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Quick Facts • Table Of Contents
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2011 Lady Demon Tennis Quick Facts • Table of Contents This is NSU Campus Life Academics Champs • Life Skills Sports Information • Media 2011 Season Outlook 2011 Lady Demons Luc Godin, Head Coach
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Patric Dubois, Volunteer Assistant Coaching Staff Olga Bazhanova Dragana Colic Adna Curukovic Ana Jan Kathrin Lange Andrea Nedorostova Lauren Peters Martina Rubesova
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Bianca Shulz 2010 Championship Season The Southland Conference Records and year-by-year NSU Men’s Program Harry Briggs, “The Paddlin’ Professor” NSU University and Athletic Staff
Quick Facts University
2011 Roster
Name: . . . . . . . . . . . Northwestern State University Founded: . . . . 1884, as Louisiana Normal School Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natchitoches, LA President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Randall J. Webb Vice President, External Affairs: . . . Jerry Pierce Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,250 (Fall 2010) Affiliation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southland Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Burke Associate AD/Development: Dr. William Broussard Asst. AD/Marketing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Horn Asst. AD/Compliance: . . . . . . . . . Dustin Eubanks SWA/Academic Adivsor: . . . . . . . . Carrie Crowell Assistant Academic Advisor: . . . . . . Cary Bruno Ticket Manager: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adam Jonson Assistant Marketing Director: . . . . . . .Alex Cook Facility Director: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Pasch Business Manager: . . . . . . . . .Roxanne Freeman Event Manager: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rocky Smith Faculty Athletic Representative: . . . Jody Biscoe
Name Olga Bazhanova Dragana Colic Adna Curukovic Ana Jan Kathrin Lange Andrea Nedorostova Lauren Peters Martina Rubesova Bianca Schulz
Tennis Staff Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luc Godin Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . University of the Ozarks, 2006 Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-5 (1st year) SLC Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Volunteer Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patric DuBois Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Bonaventure, 1987 Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Smith Student Assistant: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marie Scriba
Team Information 2010 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-2 2010 SLC Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-0/1st 2010 Postseason: . . . . . . . . 3-0 SLC Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1 at NCAA Tournament Letterwinners Returning: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Top Returnees: . . . . . .Martina Rubesova, Bianca Schulz,Kathrin Lange, Andrea Nederostova, Olga Bazhanova, Adna Curukovic 2
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Hometown (High School/Previous School) Nikolaev, Ukraine (Gymnasium) Busovaca, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Economic HS) Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Gymnasium) Kastel Sucurac, Croatia (V. Gimnazya, Tuttlinger, Germany)
Emmigen, Germany (Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium) Brno, Czech Republic (Universal HS) Baton Rouge, La (Parkview Baptist HS) Usti nad Laben, Czech Republic (University of Economic in Prague) Balinger, Germany (Gymnasium Balinger)
Head Coach: Luc Godin (2nd Season, 1st as head coach) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Patric DuBois (9th season) Student Coach: Marie Scriba (3rd Season)
Sports Information Director: Doug Ireland Office Phone: 318-357-6467 Cell Phone: 318-471-2086 Fax: 318-357-4515 Email: ireland@nsula.edu Associate SID/Statistics: Matthew Bonnette Cell Phone: 318-663-5701 Email: bonnettem@nsula.edu Administrative Assistant: Ronnette Pellegrin Email: pellegrinr@nsula.edu Graduate Assistant: Kavolshaia Howze Cell Phone: 205-253-8848 Email: howzek@nsula.edu Tennis Contact: Doug Ireland Cell Phone: 318-471-2086 Email: ireland@nsula.edu
NSUdemons.com Visit the official web site of Northwestern State athletics for the latest women’s tennis news, statistics and schedules. Also check out Gary’s Gallery featuring action pictures of all Lady Demon home tennis matches.
SID Mailing Address: NSU Sports Information Sports Information/Prather Coliseum Room 112 398 S. Jefferson Natchitoches LA 71497
Credits Editor: Hunter Bower Editorial Assistance: Doug Ireland, Ronnette Pellegrin, Matthew Fowler, Kavolshaia Howze, Matthew Bonnette, Lady Demon tennis players and staff Cover: Matthew Bonnette Layout & Design: Hunter Bower & Matthew Bonnette Photography: Gary Hardamon Printing: Multi-Ad Media, Peoria, Ill. The 2011 NSU Women’s Tennis Media Guide was written by the NSU Sports Information Office and women’s tennis team. Design was by the NSU SID office on an Apple G5 using QuarkXpress 6.1 and Adobe Photoshop CS4. www.nsudemons.com
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The oldest institution in the University of Louisiana System, Northwestern State University has a long tradition of academic excellence in a student-centered environment. Founded in 1884 as the State Normal School, Northwestern was originally dedicated to the education of teachers. Northwestern gradually added programs in nursing, business, liberal arts, the sciences and graduate programs. Today, NSU offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Northwestern has nationally-recognized programs in computer information systems, creative and performing arts, nursing, educational technology and industrial technology. The university has put an emphasis on incorporating technology in the classroom, working to provide students with cuttingedge technology that is applicable to the workplace. Northwestern is also home to the Louisiana Scholars' College, the state's designated honors program in the arts and sciences. The university is also preparing for changes in higher education by aggressively seeking new ways to deliver to courses to students. Northwestern has taken a leadership role in electronic delivery of classes as students are taking classes via the Internet, compressed video or desktop video. Eighteen degree programs are available completely online. Enrollment at Northwestern is more than 9,000 students. The university has more than 70,000 alumni in all 50 states and 12 countries. Students come primarily from Louisiana. Located in Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase, the university and community value history. Part of the university is entered in the National Register of Historic Places. The university is home to the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, a unit of the National Park Service dedicated to promoting and enhancing the preservation and conservation of prehistoric and historic resources in the United States. Northwestern seeks to provide a well-rounded education for its students, allowing them to take part in a variety of extracurricular activities. More than 100 chartered organizations are available to enhance what is learned in the classroom.
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Sports Information • Media
They cover the Lady Demons: primary media outlets
Assistant AD/Sports Information Director
In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January of 1989, Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern's 14 intercollegiate sports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broadcast, television and the internet. He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed that post in April 1991. His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won "Best in the Nation" in FCS Division from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, "The Guy We Called Joe D," won a national second-place award in a COSIDA writing contest. Ireland has won numerous awards as SID from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He was recently awarded the Distinguished American Award� by the S.M. McNaughton Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Several of his assistant SIDs and graduate assistants have advanced to prominence in media fields. Former NSU sports information staffers under Ireland include Bruce Ludlow, associate commissioner of the Southland Conference for operations; Bill Magrath, media relations manager for the Sports Business Daily; Mike Morrison, co-editor of the ESPN Information Please Almanac; Daucy Crizer, assistant AD and business manager at Lamar; Erik Cox, SID at Lamar; Dart Volz, former SID at Southeastern Louisiana; Melissa Reynaud, former assistant SID at LSU; Kenny Lannou, SID at Kansas State; and Troy Mitchell, SID at Henderson State. Dustin Eubanks, NSU's director of NCAA compliance, worked in the NSU SID office as a graduate assistant and for two years as the fulltime assistant. And Adam Jonson, NSU’s ticket manager, was a student and graduate assistant in the SID office. In 1981-82, while an undergraduate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau, coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, he was assistant SID at Southwestern Louisiana, working with a men's basketball program that made three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications and writing awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 198586 and attended graduate school at Northeast Louisiana before joining the Alexandria Town Talk sports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports and won 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers' Association. In 2001, the LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland for his contributions to the organization. In 1999, Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the Graduate N Club at NSU by the university's group of athletic lettermen for his service to Northwestern and its athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full membership. He was appointed by President Dr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in 1997-99. A member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and a student government senator while completing a journalism degree from Northwestern, Ireland was editor of the student newspaper "Current Sauce" as a sophomore before going to work for the Shreveport Times. He was an all-district baseball player and the student body president at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, where he was a wingback for the Tigers' 1977 Class AA state football finalists coached by Don Shows.
Associate Sports Information Director
Matthew Bonnette is in his eighth season as a member of the NSU sports information staff. Bonnette joined the staff in August 2003 after spending a year as sports information director at Henderson State (Ark.) and for former NSU legendary coach Sam Goodwin. Bonnette surpervises all layouts and design work for all media guides and game programs and is the primary media contact for the NSU baseball, women’s basketball and volleyball teams. A 2002 graduate of McNeese State University, Bonnette is no stranger to the SID field as he is the son of longtime McNeese SID Louis Bonnette, who is a member of the CoSIDA Hall of Fame, Southland Conference Hall of Honor, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, and the McNeese State Athletic Hall of Fame. Matthew's older brother, Michael, is the sports information director at LSU. While at McNeese, Bonnette served two years as the sports editor of the school’s newspaper. He also worked as both a volunteer and student sports information director while being employed at KPLC-TV as the commercial production manager where he won several advertising awards for his work. He is a member of CoSIDA, Louisiana Sports Writers Association, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and the United State Basketball Wristers Association. He has been a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-America Committee the last two years and directed the voting for the All-Louisiana Women’s Basketball and Baseball teams. His 2009 football media guide placed first in its division in the LSWA sports information directors contest while his baseball media guide placed second in its respective division. He has won eight awards by the LSWA in his career. He is married to the former Colene Lanier of Lake Charles and the couple has two daughters, 10-year-old Haley, who is a fifth grader, and Katelyn, who is in the first grade and will turn seven in November. Both children attend the NSU Elementary Lab School. Colene is the Northwestern State men’s basketball and women’s soccer administrative assistant.
Hunter Bower Student SID
Matthew Fowler Student SID
Jimmie Walker Student SID
Daily Newspapers - Randy Benson, Raymond Partsch, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax 487-6315) - Jimmy Watson, Scott Ferrell, Roy Lang III, Kelly Morris, Sports, The Times, P.O. Box 30222, Shreveport, LA 71130 (318-459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Scott Rabalais, Butch Muir, Sports, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225383-1111, fax 388-0371) - Jerry Byrd, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, P.O. Box 6267, Bossier City, LA 71171 (318-352-3618, fax 747-5298) - Sports Editor, Leesville, Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446 (318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552) - Sports, New Orleans Times Picayune, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 (504-826-3405, fax 826-3401) - Fletcher Jonson, Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842) Non-Daily Newspapers - NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564) Television Stations - Lizzie Hill, KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - Colin McElroy, Adria Goins, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - Brandon Dunn, Gavin Moberg, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - Tim Fletcher, Leslie Spoon, KTBS-TV, 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport LA 71104 (318-861-5838, fax 318-862-9431) - David Antilley II, NSU-22, 104A Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-4417) Campus Radio Station - KNWD, 109 Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5693) Wire Service - Bret Martel, Associated Press, 1001 Howard Ave. Suite 200A, New Orleans, LA 70113 (800-662-7717, 504-523-3931, fax 586-0531) Conference/NCAA Offices - Todd Lamb, Jimmy Glenn, Southland Conference, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150, Frisco, TX 75034 (972-422-9500, fax 422-9225) - Jim Wright, NCAA Statistics, P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317-917-6222, fax 917-6888) National Outlets - USA Today, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22107 (703-276-3400) - Sports Illustrated, Time/Life Building, New York, NY 10020 (212-522-5782, 212-977-4540/4541) - Sporting News, Box 56, St. Louis, MO 63166 (800-433-1886, 314-993-7111) - CBS Sports, 51 W52nd St., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019 (212-975-5162/3559) - ABC Sports, 1330 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (212-456-7777) - ESPN, ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010 (203-585-2154/2125, 800-843-6416) - CNN, One CNN Plaza, 100 International Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30348 (404-822-1588) - SportsTicker, Harborside Financial Center, 600 Plaza Two, New Jersey City, NJ 07311 (800-367-8935)
SID Graduate Assistant
Kavolshaia Howze is in her first season as a graduate assistant of the NSU sports information staff. Howze will be the primary media contact for the Lady Demon softball team and will have an important hand in media relations for the SLC champion Lady Demon tennis team. She’ll also help out with both men’s and women’s basketball as a member of the official stat crew, and has assisted with football, volleyball, and soccer. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Howze came to NSU from Grambling State where she graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications with a concentration in broadcasting. She is currently working towards her master’s degree in sport administration at NSU in hopes of working in the sports industry in media relations or sports broadcasting. At Grambling, she spent three years as the senior producer and media liaison of the GSU Sports Radio Network on ESPN 99.3 in Ruston. She also worked as a producer and on-air talent for GSU-TV, a football operations intern for the former Shreveport-Bossier Battlewings, and president of the National Broadcasting Society. She is a member of CoSIDA, the National Association of Black Journalists, Association of Women in Sport Media, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The daughter of Gary Howze and Clestra Beck, she is the youngest of six; one sister Khalilah, and five brothers, Gary, Alan, and Roy Howze, and Alvin and Almorrius Beck. She’s also the aunt of three nieces and two nephews.
Ronnette Pellegrin SID Admin. Asst.
Northwestern State Sports Information • Prather Coliseum, Room 112 • Natchitoches, LA • 71497 • Office: (318) 357-6467 • Fax:
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2011 Outlook
The Sky’s the limit for NSU and new head coach Luc Godin So, what goals can you set when a team brings everybody back from a season that can hardly be topped? Welcome to your first year as head coach at Northwestern State, Luc Godin. Welcome to what your recruiting and coaching helped develop, in your two years (2008-09) as assistant coach under Patric DuBois. What the Lady Demon tennis team did while you were way almost defies explanation. It's not just that the 2010 squad went 21-2, or that they were unbeaten against Southland Conference opponents. It's not that just that they won the Southland Conference regular-season and tournament championships. It's not just that they became NSU's first entry in the NCAA Team Tournament, or that sophomore Martina Rubesova became the first Lady Demon to reach the NCAA Singles Championships' 64-woman draw. It's how they did all that, and who they are. Remarkable competitors, who won close, hard-fought match after
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M a rt ina Rubesova close-hard fought match. Great teammates, who wanted success for the other girls more than they wanted it for themselves. Great friends. An incredible 2010 season will never be forgotten. But temporarily, it must be, to some degree. That was then, this is now. Maybe to some opponents, what NSU did last year might be daunting to consider. More likely, it will be incentive to beat the Lady Demons. Godin and his team realize the situation, and embrace it. “We've got the bullseye on our backs,” he says. “There are three positions to play. You're either the underdog, you're even or you're the favorite, and without losing anybody, we're obviously the favorite after what the team accomplished last year. It's been a long time since Northwestern State tennis has been in that position. “Overall, the girls are excited about it. Everybody loves an underdog but most of the time, the underdog doesn't win. We prefer being the favorite. It's something the team earned and it's a challenge we embrace. It helps motivate us. We know teams are coming for
us and we want to maintain our stature, so it makes us work harder. It's allowed us to have better practices and stay focused. It's exciting to see if we can finish the year No. 1. The obvious temptation for a new coach coming in with the whole squad back from that kind season would be don't change a thing. Take the same approach. Use the same lineup. But people don't stay the same. Circumstances change. And so must the approach. During the fall season, Godin experimented with doubles combinations, partly out of necessity, since senior Kathrin Lange was back home doing an internship to graduate this spring. Bianca Schulz had to have another partner. But in scheduling, and in planning for 2011, Godin embraced the possibility of change. “We want to put ourselves in the position of playing a lot of matches early in the season to evaluate our team, try out some different doubles combinations, work on a few things, look at a few different lineups in singles. These are all matches that should be competitive, and will put us in position
Kathrin Lange
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2011 Outlook to win, and get ourselves ready for the heart of the conference race.” He also purposefully ramped up the non-conference schedule. It's not likely this year's team will match the gaudy record of a year ago, and that's fine, he says. What he, and the players want, is to be an even better team at season's end - to have improved individually, and as a team, to have been pushed and challenged, and the 2011 schedule does that. “We're excited about playing nationally-ranked teams, which will happen when we're at North Texas. We enjoy playing our neighbors in the Sun Belt and Conference USA. We've shown in the past couple of years, we've competed well against teams from those conferences. We're going to be playing a Texas-El Paso team which has traditionally been a strong opponent, so that's another milepost in our preparation for the conference season. “We could have a better team than last year, and get into the thick of our conference race with a record not as outstanding as we were at that point a year ago. It could happen. We are playing a stronger out-of-conference schedule this year, as we should with such an
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B i a n ca S c h u l z experienced team. If everything goes well together, if we're fortunate not to have injuries, then we have the opportunity to compete and win hopefully on the scale that was done here last year. We have a couple younger players who are pushing to get in the lineup. We don't want to maintain, we want to be stepping forward, and the only way to do that is to put ourselves in tougher situations with better competition. We did that with our trip to Florida, where we faced 3-4 schools ranked in the top 30 nationally, and it helped us. We had a few questions about doubles, we weren't sure how we were going to approach things, but this fall gave us the opportunity to see a couple different formations that we liked. It definitely gives us options, which is something as a coach you always want and don't always have. We have our six returning starters and we have two players who have shown they are ready to jump in if we need them, which is a great thing. We worked hard in the fall, at a very high tempo, and the girls are excited and comfortable with that rhythm. If we can maintain it through the season we could be very successful.” It's not only tougher out of conferwww.nsudemons.com
ence. League play will be at a higher level than before, and it was already pretty good. “The Southland Conference is really making a big step forward in tennis. We are becoming one of the best conferences in our sport for several reasons. One is our location, where you can play tennis outdoors year round. Some of our conference members have made coaching hires and commitments to their programs that are obviously going to be beneficial. UTA is going to be very tough, well coached, and everybody else seems to have picked it up. The level of tennis in our conference is to the point where I think the No. 6 or 7 team would have had a chance to win the conference championship maybe 45 years ago. It's going to be really exciting. The conference matches will be a good challenge which will help you improve.” That's Godin's goal - for the 2011 team, and for Lady Demon tennis, every day, and all the way. Get better because you don't stay the same. You rise, or fall, each day. He has no doubt which direction NSU tennis is heading, and neither do his players. The sky's the limit!
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2011 Lady Demon Roster
2011 Northwestern State Lady Demon Roster Name Olga Bazhanova Dragana Colic Adna Curukovic Ana Jan Kathrin Lange Andrea Nedorostova Lauren Peters Martina Rubesova Bianca Schulz
Ht. Cl. 5-8 Jr. 5-6 Sr. 5-6 Sr. 5-6 Fr. 5-10 Sr. 5-7 So. 5-6 So. 5-6 Jr. 5-7 Sr.
Exp. 2L 3L 3L HS 3L 1L 1L 1L 3L
Hometown (High School/Previous School) Nikolaev, Ukraine (Gymnasium) Busovaca, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Economic HS) Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Gymnasium) Kastel Sucurac, Croatia (V. Gimnazya, Tuttlinger, Germany) Emmigen, Germany (Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium) Brno, Czech Republic (Universal HS) Baton Rouge, La (Parkview Baptist HS) Usti nad Laben, Czech Republic (University of Economic in Prague) Balinger, Germany (Gymnasium Balinger)
Olga Bazhanova
Dragana Colic
Adna Curukovic
Ana Jan
Andrea Nedorostova
Lauren Peters
Martina Rubesova
Bianca Schulz
Luc Godin Head Coach
Patric Dubois Volunteer Assistant
Marie Scriba Student Assistant
Scott Smith Manager
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Coaching Staff
Luc Godin
Head Coach • 2nd year, 1st as head coach University of the Ozarks (2006) Former assistant coach Luc Godin, on the heels of a conference championship as head coach last spring at Drury (Mo.), is the Lady Demons' head coach. Godin also was an assistant coach at Tyler Junior College on three NJCAA national champion women's teams before he first arrived at Northwestern State in 2008. Director of athletics Greg Burke hired Godin as head coach last summer upon the recommendation of retiring coach Patric DuBois. With the team benefitting from Godin's coaching as part of the Lady Demon staff in 2008-09, DuBois guided Northwestern to its greatest season in school history in 2010, a 21-2 campaign last spring culminating with Southland Conference regularseason and tournament titles, and the school's first appearance in the NCAA Team Tournament. Godin, 34, was a graduate assistant under DuBois in 2008-09 and either coached or helped recruit all of the players on last year's championship team -- all who return for 2011. Godin spent 2009-10 as head men's coach at Drury (Mo.), guiding a team that finished 17-5 last spring, winning its fourth Great Lakes Valley Conference title in five seasons. The 16th-ranked Panthers lost in the NCAA Division II Round of 16 to fourthranked Barry, the eventual national champions. Along with his experience at Tyler JC, Godin also ran an ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) camp for one season in central Florida. A native of Petit-rocher, New Brunswick, Canada, Godin qualified for and played in nationals in his home country, and played in some ATP futures events 12
before choosing to focus on his coaching career. Burke was pleased to bring Godin back to Northwestern State. "NSU is most fortunate to have someone of Luc Godin's ability and, in fact, someone who played a major role in helping build the Lady Demon tennis program to its current status, in line to replace Patric. I am confident that Lady Demon tennis, under Luc's leadership, will continue its upward momentum." DuBois was pleased to be able to hand over the reigns to the program to a trusted assistant and friend. "I am very confident that Luc Godin will do an outstanding job as the head coach. Luc spent two years as my assistant and certainly played a role in the development of several players on this team. Luc has a great work ethic, integrity, character, and is one of the top young tennis coaches in college tennis," said DuBois. "Luc will be a productive member of the NSU and Natchitoches community and has a good rapport with the outstanding tennis com-
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munity in Natchitoches. We are very excited to have him back here at NSU." Godin cited having DuBois as a mentor, and the local tennis community and the city of Natchitoches in general, as keys in his decision to leave a strong program at Drury. "I am extremely excited to come back to the community of Natchitoches. The tennis program Northwestern State has given us the ingredients to continue to be extremely competitive and successful, and to ensure a great experience first and foremost for the student-athletes," he said. "The opportunity to come and work with Patric again was a key factor in my decision. The fact that he will be with the program makes a huge difference for me, especially at this early stage of my head coaching career." Born July 5, 1976, Godin earned a master's in health and human performance with a concentration in health promotion in 2009 from Northwestern State.
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Patric Dubois
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Volunteer Assistant • 9th year, 1st as VA St. Bonaventure (1987) P a t r i c DuBois is one of the most successful tennis coaches in Southland Conference history, and has a track record of developing nationallycompetitive teams and players who succeed on the court and in the classroom. He currently ranks 17th nationally among all collegiate tennis coaches in wins with a 333-202 record at the Division I level. DuBois will begin his first season as a volunteer assistant for the Lady Demon tennis team. DuBois handed over the reins to former assistant Luc Godin at the beginning of the 2010 fall campaign. DuBois guided Northwestern to its greatest season in school history, a 21-2 campaign last spring culminating with Southland Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and the school's first appearance in the NCAA Team Tournament. Sophomore Martina Rubesova became the first Lady Demon player to be invited and participate in the 64-woman NCAA Singles Championship, and was the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year and the All-Louisiana Player of the Year. In 18 seasons of collegiate coaching, DuBois has led Northwestern State and Texas-Arlington to 13 Southland Conference titles. Early in his coaching career, DuBois guided the 1994 Lady Demons to the SLC Championship before he picked up 11 more SLC crowns and five NCAA Tournament appearances coaching at Texas-Arlington. DuBois coached five seasons (198994) at Northwestern, then moved to UTA for nine seasons (1994-2003) before accepting the job managing the ultra-modern WRAC on the NSU campus in 2003. He began his additional duties as tennis coach in June of 2006. During his first stint at NSU, his teams Great Tradition • Brighter Future
won several Intercollegiate Tennis Association awards for their academic achievement. He recruited Lludmila Pavlov, who rose as high as No. 33 in the ITA singles rankings, and the doubles team of Karen Bacon and Emily Nichols, who rose as high as No. 20 in the ITA doubles rankings. That trio was the cornerstone of the Lady Demons' 1994 SLC championship. Moving to UTA, he took over a men's program which had never won an SLC title, but went on to win six under his guidance before he was named director of tennis in 1997, taking on additional head coaching duties for the women's program. In his third season in that capacity, the UTA women launched a 46-match winning streak in conference play, winning four SLC championships and making three NCAA appearances. He coached Andy Leber, who was the NCAA Division I Senior National Player of the Year in 2002. Leber had a singles record of 44-3, was an NCAA All-American, and was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation in Division I singles. His overall coaching record is 333-203,
including a 154-37 mark in conference matches. DuBois has been named SLC "Coach of the Year" nine times and his teams have won nine SLC Tournament championships to go with the 13 regularseason titles. He has coached more than 80 athletes who have earned first or second-team All-SLC honors, including 10 SLC Tennis "Athletes of the Year." DuBois has also seen eight of his teams honored by the ITA for their outstanding academic achievements, posting a cumulative team grade point average of 3.2 or better. A Kingston, N.Y. native, DuBois was an outstanding tennis player at St. Bonaventure University in the Atlantic 10 Conference where he received his bachelor's degree in health and physical education. DuBois then received his graduate degree in sports administration from Kent State in Ohio. DuBois' wife, Lise, is an instructor in the department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Northwestern. They have one daughter, Mazie Catherine, who attends St. Mary's Junior High School.
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Marie Scriba
Student Assistant Coach • 3rd year Equeurdreville, France Student assistant coach Marie Scriba brings a knowledgeable and experienced role to the courts for a third year. Scriba was a player for Northwestern State, before suffering a career ending injury in spring of 2008, finishing her career with a combined record of 9-3 in the 2007 and 2008 seasons. In doubles her career record was 14-8, playing in all three positions. Before coming the NSU she attended Clemson and was ranked in the top 10 juniors in France along with playing on the French Junior National Team. Scriba played in the Junior French Open in 2001. She is a psychology major with a concentration in substance abuse and sports with a 3.98 GPA. She plans to obtain at least a master’s degree after undergrad and hopes to be a clinical psychologist.
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Scott Smith Manager • 2nd year University of the Ozarks, 2007
Scott Smith is in his second season as a member of the Lady Demon staff and will serve as the team manager this season. Smith joined the staff last season as an assistant coach and brought experience as a teaching pro and a head college coach to the NSU Lady Demon tennis program. From 2002-2004, Coach Smith was a tennis teaching professional at the Raveneaux Country Club in Spring, Texas, as well as the Woodlands Country Club in Houston. In the next two years, he was the assistant coach at the University of Ozarks from 2004-2006 and became the head coach at Ozarks from 20062008. He has been a tennis teaching professional at the Westside Tennis and Fitness Club in Houston since 2008 before joining coach Patric DuBois on the NSU coaching staff in August. Smith received his B.S. degree in business administration in 2007 from the University of the Ozarks. He received his associates degree in Recreational Leadership - Tennis Teaching from Tyler (Texas) Junior College in 2002. Smith is currently working on his master’s degree in Sport Administration at Northwestern.
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2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles 2010 SLC All-Academic Second Team 2010 Season: Went 12-7 in singles while playing all matches in the No. 1 position… finished the season with 17-2 doubles record… teamed up with Adna Curukovic in the No. 1 position… went 10-1 in conference doubles action. 2009 Season: Finished 11-11 in singles matches playing in the No. 2 and No. 3 position… went 17-6 in doubles play teaming up with Dragana Colic, Daniela Posada, and Suncica Strkic…played all doubles matches from the No. 1 position… finished 8-2 in SLC doubles play and went 2-0 in doubles in the conference tournament matches. High School: Ranked No. 6 in the Ukraine 16 and under division... graduated with a 3.7 GPA at Gymnasium. Personal: Born July 21, 1990... daughter of Jeyna Alexanda Bazhanova... mother is a nurse and father is a military officer...one sister, Anna... majoring in health and performance and wants to become a tennis coach.
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2010 Season: Finished with a perfect 4-0 record in singles playing in the No. 5 and No. 6 spots… Went 3-1 in doubles play with a perfect conference record of 2-0… Played in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots 2009 Season: Finished 10-9 in singles matches and 15-5 in doubles… played in the No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 spots in singles…played all doubles matches in the No. 1 spot and played all with Olga Bazhanova…finished conference season with a doubles record of 8-2 … finished conference tournament with a 2-0 record in doubles. 2008 Season: Went 4-5 in singles competition and a perfect 6-0 in doubles… played all but one match in the No. 6 singles spot with the other at the No. 5 position… teamed with Adna Curukovic in doubles and played at the No. 3 spot… played one match at the No. 2 doubles position… went 3-3 in conference singles matches. High School: Attended Economic High School in Busovaca where she graduated as Valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA… ranked 5th in Bosnia in the 18-under division. Personal: Born on March 28, 1989…only child of Lucija and Drago Colic… father Drago makes furniture…majoring in business administration.
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2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles 2010 SLC All-Academic First Team 2010 Season: Finished 13-7 in singles playing primarily in the No. 2 position… Went 7-4 in conference singles play… finished the season 17-3 in doubles action while going 10-1 in conference action… played in the No. 1 and No. 3 positions with partners Olga Bazhanova and Dragana Colic 2009 Season: Played the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in singles with a 11-10 record… finished the season with a doubles record of 16-6… played in the No. 3 spot in all doubles matches teaming with Suncica Strikic and Daniela Posada…finished conference doubles with a 7-3 record. 2008 Season: Played at the No. 4 and No. 5 singles positions and compiled a 12-9 record… finished 14-6 in doubles action…she teamed with Daniela Posada, Dragana Colic, and Marie Scriba to win to win 11 of her final 13 doubles matches…finished 5-6 in the SLC in singles and 8-1 in doubles conference matches. High School: Attended Gymnasium in Zenica, Bosnia, and Herzegovina where she participated in math and democratic competitions as well as tennis… top ranked junior in Bosnia. Personal: Born August 16, 1989… only daughter of Semir and Sadika Curukovic and has only one brother Anad…mother Sadika is a nurse and father Semir is an entrepreneur… majoring in pre-medicine and has a 4.0 GPA…plans to attend medical school and become a surgeon.
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Godin on Jan: “Ana is a great person with a wonderful attitude, the approach we want here. As far as getting playing time, it's a tough situation for her to come into, with the entire team back from last year. There aren't any spots open to expect a freshman to step into, when you look at the players who are here. The good news is she's taking the challenge, not turning away. She's made some huge steps forward, but she will not be happy until she gets into our singles lineup. That's exciting to have a girl with that kind of discipline and determination. She took the fall to work on some things with her game we wanted to switch, and we've seen constant improvement. The level of tennis went up, the confidence level went up, and right now if we have to call upon her, we feel she could give us a good performance and would score points for us. She's a bright spot for us going forward.” High School: Played for tennis club Dalmacijacement… Ranked one of the top 25 players in Croatia under the age of 16… competed in chemistry and physics… considered one of the best students in her generation. Personal: Born March 10, 1992… daughter of Biljana and Antun Zvonimir Yan… mother is a doctor and father is an engineer… one sibling, Josip,.. majoring in Biology… member of the International Student Organization… wants to improve her English and tennis skills… nickname is Banana.
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2010 All-SLC First Team Singles 2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles 2010 SLC All-Academic First Team 2010 All-Louisiana First Team 2010 Season: Finished the season 17-4 in singles play… went a perfect 110 in conference singles play… played primarily in the No. 4 position finishing 13-3… finished the season with a 16-4 record in doubles play… played all doubles matches with Bianca Shulz. 2009 Season: Finished the season 11-9 in singles playing in the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 spots…played primarily in the No. 3 spot finishing 10-4…compiled a 16-4 in doubles playing all matches in the No. 2 slot… played all doubles matches with Bianca Schulz…undefeated in doubles play during the conference season (11-0). 2008 Season: All-SLC second team in doubles… posted a 12-10 record in singles competition and 17-5 mark in doubles…played at the No. 2 slot in singles and went 7-4 in conference play…compiled a 9-2 league record in doubles action at the No. 1 and 2 spots…Teamed with Bogusia Patzer and Bianca Schulz… she and Schulz teamed to defeat Louisiana-Lafayette 9-7, who at the time, was ranked No. 71 in the nation. High School: Attended Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium Tuttlingen in Tuttlingen, Germany…held offices in several clubs as well as being very involved with the school's athletic program…also coached a private tennis club in Germany. Personal: Born May 7, 1988…daughter of Sabine and Willy Lange…has two brothers, Nicholas who is a doctor, and Christian…majoring in business administration…plans on getting an MBA.
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2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles 2010 All-SLC Second Team Singles 2010 Season: Finished the season 14-4 in singles playing in the No.4 and No. 5 spots... played primarily in the No. 5 spot finishing 11-5... compiled a perfect 19-0 record in doubles playing primarily in the No. 2 spot... led conference with the most wins in doubles play with Martin Rubesova (17-0). High School: Her senior year, she won four international doubles tournaments in Europe... finished with high of 14th ranking in the Czech under-18 division... ranked 70th in the European Tennis Association... graduated with a 3.7 GPA at Universal High School in Brno. Personal: Born August 2, 1990... daughter of Milan and Jana Nedorostova... father is a building entrepreneur... one sibling, Klara... majoring in communications.
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Godin on Peters: “Lauren Peters came in last year and struggled finding a place to play in this lineup. She is a great, not a good but a great, team player. She had a good junior career, and came here and became a small fish in a big pond. It's difficult to come in as a freshman when you have a very experienced team that is ultimately going to win a conference championship. We've made a few changes in her game that have worked really well for her. She's probably one of our best practice players. It's coming around and it's just a matter of timing. Lauren all of a sudden has put herself in a position where she could be asked to get us points this spring. It's nice as a coach to see players like Lauren showing persistence, be open to changing her game, and then take that coaching and actually making the improvement you hope to see. I'm proud of her progress.” 2010 Season: Did not see any action during competition play but was a pivotal part in preparing the Lady Demons to cruise to their Southland Conference championship. High School: Lettered five years in tennis…team regional champions three of four years… high school team was state runner-up two of three which include her junior and senior year… regional singles champion four years… state champion in singles junior year finishing with a 16-0 record…regional and state doubles champion senior year…MVP junior and senior year… participated in National Honor Society, Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Chaplain), yearbook editor…graduated with a 3.6 gpa. Personal: Born December 19, 1990… daughter of Warren and Barbara Peters… one sibling, Lewis… majoring in the department of Health and Human Performance…plans to attend graduate school for athletic training. Great Tradition • Brighter Future
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2010 SLC Newcomer of the Year 2010 All-SLC First Team Singles 2010 All-SLC Team Team Doubles 2010 Louisiana Player of the Year 2010 Louisiana Newcomer of the Year 2010 All-Louisiana First Team 2010: Finished the season with an overall record of 35-0 in singles and doubles play… compiled a 17-0 record in singles play while going 9-0 in conference action… played primarily in the No. 3 position in singles play… Finished with a 18-0 doubles record with partner Andrea Nedorostova… played in the No. 2 spot primarily racking up a 16-0 record... became the first Lady Demon player to ever play in the 64-women NCAA Singles Championship and the only player from Louisiana to do so this season... lost 6-1, 6-1 to Georgia All-American Chelsey Gullickson, the nation’s 12thranked singles player. High School: Ranked in the top 20 of Czech Republic in 18 and under division. Personal: Born April 26, 1988…daughter of Zdenek Rubes and Drahomira Rubesova…four siblings, brother Miroslav and sister Ivana, Sarka, and Lucie…majoring in business… has plans to start a business. Rubesova’s Career Stats
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2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles 2010 SLC All-Academic Second Team 2010 All-Louisiana Second Team 2008 All-Louisiana Freshman of the Year 2010 Season: Finished season with a 17-3 record in singles… played primarily in the No. 6 position achieving a 12-3 record… finished with a 10-1 record in conference action… compiled a 16-4 record in doubles play… teamed with Kathrin Lange in all doubles matches… played most of the doubles matches in the No. 3 position. 2009 Season: Led the Lady Demons in wins in singles with a 15-7 record playing the majority in the No. 4 spot where she achieved a 13-7 record… played her other matches in the No. 3 spot…in doubles compiled a 19-4 record playing all matches in the No. 2 spot… teamed with Kathrin Lange and Daniela Posada…finished the conference season with a 11-0 record in doubles. 2008 Season: All-SLC second team in singles and doubles…Louisiana Division I Women's Tennis Freshman of the Year… had the most wins of any Lady Demon…compiled an 18-4 record in singles competition and 15-7 mark in doubles… played mainly at the No. 4 slot in singles…finished 9-2 in the conference in singles matches and 9-2 in doubles competition…teamed with Kathrin Lange to defeat 71st ranked Louisiana-Lafayette 9-7. High School: Attended Gymnasium Balinger in Balinger, Germany…ranked in Germany's Top 50 in the juniors 18-under division. Personal: Born June 10, 1987…daughter of Gabi and Gunther Schulz…one sister, Carmen…majoring in hospitality management and plan to work as part of a management staff in a hotel.
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2010 Championship Season
Lady Demons cruise to regular season and tournament titles Northwestern State posted its greatest season in three decades of women’s tennis when it finished the 2010 slate with a sparkling 21-2 record, a Southland Conference regular season championship,a Southland tournament title, and the team’s first-ever NCAA Team Tournament appearance. NSU joined Stanford as the only teams in the country with just two defeats. All three Lady Demon doubles’teams earned first team All-SLC honors - Olga Bazhanova/Adna Curukovic at the No. 1 slot, Martina Rubesova/Andrea Nedorostova at No. 2, and Kathrin Lange/Bianca Schulz at the No. 3 doubles. Also, Rubesova and Lange earned first team All-SLC in singles competition while Bazhanova, Nedorostova and Schulz picked up second team honors. Rubesova, who was named the Louisiana Player of the Year and 24
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unbeaten in the 11-match SLC regular season and three SLC Tournament contests this weekend. It came after UTA (13-7) built a 3-1 lead, sweeping the lower three singles matches in straight sets following the Lady Demons capturing the opening doubles point. Adna Curukovic closed NSU within 3-2 with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) No. 2 singles win, then Martina Rubesova fought off several match points by Klara Jagosova and drew the contest even at 3-3 with a 6-0, 2-6, 7-5 triumph at No. 3 to keep her unbeaten (17-0) this spring, leaving the outcome and NCAA berth up to the No. 1 position. Bazhanova won the last two games after a stirring charge from UTA's Monika Hadvigerova, who fought off four match points down 5-2, 40-love and then won the next two games to knot the match 5-5. Bazhanova held serve, then broke Hadvigerova to close Great Tradition • Brighter Future
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2010 Championship Season out a 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 7-5 victory to hand NSU the tournament title. Northwestern notched its first point in trademark fashion, although not without difficulty in taking the doubles point. Rubesova and Andrea Nedorostova won the No. 2 match 8-4 (going 19-0 this spring), then Bazhanova/Curukovic took the No. 1 position 8-6. UTA was up 7-6 in the No. 3 doubles when NSU clinched the point with the No. 1 win. That raised the Lady Demons to 565 in doubles play, including 37-2 against conference foes, this spring. NCAA Tournament Recap
In a 4-0 win on May 14 over Northwestern State, No. 1-ranked Baylor didn't get the cakewalk the score could indicate or a top seed would expect in the first round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Championships. A comeback from a 5-0 deficit at No. 3 sparked Baylor to claim the doubles point, and while the Lady Bears controlled three singles matches to clinch the overall outcome, the Lady Demons were extremely competitive in the other three, including a first-set 7-5 win from
unbeaten Martina Rubesova in the No. 3 position. After a three-hour rain delay interrupted singles play, two other Lady Demons rebounded mightily from firstset 6-0 routs. At No. 1, Olga Bazhanova was knotted 4-4 in the second set with the No. 5-ranked player in the country, Lenka Broosova. At No. 6, Bianca Schulz was also even at 4-4 against Cria Lindlar. By dropping only two games in the other three singles (Nos. 2, 4 and 5) Baylor won its 22nd consecutive contest and improved to 28-2, including 21 victories over ranked foes. With four Top 100-ranked singles players, the Lady Bears advanced to Saturday's regional final at the Baylor Tennis Center against No. 32 Tulsa, a 4-2 winner earlier Friday over North Texas. Northwestern ended its greatest season in three decades of women's tennis with a sparkling 21-2 record after its first defeat in 20 matches. Rubesova, ranked 121st nationally and headed to the 64-woman singles draw May 26 at the NCAA Championships, took her first set from No. 55 Taylor Ormand of Baylor.
The Lady Demons opened quick leads in two of the three doubles matches, with the junior tandem of team captain Kathrin Lange and Bianca Schulz rolling to a 5-0 lead over Ormond and Lindlar. But Baylor won 8 of the next 9 games to recover and post an 8-6 decision at No. 3. That outcome handed the Lady Bears the doubles point because earlier, the nation's No. 11-ranked doubles pairing, Broosova and Csilla Borsanyi, closed out an 8-3 decision at No. 1 over Bazhanova and Adna Curukovic. When the rain delay struck, Rubesova and Lange were the only two NSU players to notch game wins in singles, as the Lady Bears were dominating.
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at LouisianaTech Tulane UNO at Houston *Lamar *McNeese State *Stephen F. Austin *Sam Houston State *at Central Arkansas at Ark.-Little Rock *A&M-Corpus Christi *UT-San Antonio *at Southeastern La. *at Nicholls *at Texas State *at UT-Arlington at UL-Monroe UL-Lafayette !vs. Stephen F. Austin !vs. UT-Arlington !vs. Lamar ^at Baylor
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The Southland Conference 2010 All-SLC Women’s Tennis Teams
In an era of considerable change in intercollegiate athletics, the Southland Conference continues to be a model of innovation, stability and consistent achievement as it celebrates the academic and athletic accomplishments of its member institutions. What began as a small gathering of college administrators more than 45 years ago, the Southland Conference has transformed itself into a dynamic and respected consortium of 12 member universities in three states. Beginning with a historic meeting of five institutions in Dallas on March 15, 1963, that included current members Lamar University (then Lamar State College of Technology) and the University of Texas at Arlington (then Arlington State College), the Southland Conference set on an extraordinary course that has proven successful well into its fifth decade of existence. On July 1, 2006, the Southland Conference commemorated another milestone as the league membership reached 12, marking the largest configuration ever for the organization. The addition of the University of Central Arkansas and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi expanded the Southland into the Little Rock metro area and into the eighth largest city in Texas. Central Arkansas and A&M-Corpus Christi enhanced the Southland Conference in innumerable ways, including athletic and academic successes, strong and principled leadership, and strong fan support and media coverage. In addition to its two newest members, the Southland Conference lineup also consists of Lamar University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Sam Houston State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin State University, the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Texas State University-San Marcos. All told, the revised membership of the Southland encompasses more than 180,000 current students and an alumni base of approximately 920,000. Famous alums from Southland Conference schools include former President Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas State), former CBS news anchor Dan Rather (Sam Houston State), retired U.S. Central Command General Tommy Franks (UT Arlington), NBA executive Joe Dumars (McNeese State), ABC news anchor Robin Roberts (Southeastern Louisiana), country music star George Strait (Texas State), Major League Baseball stars Hunter Pence (UT Arlington), Kevin Millar (Lamar) and Ben Broussard (McNeese State), NBA legend Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas) and actor Lou Diamond Phillips (UT Arlington). The cities of the Southland are diverse and progressive, ranging from international business and cultural centers such as the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, San Antonio and the New Orleans area, to the historical cities of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Natchitoches, La., to the home of the modern oil boom, Beaumont, Texas, to the unique Cajun French cultures found in the Louisiana cities of Thibodaux and Lake Charles. Southland Conference institutions also draw large numbers of students from the metropolitan areas of Houston, Little Rock, Baton Rouge, Austin, and Shreveport. The Southland sponsors 17 championship sports, all at the NCAA Division I level. The eight men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. The women compete for nine championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. The Conference earns automatic qualification to NCAA championships in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, and volleyball.Southland Conference football ranks among the best Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) leagues in the nation, and enjoys an annual expectation of competing for the national championship with multiple teams advancing to the NCAA playoffs each year. In 2002 and 2003, McNeese State finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation, and advanced to the 2002 national championship contest, the sixth such title game appearance since the league joined FCS in 1982. All told, Southland teams have played in 89 Division I playoff games in 27 years, winning 42 of the contests.
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FIRST TEAM SINGLES No. 1 Mariaryeni Gutierrez No. 2 Kaltrina Harbuzi No. 3 Martina Rubesova No. 4 Kathrin Lange No. 5 Daiana Negreanu No. 6 Nyssa Peele
Lamar Lamar NSU NSU UTA TXST
San Antonio, Venezuela Schneverdingen, Germany Usti nad Labem Emmimgen, Germany Alexandria, Romania Austin, Texas
FIRST TEAM DOUBLES No. 1 Olga Bazhanova Adna Curukovic No. 2 Andrea Nedorostova Martina Rubseova No. 3 Kathrin Lange Bianca Shulz
NSU NSU NSU NSU NSU NSU
Nikolaev, Ukraine Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina Brno, Czech Republic Usti nad Labem Emmimgen, Germany Balinger, Germany
SECOND TEAM SINGLES No.1 Olga Bazhanova NSU No. 2 Doris Kuselj AMCC No. 3 Paola Montuenga SFA No. 4 Maria Martinez-Romero UTA No. 5 Andrea Nedorostova NSU No.6 Bianca Shulz NSU
Nikolaev, Ukraine Dubronik, Croatia Vendome, France Nules, Spain Brno, Czech Republic Balinger, Germany
SECOND TEAM DOUBLES No. 1 Mariaryeni Gutierrez Lamar Manijee Ashrafi Lamar No. 2 Gabriela Rojas TXST Mariana Perez TXST No. 3 Maria Martinez-Romero UTA Nikola Matovikova UTA
San Antonio, Venezuela San Juan, Peurto Rico Cali, Colombia Bucaramanga, Colombia Nules, Spain Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 Tournament (Corpus Christi, Texas)
QUARTERFINALS No. 3 Texas State def. No. 6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-1 No. 2 Texas-Arlington def. No. 7 Southeastern Louisiana, 4-1 No. 4 Lamar def. No. 5 Sam Houston State, 4-1 No. 1 Northwestern State def. No. 8 Stephen F. Austin, 4-0 SEMIFINALS No. 2 Texas-Arlington def. No. 3 Texas State, 4-0 No. 1 Northwestern State def. No.4 Lamar, 4-0 CHAMPIONSHIP No. 1 Northwestern State def. No. 2 Texas-Arlington, 4-3
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Season and Career Records Career Singles WIns Name 1. Vicky Sims 2. Shayne Fitzwilliam 3. Shirley Echaiz 4. Karen Patel 5. Babette Cramer T6. Bianca Schulz T6. Daniela Posada T8. Nanette Beasley T8. Jane Paterson 9. Ana Maria deFelippo 10. Monica Isaza
Career doubles WIns Record 67-19 63-14 58-35 56-23 53-36 51-14 51-26 50-23 50-30 49-33 48-28
Years 1989-92 1986-89 1979-82 1988-91 1987-88 2008-present 2006-09 1979-81 1988-91 1984-87 1984-87
Name 1. Karen Patel 2. Barbara Tons 3. Shayne Fitzwilliam 4. Jane Paterson 5. Bianca Schulz T6. Kathrine Lange T6. Karla Tubbs 8. Adna Curukovic 9. Sara Jones 10. Daniela Posada
Record 63-22 57-13 55-19 52-16 50-16 49-14 49-30 48-15 45-33 43-27
Years 1988-91 1986-89 1986-89 1988-91 2008-present 2008-present 1983-85 2008-present 1987-89 2006-09
season doubles WIns SeasonSingles WIns Name 1. Marie Jeanne Huyben 2. Carin Roux T3. Shayne Fitzwilliam T3. Shirley Echaiz T5. Bianca Shulz T5. Nannette Beasley T7. Martina Rubesova T7. Bianca Schulz T7. Kathrin Lange T7. Daniela Posada T7. Tory Plunkett T7. Tory Plunkett
Record 30-4 23-3 20-0 20-7 19-4 19-7 17-0 17-3 17-4 17-6 17-3 17-4
Name 1.Siw Johnsson T2. Andrea Nedorstova T2. Bianca Schulz T4. Martina Rubesova T4. Vickie Sims T4. Karen Patel T4. Jane Paterson T4. Marie Jeanne Huyban T4. Babette Cramer T4. Shirley Echaiz T4. Suzette Prieto T4. Nanette Beasley T4. Lainey McNabb
Year 1979 1980 1986 1979 2008 1979 2010 2010 2010 2008 1986 1985
Record 28-13 19-0 19-4 18-0 18-7 18-1 18-1 18-9 18-9 18-9 18-9 18-10 18-10
Year 1990 2010 2009 2010 1990 1988 1988 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979
Top Singles Career Winning Percentage (minimum 20 victories) Pct. Record Years Name 1. Carin Roux .885 23-3 1980 2. Marie Jane Huyban .882 30-4 1979 3. Tory Plunkett .829 34-7 1985-86 4. Shayne Fitzwiliam .828 63-14 1986-89 5. Bianca Schulz .785 51-14 2008-present 6. Barbara Tons .766 46-22 1986-89 7. Diane Raybon .741 20-7 1978 8. Kim Tollet .698 44-19 1983-85 9. Nanette Beasley .685 50-23 1979-81 10. Daniella Posada .662 51-26 2006-09
Doubles Career Winning Percentage
Singles Season Winning Percentage
Doubles Season Winning Percentage
(minimum 20 matches)
(minimum 15 matches)
Name 1. Shayne Fitzwilliam 2. Marie Jane Huyban T3. Bianca Schulz T3. Tory Plunkett 5. Bianca Schulz T6. Kathrin Lange T6. Tory Plunkett T8. Barba Tons T8. Karen Patel T8. Jane Paterson
Pct. 1.000 .882 .850 .850 .826 .810 .810 .762 .762 .762
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Record 20-0 30-4 17-3 17-3 19-4 17-4 17-4 16-5 16-5 16-5
Year 1986 1979 2010 1986 2008 2010 1985 1988 1988 1988
(minimum 20 wins)
Name 1. Barbara Tons 2. Olga Bazhanova 3. Dragana Colic 4. Kathrin Lange 5. Jane Paterson 6. Adna Curukovic 7. Bianca Schulz 8. Tory Plunkett 9. Shayne Fitzwilliam 10. Karen Patel
Name T1. Andrea Nedorostova T1. Martina Rubesova T3. Karen Patel T3. Jane Paterson 5. Olga Bazhanova 6. Daniela Posada T7. Adna Curukovic T7. Nanette Beasley T7. Elizabeth Rosenthal T8. Tory Plunkett T8. Barbara Tons
Pct. .814 .810 .800 .778 .765 .762 .758 .744 .743 .704
Pct. 1.000 1.000 .947 .947 .895 .867 .850 .850 .850 .842 .842
Record 57-13 34-8 24-6 49-14 52-16 48-15 50-16 29-10 55-19 50-21
Record 19-0 18-0 18-1 18-1 17-2 13-2 17-3 17-3 17-3 16-3 16-3
Years 1986-89 2009-present 2008-present 2008-present 1988-91 2008-present 2008-present 1985-86 1986-89 1988-91
Years 2010 2010 1988 1988 2010 2009 2010 1981 1981 1986 1986
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Year-by-Year Results 1977 No records available
1978 (10-4) LSU-Alexandria Centenary Southern Arkansas Southwestern La. North Texas State Houston Ole Miss McNeese State Southeastern La. Tulane Louisiana Tech Tulane Northeast La. Centenary McNeese State Centenary McNeese State LSU Northeast La. LSU-Alexandria Northeast La.
W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 6-3 W, 7-2 L, 1-8 L, 0-9 W, 8-1 W, 8-1 L, 1-8 W, 9-0 L, 4-5 L, 0-9 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 L, 2-7 L, 0-9 W, 9-0 L, 2-4
1979 (14-8) Louisiana College Southwestern La. Vanderbilt Purdue LSU Lousiana Tech Memphis State Stephen F. Austin Southeastern La. Louisiana Tech McNeese State Gustavus Adolphus Southeastern La. South Alabama South Alabama Tulane McNeese State LSU Tulane Centenary Northeast La. Centenary
W, 6-0 W, 8-1 L, 3-6 L, 4-5 L, 0-9 W, 6-3 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 L, 4-5 L, 4-5 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 L, 0-9 W, 7-2
1980 (16-5) Southern Arkansas Louisiana College Lamar Southwestern La. McNeese State Centenary Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Memphis State Louisiana Tech Northeast La. Southeastern La. Louisiana Tech LSU Arkansas-Little Rock Centenary Louisiana Tech LSU Southeastern La. LSU Tulane
W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 5-4 W, 3-1 W, 9-0 W, 5-2 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 6-3 W, 9-0 L, 0-9 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 L, 3-5 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 W, 6-3 L, 2-7 W, 9-0 L, 1-8 L, 3-6
1981 (12-10) @ Stephen F. Austin @ Centenary McNeese State @ Tulane @ Southwestern La. Arkansas-Little Rock
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L, 2-6 L, 4-5 W, 6-3 L, 1-8 W, 8-1 W, 8-1
#Oral Roberts L, 4-5 #Alabama L, 4-5 Wichita State L, 3-6 @ Houston Baptist W, 9-0 @ McNeese State W, 9-0 Southwestern La. W, 9-0 Louisiana Tech W, 6-3 Stephen F. Austin L, 0-5 Grambling W, 9-0 Houston Baptist W, 7-2 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 8-1 @ Louisiana Tech W, 6-3 Centenary L, 3-6 ##McNeese State W, 5-4 ##LSU L, 0-9 ##Tulane L, 1-8 #LSU Team Tournament ##LAIAW State Tournament, placed 4th
1982 (9-9) @ Louisiana College @ Tulane Centenary @ Grambling Notre Dame #New Orleans #Sam Houston #Stephen F. Austin Arkansas-Little Rock McNeese State Louisiana Tech Stephen F. Austin Southwestern La. Louisiana College Louisiana Tech Grambling McNeese State @ Southwestern La. #SFA Tournament, placed 3rd
W, 9-0 L, 0-9 L, 2-7 W, 9-0 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 W, 5-4 L, 0-9 W, 7-2 L, 3-6 L, 0-9 L, 2-7 W, 6-3 W, 7-2 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 W, 6-3 L, 4-5
1983 (11-11) 2/26 2/28 3/2 3/3 3/6 3/7
@ Southern Arkansas @ Stephen F. Austin McNeese State @ Southwestern La. @ Houston Stephen F. Austin Illinois State 3/10 #Lamar 3/10 #Louisiana Tech 3/11 #Oklahoma State 3/11 #Memphis State 3/12 #Northeast La. Northern Iowa 3/15 @ Grambling 3/19 @ New Orleans 3/20 @ Tulane 4/8 @ Louisiana Tech 4/15 Southwestern La. 4/16 Lamar 4/18 Arkansas-Little Rock Louisiana Tech 4/23 Grambling #NLU Invitational, placed 4th
W, 9-0 W, 7-2 W, 8-1 L, 1-7 L, 0-9 W, 7-2 W, 6-3 L, 0-9 L, 3-6 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 L, 1-8 W, 8-1 W, 7-2 W, 7-2 L, 0-9 L, 4-5 W, 5-4 L, 1-8 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 W, 8-1
1984 (11-9) @ Nicholls State @ Tulane Southwestern La. Arkansas-Little Rock #Arkansas State #Memphis State #Northeast La. #Arkansas-Little Rock West Texas State Nicholls State @ Southwestern La. Louisiana Tech @ Centenary @ McNeese State
W, 5-4 L, 3-6 L, 4-5 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 W, 6-3 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 5-4
@ Stephen F. Austin LSU Tulane Stephen F. Austin McNeese State @ Louisiana Tech #NLU Invitational, placed 4th
L, 4-5 L, 2-7 L, 4-5 W, 7-2 L, 4-5 W, 5-4
1985 (14-4, 4-1 GSC) 2/9 East Texas Baptist W, 9-0 2/20 @ East Texas Baptist W, 9-0 2/23 @ Tulane L, 1-8 2/24 @ New Orleans W, 7-0 2/26 Lamar W, 8-1 3/1 @ McNeese State W, 7-2 3/10 @ Southwestern La. W, 8-1 3/12 @ Centenary W, 6-2 3/17 Tulane L, 1-8 3/19 Louisiana Tech W, 6-3 3/25 *@Sam Houston W, 8-1 3/31 McNeese State W, 5-4 4/1 *Stephen F. Austin L, 3-6 4/2 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 3-6 4/6 *@ Nicholls State W, 9-0 4/8 *Southeastern La. W, 7-2 4/13 *@Southwest Texas W, 5-4 4/22 @Louisiana Tech W, 5-4 Finished 2nd in Gulf States Conference
1986 (13-4) GULF STAR CHAMPIONS New Orleans Southern Miss Louisiana Tech Mississippi State Houston Baptist Southwestern La. Lamar Kansas State Louisiana Tech Sam Houston Houston Baptist Stephen F. Austin McNeese State Southeastern La. Northeast La. Texas-Tyler Tulane
W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 6-3 W, 6-3 L, 3-6 L, 2-7 W, 6-3 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 L, 3-6 W, 6-3 W, 6-3 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 L, 4-5 W, 5-4
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*Southwest Texas L, 3-6 Southwestern La. W, 6-3 4/9 *Sam Houston W, 8-1 4/11 *@ North Texas State W, 5-4 4/15 Tulane L, 4-5 4/17 @ Southwestern La. W, 8-1 4/19 Centenary W, 8-1 4/23 *Northeast La. L, 4-5 Finished 2nd in Southland Conference
1989 (13-2, 3-0 SLC) SOUTHLAND CO-CHAMPIONS 2/22 3/3 3/3 3/4 3/8 3/27 4/2 4/5 4/6 4/10 4/17 4/20 4/21 4/23
Texas-Tyler New Orleans Louisiana Tech Southeastern La. LSU Southwestern La. *Sam Houston Grambling Southern Grambling *North Texas Southwestern La. Texas-Tyler *Northeast La.
W, 5-3 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 L, 0-9 L, 4-5 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 W, 7-2 W, 8-1 W, 8-1
1990 (9-9, 4-0 SLC) 2/11 @ Baylor L, 0-9 2/18 @ Louisiana Tech W, 7-2 2/24 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 4-5 2/26 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-8 3/1 #Texas Tech L, 1-8 3/2 #Texas Pan-Am W, 7-3 3/3 #Schreiner W, 9-0 3/6 @ Lamar W, 7-2 3/9 @ Centenary L, 2-7 3/17 @ Tulane W, 5-4 3/22 Centenary W, 9-0 3/24 Tulane L, 4-5 3/27 *Northeast La. W, 5-4 3/31 @ North Texas L, 4-5 4/1 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 9-0 4/4 Southern W, 9-0 4/7 *Southwest Texas W, 5-4 4/8 *Sam Houston W, 5-4 Finished 4th in Southland Conference
1991 (15-5, 3-2 SLC) 1987 (12-7) 2/14 Northeast La. 3/6 #Texas-Permian Basin 3/6 #Texas-San Antonio 3/7 #Texas-Tyler 3/10 @ Northeast La. 3/13 Southwestern La. 3/18 @ LSU 3/25 @ New Orleans 3/26 @Tulane 3/27 *@ Nicholls State 3/31 @ McNeese State 4/1 @ Texas-Tyler 4/4 @ Southwestern La. 4/7 McNeese State 4/8 Louisiana Tech 4/11 *@ Sam Houston 4/12 @ Baylor 4/13 @ Texas Christian 4/14 @ East Texas State # Texas-Tyler Invitational
W, 5-4 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 L, 2-5 W, 6-3 L, 2-7 L, 1-8 W, 9-0 L, 2-7 W, 7-2 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 L, 0-9 W, 6-3 W, 7-2 W, 7-2 W, 5-4 L, 0-9 W, 8-1
1988 (12-5, 2-2 SLC) 2/24 2/27 2/28 3/1 3/13 3/16 3/20 3/22
@ Louisiana Tech @ Nicholls State @ New Orleans @ Centenary LSU Texas-Tyler New Orleans Louisiana Tech Lamar
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1992 (13-7, 6-1) W, 7-2 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 6-3 L, 1-5 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 L, 4-5
2/8 2/14 2/20 2/28 2/29 3/1 3/3 3/4 3/18
@ Southeastern La. @ Centenary @ Louisiana Tech @ Mobile College @ South Alabama @ West Florida @ Jacksonville #N. Carolina-Wilimington
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L, 5-1 L, 4-5 W, 8-1 L, 4-5 L, 1-5 W, 6-3 W, 7-2 W, 5-1 W, 5-1
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Year-by-Year Results 3/20 Southwestern La. L, 2-7 3/21 *Sam Houston W, 8-1 3/22 *Nicholls State W, 5-4 3/25 Centenary W, 5-4 4/1 *Northeast La. L, 0-9 4/4 *Texas-San Antonio W, 5-4 4/5 *Southwest Texas W, 5-4 4/7 Louisiana Tech W, 6-0 4/11 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 8-1 4/12 *@ North Texas W, 5-4 4/20 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-8 Finished 3rd in Southland Conference
1993 (11-9, 4-3 SLC) 1/29 @ Lamar W, 5-1 1/30 @ Texas-Pan Am W, 9-0 2/6 Baylor L, 3-6 2/7 Southeastern La. W, 5-4 2/9 Centenary W, 7-2 2/27 Middle Tennessee State L, 3-5 2/28 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 3-6 3/6 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 7-2 3/7 Centenary L, 4-5 3/14 *@ Sam Houston W, 9-0 3/17 Oklahoma City W, 6-3 3/18 Louisiana Tech W, 8-0 3/20 *North Texas W, 7-2 3/21 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 9-0 3/27 @ Southwestern La. L, 2-7 3/28 *@ Nicholls State L, 3-6 4/1 *@ Northeast La. L, 4-5 4/9 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 1-8 4/10 *@ Southwest Texas W, 8-1 4/16 Southwestern La. L, 1-8 Finished 4th in Southland Conference
1994 (13-4, 8-0) SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONS 1/29 1/30 2/5 2/25 2/26 3/4 3/13 3/15 3/19 3/20 3/30 4/1 4/2 4/9 4/10 4/14 4/16
@ Rice @ Houston @ Baylor Arkansas State Lamar @ Southwestern La. *@ Texas-Arlington Centenary *@ Stephen F. Austin @Sam Houston *Northeast La. *Nicholls State *McNeese State *Southwest Texas *Texas-San Antonio Southwestern La. *@ North Texas
L, 0-6 W, 5-4 L, 3-6 W, 5-4 W, 7-2 L, 1-5 W, 9-0 W, 5-1 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 5-4 W, 7-2 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 7-2 L, 3-6 W, 8-1
1995 No records available
1996 No records available
1997 No records available
1998 No records available
1999 (7-12, 4-6 SLC) 2/6 2/12 2/13 2/13 2/20 2/27 2/28 3/6 3/7 3/14 3/20 3/21
@ Centenary #ABAC #Miss. Univ. for Women #West Florida @ New Orleans Centenary Tulane *@ Texas-San Antonio *@ Southwest Texas *@ Stephen F. Austin *Southeastern La. *Nicholls State
W, 8-1 L, 2-5 L, 2-3 L, 0-6 L, 1-8 W, 7-2 L, 0-9 L, 2-7 W, 8-1 L, 3-6 W, 9-0 L, 3-6
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3/27 *@ McNeese State 3/31 @ Southwestern La. 4/2 *Sam Houston 4/3 *Texas-Arlington 4/5 *Northeast La. 4/9 Louisiana Tech 4/11 *@ Lamar #West Florida Spring Fling
L, 0-9 L, 1-5 W, 8-1 L, 0-9 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 L, 4-5
2000 (6-12, 3-7 SLC) 2/1 2/5 2/20 2/26 3/2 3/4 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/14 3/18 3/25 3/28 4/1 4/2 4/10 4/10
Centenary @ Rice New Orleans @ Arkansas State @ Centenary *@ Texas-Arlington *@ Stephen F. Austin @ North Texas *Lamar *McNeese State *@ Louisiana-Monroe *@ Nicholls State *Sam Houston Louisiana Tech *Southwest Texas *Texas-San Antonio *@ Southeastern La. @ Louisiana-Lafayette
W, 9-0 L, 0-9 L, 1-5 L, 1-8 W, 6-3 L, 2-7 L, 3-6 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 W, 7-2 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 L, 2-7 W, 4-3 L, 0-5 L, 0-6 L, 0-5 L, 1-5
2001 (8-12, 4-6 SLC) 2/2 @ North Texas L, 1-6 2/10 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 0-7 2/11 @ New Orleans L, 0-7 2/13 Centenary W, 5-2 2/17 Southern Miss L, 1-6 2/17 @ Mississippi Valley State W, 7-0 2/21 Arkansas State L, 2-5 2/23 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 1-6 3/3 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 2-5 3/4 *@ Southwest Texas W, 5-2 3/10 *@ Lamar W, 5-2 3/11 @ Texas-Pan Am W, 6-1 3/17 *Southeastern La. L, 2-5 3/18 *Nicholls State W, 5-2 3/20 *Louisiana-Monroe L, 2-5 3/24 *@ McNeese State L, 1-6 3/25 *@ Stephen F. Austin (!) W, 5-2 3/31 *Texas-Arlington L, 0-7 4/1 * Sam Houston W, 4-3 4/16 @Louisiana Tech W, 6-1 !- Won on court but lost by forfeit on appeal
2002 (8-11, 5-5 SLC) 1/26 2/1 2/2 2/25 2/27 3/2 3/5 3/9 3/10 3/16 3/17 3/23 3/24 4/3 4/6 4/7 4/12 4/14
@ North Texas @ Arkansas-Little Rock @ Arkansas State New Orleans @ Centenary Texas-Pan Am *Louisiana-Monroe *Texas-San Antonio *Southwest Texas *@ Sam Houston *@ Texas-Arlington *Lamar *Stephen F. Austin Louisiana-Lafayette *@ Nicholls State *@ Southeastern La. Louisiana Tech *McNeese State
L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 0-7 W, 7-0 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 3-4 W, 4-3 L, 0-7 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 W, 5-2 W, 7-0 W, 6-1 L, 1-6
2003 (8-12, 5-5 SLC) 1/8 2/15 2/21 2/22 3/7 3/8 3/15
@ Southern Miss North Texas Arkansas State @ New Orleans @ Memphis @ Murray State *Southeastern La.
L, 2-5 W, 4-3 L, 0-5 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 0-7 W, 4-3
3/16 3/18 3/23 3/27 3/29 3/30 4/2 4/5 4/6 4/12 4/13 4/19
*Nicholls State *Louisiana-Monroe *@ Stephen F. Austin Arkansas-Little Rock *@ Southwest Texas *@ Texas-San Antonio Centenary *Sam Houston *Texas-Arlington *@ McNeese State *Lamar Louisiana Tech
W, 6-1 L, 1-6 W, 4-3 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 0-3 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 L, 2-5 W, 5-2 W, 4-3
2004 (14-5, 9-1 SLC) 1/23 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 0-6 1/24 @ Arkansas State L, 5-1 1/30 @ Centenary W, 4-2 2/15 Grambling W, 5-2 2/28 @ Southern Miss W, 5-2 2/29 @ Samford W, 4-3 3/6 *@ Texas-Arlington L, 1-6 3/7 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 5-2 3/13 *Lamar W, 4-3 3/14 *McNeese State W, 4-3 3/16 *@ Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-2 3/20 *@ Nicholls State W, 6-1 3/21 *@ Southeastern La. W, 4-3 3/27 *Sam Houston W, 6-1 4/3 *Texas State W, 5-2 4/4 *Texas-San Antonio W, 4-3 4/10 @ Louisiana Tech L, 2-5 4/17 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 4-3 4/25 $McNeese State L, 4-0 $ - Southland Conference Tournament
2005 (6-13, 3-7 SLC) 1/29 2/4 2/4 2/5 2/19 2/20 3/5 3/6 3/10 3/12 3/19 3/20 3/22 3/26 4/2 4/3 4/9 4/10 4/15
@ Louisiana-Lafayette @ Texas A&M-CC @ Texas-Pan Am @ Abilene Christian Southern Miss Arkansas State *@ Texas-San Antonio *@ Texas State @ Texas A&M-CC *@ Lamar *@ Southeastern La. *Nicholls State *Louisiana-Monroe @ Louisiana Tech *@ McNeese State *@ Stephen F. Austin *@ Texas-Arlington *Sam Houston @ Arkansas-Little Rock
L, 1-6 W, 3-2 W, 6-0 L, 1-4 L, 0-7 L, 2-5 L, 3-4 L, 1-4 L, 3-4 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 W, 6-0 L, 2-5 W, 6-1 L, 0-7 W, 4-3 L, 2-5 W, 4-3 L, 1-6
2006 No records available 2007 (10-10, 5-6 SLC) 2/3 2/10 2/11 2/15 2/28 3/1 3/2 3/10 3/11 3/16 3/18 3/19 3/24 3/25 3/31 4/1 4/4 4/5 4/11 4/12
@ Louisiana-Lafayette Arkansas State Southern Miss @ LSU Louisiana Tech Centenary *Central Arkansas *@ Lamar *@ McNeese State @ Louisiana Tech Nicholls State #59 Southeastern La. *@ Stephen F. Austin *@ Sam Houston State *Texas State *Texas-Arlington *@ Texas A&M-CC Texas-San Antonio Arkansas-Little Rock @ Louisiana-Monroe
L, 1-6 W, 4-3 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 W, 5-2 W, 7-0 W, 7-0 L, 2-4 W, 5-2 W, 6-0 W, 4-3 L, 0-7 W, 4-3 L, 3-4 L, 3-4 L, 2-5 L, 2-5 W, 5-2 L, 3-4 W, 5-2
2008 (16-8, 9-2 SLC) 2/3 @ Arkansas State W, 4-3 2/4 *@ Central Arkansas W, 6-1 2/5 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 5-2 2/9 @ Alabama-Birmingham L, 4-3 2/10 @ Southern Miss L, 4-3 2/16 @ Rice L, 1-6 2/17 @ Houston L, 1-6 2/23 Louisiana Tech W, 6-0 2/23 Centenary W, 7-0 3/1 *@ Texas State W, 6-1 3/2 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 5-2 3/8 *Texas A&M-CC W, 6-1 3/9 *Texas-San Antonio W, 6-1 3/15 Memphis W, 6-1 3/20 Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-2 3/25 #71 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 5-2 3/30 *@ Nicholls State W, 4-2 4/5 *Stephen F. Austin W, 6-1 4/6 *Sam Houston W, 6-1 4/12 *Lamar L, 1-6 4/13 *McNeese State W, 4-3 4/19 *@ Southeastern La. L, 0-7 4/25 $Sam Houston W, 4-0 4/26 $Lamar L, 0-4 $ - Southland Conference Tournament
2009 (15-8, 8-3 SLC) 2/7 @ Tulane W, 4-3 2/8 @ New Orleans L, 2-5 2/14 Houston L, 1-6 2/16 Southern Miss W, 6-1 2/21 @ Florida Gulf Coast W, 5-2 2/22 @ Bethune Cookman W, 7-0 2/23 @ Florida Atlantic W, 6-1 2/28 *Texas State W, 6-1 3/1 *Texas-Arlington L, 1-6 3/7 *@ Texas A&M-CC W, 5-2 3/8 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 2-5 3/17 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 1-6 3/28 *Southeastern La. W, 5-2 3/29 *Nicholls State W, 7-0 4/1 Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-2 4/4 *@ Lamar L, 3-4 4/5 *@McNeese State W, 7-0 4/8 *Central Arkansas W, 7-0 4/11 @ Rice L, 0-7 4/15 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 6-1 4/16 *@ Sam Houston W, 5-2 4/24 $Texas State W, 4-0 4/25 $Texas-Arlington L, 0-4 $ - Southland Conference Tournament
2010 (20-2, 11-0 SLC) SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONS 2/2 @Louisiana Tech W, 7-0 2/17 Tulane L, 3-4 2/19 New Orleans W, 7-0 2/21 @ Houston W, 6-1 2/27 *Lamar W, 5-2 2/28 *McNeese State W, 7-0 3/6 *Stephen F. Austin W, 6-1 3/7 *Sam Houston W, 6-1 3/13 *@ Central Arkansas W, 7-0 3/14 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 6-1 3/27 *Texas A&M-CC W, 6-1 3/28 *Texas-San Antonio W, 7-0 4/2 *@ Southeastern La. W, 6-1 4/4 *@ Nicholls State W, 5-2 4/8 *@ Texas State W, 6-1 4/11 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 6-1 4/14 @ Louisiana-Monroe W, 4-3 4/16 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 5-2 4/23 $Stephen F. Austin W, 4-0 4/24 $Texas-Arlington W, 4-3 4/24 $Lamar W, 4-0 5/14 $$#1 Baylor L, 0-4 $ - Southland Conference Champions $$ - NCAA Regional (Waco, Texas)
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NSU Tennis History
Tennis at NSU dates back to the early 1900s; took off in the 70s Tennis at Northwestern State dates back to the earliest days of the institution. Dating back to the early 1900s, there are photos of students playing tennis, in a day when all but a few students at Louisiana Normal School were women training to be teachers. More than a century later, with plenty of history in place, women's tennis is annually one of the strongest sports at what is now Northwestern State University. An official intercollegiate women's team dawned in the late 1970s as additional women's sports popped up in college tennis around the country, thanks to the creation of Title IX spurring formalized competition in many women's sports that were previously contested on the club level. During those days, NSU had an extremely strong men's tennis program -- so strong that in the late 1970s, the Demons were ranked in the NCAA's Top 20 and played in the NCAA Division I Championships in Athens, Georgia. Under coach Johnnie Emmons, the Demons produced All-Americans Gregg Manning and Ricardo Acuna. Among several players who became professionals, Acuna reached the game's greatest levels. In 1985, he was a singles quarterfinalist at Wimbledon. He was voted by his peers to serve on the Association of Tennis Professionals board and remained in that capacity for several years. He was ranked as highly as No. 47 in the world in March 1986, won three ATP doubles titles in his career, and since has been associated with the ATP as a coach and player development official after his playing career wound up. Acuna was NSU’s first NCAA All-American (Manning won the honor in the NAIA) and never lost to a Louisiana opponent during his career. A former Lady Demon standout, Emily Nichols, has been in the highest of tennis circles around the pro courts. She was part of a No. 19 nationally-ranked doubles team for NSU in 1993 and helped the 1994 Lady Demons win the Southland Conference championship. After going home to England, she worked for the Lawn Tennis Association for five years, as a press officer working with, among other events, the Wimbledon Championships. She is currently a senior account director for Progressive Sports and Entertainment, working with the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, and has worked with the International Tennis Federation, the 2004 Olympic Games, the French Tennis Federation (French Open), Tennis Australia and with the Davis Cup series. Modern-day tennis at Northwestern was launched in 1970 when Emmons, hired as a football assistant coach, was named head tennis coach for a men's program. He soon developed a friendship with Nick Bollettieri and attended the Junior Orange Bowl Championships each year, looking for international prospects. It led to a tradition of global 30
Ricardo Acuna was NSU’s first NCAA All-American and advanced to the Round of 8 at the 1985 Winbledon Championships.
influence producing a strong program that continues at NSU today. In 1972, Carlos Blanco, a Bolivian native, became the first in a long line of foreign tennis players to attend NSU, bringing the Demons one of the strongest programs in the region. Many recruits and three years later, NSU became a force to be reckoned with, winning the school’s first conference championship (Gulf South) and fashioning a 23-4 record. With Acuna, Manning, Willie Paz and Blanco among the stars, NSU developed into a powerhouse that lost just four matches over three years -- going 24-1 in 1976, 22-1 in 1977 and 16-2 in 1978. Emmons remembers the players from that era as if it were yesterday. “As any coach knows, the number one reason for success is the material that you have to work with. Gregg Manning, Juan Lopez, Luis Varela, Steve Fricker, Mike Phillips, Jose deCamino and Ricardo Acuna - those players put Northwestern State on the map.” Emmons is most proud of the fact that his teams had just two losing seasons in 17 years. But that is just one item on a long list of accomplishments. “Every player that played here for four years graduated and all are successful in life. Some are judges, lawyers, engineers, and tennis pros. All of my players were hard workers and www.nsudemons.com
were respectful of everyone. They gave the alumni of Northwestern a winning program and one that could be identified with.” That tradition transferred to the Lady Demons program. Emmons took over as head baseball coach in his final three seasons (198689) and relied upon graduate assistants to help run the women's team which won the Southland championship in 1989 under Emmons and Alex Kukaros. He was followed by Patric DuBois, who became the first full-time women's tennis coach and had a strong run of success from 1990-94 culminating with the 1994 Southland crown as Ljudmila Pavlov ranked as highly as No. 33 nationally in singles. DuBois moved on, only to return in 2007 to create a renaissance for NSU tennis -- which is back where it's often been, a program regionally and nationally respected, bringing in players from near and far bonding to produce championship play and the highest level of academic success.
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Harry Briggs
Harry Briggs... NSU’s “Paddlin’ Professor” "The Paddlin' Professor," 90-year-old Northwestern State adjunct political science instructor Dr. Harry Briggs has used his favorite hobby to benefit the NSU Lady Demon tennis program for the past ten years. Briggs, a Marine Corps veteran of World War II battles in the Pacific Theatre at Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa, is an adjunct political science professor at NSU's Leesville-Fort Polk campus. His swims are designed to bring attention to the Northwestern Lady Demon tennis team and to raise funds for the Lydia Briggs Tennis Scholarship and the Harry Briggs Tennis Support Fund at NSU.
FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, THE “PADDLIN’ PROFESSOR” HAS AIDED THE NSU WOMEN’S TENNIS PROGRAM WITH A SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE, AN AVID TENNIS PLAYER.
"There are two reasons to do it, and the first is selfish," he said. "I want to see if I can still do it. People get older and too often, lose the desire to challenge themselves.” "Secondly, but more important, it's a chance to help Northwestern State and the Lady Demon tennis program. It's a great university, and I say that as a fellow who's been all over this country and all around the world. Getting involved with the tennis team has been an outstanding experience." Briggs, no novice swimmer, is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in recognition of his 43 long-distance swims.In 1998 on his 77th birthday he spent 14 hours crossing Tampa Bay, swimming seven miles against the current. His most notable swimming feat was becoming the first person to swim across Lake Erie in 1947. Briggs swam for 35 hours, 55 minutes and covered 32 miles from Sandusky, Ohio, to Point Pelee, Ontario. Acclaimed author Gay Talese, writing a profile of Briggs for the New York Times in the early 1950s, gave him the nickname "The Paddlin' Professor." He appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" after his swim and was featured in Sports Illustrated. Now, he's content knowing his annual outings don't get that kind of attention – although Shreveport, Alexandria and Lake Charles media outlets have covered his last two annual challenges -- but in any case, they have lasting impact by providing scholarship opportunities for NSU students. Eight years ago, as the centerpiece of a series of three swims, Briggs did eight miles on Cane River Lake. Since then, he's done two miles each year in Natchitoches. In 2006, Briggs completed three two-mile swims on the Red River in Shreveport, Alexandria, and Natchitoches. two summers ago, he covered two miles on Cross Lake in Shreveport in 3:16, appropriately beginning his swim at the American Legion outpost. “This was my toughest challenge yet,” said Briggs. “But the great thing was that I felt better after I finished than I did before I started.” Briggs made his swim in 2007 despite learning a few weeks earlier than he was suffering from prolonged carbon monoxide poisoning. “Harry is one of the most remarkable people anyone could meet,” said Lady Demon tennis coach Patric DuBois. “The experiences and accomplishments he has had in life could fill volumes. We are very fortunate to have a friend to our team in Harry Briggs. He is an inspiration to all of us.” Just recently Briggs was honored by Tufts University, where he attended school, when they retired his No. 9 hockey jersey. He later went on to coach at Tufts, he later went on to pursue a professional hockey career. To contribute to the Briggs Scholarship, in any amount, contact Dr. William Broussard in the NSU Athletic Association at 318-357-4295 or at broussardw@nsula.edu by e-mail.
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NSU Staff
Dr. Randall Webb NSU President
Jerry Pierce VP/External Affairs
Greg Burke Director of Athletics
Dr. William Broussard
Assoc. AD/Eternal Affairs
Jody Biscoe Faculty Athletic Rep.
David Berkeley-Tuchmayer
Asst. Athletic Trainer
Cary Bruno Asst. Academic Coord.
Alex Cook Asst. Marketing Dir.
Carrie Crowell SWA/Academic Coord.
Jason Drury Asst. Athletic Trainer
Dustin Eubanks Asst. AD/Compliance
Ed Evans Head Athletic Trainer
Roxanne Freeman Athletic Business Manager
Jason Horn Asst. AD/Marketing Dir.
Adam Jonson Ticket Manager
Joe Long
Alan Pasch Dir. of Athletic Facilities
Rocky Smith Events Coordinator
Jeremy Taylor Equipment Manager
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