chiara Di Salvo So. - Cordoba, Argentina 2015

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All-Time

2014................................. Chase Hodges

DAKTRONICS-NAIA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE 2016................................. Victoria Svensson, Sr. 2016................................. Chiara Di Salvo, Jr.

AWARDS

CHASE HODGES

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GRIZZLY HISTORY C Meagan Christian (Norwalk, Conn.).............................................. 2013 Paloma Cortina (Malaga, Spain)...............................................2013-14 Ines Costamagna (Buenos Aires, Argentina)............................. 2014 D Chiara Di Salvo (Cordoba, Argentina)..........................................2014 Klara Dohnalova (Trinec, Czech Republic).................................2015F Sophie Feller (Langedijk, Netherlands)....................................... 2016 Allison Fernandez (Lawrenceville, Ga.)........................................ 2013 Rocio Fernandez (Tucuman, Argentina)................................2013-14 K Helena Korompis (Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands).......... 2014 M Abigail Mazza (Lawrenceville, Ga.)................................................ 2013 O Joyce Oliveira (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).......................................... 2013 P Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff (Barcelona, Spain).....................2015-16 Valeria Podda (Leiderdorp, Netherlands)...................................2014S Luma Schwab (Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland)................2014-16 Victoria Svensson (Sundsvall, Sweden).................................2014-16 V Judith van Fraaijenhoven (Driebergen, Netherlands)...........2014 Shirley Vas (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).................................. 2013 Alyona Vasilyeva (Yekaterinburg, Russia)...................................2016w Laura Wehner (Nelson, New Zealand).......................................... 2015 z Michelle Garcia Zarate (Bogota, Columbia)............................... 2016

All-Time

ROSTER

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Career

RECORDS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................149 Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................143 Luma Schwab 2013-14-2015-16......................... 80 Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 71 Alyona Vasilyeva 2015-16-................................. 62

SINGLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................. 74 Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................. 66 Judith van Fraaijenhoven 2013-14-................................. 45 Luma Schwab 2013-14-2015-16......................... 44 Paloma Cortina 2012-13-2013-14......................... 30 Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 30

DOUBLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................. 77 Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................. 75 Helga-Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 41 Victoria Svensson 2013-14-2015-16......................... 38 Luma Schwab 2013-14-2015-16......................... 36

DUAL MATCH SINGLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

3.

4.

Chiara Di Salvo Valeria Podda Luma Schwab Paloma Cortina Judith van Fraaijenhoven

2013-14-................................. 50 2013-14-................................. 47 2013-14-2015-16......................... 31 2012-13-2013-14......................... 28 2013-14-................................. 28

DUAL MATCH DOUBLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................. 60 Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................. 57 Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 35 Victoria Svensson 2013-14-2015-16......................... 32 Paloma Cortina 2012-13-2013-14......................... 28

TOURNAMENT SINGLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Valeria Podda Judith van Fraaijenhoven Chiara Di Salvo Luma Schwab Alyona Vasilyeva

2013-14-................................. 27 2013-14-................................. 17 2013-14-................................. 16 2013-14-2015-16......................... 13 2015-16-................................. 12

TOURNAMENT DOUBLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

4.

5.

Chiara Di Salvo Valeria Podda Alyona Vasilyeva Klara Dohnalova Luma Schwab Judith van Fraaijenhoven

2013-14-................................. 20 2013-14-................................. 15 2015-16-................................. 15 2015-16-................................. 10 2013-14-2015-16.......................... 9 2013-14-.................................. 9

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................127 Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................113 Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 55 Alyona Vasilyeva 2015-16-................................. 49 Paloma Cortina 2012-13-2013-14......................... 47 Luma Schwab 2013-14-2015-16......................... 47

SINGLES WINS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................. 64 Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................. 54 Judith van Fraaijenhoven 2013-14-................................. 35 Luma Schwab 2013-14-2015-16......................... 31 Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 25

Career

RECORDS

DOUBLES WINS

1. Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................. 61

2. Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................. 59

3. Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 30

4. Alyona Vasilyeva 2015-16-................................. 29

5. Klara Dohnalova 2015-16-................................. 25

DUAL MATCH SINGLES WINS

1.

3.

4.

Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................. 42 Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................. 42 Paloma Cortina 2012-13-2013-14......................... 23 Luma Schwab 2013-14-2015-16......................... 22 Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 22

DUAL MATCH DOUBLES WINS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Valeria Podda 2013-14-................................. 51 Chiara Di Salvo 2013-14-................................. 44 Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff 2014-15-2015-16......................... 26 Paloma Cortina 2012-13-2013-14......................... 23 Helena Korompis 2014-15.................................. 18 Klara Dohnalova 2015-16-................................. 18

TOURNAMENT SINGLES WINS

1.

2.

3.

4.

Valeria Podda Chiara Di Salvo Judith van Fraaijenhoven Luma Schwab Alyona Vasilyeva

2013-14-................................. 22 2013-14-................................. 12 2013-14-................................. 11 2013-14-2015-16.......................... 9 2015-16-.................................. 9

TOURNAMENT DOUBLES WINS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Chiara Di Salvo Alyona Vasilyeva Valeria Podda Klara Dohnalova Margarida Abreu Debora Scurt

2013-14-................................. 15 2015-16-................................. 12 2013-14-................................. 10 2015-16-.................................. 7 2016-17-.................................. 6 2016-17-.................................. 6

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2.

4.

5.

Season

RECORDS

Alyona Vasilyeva Chiara Di Salvo Valeria Podda Valeria Podda Paloma Cortina Luma Schwab

2015-16.................................. 50 2015-16.................................. 48 2015-16.................................. 48 2014-15.................................. 46 2013-14.................................. 43 2014-15.................................. 43

SINGLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

3.

Valeria Podda Alyona Vasilyeva Paloma Cortina Luma Schwab Valeria Podda

2014-15.................................. 26 2015-16.................................. 24 2013-14.................................. 22 2014-15.................................. 22 2015-16.................................. 22

DOUBLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

4.

Chiara Di Salvo Valeria Podda Alyona Vasilyeva Chiara Di Salvo Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff

2015-16.................................. 27 2015-16.................................. 26 2015-16.................................. 26 2014-15.................................. 23 2015-16.................................. 23

DUAL MATCH SINGLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

3.

5.

Paloma Cortina Chiara Di Salvo Valeria Podda Chiara Di Salvo Luma Schwab Alyona Vasilyeva

2013-14.................................. 20 2013-14.................................. 19 2013-14.................................. 18 2015-16.................................. 18 2014-15.................................. 16 2015-16.................................. 16

DUAL MATCH DOUBLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

3.

Valeria Podda Helena Korompis Paloma Cortina Chiara Di Salvo Valeria Podda

2013-14.................................. 22 2013-14.................................. 21 2013-14.................................. 20 2015-16.................................. 20 2015-16.................................. 20

TOURNAMENT SINGLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

2.

4.

Valeria Podda Rebeca Scurt Judith van Fraaijenhoven Five Tied

2014-15.................................. 11 2016-17................................... 9 2016-17................................... 9 ........................................... 8

TOURNAMENT DOUBLES MATCHES PLAYED

1.

5.

Margarida Abreu Chiara Di Salvo Debora Scurt Alyona Vasilyeva Five tied

2016-17................................... 8 2016-17................................... 8 2016-17................................... 8 2016-17................................... 8 ........................................... 7

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Valeria Podda Chiara Di Salvo Alyona Vasilyeva Valeria Podda Paloma Cortina Valeria Podda

SINGLES WINS

1.

2.

3.

4.

Valeria Podda Valeria Podda Chiara Di Salvo Paloma Cortina Alyona Vasilyeva

DOUBLES WINS

1.

2.

4.

Chiara Di Salvo Valeria Podda Alyona Vasilyeva Klara Dohnalova Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff

2015-16.................................. 43 2015-16.................................. 41 2015-16.................................. 39 2014-15.................................. 38 2013-14.................................. 33 2014-15.................................. 33

2014-15.................................. 23 2015-16.................................. 21 2015-16.................................. 18 2013-14.................................. 17 2015-16.................................. 17

Season

RECORDS

2015-16.................................. 23 2015-16.................................. 22 2015-16.................................. 22 2015-16.................................. 20 2015-16.................................. 20

DUAL MATCH SINGLES WINS

1.

2.

4.

Paloma Cortina Chiara Di Salvo Chiara Di Salvo Valeria Podda Valeria Podda Valeria Podda

2013-14.................................. 16 2013-14.................................. 16 2015-16.................................. 16 2013-14.................................. 14 2014-15.................................. 14 2015-16.................................. 14

DUAL MATCH DOUBLES WINS

1.

2.

Valeria Podda Helena Korompis Chiara Di Salvo Klara Dohnalova Valeria Podda

2013-14.................................. 19 2013-14.................................. 18 2015-16.................................. 18 2015-16.................................. 18 2015-16.................................. 18

TOURNAMENT SINGLES WINS

1.

2.

4.

Valeria Podda Valeria Podda Judith van Fraaijenhoven Alyona Vasilyeva Valeria Podda Rebeca Scurt

2014-15................................... 9 2015-16................................... 7 2016-17................................... 7 2015-16................................... 6 2016-17................................... 6 2016-17................................... 6

TOURNAMENT DOUBLES WINS

1.

3.

5.

Chiara Di Salvo Alyona Vasilyeva Margarida Abreu Debora Scurt Five tied

2016-17................................... 7 2016-17................................... 7 2016-17................................... 6 2016-17................................... 6 ........................................... 5

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RESULTS

Feb. 15 Feb. 20 Feb. 23 Mar. 4 Mar. 20 Mar. 26 Mar. 28 Apr. 1

Inaugural Season Overall Record: 5-3 Home: 3-2 | Away: 2-1

at (DII) Emmanuel (Ga.) ...............W, 6-3 Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.) ......W, 9-0 (DII) Georgia Southwestern State......L, 5-4 (DII) West Georgia.........................W, 5-4 at Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.)...W, 9-0 (DII) Emmanuel (Ga.)....................W, 6-3 No. 25 Milligan (Tenn.)..................L, 8-1 at (DII) West Georgia......................L, 5-4

Team ineligible for postseason play in first season

2014

Overall Record: 18-4 Home: 5-1 | Away: 7-3 | Neutral: 6-0

Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 19 Feb. 25 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 15 Apr. 5 Apr. 21 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17

(DII) No. 46 Clayton State (Ga.).....W, 9-0 Dalton State (Ga.).........................W, 9-0 at (DII) Clark Atlanta (Ga.).............W, 9-0 at (RV) Belhaven (Miss.)...............W, 5-0 at No. 2 William Carey (Miss.).......W, 9-0 vs. No. 3 Xavier (La.)~..................W, 5-2 (DII) West Georgia.........................W, 9-0 at (DIII) No. 2 Emory (Ga.)..............L, 7-2 at No. 6 Brenau (Ga.).....................W, 7-2 (DIII) Kenyon (Ohio)......................W, 9-0 (DI) Northern Illinois.....................W, 6-1 at No. 14 Coastal Georgia..............W, 9-0 at (DII) No. 1 Armstrong State (Ga.).....L, 9-0 at No. 3 SCAD Savannah (Ga.)............ W, 8-1 at Dalton State (Ga.).....................W, 8-1 (DIII) No. 1 Emory (Ga.)..................L, 6-3 vs. Southwest (N.M.)#..................W, 5-0 at No. 2 Xavier (La.)#......................L, 5-3 vs. No. 18 Indiana Wesleyan$........W, 5-0 vs. No. 7 SCAD Savannah (Ga.)$....W, 5-1 vs. No. 3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)$......W, 5-2 vs. No. 5 Embry-Riddle (Fla.)$......W, 5-4

2016

Overall Record: 18-2 Home: 9-1 | Away: 4-1 | Neutral: 5-0

Feb. 5 at (DII) USC Aiken (S.C.)................W, 8-1 Feb. 17 (DIII) No. 6 Emory (Ga.)..................L, 6-3 Feb. 20 (RV) Middle Georgia State............W, 6-1 March 11 No. 6 William Carey (Miss.)...........W, 5-0 March 11 No. 13 Cumberland (Tenn.)...........W, 6-0 March 12 No. 15 Indiana Wesleyan...............W, 5-0 March 13 (RV) Campbellsvile (Ky.)...............W, 9-0 March 14 Cumberlands (Ky.)........................W, 8-1 March 18 at (DII) Clayton State (Ga.)............W, 9-0 March 26 (DIII) No. 1 Williams (Mass.)..........W, 5-2 March 30 (DII) West Alabama.......................W, 8-1 April 9 at (DII) No. 6 West Florida..............L, 5-4 April 10 vs. (DII) No. 15 Valdosta State (Ga.)....W, 5-0 April 14 at No. 6 Brenau (Ga.).....................W, 8-1 April 17 (DII) Tusculum (Tenn.)..................W, 8-1 May 1 at (DIII) No. 1 Emory (Ga.)*...........W, 6-3 May 18 vs. No. 16 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)$.......W, 5-0 May 19 vs. No. 8 Indiana Wesleyan$..........W, 5-0 May 20 vs. No. 4 SCAD Savannah (Ga.)$....W, 5-1 May 21 vs. No. 7 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)$......W, 5-4 ~ Matches played at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla. * Match began outdoors, finished indoors due to rain $ NAIA National Championships (Mobile, Ala.)

~ Match played in Hattiesburg, Miss. # Unaffiliated/Independent Tournament (New Orleans, La.) $ NAIA National Championships (Mobile, Ala.)

2015

Overall Record: 11-7 Home: 6-0 | Away: 1-5 | Neutral: 4-2

Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 26 Mar. 8 Mar. 10 Mar. 11 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 17 Mar. 25 Apr. 3 Apr. 4 Apr. 4 Apr. 13 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 17

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Point (Ga.)....................................W, 9-0 Middle Georgia State....................W, 8-1 at (DIII) No. 1 Emory (Ga.)..............L, 8-1 at (DII) No. 2 Barry (Fla.)................L, 6-3 at (DII) No. 5 Lynn (Fla.).................L, 8-1 at (DII) No. 3 St. Leo (Fla.)..............L, 5-2 (RV) Olivet Nazarene (Ill.).............W, 6-1 No. 6 SCAD Savannah (Ga.)...........W, 8-1 Cumberlands (Ky.)........................W, 9-0 at (DII) Clayton State (Ga.)............W, 8-1 vs. (DII) No. 7 Hawaii-Pacific~.......L, 5-0 vs. (DII) No. 23 Valdosta St. (Ga.)~.....W, 5-0 at (DII) No. 8 West Florida..............L, 6-3 No. 3 Brenau (Ga.).........................W, 6-3 vs. No. 17 Westmont (Calif.)$........W, 5-2 vs. No. 9 Keiser (Fla.)$...................W, 5-1 vs. No 5 Xavier (La.)$....................W, 5-3 vs. No. 2 Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.)$..L, 5-4

~ Matches played at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla. $ NAIA National Championships (Mobile, Ala.)

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GRIZZLY HISTORY ARMSTRONG STATE (GA.) Overall Record: 0-1 Away: 0-1

CUMBERLAND (TENN.)

March 13, 2014 Away............................... L, 9-0

March 11, 2016 Home.............................W, 6-0

AUBURN-MONTGOMERY (ALA.)

CUMBERLANDS (KY.)

May 17, 2015 Neutral............................... L, 5-4

March 17, 2015 Home.............................W, 9-0 March 14, 2016 Home.............................W, 8-1

Overall Record: 0-1 Neutral: 0-1

BARRY (FLA.)

Overall Record: 0-1 Away: 0-1

March 8, 2015 Away................................. L, 6-3

BELHAVEN (MISS.)

Overall Record: 1-0 Away: 1-0

Feb. 14, 2014 Away.................................W, 5-0

BRENAU (GA.)

Overall Record: 3-0 Home: 1-0 | Away: 2-0

March 7, 2014 Away................................W, 7-2 April 13, 2015 Home...............................W, 6-3 April 14, 2016 Away................................W, 8-1

CAMPBELLSVILLE (KY.)

Overall Record: 1-0 Home: 1-0

March 13, 2016 Home.............................W, 9-0

CLARK ATLANTA (GA.)

Overall Record: 1-0 Away: 1-0

Feb. 6, 2014 Away...................................W, 9-0

CLAYTON STATE (GA.)

Overall Record: 3-0 Home: 1-0 | Away: 2-0

Feb. 2, 2014 Home..................................W, 9-0 March 25, 2015 Away..............................W, 8-1 March 18, 2016 Away..............................W, 9-0

COASTAL GEORGIA

Overall Record: 1-0 Home: 1-0

Overall Record: 2-0 Home: 2-0

DALTON STATE (GA.)

Overall Record: 2-0 Home: 1-0 | Away: 1-0

All-Time

SERIES

Feb. 5, 2014 Home..................................W, 9-0 Apr. 5, 2014 Away...................................W, 8-1

EMBRY-RIDDLE (FLA.)

Overall Record: 1-0 Neutral: 1-0

May 17, 2014 Neutral..............................W, 5-4

EMMANUEL (GA.)

Overall Record: 2-0 Home: 1-0 | Away: 1-0

Feb. 15, 2013 Away.................................W, 6-3 March 26, 2013 Home.............................W, 6-3

EMORY (GA.)

Overall Record: 1-4 Home: 0-2 | Away: 1-2

Feb. 25, 2014 Away.................................. L, 7-2 April 21, 2014 Home................................ L, 6-3 Feb. 26, 2015 Away.................................. L, 8-1 Feb. 17, 2016 Home................................. L, 6-3 May 1, 2016 Away...................................W, 6-3

GA. SOUTHWESTERN

Overall Record: 0-1 Home: 0-1

Feb. 23, 2013 Home................................. L, 5-4

HAWAII-PACIFIC

Overall Record: 0-1 Neutral: 0-1

April 3, 2015 Neutral................................ L, 5-0

Overall Record: 1-0 Away: 1-0 2014, 2015, 2016 March 12, 2014 Away..............................W, 9-0

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POINT (GA.)

May 14, 2014 Neutral..............................W, 5-0 March 12, 2016 Home.............................W, 5-0 May 19, 2016 Neutral..............................W, 5-0

Jan. 30, 2015 Home................................W, 9-0

Overall Record: 3-0 Home: 1-0 | Neutral: 2-0

All-Time

SERIES

KENYON (OHIO)

Overall Record: 1-0 Home: 1-0

March 8, 2014 Home...............................W, 9-0

KEISER (FLA.)

Overall Record: 1-0 Neutral: 1-0

May 14, 2015 Neutral..............................W, 5-1

Overall Record: 1-0 Home: 1-0

SCAD SAVANNAH (GA.)

Overall Record: 4-0 Home: 1-0 | Away: 1-0 | Neutral: 2-0

March 15, 2014 Away..............................W, 8-1 May 15, 2014 Neutral..............................W, 5-1 March 15, 2015 Home.............................W, 8-1 May 20, 2016 Neutral..............................W, 5-1

SOUTHWEST (N.M.)

Overall Record: 1-0 Neutral: 1-0

April 25, 2014 Neutral.............................W, 5-0

LYNN (FLA.)

Overall Record: 0-1 Away: 0-1

March 10, 2015 Away............................... L, 8-1

LINDSEY WILSON (KY.)

Overall Record: 2-0 Neutral: 2-0

May 16, 2014 Neutral..............................W, 5-2 May 21, 2016 Neutral..............................W, 5-4

SPARTANBURG METHODIST (S.C.)

Overall Record: 2-0 Home: 1-0 | Away: 1-0

Feb. 20, 2013 Home................................W, 9-0 March 20, 2013 Away..............................W, 9-0

ST. LEO (FLA.)

Overall Record: 0-1 Away: 0-1

March 11, 2015 Away............................... L, 5-2

MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE

Overall Record: 2-0 Home: 2-0

April 17, 2016 Home...............................W, 8-1

MILLIGAN (TENN.)

USC AIKEN (s.c.)

March 28, 2013 Home.............................. L, 8-1

Feb. 5, 2016 Away...................................W, 8-1

NORTHERN ILLINOIS

VALDOSTA STATE (GA.)

March 11, 2014 Home.............................W, 6-1

April 4, 2015 Neutral...............................W, 5-0 April 10, 2016 Neutral.............................W, 5-0

Overall Record: 1-0 Home: 1-0

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Overall Record: 1-0 Home: 1-0

Feb. 1, 2015 Home..................................W, 8-1 Feb. 17, 2016 Home................................W, 6-1

Overall Record: 0-1 Home: 0-1

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TUSCULUM (TENN.)

OLIVET NAZARENE (ILL.) Overall Record: 2-0 Home: 1-0 | Neutral: 1-0

March 14, 2015 Home.............................W, 6-1 May 18, 2016 Neutral..............................W, 5-0

Overall Record: 1-0 Away: 1-0

Overall Record: 2-0 Neutral: 2-0

WEST ALABAMA

Overall Record: 1-0 Home: 1-0

March 30, 2016 Home.............................W, 8-1

Two-TIME NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 2014, 2016

GRIZZLY HISTORY WEST FLORIDA

Overall Record: 0-2 Away: 0-2

April 4, 2015 Away................................... L, 6-3 April 9, 2016 Away................................... L, 5-4

WEST GEORGIA

Overall Record: 2-1 Home: 2-0 | Away: 0-1

March 4, 2013 Home...............................W, 5-4 April 1, 2013 Away................................... L, 5-4 Feb. 19, 2014 Home................................W, 9-0

All-Time

SERIES

WESTMONT (CALIF.)

Overall Record: 1-0 Neutral: 1-0

May 13, 2015 Neutral..............................W, 5-2

WILLIAMS (MASS.)

Overall Record: 1-0 Home: 1-0

March 26, 2016 Home.............................W, 5-2

WILLIAM CAREY (MISS.)

Overall Record: 2-0 Home: 1-0 | Away: 1-0

Feb. 15, 2014 Away.................................W, 9-0 March 11, 2016 Home.............................W, 5-0

XAVIER (LA.)

Overall Record: 2-1 Neutral: 2-0 | Away: 0-1

Feb. 16, 2014 Neutral..............................W, 5-2 April 26, 2014 Away................................. L, 5-3 May 15, 2015 Neutral..............................W, 5-3

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