2011 Tennis Media Guide

2010-11 MEN AND WOMEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE

11 AUSTIN PEAY GOVS AND LADY GOVS TENNIS

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation ....................... Clarksville, TN 37044Founded ................................................ 1927Enrollment .......................................... 10,723Nickname ..................Governors (Lady Govs)Colors .....................................Red and WhiteNational Affiliation .................NCAA Division IConference .................................. Ohio ValleyPresident .......................................... Tim Hall

COACHING STAFFHead Coach ......... Malik Tabet (Mobile, 1999) Record at APSU Men .................................. 8-6; 3-4 OVC Women ............................ 18-4; 8-1 OVCAssistant Coach Joe Vann (Texas-Tyler, 2007)GOVS TEAM INFORMATION2010 Record .............................................. 8-6Conference Record/Finish .................3-4 (5th)LADY GOVS TEAM INFORMATION2010 Record ............................................ 18-4Conference Record/Finish ................8-1 (2nd)

ATHLETICS/SPORTS INFORMATIONAthletics Director .......................... Dave Loos Sports Information Director .Brad Kirtley Tennis Contact .............. Alaric Klinghard Email ................... [email protected] Sports Information Phone (931) 221-7561 Sports Information Fax ..(931) 221-7562Athletics Web site ............... LetsGoPeay.com

DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) SEPTEMBER Fri. 17-19 at Memphis Invitational All Day Fri. 24- 26 Austin Peay Fall Invite All Day OCTOBER Sat. 2- 10 at ITA/Riviera Championships All Day Mon. 18 at ITA Ohio Valley Regional All Day Sun. 22-24 Austin Peay Winter Fling All Day Sun. 29-31 Vanderbilt Fall Invitational All Day JANUARY Fri. 21 Belmont 2 p.m. Sat. 22 Lipscomb 2 p.m.FEBRUARY Sat. 12 at Xavier 7 p.m. Fri. 18 Western Kentucky 2 p.m. Sat. 19 SIU Edwardsville 2 p.m. Sat. 26 vs. Miami (Ohio) 5 p.m. Sun. 27 at Tennessee State * 2 p.m. MARCH Fri. 4 at Southern Illinois 2 p.m. Sat. 5 at Southeast Missouri * 10 a.m. Mon. 7 Kennesaw State 2 p.m. Thu. 10 at South Alabama 2 p.m. Sat. 12 vs. BYU Hawaii 10 a.m. Fri. 18 at Eastern Kentucky * 2 p.m. Sat. 19 at Morehead State 1 p.m. Fri. 25 at Louisville 5 p.m. ARPIL Fri. 1 UT Martin * 2 p.m. Sat. 2 Eastern Illinois * 1 p.m. Tue. 5 at Murray State * 1 p.m. Fri. 8 Jacksonville State * 2 p.m. 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament at Paducah, Ky.Fri. 15 First Round Sat. 16 Semifinals Sun. 17 Championship

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contentsQuick Facts and Schedules ............................... 1This is Austin Peay State University .................. 2Austin Peay Tennis Facilities ............................. 32009-10 APSU Tennis Headlines....................... 4Head Coach Malik Tabet.................................... 5Assistant Coach Joe Vann ................................. 6Tennis Center Manager Bob Faires ................... 6

2010-11 Governor Tennis Team ......................... 7 Team Photo and Roster Facts ...................... 8 2009-10 Govs Results .................................. 9 Sean Bailey ................................................. 10 Henrique Norbiato ........................................11 John Storie .................................................. 12 Drew Kerr .................................................... 13 Peter Conaty ............................................... 14 Jasmin Ademovic, Joao Pagan, Remi Calleja .15

2010-11 Lady Govs Tennis Team .................... 16 Team Photo and Roster Factss .................. 17 2010 OVC Tournament Champs ................. 18 The 2010 NCAA Tournament ...................... 19 2009-10 Results .......................................... 20 Brittany Hays .............................................. 21 Vanja Tomic ............................................ 22-23 Carolin Weikard ..................................... 24-25 Cassie Hochwalt, Rachel Margolies ........... 26 Kimberly Loo, Andra Cornea ....................... 26

DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) SEPTEMBER Fri. 17-19 at Louisville Fall Invite All Day Fri. 24-26 Austin Peay Fall Invitational All Day OCTOBER Sat. 2-10 at ITA/D’Novo Men’s All-American All Day Mon. 21-25 at ITA Regional Championship All Day Sun. 29-31 Austin Peay Winter Fling All Day JANUARY Fri. 28 at Chattanooga 5 p.m. Sun. 30 Georgia State 2 p.m. FEBRUARY Wed. 02 Lipscomb 5 p.m. Fri. 11 Southern Illinois 2 p.m. Sat. 12 at Xavier 7 p.m. Fri. 18 Western Kentucky 6 p.m. Sat. 19 SIU Edwardsville 2 p.m. Sun. 27 at Tennessee State * 2 p.m. MARCH Mon. 07 Kennesaw State 2 p.m. Thu. 10 at South Alabama 2 p.m. Sat. 12 vs. BYU Hawaii 10 a.m. Fri. 18 at Eastern Kentucky * 2:30 p.m. Sat. 19 at Morehead State * 1 p.m. Wed. 23 at Middle Tennesee 2 p.m. Thu. 31 Tennessee Tech * 2 p.m. APRIL Sat. 02 Eastern Illinois * 1 p.m. Sun. 03 at Murray State * 1 p.m. Fri. 08 Jacksonville State * 2 p.m. 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament at Paducah, Ky.Fri. 15 First Round TBA Sat. 16 Semifinals TBA Sun. 14 Championship TBA


Austin Peay State University is a comprehensive, state-assisted university with a distinguished tradition in liberal and professional education. The institution is named in

honor of Austin Peay, Tennessee’s governor from 1924 until 1927, the year APSU was founded.

The university is located in Clarksville, Tenn., just 45 min-utes northwest of Tennessee’s capital, Nashville, on Interstate 24. One of the South’s most historic cities, Clarksville also is Tennessee’s third-fastest growing city behind only Memphis and Nashville.

Situated on gently rolling terrain near picturesque down-town Clarksville, Austin Peay’s main campus consists of 68

buildings on 169 acres. The classical Georgian architec-ture of the Austin Peay campus is combined with newer buildings. This blend provides a link with the past while reflecting the academic excellence and dignity of an institution of higher learning.

The newest building additions to the main campus are the Foy Fitnees and Recreation Center, Sundquist Science Complex and the new Morgan University Center, each opening for use since 2001. The $11-million Foy Center, features a rock-climbing wall and 10,000 square feet of fitness space and other amenities for the student body. The Sundquist Complex is one of the South’s premier science education facilities and represents the largest capital appropriation ever in Tennessee for a single class-room building. The new Morgan University Center is located in the heart of the campus and features a cybercafe, meeting rooms, a food court, coffee shop, ballroom and lounges for Austin Peay students.

Austin Peay’s campus has been the site of seven educational institutions since 1806. The cam-pus was occupied by Southwestern for 50 years until 1925 when the school moved to Memphis. Austin Peay was founded two years later as a two-year normal school to train teachers for the region. Austin Peay has grown over the years to take its place among the finest mid-sized four-year universities in the nation.

Austin Peay Normal School became a four-year college in

1941-42, and university status was conferred Sept. 1, 1967.Austin Peay State University currently enrolls more than 10,000 students

from every region of Tennessee, most of the 50 states and several foreign countries.

Austin Peay offers more than 50 majors in associate, bachelor’s, master’s and education specialist’s degrees with additional areas of concentration. Courses are offered in arts and sciences, business, education, engineering technology, nursing and human services. Graduate studies also are offered in several areas. In addition, numerous online courses are offered each semester.

A state leader in public service, Austin Peay State University has more than 750 employees. Engaged in the most modern teaching techniques and research are nearly 280 full-time faculty members, 90 percent of whom hold the earned doctorate or appropriate terminal degrees in their disciplines.

THIS IS AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY


The Governors Tennis Center has been a part of Austin Peay athletics and the Clarksville community for nearly two de-cades. When the idea was broached to build an indoor tennis center on the APSU campus, the advantages were obvious for APSU students, the Governors and Lady Govs tennis programs and the local tennis community.

The indoor facility literally became a tennis “center” in northwest Ten-nessee. The site of Clarksville’s first indoor tennis center is located across the street from Governors Stadium and next to the stadium park-ing lot. It consists of four lighted courts. Dressing facilities for both men and women are provided.

The University actively seeks memberships from families, individuals and corporations. Students do not have to pay a membership fee but are charged a reduced court-time fee.

Combined with the recently renovated Governors Tennis Courts, Austin Peay possesses debatably the Ohio Valley Conference’s finest tennis facilities.

GOVERNORS TENNIS FACILITIES

GOVERNORS TENNIS CENTER

The Governors Tennis Center not only provides protection from the elements, but also al-lows for continous teaching and instruction by the Austin Peay coaching staff.

AUSTIN PEAY TENNIS COURTS

The recently resurfaced Austin Peay tennis courts remains the finest out-door tennis courts in the area. Consist-ing of eight lighted courts, the facility sits adjacent to the Foy Fitness and Recreation Center. The courts have new windscreens and bleacher seat-ing, along with a practice wall.


2009-10 APSU TENNIS HEADLINESNORBIATO NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-OVC; BAILEY SECOND TEAMBRENTWOOD - A pair of Austin Peay freshmen tennis players were honored by the Ohio Valley Conference, Thursday, as Hen-rique Norbiato was named first-team All-OVC while his doubles partner Sean Bailey received second-team recognition.

The freshman duo were a hit on the men’s team, with Norbiato playing No. 3 singles and Bailey playing at No. 1 singles, while teaming up together to play No. 1 doubles. It was their strong play that led the Govs to their first OVC Tournament since switching to the six-team format in 2006.

Norbiato, a Londrina, Brazil native, was perhaps the Govs most consistent performer for the Govs all season. He finished with a 10-2 record, including a 9-1 mark at No. 3 singles and a 5-2 OVC record. His OVC record includes a loss at No. 2 singles against Ten-nessee Tech’s Josh Girling at the conference season’s start. After moving back to No. 3 singles, he won five of his next six matches.

Only once in the spring did Norbiato have an opponent take him into a three-set match, which he won against Kennesaw State’s Simon Janik. For the most part, the Brazilian freshman made quick work of his opponents with his steady style of play. His play over the last week, which included three league wins, led to his being named the OVC Player of the week. Norbiato is the first first-team honoree from Austin Peay since the league changed to the two-team All-OVC format beginning with the 2005 season.

Bailey, a Manitoba, Canada native, has faced a tough challenge for a first-year freshman in having to play No. 1 singles, where he posted an 8-8 overall record and a 2-5 league mark. A studious player, Bailey’s drive off the court has led to his continued improve-ment, which is evident in his results.

Bailey opened the fall with a three-set loss to SIU Edwardsville’s Paulo Gonzalez, but later defeated Gonzalez in straight sets. He also lost a fall match to Kennesaw State’s Gianni Kubin but won the rematch giving up only one game.

TOMIC AND WEIKARD HIGHLIGHT OVC TENNIS AWARDSBRENTWOOD, Tenn. -Austin Peay State University women’s tennis has dominated the Ohio Valley Conference post-season awards. Sophomore Vanja Tomic was named OVC Player of the Year while Carolin Weikard was chosen Freshman of the Year. In addition, first-year APSU coach Malik Tabet was named OVC Co-Coach of the Year.

In fact, Tomic, APSU’s standout No. 1 singles player, and Weikard, who equally is effective at No. 2, were named first-team All-OVC while senior teammates Mariana Pagan and Michelle Liew were selected second team.

In earning the league’s top player honor, Tomic’s selection marks the seventh time Austin Peay has earned the Women’s Player of the Year award. The three previous recipients - T.J. Kleynhans (1985-86), Shannon Peters (1990-91) and Susan Sheather (1992,1994) - each won the award twice and are all members of the Austin Peay Athletics Hall of Fame.

Weikard is the Lady Govs first Freshman of the Year selection, as the award was initiated for the 2005 season. Tabet, who shared the honor with Jacksonville State’s Steve Bailey, is the third Austin Peay coach to be named Coach of the Year (Doug Booth, 1986; and Charlotte Tennant, 1988).

Perhaps the season’s turning point came at the spring semester’s start when Tabet added Tomic and Weikard to the top of the lineup. Two obviously strong players allowed Tabet to move 2009 All-OVC selections Pagan and Liew to Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. As Tabet said many times, the middle of the lineup is where matches are won. That philosophy held true as the revamped Lady Govs tennis team made an unmistakable mark on the league.

Tomic led the league with a 16-2 overall record at No. 1 singles and a perfect 9-0 mark against OVC competition. A Banja Luca, Bosnia, native, Tomic had an inauspicious start to her season, losing two of her first three matches. However, after her second loss, Tomic re-bounded to go undefeated in the season’s remainder, playing only one three-set match along the way.

Weikard struggled with the transition early on to college tennis. She won her first two matches, but then dropped two of her next three. When OVC play rolled around, Weikard began to find her groove. She won back-to-back three-set matches - at Jacksonville State against first-team All-OVC selection Martina Dessbesell and at Tennessee Tech. On the doubles side, Weikard teamed with Liew before eventually changing to senior Yuki Nakamura. Wiekard and Nakamura finished the season winning seven straight matches at No.2 doubles.

This marks the second straight season Pagan has received All-OVC recognition, being named first-team last season. A senior from Brazil, Pagan played at No.3 singles where she was 15-2 with a 7-2 OVC record. At one point in the season, Pagan won 11 straight matches before falling in three sets to UT Martin’s Martie Wahl - a 2010 first-team All-OVC pick. Pagan paired with Tomic at No.1 doubles and dropped only one OVC match for a 14-3 overall mark and an 8-1 league record.

Liew was named second-team All-OVC for a second time, as well. She played at No. 4 singles where she 14-5 overall with a 7-2 OVC record. Unlike last season, three of Liew’s five losses came in three-set matches. For the most part, she made quick work of her opponents while rounding out the Lady Govs lineup. On the doubles side, Liew played at No.3 where she was 12-9 overall in-cluding a 5-3 league mark.


Malik Tabet, the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference co-Coach of the Year, completed an impressive turnaround of Austin Peay State University’s tennis programs with the women’s team winning the OVC Tournament Championship.

Tabet also is responsible for sophomore Vanja Tomic winning OVC Player of the Year and freshman Carolin Weikard being named OVC Freshman of the Year.

Not only was it the first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance for the Lady Govs, they did it by winning 12 straight matches. It was a 16-game improvement and the best regular-season fin-ish (second-place) since the late 1980s.

The Govs, meanwhile, had two All-OVC selections - first-team pick Henrique Norbiato and second-team selection Sean Bai-ley. After getting off to a rough start, the men closed with three straight wins to earn the OVC Tournament’s fifth-seed. It was the first tourney appearance for the Govs since 2005.

A former two-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Tabet was named Austin Peay State University’s head tennis coach in August 2009.

The previous spring, the French national completed his fifth full season as Indiana State’s women’s coach and first as men’s coach. However, in a cost-cutting move, both Sycamore tennis programs were indefinitely suspended in mid-May.

In a five-year period, he led the Sycamore women to three Mis-souri Valley regular-season championships (2005, 2006, 2008) and an NCAA tournament appearance in 2008 following the Sycamores’ MVC tourney championship. His women’s tennis was ranked as high as 59th in country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in 2007 and 68th the following season.

One of his players, Jennifer Migan, received an to the 2008 NCAA Individual Tournament and was ranked as high as No. 48 nationally and propelled his No. 1 doubles team to as high as No. 20 nationally.

Overall, Indiana State players won 12 singles championship and six double titles at MVC Individuals (fall) with a total of 12 players earning All-MVC honors.

Tabet was named Missouri Valley Coach of the Year in 2005

and 2008 while earning ITA Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2007.

Tabet took over the Indiana State University women’s program in January 2004 after the retirement of Mary Ann Stadler. Before joining the Sycamores, Tabet served as an assistant coach of the women’s tennis team at the University of Arkansas in 2003.

He also had experience as the men’s associate head coach at the University of New Orleans from 2001-03. While with the Privateers, UNO jumped from seventh to third in just one sea-son before earning a second-place finish in the Sun Belt Con-ference during his second year in charge. Along the way, the Privateers earned a national ranking (No. 62) for the first time in school history. UNO’s No. 1 singles player was ranked in the top 50 nationally, while the No. 1 doubles team climbed into the nation’s top 40.

As a college athlete Tabet played a significant role in propel-ling the University of Mobile (Ala.) to the 1997 NAIA National Championship. Ranked as high as fifth in the nation in singles, and 12th in doubles for the Rams during 1997, Mobile finished the 1998 season second in the NAIA national tourney, the same season Tabet was ranked as high as 10th in singles, and eighth in doubles. In 1997 and 1998 the University of Mobile won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship with Tabet earn-ing NAIA All-American each year.

After transferring to the University of West Florida his senior season, Tabet helped the Argonauts earn the 1999 Gulf South Conference Championship and a third-place finish at the 1999 NCAA Division II National Tournament. He was named a Divi-sion II All-American after attaining rakings in singles (No. 12) and doubles (No. 18) play.

After a successful college playing career, Tabet moved into coaching, landing the head position for both the West Georgia men and women’s tennis teams from 2000-01. In addition to his coaching duties, Tabet served as the program’s primary fund-raiser, generating revenue through clinics and pro-am tourna-ments. While at West Georgia, Tabet led the women’s team to the Division II Gulf South Regional.

Tabet also enjoyed a standout career as an international player, competing for the Algerian National Team from 1991-95, as well as the Algerian Davis Cup team. He won more than 90 tourna-ments in France. Tabet won the 1995 Sham International Tennis Open in Damascus Syria before taking top honors at the 1995 Gillette International Tennis Open in Rosas, Spain. In 1996 and 1997, he was champion of the French Rhone-Alps Region and qualified for the French National Championship, held at Rolland Garros, in Paris.

A 1999 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Mo-bile, Tabet earned a bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and holds a master’s in applied linguistics from the University of New Orleans, where he worked in the foreign language depart-ment as a French instructor. Tabet also earned a baccalaureate in accounting from CUEFA in Grenoble, France.

MALIK TABETHEAD COACH2nd Season


JOSEPH VANN

ASSISTANT COACH1st Season

When head coach Malik Tabet looked to further his staff, he found Joseph Vann, formerly of Division III power the Univer-sity of Texas-Tyler, to be a perfect fit.

Vann brings more than five years of experience as a player and coach at the Division III level. As a student-athlete, he excelled on the doubles side. In fact, he posted a .652 dou-bles winning percentage during his career as a Patriot, with the team winning three American Southwest Conference (ASC) East championships. He also ranks in the top-15 all-time with 30 doubles wins.

His coaching career is made up of similar success, work-ing with both men and women’s teams. From 2007-09, he worked alongside head coach Chris Bizot to win three ASC East titles, with both men and women’s teams, and advanced to the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Division III Regionals. That run included seven players named Division III All-Americans and four qualifiers for the ITA’s Small College “Super Bowl”.

At Austin Peay, Vann again will assist with both the men and women’s programs, while also assisting with Governors In-door Tennis Center.

BOB FAIRES

Tennis CenterManager

Bob Faires brings more than 35 years of administrative ex-perience to the table, serving as the Tennis Center Manager for his sixth year.

Faires was joined Austin Peay’s staff in October 2004 and currently manages the Governors Indoor Center and over-sees the operation and maintenance for the indoor and out-door courts. He works extensively in promoting APSU tennis activities through on-campus leagues, clinics and schedul-ing lessons.

A combat-wounded Veteran, Faires was a helicopter pilot for the Army Reserves during the Vietnam War. Upon retire-ment from the Army Reserves, Faires worked more than 35 years as a civilian for the Army Continuing Education Sys-tem. In fact, he later retired as the director of Fort Campbell’s Army Education Center.

While at Fort Campbell, he worked closely in maintaining relationships with Austin Peay, Murray State, Embry Riddle Aeronautical, Hopkinsville Community College and City Col-leges of Chicago. He served on Austin Peay President Sher-ry Hoppe’s President’s Cabinet, as he facilitated Austin Peay degree programs at Fort Campbell.

His connections to Austin Peay and his love for tennis made Faires a perfect fit with the Govs and Lady Govs tennis pro-grams. Faires assists head coach Malik Tabet in a variety of capacities, including overseeing the Tennis Center bud-get, coordinating matches and tournaments, and organizing team travel.

Faires is a long-time tennis player, who at one time, was ranked by the USTA in Tennessee’s 55-59 age group. Faires, with his wife Mickie, a retired elementary school teacher, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in 2011.


2011 GOVERNORS TENNIS

in this section- 2010-11 Governors Team Photo and Roster Facts MEET THE RETURNING GOVERNORS - Sean Bailey, 2010 Second-Team All-OVC - Henrique Norbiato, 2010 First-Team All-OVC - John Storie - Drew Kerr - Peter Conaty

MEET THE INCOMING GOVERNORS - Jasmin Ademovic - Joao Pagan - Remi Calleja- 2009-10 Results


Jasmin Ademovic 5-10 Fr. Sarajevo, BosniaSean Bailey 6-2 So. Manitoba, Canada (Miles Macdonnell Collegiate)Remi Calleja 6-0 Fr. Evian, FrancePeter Conaty 6-0 So. Sanford, N.C. (Southern Lee High School)Drew Kerr 6-5 So. Johnson City, Tenn. (Science Hill High School)Henrique Norbiato 6-0 So. Londrina, Brazil (Colegio Vicente Rijo)Joao Pagan 5-9 Fr. Londrina, BrazilJohn Storie 6-2 So. Johnson City, Tenn. (Science Hill High School)

BY ELIGIBILITY YEAR:SENIORS (0): JUNIORS (0): SOPHOMORES (5): Sean Bailey, Peter Conaty, Drew Kerr, Henrique Norbiato, John StorieFRESHMEN (3): Jasmin Ademovic, Remi Calleja, Joao Pagan

BY LOCATIONCANADA (1): Sean BaileyBOSNIA (1): Jasmin AdemovicBRAZIL (2): Leonardo Locatelli, Henrique NorbiatoNORTH CAROLINA (1): Peter ConatyFRANCE (1): Remi CallejaTENNESSEE (3): Drew Kerr, John Storie

GOVERNORS

2010 Men’s Tennis Team: Standing (L-R): Head coach Malik Tabet, Henrique Norbiato, Sean Bailey, Drew Kerr, John Storie, Remi Calleja, Assistant coach Joe Vann. Sitting (L-R): Joao Pagan, Jasmin Ademovic, Peter Conaty.

2011 GOVERNORS TENNIS TEAM


DOUBLES Overall Dual OVC 1 2 3 Conaty/Subasic 1-3 0-0 0-0 --- --- ---Locatelli/Storie 8-10 7-7 3-4 --- 1-0 6-7Bailey/Norbiato 13-4 9-3 5-2 9-3 --- ---Kerr/Shaw 0-1 0-0 0-0 --- --- ---Bezerra/LaPuente 2-0 0-0 0-0 --- --- ---Bezerra/Subasic 3-10 3-10 0-6 --- 3-10 ---Totals 27-28 19-20 8-12 9-3 4-10 6-7Percentage .491 .487 .400 .750 .286 .462

DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE Jan 30, 2010 KENNESAW STATE L 3-4Feb 19, 2010 CHATTANOOGA W 4-3Feb 20, 2010 ALABAMA A&M W 4-0Mar 06, 2010 Jacksonville State* L 1-6Mar 19, 2010 Tennessee Tech* L 1-6Mar 23, 2010 Lipscomb W 4-3Apr 02, 2010 EASTERN KENTUCKY* L 1-6Apr 03, 2010 MOREHEAD STATE* L 3-4Apr 07, 2010 TENNESSEE STATE* W 6-0Apr 08, 2010 MURRAY STATE* W 5-2Apr 10, 2010 SIUE W 6-1Apr 11, 2010 Eastern Illinois* W 4-3Apr 16, 2010 Morehead State^ W 4-2Apr 17, 2010 Eastern Kentucky^ L 0-4

home matches in CAPS.... • denotes OVC games.... ^OVC Tournament

SINGLES Overall Dual OVC 1 2 3 4 5 6 Last10 Sean Bailey 8-9 5-7 2-5 4-7 1-0 --- --- --- --- 4-5Renan Bezerra 8-10 4-8 1-4 --- --- 1-0 1-3 2-5 --- 2-7Peter Conaty 3-6 2-2 1-1 --- --- --- --- 1-0 1-2 3-6Francisco LaPuente 1-2 0-0 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1-2Leonardo Locatelli 8-9 5-7 3-4 0-1 4-6 1-0 --- --- --- 4-5Henrique Norbiato 13-4 11-2 5-2 --- 1-1 10-1 --- --- --- 7-2John Storie 7-9 4-5 1-4 --- --- --- --- --- 4-5 3-4Amar Subasic 10-10 7-6 4-3 --- --- --- 7-2 0-4 --- 7-3Totals 59-59 39-37 18-23 4-8 6-7 12-1 8-5 4-9 5-7 Percentage .500 .513 .439 .333 .462 .923 .615 .308 .417

Overall: 8-6 • OVC: 3-4 • Home: 4-3 • Away: 3-2 • Neutral: 1-12009-10 GOVS RESULTS


2010 Singles: Named second-team All-OVC in freshman season… played 11 matches at No. 1 singles for Govs team that qualified for first OVC tournament since 2005… posted a 8-9 overall mark and 2-5 OVC mark at No. 1 singles and won his only match played at No. 2 singles… won three of his first four matches, including a split of three-set matches… strug-gled as the Spring season opened, dropping three three-set matches… that stretch included a pair of marathon league matches at Jacksonville State and Tennessee Tech… won two of his last three OVC matches, against Tennessee State and Murray State, both in straight sets. Doubles: One of the league’s top doubles players, teaming with fellow freshman Henrique Norbiato… played 17 matches, going 13-4 overall, with a 5-2 OVC mark alongside Norbiato… opened Fall sea-son with four straight wins… most impressive stretch came after OVC loss at Jacksonville State… from that point Bai-ley and Norbiato reeled off seven-straight wins… run started with a tiebreak win at Tennessee Tech… won the next four matches in regulation… also won in a tiebreak against Mur-ray State’s Ben Clos and Jorge Caetano... an OVC loss at Eastern Illinois bookended the Spring season… in the mid-dle, won four straight OVC matches.

SEAN BAILEY

6-2SOPHOMORE

MANITOBA, CANADA

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual2010 8-9 4-7 1-0 --- --- --- --- 5-7Totals 8-9 4-7 1-0 --- --- --- --- 5-7 Total 1 2 3 Dual2010 13-4 9-3 --- --- 9-3Totals 13-4 9-3 --- --- 9-3

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High School: Played on the Manitoba Junior Tour, where he was ranked as high as No. 1 in Manitoba and No. 24 in Canada… ranked as high as No. 991 by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)… a strong doubles player with a big serve… won a bronze medal in Men’s Doubles at the 2009 Canada Summer Games.

Personal: Son of Diane and Joseph Baily... born Nov. 23, 1991... plans to major in communications.


2010 Singles: First-team All-OVC pick as a freshman… Govs top singles player, at No. 3 during the season… posted a 13-4 overall record; going 10-1 at No. 3 and recording a 5-2 OVC mark… played 11 matches at No. 2 singles, step-ping out to play No. 2 twice along the way… went 1-1 at No.2 singles, picking up only win against Alabama A&M… opened the Spring season with four straight wins, beginning with three-set win against Kennesaw State’s Simon Janik… turned out to be season’s only three-set match… lost No. 2 singles at Tennessee Tech, beginning a lull where he lost two of three… after a tie-break loss against Eastern Ken-tucky, won his final six matches… that included an OVC tournament win against Morehead State’s Bradley Bryan in straight sets. Doubles: One of the league’s top doubles players, teaming with fellow freshman Sean Bailey… played 17 matches, going 13-4 overall, with a 5-2 OVC mark along-side Bailey… opened Fall season with four straight wins… most impressive stretch came after OVC loss at Jackson-ville State… from that point, Bailey and Norbiato reeled off seven-straight wins… run started with a tiebreak win at Ten-nessee Tech… won the next four matches in regulation… also won in a tiebreak against Murray State’s Ben Clos and Jorge Caetano... an OVC loss at Eastern Illinois bookended the Spring season… in the middle, won four straight OVC matches.

HENRIQUENORBIATO

6-0SOPHOMORE

LONDRINA, BRAZIL

High School: Ranked as high as No. 1187 by the Interna-tional Tennis Federation (ITF)… made it to the round of 16 at the 2008 Londrina Open in the ITF Juniors World Circuit… also made it to the semifinals in doubles action that same year… was ranked as high as No. 9 in Brazil.

Personal: Son of Carlos and Leny Norbiato... born July 31, 1991... plans to major in business management.

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual2010 13-4 --- 1-1 10-1 --- --- --- 11-2Totals 13-4 --- 1-1 10-1 --- --- --- 11-2 Total 1 2 3 Dual2010 13-4 9-3 --- --- 9-3Totals 13-4 9-3 --- --- 9-3

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2010 Singles: Was solid No. 6 for Govs, providing much-needed depth in 2010… went 7-9 overall, including a 4-5 mark at No. 6… earned his spot with a strong 2009 Fall tournament season… won a pair of consolation matches at the UTC Baras Collegiate Fall Classic… won a three-set match against Chattanooga’s William Disterdick… lost three-straight OVC matches, but rebounded to end sea-son… won three of last four matches… stretch started with a straight-set win against Murray State’s Jose Berardo… also won OVC tournament match against Morehead State’s Na-than Martin… Doubles: Played alongside senior Leonardo Locatelli at No. 3 doubles… posted an 8-10 overall mark, including a 6-7 record during the Spring season… went 3-4 in OVC play… lost three straight OVC matches… countered with a key three-match win streak, starting with an 8-6 win against Morehead State… also had wins against Tennessee State and Murray State... struggled at season’s end, losing three straight, including two OVC tourney matches.

High School: Played at Science Hill High School , alongside fellow Govs player Drew Kerr, where he led the Hilltoppers to three consecutive AAA state championships… as a junior, played doubles with Kerr, winning the AAA doubles state championship in a tiebreaker… made it to the quarterfinals in the Tennessee State Junior Open…ranked No. 12 by Ten-nis Recruiting Network in Tennessee.

Personal: Son of David and Nancy Storie... born Feb. 2, 1991... plans to major in chemistry and biology.

JOHN STORIE

6-2SOPHOMORE

JOHNSON CITY, TENN.

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual2010 7-9 --- --- --- --- --- 4-5 4-5Totals 7-9 --- --- --- --- --- 4-5 4-5 Total 1 2 3 Dual2010 8-10 --- 1-0 6-7 7-7Totals 8-10 --- 1-0 6-7 7-7

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2010 Singles: Did not play…Doubles: Team with Bret Shaw at the Austin Peay Invitational, falling 8-3 Lipscomb’s James Murrell and Tanner Brown in the Flight B.

High School: Played at Science Hill High School, alongside fellow Govs player John Storie… led the Hilltoppers to three consecutive AAA state championships… played doubles with Storie, as a junior, winning the AAA doubles state cham-pionship in a tiebreaker.

Personal: Son Jim and D Kerr... born Jan. 22, 1991... plans to major in physics.

DREW KERR

6-5SOPHOMORE

JOHNSON CITY, TENN.

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual2010 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---Totals --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Total 1 2 3 Dual2010 0-1 --- --- --- ---Totals 0-1 --- --- --- ---

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2010 Singles: Played sparingly at No. 6 during Spring season in place of freshman John Storie… had a 2-2 record during Spring, including a 1-1 OVC mark… had singles wins against Alabama A&M and Tennessee State… Doubles: Teamed with freshman Amar Subasic during Fall season… finished 1-4 in tournament play, including the Austin Peay Invitational and the UTC Baras Collegiate Fall Classic… only win came in Flight A Consolation against SIU Edwardsville’s Mike Chamberlain and Dylan Reed.

High School: Played at Southern Lee High School where he was named the Cape Fear Valley Conference Most Valuable Player as a senior… led the Caveliers to a fourth-place finish in the Mideast region… spent the summer after graduation training at the Van Der Meer Tennis Acadmy in South Carolina… also played on the ITA Summer Circuit in North Carolina

Personal: Son of Peter and Laurie Conaty... born July 17, 1990... plans to major in chemistry.

PETER CONATY

6-0SOPHOMORE

SANFORD, N.C.

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual2010 3-6 --- --- --- --- 1-0 1-2 2-2Totals 3-6 --- --- --- --- 1-0 1-2 2-2 Total 1 2 3 Dual2010 1-3 --- --- --- ---Totals 1-3 --- --- --- ---

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Previously: Talented junior player with history of success in ITF... has played in a number of ATP Futures Events... ranked as high as No. 291 as a junior player... played in the championship match at the 2008 Mostar Open... also played in seven quarterfinal matches and two semifinal matches... at the Bosnia/Herzegovina F7 Futures Event, lost in doubles championship.

Personal: Born Aug. 24, 1991...

JASMIN ADEMOVIC

5-10FRESHMAN

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA

Previously: Played in the upper echelon of the France Tennis Federation... won four matches inside the top se-ries... was a finalist at the Dauphine Savoy Region... brings a tennis pedigree... father, Jean-Michel, is a tennis instruc-tor, while aunt Marie-Christine Calleja, played in the French Open, U.S. Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon.

Personel: Born Dec. 19, 1991... son of Jean-Michel and Conandone Calleja.

REMI CALLEJA

6-0FRESHMAN

EVIAN, FRANCE

Previously: Brother of former All-OVC Lady Govs tennis star Mariana Pagan... played alongside current Govs stand-out Henrique Norbiato in Londrina, Brazil... played on the tough Brazil circuit, mostly on clay surfaces... held an ITF ranking as high as No. 1562... has ITF-counting wins at the Copa Santa Catarina and at the 13 Arthrom Tennis Cup.

Personal: Born Nov. 10, 1992... son of Gillberto and Maris Pagan.

JOAO PAGAN

5-10FRESHMAN

LONDRINA, BRAZIL


2011 LADY GOVS TENNIS

in this section- 2010-11 Lady Govs Team Photo and Roster Facts- 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Champions- The 2010 NCAA Tournament- 2009-10 Results

MEET THE RETURNING LADY GOVS -Brittany Hays - Vanja Tomic, 2010 OVC Player of the Year - Carolin Wekard, 2010 OVC Freshman of the YearMEET THE INCOMING LADY GOVS - Cassie Hochwalt - Rachel Margolies - Kimberly Loo - Andra Cornea


BY ELIGIBILITY YEAR:SENIORS (1): Brittany HaysJUNIORS (1): Vanja TomicSOPHOMORES (1): Carolin WeikardFRESHMAN (3): Cassie Hochwalt, Kimberly Loo, Rachel Margolies

BY LOCATIONARIZONA (1): Cassie HochwaltBOSNIA (1): Vanja TomicFLORIDA (1): Brittany HaysGERMANY (1): Carolin WeikardNETHERLANDS (1): Kimberly LooWISCONSIN (1): Rachel Margolies

Brittany Hays 5-2 Sr. Dade City, Fla. (Coronado High School)Cassie Hochwalt 5-5 Fr. Scottsdale , Ariz. (Desert Mountain HS)Kimberly Loo 5-9 Fr. Sittard, NetherlandsRachel Margolies 5-4 Fr. Madison, Wisc. (Madison West HS)Vanja Tomic 5-5 Jr. Banja Luca, Bosnia (Lindsey Wilson)Carolin Weikard 5-8 So. St. Leon-Rot, Germany (Privatgymnasium St. Leon-Rot)

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2011 Women’s Tennis Team: Standing (L-R) Vanja Tomic, Rachel Margolies, Carolin Weikard, Cassie Hochwalt, Kimberly Loo, Andra Cornea.

2011 LADY GOVS TEAM


LADY GOVS, 2010 OVC CHAMPS!PADUCAH, Ky. – Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year Carolin Weikard won the deciding match in three sets to lead Austin Peay women’s tennis team to the 2010 OVC Tournament cham-pionship and an NCAA Tournament berth, Sunday, at the Heflin Tennis Center.

“I told our players to be careful and stick to what you do well,” first-year head coach Malik Tabet said. “This is what you play for all year. When you carry that trophy, it makes it all worth while. I’m very excited that we have been able to put a print in this conference, and we’re going to build on it.”

This is what you play for – leading three matches to two, Austin Peay women’s tennis team was only a breath away from its fourth OVC championship. The Lady Govs already had wins at No. 1 from OVC Player of the Year Vanja Tomic and at No. 6 from senior Yuki Nakamura.

Weikard and Pagan, at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, each lost their first sets, but won the second. Eastern Kentucky, meanwhile, was on its last leg in looking for a repeat.

“Carolin is an aggressive player and she needed to come out and get the point at the net,” Tabet said. “I told her to forget about the first set and this was a new match. She dug in and I’m really proud of how she fought for that match. I told her to finish this match at the net and she responded well.”

Weikard jumped out to a 5-2 lead against Jessica Albuquerque in her third set before getting hit with cramps in her right leg. Albuquerque rallied with a series of deep lobs in attempt to keep the taller Weikard off the net and was successful in doing so. With each match point, Weikard battled and Albu-querque continued to hold her off.

The match eventually tied at 5-5 and Weikard had enough, pushing Albu-querque back with deep lobs. She narrowed the court with her long frame and claimed the deciding win in a dominant fashion.

“(The match) was full of ups and downs,” Weikard said. “I was exhausted and really tired. All the (Govs tennis team) supporting

me helped me a lot. I had to fight and that’s what I did. In the first set, I made a lot of unforced errors and she kept the ball in play. In the last two, I gave the ball more spin and did a better job of moving around and getting to the net.”

Weikard got off to a slow start after teaming with Nakamura for a convincing win at No. 2 doubles, 8-0. After sophomore Demi Geor-gakopoulos and Michelle Leiw fell, 8-6, at No. 3, it all came down to Tomic and Pagan in match of swapping points. Austin Peay’s duo won the last two games to force the tiebreaker, where they won the first four points en route to a 7-3 tiebreak win.

Nakamura battled a sore foot at No.6 singles, but rolled to a (7-5, 6-3) win, while Tomic made quick work of Myriem Mhirit at No. 1. Pagan, meanwhile, was ahead 5-2 in her third set when Weikard won the deciding match.

“It’s championship time,” Tabet said. “They wanted it as much as we did and they played like it. It’s a different battle out here. I told our players, when you get to the tournament, it’s a different dy-namic. Anybody can win – you’ve just got to believe. We believed more than they did today.”


LADY GOVS AT NCAA TOURNAMENTTOMIC AND PAGAN STRONG IN LADY GOVS NCAA TOURNEY LOSSATLANTA - Although the final score showed Austin Peay State University women’s tennis team losing 4-0 to 13th-ranked Georgia Tech in NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship first-round action, the Lady Govs found much solace in defeat.

It was the Lady Govs first loss in 13 matches since falling to Jacksonville State, March 6. Austin Peay lost the doubles point to Georgia Tech, along with Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles for the match.

In the program’s first-ever NCAA championship appearance, the Lady Govs achieved solace in the fact that their singles play was not as far off as the numbers suggested. Georgia Tech boasts the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s No. 1 player in Irina Falconi and a team that knocked off three top-10 teams in order to host the regional.

“We played solid,” head coach Malik Tabet said. “We were comfort-able and didn’t seem nervous at all. Georgia Tech is a really good team and I’m proud of the way we came after them and played hard. We kept our composure and I’m very happy by the show of our players.”

Although Falconi won the first set against sophomore Vanja Tomic, the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year made quick adjust-ments and led 4-2 in the second set when play ended. Senior Mari-ana Pagan dropped the opener at No. 3 singles to Sasha Krupina, but also was ahead 4-1 in the second set.

The Lady Govs did not come out strong against the Yellow Jackets in the doubles competition. Sophomore Demi Georgakopoulos and senior Michelle Liew were the first to fall, at No.3, while freshman Carolin Weikard and senior Yuki Nakamura followed with an 8-3 loss at No. 2.

A short intermission was not enough to reset the Lady Govs, as they came out to drop the first set in all six singles matches. While Tomic and Pagan were able to make adjustments for the second set, the rest of the team was not able to pull it off. The Yellow Jack-ets ran away with straight-set wins in the bottom three matches.

The unfinished matches means that Tomic ends the season with a 17-match win streak intact, while Weikard will carry a 13-match streak as well into next season.

“It’s a good memory to end your career for the seniors and a good experience for the returning players to build on next season,” Ta-bet said. “It’s important to know what’s out there after the confer-ence tournament. There was no predicting that we would be in the NCAAs, but I feel like we did a good job preparing and I think we peaked at the right time.”

Tennis Match ResultsAustin Peay vs Georgia TechMay 14, 2010 at Atlanta, Ga.(Bill Moore Tennis Center)

#13 Georgia Tech 4, Austin Peay 0

Singles competition1. Irina Falconi (GT) vs. Vanja Tomic (APSUW) 6-3, 2-4, unfinished2. Viet Ha Ngo (GT) vs. Carolin Weikard (APSUW) 6-2, 3-1, unfinished3. Sasha Krupina (GT) vs. Mariana Pagan (APSUW) 6-3, 1-4, unfinished4. Lynn Blau (GT) def. Michelle Liew (APSUW) 6-0, 6-25. Elizabeth Kilborn (GT) def. Demi Georgakopoulos (APSUW) 6-0, 6-06. Hillary Davis (GT) def. Yuki Nakamura (APSUW) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles competition1. Irina Falconi/Sasha Krupina (GT) vs. Vanja Tomic/Mariana Pagan (APSUW) 7-2, unfinished2. Amanda McDowell/Lynn Blau (GT) def. Carolin Weikard/Yuki Nakamura (APSUW) 8-33. Elizabeth Kilborn/Viet Ha Ngo (GT) def. Demi Georgakopoulos/Michelle Liew (APSUW) 8-3

Match Notes:Austin Peay 18-4Georgia Tech 19-9; National ranking #13Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (5,4,6)NCAA Tournament - Round 1T-2:25


SINGLES Overall Dual OVC 1 2 3 4 5 6 Last10 Demi Georgakopoulos 9-11 8-10 4-4 --- --- --- --- 6-8 2-2 4-6Brittany Hays 1-5 1-2 1-1 --- --- --- --- --- 1-2 1-5Michelle Liew 15-9 14-7 7-2 --- --- --- 14-7 --- --- 6-3Yuki Nakamura 8-12 6-9 4-4 --- --- --- --- 2-3 4-6 5-4Mariana Pagan 19-4 16-2 7-2 --- --- 16-2 --- --- --- 7-1Vanja Tomic 18-2 18-2 9-0 18-2 --- --- --- --- --- 9-0Carolin Weikard 16-2 16-2 9-0 --- 16-2 --- --- --- --- 9-0Totals 88-48 81-35 41-13 18-2 17-2 16-2 14-7 8-11 8-11 Percentage .647 .698 .759 .900 .895 .889 .667 .421 .421

DOUBLES Overall Dual Conf 1 2 3 Nakamura/Pagan 2-3 0-0 0-0 --- --- ---Georgakopoulos/Liew 6-7 4-6 4-2 --- --- 4-6Pagan/Tomic 16-3 16-3 8-1 16-3 --- ---Liew/Weikard 6-5 6-5 1-2 --- 6-5 ---Georgakopoulos/Nakamura 2-6 2-6 0-3 --- --- 2-6Georgakopoulos/Hays 1-0 1-0 0-0 --- --- 1-0Nakamura/Weikard 9-1 9-1 6-0 --- 9-1 ---Totals 42-25 38-21 19-8 16-3 15-6 7-12Percentage .627 .644 .704 .842 .714 .368

DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCOREJan 27, 2010 BELMONT W 7-0Feb 5, 2010 Evansville W 4-3Feb 13, 2010 Samford L 0-4Feb 13, 2010 Memphis Women’s Tennis L 0-4Feb 20, 2010 ALABAMA A&M W 5-0Feb 21, 2010 CHATTANOOGA W 4-3Feb 26, 2010 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 4-3Mar 3, 2010 Jacksonville State* L 3-4Mar 10, 2010 South Alabama W 5-0Mar 19, 2010 Tennessee Tech* W 5-2Mar 23, 2010 Lipscomb W 6-1Mar 27, 2010 UT Martin* W 4-3Mar 30, 2010 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* W 6-1Apr 02, 2010 EASTERN KENTUCKY* W 5-2Apr 03, 2010 MOREHEAD STATE* W 6-1Apr 06, 2010 MURRAY STATE* W 4-3Apr 07, 2010 TENNESSEE STATE* W 7-0Apr 10, 2010 SIUE W 5-2Apr 11, 2010 Eastern Illinois* W 7-0Apr 17, 2010 Murray State^ W 4-0Apr 18, 2010 Eastern Kentucky^ W 4-2May 14, 2010 #13 Georgia Tech& L 0-4

home matches in CAPS.... • denotes OVC games.... ^OVC Tournament.... & NCAA Tournament

Overall: 18-4 • OVC: 8-1 • Home: 9-0 •Away: 7-3 • Neutral: 2-12009-10 LADY GOVS RESULTS


2010 Singles: Played sparingly, making only six appear-ances in the Lady Govs OVC title run... posted a 1-5 record, including a 1-1 OVC mark... played in three dual matches at No. 6, picking up only win in straight sets against Tennes-see State. Doubles: Teamed with sophomore Demi Georga-kopoulos at No. 3 doubles for an 8-4 win against Alabama A&M.

2009 Singles: Finished with a 2-17 record, including a 1-7 record in conference play… Played at No. 5 singles… picked up a conference win against Tennessee State (6-0, 6-4)… won a three-set match against SIU Edwardsville. Doubles: Finished with a 3-15 record, including a 1-6 record in con-ference play… teamed up with Alex Pyle, at No. 3 doubles, early in the season, but lost first 10 matches… closed the season with partner Michelle Liew at No. 2 doubles and went 3-3, winning consecutive matches against Southern Univer-sity and SIU-E.

2008 Singles: Finished with a 2-3 record in the Fall, but did not play in a dual match… won one of two round-robin matches in the Austin Peay Fall Invitational… won an 8-5 match in the consolation quarter-final round in the Aces Fall Classic. Doubles: Finished with a 0-5 record, all in Fall tour-nament play.

BRITTANYHAYS

5-2SENIOR

DADE CITY, FLA.

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual2008 2-3 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---2009 2-17 --- --- --- --- 2-17 --- 2-172010 1-5 --- --- --- --- --- 1-2 1-5Totals 5-25 --- --- --- --- 2-17 1-2 3-23 Total 1 2 3 Dual2008 0-5 --- --- --- --- 2009 3-15 --- 3-4 0-11 3-152010 1-0 --- --- 1-0 1-0Totals 4-20 --- 3-4 1-11 4-15

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High School: Played at Coronado High School in Hender-son, Nevada... played No. 1 doubles and No. 3 singles... was named team MVP and awarded the coaches award... a regional champion and a state runner-up her senior season.

Personal: Daughter of Harry and Kathy Hays... born July 12, 1989... plans to major in biology.


2010 Singles: Named OVC Player of the Year and first-team All-OVC in her first season... the seventh Lady Govs player to earn Player of the Year honors and the first since 1988...led the Lady Govs to a OVC Tournament Champion-ship with dominant play at No. 1 singles... joined the team to begin spring semester... posted an 18-2 record with a 9-0 OVC mark... won an unprecedented 17 straight matches leading up to the NCAA tournament... lost two of her first three matches, but quickly found her way back... won seven straight matches in straight sets... season’s only three-set match came against UT Martin’s Jodie Tiley... Tomic dropped the first set, but won the next two convincingly... allowed an opponent to win five games in a set only once the rest of the way... won her final eight matches, each in straight sets. Doubles: Tomic was just as dominating in doubles, pairing with second-team All-OVC pick Mariana Pagan for a 16-3 overall mark, including 8-1 league mark... after drop-ping three of the first six matches, the duo went on to win 12 consecutive matches... that run included seven straight OVC matches... the season’s most important win came in the OVC title, as Tomic and Pagan won in a tiebreaker to secure the doubles point.

VANJA TOMIC

5-5JUNIOR

BANJA LUCA, BOSNIA

Previously: Played at Lindsey Wilson in 2009...Tomic played at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles for a Blue Raider team that advanced the NAIA Final Four, last season... she was a Mid-South all-conference selection in both singles and doubles as freshman... Tomic finished with an 11-1 sin-gles record and lost only two sets on the year... began the season at No. 6, where she was 5-0, lost one match at No. 5 singles and finished the season winning six straight at No. 2 singles... played majority of doubles at No. 1, teaming with Jessica Weyreuter for an 11-2 doubles mark.

Personal: Daughter of Dvsko and Vojka Tomic... born Aug. 14, 1990... plans to major in biology.

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual2010 18-2 18-2 --- --- --- --- --- 18-2Totals 18-2 18-2 --- --- --- --- --- 18-2 Total 1 2 3 Dual2010 16-3 16-3 --- --- 16-3Totals 16-3 16-3 --- --- 16-3

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VANJA TOMIC2010 Ohio Valley Conference

Player of the Year• First-Team All-OVC selection• 18-2 overall singles; 9-0 OVC singles• 16-3 overall doubles; 8-1 OVC doubles• No. 1 singles• Won 14 straight-set matches• Led Lady Govs to first-ever NCAA Tourney


2010 Singles: Named OVC Freshman of the Year and first-team All-OVC in her initial season... joined the Lady Govs at the spring semester’s start... played at No. 2 singles where she posted a 16-2 record, including a perfect 9-0 OVC mark... won her first collegiate match in three sets, against Belmont’s Catherine Holliday... from there, she lost two of her next four matches, but found her stride to start OVC play... won in three sets against Jacksonville State’s first-team All-OVC pick Martina Dessbesell... backed that up with another three-set win before settling in to win eight straight matches in straight sets... won the deciding match of the 2010 OVC Tournament in dramatic fashion... lost the first set, but battled through leg cramps to take the next two, including a 7-5 third-set win for the match. Doubles: Played exclusively at No. 2 doubles, teaming with senior Michelle Liew for the season’s first half and senior Yuki Nakamura for the second half... with Liew, posted a 6-5 reocrd, but suffered league losses at Tennessee Tech and UT Martin... joined up with Nakamura for the Southeast Missouri match, March 30, and posted a 9-0 mark the rest of the way... the most impres-sive match was an 8-0 win against Eastern Kentucky at the OVC tournament.

CAROLIN WEIKARD

5-8SOPHOMORE

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual2010 16-2 --- 16-2 --- --- --- --- 16-2Totals 16-2 --- 16-2 --- --- --- --- 16-2 Total 1 2 3 Dual2010 15-6 --- 15-6 --- 15-6Totals 15-6 --- 15-6 --- 15-6

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High School: Played in various events on the European Tennis circuit at the Junior level... advanced to the second round at Torhout... was ranked as high as 787 in ITF Juniors.

Personal: Daughter of Waltraud Doersam-Wende and Peter Doersam... born July 27, 1989... plans to major in business management.


CAROLIN WEIKARD2010 Ohio Valley Conference

Freshman of the Year• First-Team All-OVC selection• 16-2 overall singles; 9-0 OVC singles• 15-6 overall doubles; 7-2 OVC doubles• No. 2 singles• Won 13 straight matches


Previously: A four-year letter winner at Desert Mountain High School... owns a tennis pedigree as her dad Bill, and brother Tyler, both played collegiate tennis... has played in USTA events since age 14... ranked No. 5 in Arizona and No. 588 nationally... ranked as three-star recruit by Tennis-Recruiting.net... played at the USTA Girls 18 National Cham-pionships.

Personal: Born Sept. 18, 1991...

CASSIE HOCHWALT

5-5FRESHMAN

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.

Previously: Gathered high rankings in the junior circuit throughout the Netherlands and Holland area of Europe... ranked as high as No. 76 nationally, in singles... adept dou-bles player as well... ranked as high as No. 69 in doubles... advanced to the singles finals at the Topic Aope Zittseje in 2008... played in the doubles finals at Steegh Vastgoed.

Personal: Born Nov. 13, 1991...

KIMBERLY LOO

5-9FRESHMAN

SITTARD, NETHERLANDS

Previously: A four-year letter winner at Madison West High School... named team MVP three times... a four-time Capital Times Fall Prep Athlete of the Year... played in four Wiscon-sin Division I Individual State Tournaments... seeded No. 2 as a senior... twice participated in the USTA’s Midwest Mar-ian Wood Baird Cup... lost in the 2009 finals... won the 2008 Wisconsin Junior Open.

Personal: Aug. 9, 1992...

RACHEL MARGOLIES

5-4FRESHMAN

MADISON, WISC.

Previously: Gathered high rankings in the junior circuit throughout the Netherlands and Holland area of Europe... ranked as high as No. 76 nationally, in singles... adept dou-bles player as well... ranked as high as No. 69 in doubles... advanced to the singles finals at the Topic Aope Zittseje in 2008... played in the doubles finals at Steegh Vastgoed.

Personal: Born Nov. 13, 1991...

ANDRACORNEA

5-6FRESHMAN

SIBIU, ROMANIA

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