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2019 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS 2019 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS 2018-19 WOMEN’S TENNIS ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE NAME R/L HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL / COLLEGE) Constance Branstine Constance Branstine R 5-9 JR 1V Orange, Calif. (Villa Park HS / UC Irvine) bran-STEIN Alexa Corcoleotes R 5-10 SO 1V Mountain View, Calif. (K12 Academy) Salma Ewing R 5-9 FR HS Lakewood, Calif. (Laurel Springs) Alexa CORCOLEOTES Estella Jaeger R 5-7 FR HS Delbrueck, Germany (ISP International) cor-co-lee-O-tis Angela Kulikov R 5-7 JR 2V Sun Valley, Calif. (Connections Academy) Salma EWING Ana Neffa R 5-7 SO TR Key Biscayne, Fla. (St. Thomas University) YOU-ing Rianna Valdes R 5-7 JR 2V Boca Raton, Fla. (Allendale Academy) Sydney Van Alphen R 5-6 SO 1V Newport Beach, Calif. (Connections Academy) Estella JAEGER Becca Weissmann R 5-7 SO TR Loveland, Colo. (Connections Academy / LSU) YAY-ger Danielle Willson R 5-11 FR HS Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Angela KULIKOV HEAD COACH: Alison Swain (2nd season) KOO-lee-kov ASSISTANT COACH: Chris Wootton (2nd season) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT: Rachel Manasse (1st season) Becca Weissmann WISE-man 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 2019 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: .....*298-187 2018 Women of Troy ................................ 7 President: .........................C.L. Max Nikias ........................................................... (.614) 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 ...........0 schedule. Players can be made available Record at USC: ........................13-10 (.565) Record Consecutive NCAA after practice sessions and following home ................... (Entering her second season) Appearances ......................26 (1991-2017) matches. Overall Record: .................... 237-38 (.889) ...................................................11 seasons Trojans On The Web: Current women’s ten- Swain’s Phone: ..................(213) 740-3828 Sports Information nis information, as well as news, features Assistant Coach:................Chris Wootton Women’s Tennis SID: ...............Katie Ryan and updated statistics can be found on the Vol. Asst. Coach: .............. Rachel Manasse SID Phone: ........................ (213) 740-8480 web at: usctrojans.com Cell Phone: ........................(949) 874-5475 2018 Overall Record: ......................... 13-10 SID Fax: .............................. (213) 740-7584 2018 Pac-12 Record:. ........................... 5-5 E-mail: .......................... [email protected] 2018 Postseason: ............ No Postseason Website: ...................www.usctrojans.com Final Team Ranking: .......................No. 49 Sports Information Address: .................... Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .........6 / 2 .............................USC Sports Information Newcomers: .............................................4 ..............3501 Watt Way, Heritage Hall 103 For more information on the Pac-12 Conference, .............................Los Angeles, CA 90089 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 768-279 (.734); USC all-time also courtesy of Dan Avila, Heston Quan, Gary Rus, Sam Haythorn, Hali Helfgott, conference 299-186 (.616); 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 2019 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS Head Coach 2nd 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 for USC women’s tennis. I can’t wait to meet the Association. “USC has made a triple crown championship at any level is difficult to do; winning entire team and get started.” 8 of them like Alison has done in a 10-year span is appointment. With Alison Swain, the Trojans have beyond impressive. We are confident that she can Swain, 38, posted an .889 winning percentage a great coach with a championship pedigree, a bring the Women of Troy to that championship level. (224-28) in her 10 seasons (2008-17) at Williams, fabulous teacher with a proven commitment to including 48-2 in NCAA tournament play. She led the highest levels of academic achievement and “She has a vision and a plan for our program. She the Ephs to 8 NCAA team championships, includ- a splendid mentor of extraordinary character. is an educator and a developer of tennis players, ing in each of her first 6 seasons (an NCAA Division Alison is a proven leader in the world of college of scholar-athletes and of women. She will create III record and tying Stanford for most consecutive tennis, including as a magnificent member of a supportive and healthy culture for our program at any level) as well as in 2015 (going 25-0) and the new ITA Board. She is poised for an incredibly that will lead to success in the classroom, in life the just-concluded 2017 campaign. In her other 2 successful future.” and on the tennis court.” seasons, Williams was the NCAA runnerup in 2016 and was third in 2014. She also helped Williams Swain was the second person in any division to win Said Swain: “I would first like to thank Lynn Swann, win 5 conference championships. an NCAA tennis team championship as a player (USC associate athletic director) Scott Jacobson and a coach. She co-captained Williams’ 2001 and the entire search committee for the incredible She was named the 2013 ITA National Division NCAA championship squad (the first in school opportunity to join the USC family. USC has an III Coach of the Year, was a 5-time conference history). She won All-New England Small College exceptional athletics tradition, but more impor- Coach of the Year and twice (2010-13) was the Athletic Conference honors and was named a tantly the university truly values creating an overall ITA Northeast Coach of the Year. She produced 2 Scholar-Athlete All-American. amazing experience for its student-athletes in the NCAA champion doubles teams (Juli Raventos and classroom, on the court and beyond. Linda Shin in