Bulldog Tennis
winter/2016
YALE TENNIS ASSOCIATION COACHES REPORT
Bulldog Spotlight Women’s Team Junior Tina Jiang from Bridgewater N.J. joined the team at the beginning of this academic year as a transfer student-athlete from Columbia University. Tina made an immediately impact on the team playing high in the line up in singles and doubles. Tina had a good run this fall at the Northeast Regional Championships reaching the quarterfinals in the singles and in doubles (with her sophomore partner Valeria Shklover). Tina’s singles record is 5-5 after her fall campaign. In addition to her on-court contributions, Tina brings a lot of positive energy to practices and matches adding her value to the Elis.
Men’s Team Junior Alex Hagermoser from Hinsdale, IL joins an elite group of walk-ons, from Cam Ragen ’90 to Zach Dean ’13, who have made a significant impact on the court for the Elis. Alex has been a regular starter in the doubles line-up since freshman year compiling an overall record of 28-25 and a dual match record of 17-15. Alex also saw some starting time in singles over the past two years, and is poised to be a regular in this year’s singles line-up having already accumulated an impressive 10-2 singles record this fall. Alex’s extraordinary work ethic has played a major role in his meteoric rise.
Fall Success! Congratulations to: •Women’s Team, national ranking of #68 •Tyler Lu, ITA national singles ranking of #80 •Ziqi Wang, ITA national singles ranking of #118 •Tina Jiang, ITA regional singles ranking of #15 •Valerie Shklover/Jiang, ITA regional doubles ranking of #7 •Photos Photiades/Charlie Adams, Connecticut State Championships, doubles winners •Nathan Brown, Connecticut State Championships, single finalist •Alex Hagermoser, Ivy Plus singles division winner •Caroline Amos Harvard Fall Classic Invitational division winner
Mentoring Program Thanks to Lisa Finke and David Gollob for their efforts in organizing the first mentoring weekend for the YTA. It was a very successful first event, with over 20 alumni coming back to campus to participate. Players and alumni enjoyed dinner and an alumni panel Friday night and participated in resume reviews and mock interviews on Saturday morning. Following the weekend a resume book of current team members was created and current players were matched with alumni in their desired fields of interest. The mentoring program is a great benefit to the Yale tennis community on several levels; it helps current players prepare for and find internships and fulltime positions, it gets alumni more involved with the program, and it is a very useful recruiting tool. Thank you once again to all alumni who helped organize and/ or attended the event!
YTA Budget We’d like to thank all of you who have made a contribution this year to the Yale Tennis Association! We rely on the generosity of the YTA membership for close to 60% of our operating budget. Your generous support is essential for us to provide the best possible student-athlete experience. So far this fiscal year we have raised about $21,000 toward our goal of $85,000. If you haven’t already done so, please consider supporting the men’s and women’s tennis programs. You may do so online at: https://darcyportal.yale.edu/page.aspx?pid=319. Alex Dorato Cary Leeds Coach of Men’s Tennis alex.dorato@yale.edu 203-376-7348
Matej Zlatkovic Interim Swensen-McMahon Coach of Women’s Tennis matej.zlatkovic@yale.edu 309-533-4668