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2018 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS 2018 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS 2017-18 WOMEN’S TENNIS ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE NAME R/L HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL / COLLEGE) Constance Branstine R 5-9 SO TR Orange, Calif. (Villa Park HS / UC Irvine) Constance Branstine Alexa Corcoleotes R 5-10 FR HS Mountain View, Calif. (K12 Academy) bran-STINE Angela Kulikov R 5-7 SO 1V Sun Valley, Calif. (Connections Academy) Gabby Smith R 5-5 SR 3V Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS) Alexa CORCOLEOTES Rianna Valdes R 5-7 JR 2V Boca Raton, Fla. (Allendale Academy) cor-co-lee-O-tis Sydney Van Alphen R 5-6 SO 1V Newport Beach, Calif. (Connections Academy) Angela KULIKOV Becca Weissmann R 5-7 SO TR Loveland, Colo. (Connections Academy / LSU) KOO-lee-kov Madison Westby R 6-1 JR 2V Tusla, Okla. (Bishop Kelley HS) Becca Weissmann HEAD COACH: Alison Swain (1st season) WISE-man ASSISTANT COACH: Chris Wootton (1st season) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT: Kristina Hovsepyan (1st season) Kristina Hovsepyan hov-see-PEE-ee-an 2018 POSTSEASON 2018 NCAA REGIONALS 2018 PAC-12 Friday-Saturday, May 11-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS Sites To Be Determined Wednesday-Sunday, April 25-19 Ojai, Calif. 2018 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday-Monday, May 17-28 Wake Forest Tennis Complex | Winston-Salem, NC 2 2018 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS 2018 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS Quick Facts / Media Notes ......................3 University Information Tennis History 2018 Tennis USC Women’s Alison Swain, Head Coach ......................4 Location: ......................Los Angeles, Calif. All-Time Program Record: .........*760-280 Coaching Staff .........................................5 Founded: .............................................1880 ............................................................(.735) Marks Tennis Stadium / Support Staff ..6 Enrollment: ....43,000 (19,000 undergrad) All-Time Conference Record: .....*267-122 2018 Women of Troy ................................ 7 President: .........................C.L. Max Nikias .......................................................... (.686) 2017 Results ........................................... 13 Athletic Director: ....................Lynn Swann All-Time NCAA Record: ................. *70-34 2017 Match-By-Match Results ...............14 Senior Woman Administrator: .......Donna ............................................................(.673) All-Time Honors ......................................17 .......................................................... Heinel National Team Championships: .............6 USC Letterwinners ................................. 21 National Affiliation: .........NCAA Division I ............................................(1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1 History & National Championships ......22 Conference: .....................................Pac-12 .....................................983 [NCAA], 1985 [NCAA]) Year-By-Year ...........................................23 Nickname: .......Trojans or Women of Troy National Singles Championships: ..........5 Opponent Series Records .....................28 Fight Song: ................................“Fight On” ...................... (1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983) Colors: ...............................Cardinal & Gold National Doubles Championships:.........2 MEDIA NOTES Home Court: ..........Marks Tennis Stadium .................................................(1980, 2013) Interviews: To arrange an interview with Capacity: ............................................1,000 Conference Championships: ................. 11 coaches or athletes, please contact Katie ............ (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, Ryan (213-740-8480) at least one day in Tennis Information 1983, 1985, 1986, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015) advance. Check with the USC Sports Infor- Head Coach: ......................... Alison Swain NCAA Appearances ...............................35 mation Office regarding the team practice Alma Mater: .............. Williams College ’01 Consecutive NCAA Appearances .........26 schedule. Players can be made available Record at USC: ..........................0-0 (.000) ......................................... (Current Record) after practice sessions and following home .........................(Entering her first season) matches. Overall Record: ....................224-28 (.889) .................................................. 10 seasons Sports Information Trojans On The Web: Current women’s ten- Swain’s Phone: ..................(213) 740-3828 Women’s Tennis SID: ...............Katie Ryan nis information, as well as news, features Assistant Coach:................Chris Wootton SID Phone: ........................ (213) 740-8480 and updated statistics can be found on the Vol. Asst. Coach: ......... Kristina Hovsepyan Cell Phone: ........................(949) 874-5475 web at: usctrojans.com SID Fax: .............................. (213) 740-7584 2017 Overall Record: .......................... 13-11 E-mail: .......................... [email protected] 2017 Pac-12 Record:. ........................... 6-4 Website: ...................www.usctrojans.com 2017 Postseason: ........ NCAA First Round Sports Information Address: .................... Final Team Ranking: ........................No. 27 .............................USC Sports Information Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .........5 / 2 ..............3501 Watt Way, Heritage Hall 103 Newcomers: .............................................3 .............................Los Angeles, CA 90089 For more information on the Pac-12 Conference, go to: pac-12.org For more information on all NCAA Division I sports and championships, go to: ncaa.com For more information on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), go to: itatennis.com Credits The 2018 Women’s Tennis Media Guide was prepared by Katie Ryan, Assistant * Due to NCAA penalty vacating wins recorded by ineligible player, 3 wins left undecided in 2008; 1 Sports Information Director. Special thanks to John McGillen for team photos, ac- win (conference) becomes a loss and 4 wins left tions and head shots, and also to the Figges for head shots. Action photography undecided in 2009. [Original records: USC all- time program record 755-268 (.738); USC all-time also courtesy of Dan Avila, Heston Quan, Gary Rus, Sam Haythorn, Hali Helfgott, conference 262-117 (.691); all-time NCAA record Bill Kallenberg, John McGillen, Jim Sabo, Eddie Siegel, Michael Sugarman, Jon 72-33 (.686)] SooHoo, Po-He Tseng and Troy Witt. 2 3 2018 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS Head Coach 1st Season ALISON SWAIN 8-Time DIII NCAA Championship Coach Alison Swain, who built a women’s tennis dy- nasty at Williams Col- lege by leading the Ephs to 8 NCAA Division III team championships, including in 2017, was named the women’s head coach at USC by Trojan athletic director Lynn Swann on June Coaching Staff 7, 2017. “We are delighted and excited to welcome Alison Swain to the Trojan Family,” said Swann. “She is a proven winner as a head coach. Winning a national entire team and get started.” appointment. With Alison Swain, the Trojans have championship at any level is difficult to do; winning a great coach with a championship pedigree, a 8 of them like Alison has done in a 10-year span is Swain, 38, posted an .889 winning percentage fabulous teacher with a proven commitment to beyond impressive. We are confident that she can (224-28) in her 10 seasons (2008-17) at Williams, the highest levels of academic achievement and bring the Women of Troy to that championship level. including 48-2 in NCAA tournament play. She led a splendid mentor of extraordinary character. the Ephs to 8 NCAA team championships, includ- Alison is a proven leader in the world of college “She has a vision and a plan for our program. She ing in each of her first 6 seasons (an NCAA Division tennis, including as a magnificent member of is an educator and a developer of tennis players, III record and tying Stanford for most consecutive the new ITA Board. She is poised for an incredibly of scholar-athletes and of women. She will create at any level) as well as in 2015 (going 25-0) and successful future.” a supportive and healthy culture for our program the just-concluded 2017 campaign. In her other 2 that will lead to success in the classroom, in life seasons, Williams was the NCAA runnerup in 2016 Swain was the second person in any division to win and on the tennis court.” and was third in 2014. She also helped Williams an NCAA tennis team championship as a player win 5 conference championships. and a coach. She co-captained Williams’ 2001 Said Swain: “I would first like to thank Lynn Swann, NCAA championship squad (the first in school (USC associate athletic director) Scott Jacobson She was named the 2013 ITA National Division history). She won All-New England Small College and the entire search committee for the incredible III Coach of the Year, was a 5-time conference Athletic Conference honors and was named a opportunity to join the USC family. USC has an Coach of the Year and twice (2010-13) was the Scholar-Athlete All-American. exceptional athletics tradition, but more impor- ITA Northeast Coach of the Year. She produced 2 tantly the university truly values creating an overall NCAA champion doubles teams (Juli Raventos and After graduating from Williams in 2001 with a de- amazing experience for its student-athletes in the Linda Shin in 2015 and 2016) and a trio of NCAA gree in American studies, she taught eighth grade classroom, on the court and beyond. singles runners-up, along with 18 All-Americans, and coached the girls’ tennis team at Woodward 2 ITA National Senior Players