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Notre Dame Women’s Tennis 13 Straight Top-30 Finishes • 12 NCAA Tournaments Since ‘93 • 18 Conference Titles

Weekly Notes Package • September 29, 2005 • Contact: Bo Rottenborn, [email protected]

Hoosier Classic Bloomington, Indiana • Outdoor Varsity Tennis Courts • Indiana University September 30-October 2, 2005

Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships Pacific Palisades, CA • Riviera Tennis Club // Los Angeles, CA • Los Angeles Tennis Center (prequalifying) October 1-2 (prequalifying); October 4-5 (qualifying); October 6-9 (main draw)

THOMPSONS OFF TO ALL-AMERICANS, WHILE REST OF IRISH HEAD TO HOOSIER CLASSIC: Junior twins Catrina Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.) and Christian Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.) will head to the first grand slam of the season, while the rest of the University of Notre Dame women’s teannis team will travel to the Hoosier Classic at Indiana University this weekend. Christian Thompson will begin play in the prequalifying singles draw on Saturday, while her sister will start in the qualifying singles bracket on Tuesday, and they will team up — as the #2-ranked pair in college tennis — for main draw doubles play beginning next Thursday, Oct. 6. Meanwhile, the rest of the Irish will be in action from Friday through Sunday at the Outdoor Varsity Tennis Courts in Bloomington, Ind.

HOOSIER CLASSIC FORMAT: The Hoosier Classic will take place at the Outdoor and Indoor Varsity Tennis Courts on the campus of Indiana University from Friday through Sunday. Six teams will be participating: Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, LSU, Murray State, and Notre Dame. Action will begin at 10 a.m. (EST) on Friday. The tournament will feature five eight-player draws in singles, a 16-team doubles draw, and other round-robin matches.

IRISH DRAWS: Sophomore Brook Buck (Yukon, Okla./Oklahoma Christian School), who at 54th is the highest-ranked singles player in the tournament, will begin play in the “A” flight in singles by facing Marina Chiarelli of LSU. In the “B” flight, senior Kristina Stastny (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph’s Academy) will immediately get a shot at a nationally-ranked player when she takes on 95th-ranked Tamar Kvaratskhelia of Kansas State. Also in that draw, freshman Katie Potts (Brookfield, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S.) will make her collegiate debut against Kansas’ Ksenia Bukina. In the “C” flight, senior captain Lauren Connelly (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness H.S.) has Indiana’s Brianna Wiliams first, while rookie Kelcy Tefft (Enid, Okla./Chisholm H.S.) will face Tiffany Tucker of LSU. Senior Kelly Nelson (St. Petersburg, Fla./Shorecrest Preparatory School) will play Lauren Hommell of Kansas in the first round of the “D” flight, while sophomore Bailey Louderback (South Bend, Ind./Penn H.S.) will play Tami McQueen of Murray State in round robin action. In doubles, the 60th-ranked duo of Buck and Tefft will have Skoda and Brown from Kansas to begin. Connelly and Stastny, who earned a ranked win last weekend, will face the Lask sisters from Murray State, and Nelson and Potts will take on Avdeeva and Bukina of Kansas.

ND IN THE HOOSIER CLASSIC: This will be the second year in a row and fourth time overall that Notre Dame has played in a fall tournament at Indiana University. Last season, the Indiana Invitational — played in November — featured a hidden dual format. The Irish went 11-7 in singles and 5- 4 in doubles, as sophomore Brook Buck (Yukon, Okla./Oklahoma Christian School) earned a pair of ranked upsets, while senior senior Kristina Stastny (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph’s Academy) notched her first career win over a ranked foe. ND also played in the 1989 Hoosier Conseco Classic and the 1999 Indiana Invitational.

RANKED PLAYERS IN THE HOOSIER CLASSIC: The Hoosier Classic will feature four nationally-ranked singles players and three ranked teams in doubles. In singles, Irish sophomore Brook Buck (Yukon, Okla./Oklahoma Christian School) leads the way at 54th, while Sarah Batty of Indiana is 82nd, her teammate Dora Vastag is 90th, and Kansas State’s Tamar Kvaratskhelia (who is in the “B” flight) is 95th. Batty and Laura McGaffigan are 19th in doubles, while Buck and freshman Kelcy Tefft (Enid, Okla./Chisholm H.S.) are tied for 60th, along with LSU’s Tiffany Tucker and Lauren Seaman.

RIVIERA/ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FORMAT & HISTORY: The Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships, the first of three legs of the collegiate grand slam, will take place from Oct. 1-9 in the greater Los Angeles area. The Oct. 6-9 main draw (32 singles, 16 doubles) is pre- ceded by two sets of qualifying tournaments. The 64-player, 32 doubles team prequalifying tournament is Oct. 1-2 at UCLA and four players and doubles teams will advance from there to the Oct. 4-5 64-player qualifying tournament at Riviera (where eight players and four doubles teams will advance to the main draw). The premier hard court event of the fall collegiate season, the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships feature the top players in NCAA Division I tennis. The tournament dates back to 1983 when Georgia's Lisa Spain won the inaugural title. In 1999 the University of San Diego's Zuzana Lesenarova made history at the Riviera when she won her record fifth national collegiate singles title. In 2003 California's Raquel Kops- Jones become the first African American woman to win a national collegiate singles title at the NCAA Division I level. Stanford boasts the most singles and doubles champions at this event with a total of eight, and Texas is not far behind with six. Past participants include current and recent top-100 pro- fessionals Lisa Raymond, Jill Craybas, Marissa Irvin and Laura Granville. Northwestern's Audra Cohen captured the 2004 singles title and Florida's Whitney Benik and Lolita Frangulyan took home the doubles crown. The famous Riviera Tennis Club has played host to this event since 1988 (it also hosted an intercollegiate women's championship from 1986-88).

Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Fall 2005 Schedule Sept. 23-25 at Maryland Invitational (College Park, MD) — Connelly/Stastny, Stastny, Nelson win consolation championships Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at Hoosier Classic (Bloomington, IN) Oct. 1-9 at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships (Pacific Palisades, CA) Oct. 14 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (exhibition) Oct. 20-25 at ITA Midwest Championships (East Lansing, MI) Nov. 3-6 at ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships (Columbus, OH) Nov. 4-6 at Midwest Blast VII (Urbana, IL) Irish in the All-American IRISH DRAWS: Junior Christian Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.) will begin singles action in prequalifying on Saturday, facing the No. 12 seed, 120th-ranked Emily Kirchem of Championships Colorado State, at 9 a.m. (PDT). A win would send her into a second-round match later that day (main draw results only) against either Rice’s Kimberley Patenaude or 125th-ranked Natalie Braverman from Pepperdine. SINGLES Thompson would then need to win one match on Sunday to advance to qualifying. That begins on 2003 - Alicia Salas (first round) Tuesday, and junior Catrina 1st: l. Tammy Encina (Tennessee) 6-4, 6-0 Thompson (Las Vegas, MOST MAIN-DRAW DOUBLES WINS IN ITA Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.), GRAND SLAMS, 2004-05 2000 - Michelle Dasso (quarterfinals) ranked 27th, will definitely be par- Team Record 1st: def. [3] Kristina Kraszewski (Washington) 7-6, ticipating. The draw for that will be Alice Barnes/Erin Burdette, Stanford 8-1 6-7, 6-1 posted on Monday. The main Audra Cohen/Cristelle Grier, Northwestern 7-1 Rd. of 16: def. Anna Monhartova (Tulane) 6-3, 6-4 draws will be determined on Catrina Thompson/Catrina Thompson, Notre Dame 6-3 Quarters: l. Lauren Kalvaria (Stanford) 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday, and the Thompsons 1998 - Michelle Dasso (first round) will be in that in doubles. 1st: l. [1] Vanessa Webb (Duke) 6-0, 6-4 ND IN THE RIVIERA/ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Notre Dame will be represent- 1997 - Jennifer Hall (round of 16) ed in a main draw of the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships for the third straight year and the 1st: def. [6] Vicki Maes (Arizona) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 12th time in the last 15 years. Top finishes for Irish players include current assistant coach Michelle Rd. of 16: l. Amanda Augustus (Cal) 6-2, 6-4 Dasso reaching the singles quarterfinals in 2000, Wendy Crabtree and Lisa Tholen advancing to 1996 - Jennifer Hall [6] (first round) the doubles semis in 1993, and current juniors Catrina Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop 1st: l. Agnes Muzamel (Mississippi) 6-3, 6-4 Gorman H.S.) and Christian Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.) falling in the doubles final a year ago. See box on this page for complete results of the Irish in the All-American 1995 - Wendy Crabtree [6] (first round) Championships main draws. 1st: l. Marianne Vallin (UNLV) 6-7, 7-5, 6-1 1994 - Wendy Crabtree (round of 16) IRISH HEAD COACH: Jay Louderback is in his 17th season at Notre Dame with a 283-147 1st: def. Katie Schlukebir (Stanford) 6-3, 6-4 (.659) record and his 26th year as a collegiate coach with a 487-325 (.600) mark. He ranks fifth Rd. of 16: l. [3] Kelly Pace (Texas) 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 among active NCAA Division I coaches in career victories. Louderback's Irish have finished in the national top 30 in each of the last 13 seasons and have won 12 conference titles. Since the pre- 1993 - Wendy Crabtree (first round) season of the 1992-93 season, Louderback's teams have been in the national top 30 in 202 of 204 1st: l. Jennifer Poulos (Cal) 6-2, 6-2 sets of ITA rankings. After taking over a program looking for its first NCAA tournament appearance, 1992 - Melissa Harris (first round) Louderback has helped Notre Dame to the NCAAs 12 times in the last 13 years (which only 10 1st: l. Antonia Homolya (Campbell) 6-1, 6-2 other schools have done), including five appearances in the round of 16 and a 1996 quarterfinal fin- ish. Louderback, a four-time Midwest Region coach of the year, has been honored as his confer- 1991 - Melissa Harris (round of 16) ence's top coach on eight occasions, including five times in 10 years in the BIG EAST. In his time 1st: def. [3] Danielle Scott (Arizona) 5-7, 7-6, 6-2 at Notre Dame, Louderback's players have earned All-America honors 15 times, won four national Rd. of 16: l. Tracey Hiete (Duke) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 ITA awards, and earned 20 invitations to the NCAA Singles Championship and 12 to the NCAA dou- DOUBLES bles tournament. His players have dominated the University awards during Louderback's tenure, 2004 - Catrina Thompson/Christian leading all sports in both Byron V. Kanaley awards (six) and Francis Patrick O'Connor awards (six). Thompson (runners-up) His family was honored with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Tennis Family of the Year 1st: def. Ashley Bentley/Robin Stephenson Award for 2002. The Arkansas City, Kan., native, and 1976 graduate of Wichita State arrived at (Alabama) 8-4 Notre Dame prior to the 1989-90 season after coaching for seven years at his alma mater and three Quarters: def. [1] Diane Hollands/Maja Mlakar years (men and women) at Iowa State. (Arizona) 8-6 Semis: def. Iva Gersic/Maja Kovacek (New TWO SINGLES PLAYERS, A PAIR OF DOUBLES TEAMS EARN PRESEASON NATIONAL Mexico) 9-8 (7-5) RANKINGS: Junior All-America twins Catrina Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.) Final: l. Whitney Benik/Lolita Frangulyan and Christian Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.) were listed #2 in doubles to lead (Florida) 8-3 the Notre Dame contingent represented in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) preseason national singles and doubles rankings, released earlier this month. Catrina Thompson, at 27th, and 2000 - Michelle Dasso/Becky Varnum sophomore Brook Buck (Yukon, Okla./Oklahoma Christian School), at 54th, both earned career- [4] (first round) best rankings in singles, while Buck and freshman Kelcy Tefft (Enid, Okla./Chisholm H.S.) — for- 1st: l. Julie DeRoo/Mira Radu (Mississippi) merly the #1-ranked doubles team in juniors action — were 60th in doubles. Notre Dame is one of 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 just nine schools (along with California, Florida, Georgia, Northwestern, Pepperdine, USC, 1997 - Tiffany Gates/Jennifer Hall (first round) THOMPSON/THOMPSON CAREER IN GRAND SLAMS (7-4 record) 1st: l. Susie Kocsis/Gee Gee Garvin (UNLV) 2003-04 6-3, 6-2 NCAA Championships, May 25-29, Athens, GA 1995 - Wendy Crabtree/Holyn Lord First Round: def. Cynthia Goulet/Jennifer McGaffigan (Illinois) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 (first round) Round of 16: lost to Megan Muth/Amy Wei (William & Mary) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 1st: l. Laura Olave/Suzana Rodrigues (LSU) 6-3, 6-3 2004-05 1994 - Wendy Crabtree/Holyn Lord Riviera/ITA All-American Championships, Oct. 7-10, Pacific Palisades, CA (first round) Round of 16: def. #6 Ashley Bentley/Robin Stephenson (Alabama) 8-4 1st: l. [2] Keri Phebus/Susie Starrett (UCLA) Quarterfinals: def. [No. 1 seed] #1 Dianne Hollands/Maja Mlakar (Arizona) 8-6 6-2, 6-1 Semifinals: def. #11 Iva Gersic/Maja Kovacek (New Mexico) 9-8 (7-5) Final: lost to Whitney Benik/Lolita Frangulyan (Florida) 8-3 1993 - Wendy Crabtree/Lisa Tholen (semifinals) ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, Nov. 4-7, Ann Arbor, MI [No. 2 seed] 1st: def. Michelle Domanico/Jennifer Saret Round of 16: def. #3 Sarah Foster/Aibika Kalsarieva (Kentucky) 8-5 (BYU) 6-2, 6-4 Quarterfinals: def. #28 Audrey Banada/Megan Bradley (Miami) 8-5 Quarters: def. Helen Crook/Victoria Davies Semifinals: lost to #13 Alice Barnes/Erin Burdette (Stanford) 9-7 (South Carolina) 6-1, 6-2 Semis: l. [1] Keirsten Alley/Pam Nelson NCAA Championships, May 24-28, Athens, GA (California) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 First Round: def. Zsuzsanna Fodor/Anastasia Kugakolova (Mississippi State) 6-3, 6-1 Note: Numbers in brackets are seedings. Round of 16: lost to Ana Cetnik/Story Tweedie-Yates (TCU) 6-1, 6-2 Stanford, and TCU) to feature both two ranked doubles teams and two of the top 55 players in singles. The Irish have multiple players among the top 55 in the nation for the first time since the first set of spring rankings in 1998-99, when current assistant coach Michelle Dasso was eighth, Becky Varnum was 47th, and Jennifer Hall came in 54th. The Thompsons, who became the first ND team ever to be ranked #1 last spring, are behind only another team of juniors, Caroline Basu of Germany and Shadisha Robinson, the University of Georgia team that ended last season ranked #1 and with a 25-3 record.

IRISH WIN THREE CONSOLATION TITLES IN MARYLAND INVITATIONAL: A trio of Notre Dame seniors got the 2005-06 season underway last weekend, combining to bring home a trio of consolation championships in the Maryland Invitational. Lauren Connelly (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness H.S.) and Kristina Stastny (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph’s Academy) won the “A’ flight backdraw in doubles, while Stastny also ruled the “A” flight consoles in singles, and Kelly Nelson (St. Petersburg, Fla./Shorecrest Preparatory School) returned to action for the first time in nearly two years and won the backdraw of the “B” flight.

CURRENT IRISH IN FALL ACTION: See below the records of current Irish players in fall play: Player Singles Doubles Combined Brook Buck 10-3 11-3 21-6 (.778) Catrina Thompson 14-6 17-7 31-13 (.705) Christian Thompson 15-7 17-7 32-14 (.696) Lauren Connelly 25-14 25-11 50-25 (.667) Kelly Nelson 23-11 12-8 35-19 (.648) Kristina Stastny 23-17 25-12 48-29 (.623) Liz Donohue 22-14 16-15 38-29 (.567) Jennifer Smith 8-9 11-6 19-15 (.559) Bailey Louderback 0-8 3-5 3-13 (.188)

STREAKS: The following streaks are active heading into this weekend: - Lauren Connelly has won five consecutive three-set matches [last loss: 3/12/04 vs. BYU’s Sofia Holden 7-6, 2-6, 6-2] - Brook Buck has won three consecutive fall singles matches [last loss: 10/24/04 vs. Northwestern’s Cristelle Grier 6-4, 6-1] - Catrina Thompson has won 25 consecutive matches when taking the opening set [last loss: 3/27/04 vs. Wake Forest’s Katie Martzolf 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7- 4), 1-0 (11-9)] - Brook Buck has won 20 consecutive matches when taking the opening set (21-1 career record) [only loss: 9/19/04 vs. Denver’s Jenny Trettin 1-6, 6- 3, 6-1] - Christian Thompson has won all seven of her career singles matches against BIG EAST Conference opponents - Catrina Thompson has won seven consecutive singles matches indoors [last loss: 2/18/05 vs. Duke’s Katie Blaszak 6-1, 6-7, 6-2] - Catrina Thompson has won five consecutive singles matches in the Eck Tennis Pavilion [last loss: 2/18/05 vs. Duke’s Katie Blaszak 6-1, 6-7, 6-2] - Lauren Connelly has won six consecutive singles matches against BIG EAST Conference players (8-1 career record) [only loss: 4/12/03 vs. Miami’s Sara Robbins 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-4)] - Kristina Stastny has won nine consecutive doubles matches indoors [last loss: 1/23/05 vs. Vanderbilt’s Ferrell/Taylor 8-0] - Kristina Stastny has won nine consecutive doubles matches at home [last loss: 1/23/05 vs. Vanderbilt’s Ferrell/Taylor 8-0]

IRISH TO FACE SEVEN TOP-25 TEAMS: Nine teams that finished the 2004-05 campaign in the top 20 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national rankings – including seven that reached the final 16 of the NCAA Championship – will highlight the 2005-06 schedule. In all, 19 of the 23 teams on Notre Dame’s schedule ended last year ranked among the top 55 in the nation, while 16 earned bids to the NCAAs. Among the top challenges on the Irish slate will be matches with USC (finished 7th, NCAA quarterfinals, Oct. 14, home, exhibition), Wake Forest (26th, second round, Feb. 11, away), North Carolina (11th, quarterfinals, Feb. 12, away), Tennessee (18th, second round, Feb. 18, home), Harvard (16th, round of 16, Feb. 19, home), Brigham Young (22nd, second round, Feb. 25, home), Duke (17th, second round, March 15, Orlando, Fla.), Texas (3rd, NCAA runner-up, March 20, away), Vanderbilt (8th, round of 16, March 29, away), Northwestern (5th, round of 16, April 5, home), and Tulane (15th, round of 16, April 15, away).

ND-USC TO CONTINUE “THE BATTLE BEFORE THE WAR”: On Friday, Oct. 14, Notre Dame and USC will meet in both men’s and women’s tennis in exhibition action the day before the schools do battle in football in Notre Dame Stadium. It will be the fourth consecutive time the squads have done this at Notre Dame the day before the football matchup.

WE ARE FAMILY: Notre Dame women’s tennis has long featured members of the same family on its teams. For the fourth consecutive season, Notre Dame will have a set of sisters on its roster: junior twins Catrina Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.) and Christian Thompson (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman H.S.). They last year became the first set of Irish sisters — and first twins of either sex — to both become All-Americans. The previous three seasons had featured two pairs of sisters on each Irish roster, but that has changed with the graduation of Maggie Donohue in 2003 and Sarah Jane Connelly last spring. Another family connection was added last season, as head coach Jay Louderback’s daughter, Bailey Louderback (South Bend, Ind./Penn H.S.), joined the team. He became the 11th Notre Dame coach — just the second in a women’s sport (along with softball’s Brian Boulac) — to have coached his son or daughter with the Irish.

CHANGES TO THE ITA RANKINGS: The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) recently announced some changes to its national rankings for the 2005-06 season: (1) It will use one set of points for wins and also a tighter set of points, with less gaps. This set of points will be the same set that has been used for the season's first computer rankings in the past; (2) There will be bonus points awarded for road wins; (3) The rankings that are run at the time of NCAA Championship selections will be run twice and the second run of the rankings will be the published ranking; (4) There will be expanded, unpublished rankings (and values for opponents): 76-125 for team, 126-175 for singles, and 61-90 for doubles; (5) The first computer rankings (for team) will take place 2 weeks earlier on March 8; (6) The singles and doubles rankings from Fall results will go back to being a computer ranking; it had been done by committee vote the past three years.

KEEPING UP WITH NOTRE DAME TENNIS: For the fastest results of Notre Dame tennis matches, call the Notre Dame sports hotline at (574) 631- 3000 and choose #8. The hotline provides schedule and results information for varsity sports and serves as a supplement to the game recaps and weekly releases provided on the official athletic website at www.und.com. The hotline is the first medium updated with the results of each Notre Dame tennis match. In addition, media members and fans may be added to the sports information e-mail release list by contacting Bo Rottenborn at [email protected], who also can provide any information about the Irish tennis program. 2005-06 University of Notre Dame Women’s Tennis

Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Quick Facts and Preseason Information 2005 Results Location ...... Notre Dame, IN 46556 at Ohio State W, 6-1 #6 Vanderbilt L, 1-6 Founded ...... 1842 #20 Michigan W, 7-0 Enrollment ...... 8,380 (undergraduate), 11,311 (total) Wake Forest W, 5-2 Nickname ...... Fighting Irish at #17 Harvard L, 3-4 Colors ...... Gold and Blue at Boston College W, 7-0 Conference ...... BIG EAST #5 Duke L, 3-4 Home Courts (Outdoor) ...... Courtney Tennis Center #9 North Carolina L, 3-4 Home Courts (Indoor) ...... Eck Tennis Pavilion #13 Texas L, 3-4 President ...... Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C Iowa W, 7-0 Athletic Director ...... Kevin White at UNLV W, 5-2 Associate A.D./Women’s Tennis ...... Missy Conboy at #24 BYU L, 1-6 Athletic Department Phone ...... (574) 631-6107 at #23 Tennessee L, 1-6 Purdue W, 5-2 Women’s Tennis Coaching Staff at Oklahoma State W, 7-0 Head Coach ...... Jay Louderback (Wichita State ‘76) at Wisconsin L, 3-4 Louderback’s Ofﬁce Phone ...... (574) 631-5149 Long Beach State W, 5-2 Record at Notre Dame ...... 282-146 (.659)/15 years #16 William & Mary W, 4-3 Career Record ...... 486-324 (.600)/25 years at Indiana W, 4-3 Assistant Coach ...... Michelle Dasso (Notre Dame ‘01) at Illinoiw W, 4-3 Dasso’s Ofﬁce Phone ...... (574) 631-3730 at #3 Northwestern L, 2-5 Volunteer Assistant Coach ...... Liz Balanis (Wake Forest ‘94) *vs. St. John’s W, 4-0 Eck Tennis Pavilion Phone ...... (574) 631-6929 *vs. Syracuse W, 4-0 Coaches’ Fax ...... (574) 631-8728 $vs. Iowa W, 4-1 $at #6 Northwestern L, 0-4

Sports Information * BIG EAST Championship Address ...... 112 Joyce Center $ NCAA Championship ...... Notre Dame, IN 46556-5678 Sr. Associate Athletic Director/Media Relations ...... John Heisler Note: BIG EAST does not Sports Information Director ...... Bernie Cafarelli have regular-season round Assistant SID/Women’s Tennis Contact ...... Bo Rottenborn robin play. Sports Information Office Phone ...... (574) 631-7516 Rottenborn’s Office Phone ...... (574) 631-8642 Returning Starters Rottenborn’s Home Phone ...... (574) 271-7608 Catrina Thompson (Jr.) Rottenborn’s E-mail ...... [email protected] • 2005 Doubles All-American Sports Information Fax ...... (574) 631-7941 • Preseason Rankings: 27th Irish Sports Hotline ...... (574) 631-3000 (singles), 2nd (doubles) Website ...... www.und.com Brook Buck (So.) • Preseason Rankings: 54th (singles), 60th (doubles) 2005 Review: Program History: Christian Thompson (Jr.) Overall record: 15-10 Overall record (29 years): 479-235-1 (.671) • 2005 Doubles All-American BIG EAST Championship: champion (d. 12 NCAA Championship appearances since 1993 • Preseason Ranking: 2nd (doubles) Six BIG EAST championships St. John’s 4-0, d. Syracuse 4-0) Lauren Connelly (Sr.) NCAA Championship: second round (d. Seven MCC championships Kristina Stastny (Sr.) Iowa 4-1, lost to Northwestern 0-4) 13 consecutive top-30 finishes (1993-present) Liz Donohue (Sr.) Home: 6-4 (5-4 Eck, 1-0 Courtney) Winning seasons: 24 Player Lost Away: 6-6 .500 seasons: 3 (1977, 2002, ‘04) Sarah Jane Connelly Neutral: 3-0 Losing seasons: 2 (1987 & ‘88) • Played No. 3 doubles & Outdoors: 6-4 Div. I All-Americans: 15 (all since ‘94; most recently split time at No. 6 singles Indoors: 9-6 Catrina Thompson & Christian Thompson, doubles, Newcomers 2005 Final Ranking: 24th (2nd in region) ‘05) Katie Potts (Brookfield, WI/ Div. Savior Holy Angels H.S.) Academic All-Americans: 2 (most recently Jennifer starters returning/lost: 6/1 Kelcy Tefft (Enid, OK/ monogram winners returning/lost: 9/1 Hall, ‘99) Chisholm H.S.) 2005-06 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Statistics Singles ITA Rankings Player Open Dual Overall Career Region In 3 Sets Match TB Streak Brook Buck 23-12 W1 Brook Buck Lauren Connelly 2-2 2-2 61-46 2-0 W1 Preseason: 54 Sarah Jane Connelly 77-52 W4 Liz Donohue 30-24 W3 Catrina Thompson Bailey Louderback 0-8 L8 Preseason: 27 Kelly Nelson 2-1 2-1 24-13 1-0 W2 Jennifer Smith 13-14 L2 Buck/Tefft Kristina Stastny 3-1 3-1 59-49 W3 Preseason: 60 Catrina Thompson 44-25 L1 Thompson/ Christian Thompson 38-23 L1 Thompson Totals 7-4 0-0 7-4 292-214 0-0 3-0 0-0 Preseason: 2

With Note: Freshmen (2005 Dual Match Results) Career Clinch Match and all-freshman Player #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Dual Dual Wins Tied 3-3 doubles teams were Brook Buck 13-9 13-9 13-9 2 not eligible for the Lauren Connelly 3-1 7-10 2-0 12-11 36-32 3 1-2 preseason rankings. Sarah Jane Connelly 2-2 5-3 7-5 45-36 1 0-1 Liz Donohue 0-1 7-8 7-9 8-10 Jennifer Smith 0-1 0-1 5-5 Kristina Stastny 0-2 4-3 9-4 13-9 36-32 5 2-0 Catrina Thompson 17-8 17-8 29-18 3 Christian Thompson 10-8 10-8 23-16 1 0-1 Totals 17-8 13-9 13-11 11-13 13-8 12-11 79-60 204-151 15 3-4

Doubles Career Player Open Dual Overall Career Dual Region Tiebreakers Streak Brook Buck 27-12 16-9 L1 Lauren Connelly 2-1 2-1 76-33 49-21 W2 Liz Donohue 16-15 L2 Bailey Louderback 3-5 L2 Kelly Nelson 12-8 W1 Jennifer Smith 24-19 13-13 W1 Kristina Stastny 2-1 2-1 63-39 36-26 W2 Catrina Thompson 52-24 34-16 L1 Christian Thompson 50-24 32-16 L1

As Last (2005 Dual Match Results) Clinching Match Team #1 #2 #3 Dual Open Overall Career Wins On Court Buck/L. Connelly 16-9 16-9 11-3 27-12 27-12 6 1-3 S.J. Connelly/Smith 1-1 1-1 1-1 13-10 0-1 S.J. Connelly/Stastny 14-7 14-7 10-4 24-10 41-24 6 1-0 Donohue/Louderback 3-5 3-5 3-5 Donohue/Smith 2-2 2-2 2-2 Stastny/Ca. Thompson 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 Thompson/Thompson 19-4 19-4 9-3 28-7 50-24 7 2-0 Totals 21-4 16-9 15-8 52-21 35-16 87-37 135-77 19 4-4

Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Career/Season Record by Position Note: Career records are listed first in each spot with 2005 records in parentheses (except for sophomores).

Brook Buck (So.) Singles (13-9-3) No. 1: 0-0 No. 2: 13-9-3 No. 3: 0-0 No. 4: 0-0 No. 5: 0-0 No. 6: 0-0 Doubles (16-9) No. 1: 0-0 No. 2: 16-9 No. 3: 0-0 Clinching Wins Singles: 2 Doubles: 6

Lauren Connelly (Sr.) Singles (36-32-6 career, 12-11-2 in ‘05) No. 1: 0-0 No. 2: 0-0 No. 3: 3-1-1 (3-1-1) No. 4: 18-24-4 (7-10-1) No. 5: 7-4-1 (2-0) No. 6: 8-3 Doubles (49-21 career, 16-9 in ‘05) No. 1: 3-1 No. 2: 46-20-1 (16-9) No. 3: 0-0 Clinching Wins Singles: 9 (3) Doubles: 16 (6)

Liz Donohue (Sr.) Singles (8-10-1 career, 7-9-1 in ‘05) No. 1: 0-0 No. 2: 0-0 No. 3: 0-0 No. 4: 0-0 No. 5: 0-1 (0-1) No. 6: 8-9-1 (7-8-1) Clinching Wins Singles: 0

Jennifer Smith (Sr.) Singles (5-5-1 career, 0-1 in ‘05) No. 1: 0-0 No. 2: 0-0 No. 3: 0-0 No. 4: 0-0 No. 5: 0-1 (0-1) No. 6: 5-4-1 Doubles (13-13 career, 1-1 in ‘05) No. 1: 1-3 No. 2: 0-0 No. 3: 12-10 (1-1) Clinching Wins Singles: 1 Doubles: 6

Kristina Stastny (Sr.) Singles (36-32-5 career, 13-9-3 in ‘05) No. 1: 0-0 No. 2: 0-0 No. 3: 4-7-2 (0-2) No. 4: 11-10 (4-3) No. 5: 15-13-3 (9-4-3) No. 6: 6-2 Doubles (36-26-2 career, 16-7-2 in ‘05) No. 1: 9-9 (2-0) No. 2: 2-2 No. 3: 25-15-2 (14-7-2) Clinching Wins Singles: 11 (5) Doubles: 16 (6)

Catrina Thompson (Jr.) Singles (29-18 career, 17-8 in ‘05) No. 1: 17-8 (17-8) No. 2: 0-0 No. 3: 12-10-2 No. 4: 0-0 No. 5: 0-0 No. 6: 0-0 Doubles (33-15-1 career, 21-4 in ‘05) No. 1: 33-15-1 (21-4) No. 2: 0-0 No. 3: 0-0 Clinching Wins Singles: 7 (3) Doubles: 11 (7)

Christian Thompson (Jr.) Singles (23-16 career, 10-8 in ‘05) No. 1: 0-0 No. 2: 13-8-3 No. 3: 10-8 (10-8) No. 4: 0-0 No. 5: 0-0 No. 6: 0-0 Doubles (31-15-1 career, 19-4 in ‘05) No. 1: 31-15-1 (19-4) No. 2: 0-0 No. 3: 0-0 Clinching Wins Singles: 4 (1) Doubles: 11 (7) 2005-06 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Results vs. Ranked Players

Brook Buck (So.) Season vs. Ranked Players: 0-0 (Singles), 0-0 (Doubles) Career vs. Ranked Players: 7-6-1 (Singles), 2-3 (Doubles)

Lauren Connelly (Sr.) Season vs. Ranked Players: 0-0 (Singles), 0-0 (Doubles) Career vs. Ranked Players: 3-9 (Singles), 5-11 (Doubles)

Liz Donohue (Sr.) Season vs. Ranked Players: 0-0 (Singles), 0-0 (Doubles) Career vs. Ranked Players: 0-1 (Singles), 0-1 (Doubles)

Kelly Nelson (Sr.) Season vs. Ranked Players: 0-0 (Singles), 0-0 (Doubles) Career vs. Ranked Players: 0-1 (Singles), 0-1 (Doubles)

Kristina Stastny (Sr.) Season vs. Ranked Players: 0-0 (Singles), 0-0 (Doubles) Career vs. Ranked Players: 2-6 (Singles), 4-5 (Doubles)

Catrina Thompson (Jr.) Season vs. Ranked Players: 0-0 (Singles), 0-0 (Doubles) Career vs. Ranked Players: 14-11 (Singles), 20-13 (Doubles)

Christian Thompson (Jr.) Season vs. Ranked Players: 0-0 (Singles), 0-0 (Doubles) Career vs. Ranked Players: 2-9 (Singles), 20-13 (Doubles)

Brook Buck (So.)/Lauren Connelly (Sr.) Season vs. Ranked Teams: 0-0 Career vs. Ranked Teams: 2-3

Lauren Connelly (Sr.)/Kristina Stastny (Sr.) Season vs. Ranked Teams: 1-0 Career vs. Ranked Teams: 1-0 9/24 W #60 Lauren Seaman/Tiffany Tucker (LSU) 8-4 -- Maryland Invitational “A” flight consolation quarterfinals

Liz Donohue (Sr.)/Kelly Nelson (Sr.) Season vs. Ranked Teams: 0-0 Career vs. Ranked Teams: 0-1

Catrina Thompson (Jr.)/Christian Thompson (Jr.) Season vs. Ranked Teams: 0-0 Career vs. Ranked Teams: 20-13 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Career Wins Over Ranked Players

Singles Brook Buck (So.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event ND Rank 11/5/04 37 Dora Vastag Indiana 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 1-0 (10-5) Indiana Invitational -- 11/7/04 93 Hala Sufi Purdue 6-2, 6-3 Indiana Invitational -- 1/26/05 95 Elizabeth Exon Michigan 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) No. 2 85 1/30/05 16 Karin Coetzee Wake Forest 6-1, 6-1 No. 2 85 2/18/05 108 Jennifer Zika Duke 6-3, 6-0 No. 2 85 2/26/05 80 Kendra Strohm Texas 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) No. 2 60 2/27/05 78 Hillary Mintz Iowa 6-2, 6-2 No. 2 60

Lauren Connelly (Sr.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event ND Rank 9/27/02 52 Jessica Rush Northwestern 6-3, 6-4 adidas Invitational first round -- 10/26/02 69 Erica Fisk Ohio State 6-4, 7-5 Midwest Chps. first round -- 10/3/03 65 Amy Wei William & Mary 6-1, 6-4 Kentucky Fall Classic quarters --

Kristina Stastny (Sr.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event ND Rank 11/6/04 124 Gergana Ganeva DePaul 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5) Indiana Invitational -- 2/11/05 93 Preethi Mukundan Harvard 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 No. 5 --

Catrina Thompson (Jr.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event ND Rank 9/27/03 69 Andrea Yung Northwestern 7-6, 6-1 adidas Invitational “das” QF -- 10/4/03 39 Megan Muth William & Mary 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 Kentucky Fall Classic semis -- 9/19/04 104 Yanick Dullens Denver 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 Colorado Invitational 103 10/24/04 79 Meg Racette Iowa 6-4, 6-2 ITA Midwest Chps. round of 16 103 1/26/05 44 Michelle DaCosta Michigan 6-2, 6-3 No. 1 69 2/11/05 27 Courtney Bergman Harvard 6-1, 6-4 No. 1 69 2/20/05 26 Aniela Mojzis North Carolina 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 No. 1 69 3/22/05 74 Hala Sufi Purdue 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 No. 1 44 3/26/05 97 Iryna Tkachenko Oklahoma State 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-3) No. 1 44 3/29/05 93 Katie McGaffigan Wisconsin 6-2, 6-2 No. 1 44 4/10/05 101 Dora Vastag Indiana 6-1, 6-2 No. 1 37 4/14/05 3 Audra Cohen Northwestern 6-2, 6-2 No. 1 37 5/13/05 104 Meg Racette Iowa 6-1, 6-2 No. 1 (NCAA Champ. 1st rd.) 44 5/23/05 46 Sabrina Capannolo Arizona State 6-0, 6-2 NCAA Singles Champ. 1st rd. 44

Christian Thompson (Jr.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event ND Rank 4/10/04 109 Lena Sherbakov William & Mary 6-4, 6-0 No. 2 -- 9/17/04 67 Lynzee Kever Colorado 6-4, 6-4 Colorado Invitational -- Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Career Wins Over Ranked Players

Doubles Brook Buck (So.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event Partner ND Rank 4/9/05 48 Muth/Wei William & Mary 8-4 No. 2 Lauren Connelly -- 4/14/05 36 Prousis/Roemer Northwestern 8-7 No. 2 Lauren Connelly --

Lauren Connelly (Sr.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event Partner ND Rank 3/14/03 53 Brown/Sureephong Arizona State 8-6 No. 2 Alicia Salas -- 5/9/03 15 Juric/Sevikova Missouri 8-5 No. 1 (NCAA 1st rd.) Alicia Salas -- 5/10/03 3 Riske/Tsoubanos Vanderbilt 8-4 No. 1 (NCAA 2nd rd.) Alicia Salas -- 4/9/05 48 Muth/Wei William & Mary 8-4 No. 2 Brook Buck -- 4/14/05 36 Prousis/Roemer Northwestern 8-7 No. 2 Brook Buck -- 9/24/05 60 Seaman/Tucker LSU 8-4 Md. Invit. consolation Kristina Stastny --

Kristina Stastny (Sr.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event Partner ND Rank 2/1/03 19 Bunn/Pinchbeck North Carolina 8-6 No. 1 Katie Cunha -- 2/21/03 13 Adams/McCain Duke 8-5 No. 1 Katie Cunha -- 2/23/03 22 Castellvi/Schaub Tennessee 8-6 No. 1 Katie Cunha -- 3/1/03 19 Grasic/Strohm Texas 8-3 No. 1 Katie Cunha 31 9/24/05 60 Seaman/Tucker LSU 8-4 Md. Invit. consolation Lauren Connelly --

Catrina Thompson (Jr.)/Christian Thompson (Jr.) Date Opp. Rank Opponent School Score Event ND Rank 2/15/04 37 Kinard/Lam Virginia Tech 8-2 No. 1 -- 2/29/04 45 Schlukebir/Tran Indiana 8-4 No. 1 42 4/4/04 22 Applebaum/Bradley Miami 8-6 No. 1 -- 4/15/04 2 Grier/Rush Northwestern 9-8 (7-5) No. 1 57 5/25/04 15 Goulet/McGaffigan Illinois 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 NCAA Doubles Champ. first round 36 9/17/04 24 Dullens/Maksovic Denver 8-4 Colorado Invitational 7 10/7/04 6 Bentley/Stephenson Alabama 8-4 ITA All-American Chps. round of 16 7 10/8/04 1 Hollands/Mlakar Arizona 8-6 ITA All-American Chps. quarterfinals 7 10/9/04 11 Gersic/Kovacek New Mexico 9-8 (7-5) ITA All-American Chps. semifinals 7 11/4/04 3 Foster/Kalsarieva Kentucky 8-5 ITA National Indoor Chps. round of 16 7 11/5/04 28 Banada/Bradley Miami 8-5 ITA National Indoor Chps. quarterfinals 7 1/23/05 35 Falk/Menees Vanderbilt 8-6 No. 1 2 1/26/05 15 DaCosta/Delicata Michigan 8-5 No. 1 2 1/30/05 33 Coetzee/Davis Wake Forest 8-3 No. 1 2 2/11/05 48 Bergman/O’Riain Harvard 8-4 No. 1 2 2/20/05 14 Cline/Mojzis North Carolina 8-6 No. 1 2 2/27/05 59 Mintz/Racette Iowa 8-3 No. 1 1 3/12/05 56 Chang/Jones Brigham Young 8-0 No. 1 2 5/14/05 2 Cohen/Grier Northwestern 8-3 No. 1 (NCAA Champ. second round) 6 5/24/05 14 Fodor/Kugakolova Mississippi State 6-3, 6-1 NCAA Doubles Champ. first round 6 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Individual Ranking History

Brook Buck (So.) SINGLES First Ranking: Jan. 11, 2005 (85th) Highest Ranking: 54th (Preseason 2005-06) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 9 (Jan. 11, 2005-present) Current Ranking: 54th Consecutive Rankings (Current): 9 2004-05 2005-06 Jan. 11: 85 Preseason: 54 Feb. 22: 60 March 8: 59 March 22: 100 April 5: 90 April 19: 102 April 26: 93 May 2: 87 Final: 83 DOUBLES First Ranking: April 19, 2005 (59th) Highest Ranking: 59th (April 19, 2005) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 1 Current Ranking: 60th Consecutive Rankings (Current): 1 2004-05 (w/L. Connelly) 2005-06 (w/Tefft) April 19: 59 Preseason: 60

Lauren Connelly (Sr.) DOUBLES First Ranking: Final 2003 (59th) Highest Ranking: 36th (Preseason 2003-04) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 3 (Final 2003-Fall 2003) Current Ranking: NR Consecutive Rankings (Current): 0 2002-03 (w/Salas) 2003-04 (w/Salas) 2004-05 (w/Buck) Final: 59 Preseason: 36 April 19: 59 Fall: 39

Kristina Stastny (Jr.) DOUBLES First Ranking: Spring 1, 2003 (31st) Highest Ranking: 27th (Spring 2, 2003) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 8 (Spring 1, 2003-Preseason ‘03) Current Ranking: NR Consecutive Rankings (Current): 0 2002-03 (w/Cunha) 2003-04 (w/S.J. Connelly) Spring 1: 31 Preseason: 43 Spring 2: 27 Spring 3: 33 Spring 4: 36 Spring 5: 44 Spring 6: 41 Final: 43

Kelcy Tefft (Fr.) DOUBLES First Ranking: Preseason 2005-06 (60th) Highest Ranking: 60th (Preseason 2005-06) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 1 Current Ranking: 60th Consecutive Rankings (Current): 1 2005-06 (w/Buck) Preseason: 60 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Individual Ranking History Catrina Thompson (Jr.) SINGLES First Ranking: Spring 2, 2004 (84th) Highest Ranking: 27th (Preseason 2005-06) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 11 (Preseason 2004-05 - present) Current Ranking: 27th Consecutive Rankings (Current): 11 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Spring 2: 84 Preseason: 103 Preseason: 27 Spring 3: 92 Jan. 11: 69 Feb. 22: 32 March 8: 39 March 22: 44 April 5: 37 April 19: 37 April 26: 37 May 2: 44 Final: 46 DOUBLES First Ranking: Spring 1, 2004 (42nd) Highest Ranking: 1st (Feb. 22, 2005) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 15 (Spring 4, 2004-present) Current Ranking: 2nd Consecutive Rankings (Current): 15 2003-04 (w/Thompson) 2004-05 (w/Thompson) 2005-06 (w/Thompson) Spring 1: 42 Preseason: 7 Preseason: 2 Spring 2: 37 Jan. 11: 2 Spring 4: 57 Feb. 22: 1 Spring 5: 44 March 8: 2 Spring 6: 50 March 22: 2 Spring 7: 36 April 5: 4 Final: 26 April 19: 5 April 26: 5 May 2: 6 Final: 5

Christian Thompson (Jr.) SINGLES First Ranking: Fall 2003 (88th) Highest Ranking: 88th (Fall 2003) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 1 (Fall 2003) Current Ranking: NR Consecutive Rankings (Current): 0 2003-04 Fall: 88 DOUBLES First Ranking: Spring 1, 2004 (42nd) Highest Ranking: 1st (Feb. 22, 2005) Consecutive Rankings (Best): 15 (Spring 4, 2004-present) Current Ranking: 2nd Consecutive Rankings (Current): 15 2003-04 (w/Thompson) 2004-05 (w/Thompson) 2005-06 (w/Thompson) Spring 1: 42 Preseason: 7 Preseason: 2 Spring 2: 37 Jan. 11: 2 Spring 4: 57 Feb. 22: 1 Spring 5: 44 March 8: 2 Spring 6: 50 March 22: 2 Spring 7: 36 April 5: 4 Final: 26 April 19: 5 April 26: 5 May 2: 6 Final: 5 2003-04 NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S TENNIS MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS

Catrina Thompson (Fr.)/Christian Thompson (Fr.) Date W/L Opponent School Score Record Event 9/25 W Beck/Caiati Wisconsin 8-2 1-0 adidas Invitational first round 9/26 W Brown/Pierce TCU 8-4 2-0 adidas Invitational round of 16 9/27 L Gordon/Rotondi (17) Florida 8-3 2-1 adidas Invitational quarterfinals 10/3 L Nzudie/Sukner Marshall 9-8 (7-5) 2-2 Kentucky Fall Classic blue flight first round 10/4 W Ruzimovsky/Williams Ohio State 8-4 3-2 Kentucky Fall Classic blue flight consolation 10/4 W Boomershine/Sherbakov William & Mary 9-7 4-2 Kentucky Fall Classic blue flight consolation final 10/17 L Magnani/Vermeulen USC 8-5 4-3 USC (exhibition), No. 1 10/24 W Exon/Nolan Michigan 8-4 5-3 ITA Midwest Championships Round of 64 10/24 W Griffin/Laun Butler 8-3 6-3 ITA Midwest Championships Round of 32 10/25 W Miller/Suuvarik Illinois State 8-6 7-3 ITA Midwest Championships Round of 16 10/26 L Goulet/McGaffigan (31) Illinois 8-3 7-4 ITA Midwest Championships quarterfinals 11/7 W Robbins/Stevens Miami 8-1 8-4 Midwest Blast 11/8 L Eklov/Jarosz Illinois 9-8 (7-4) 8-5 Midwest Blast 11/9 W Bruch/Fritz-Krockow Virginia 8-3 9-5 Midwest Blast 1/29 L! DaCosta/Rutherford (47) Michigan 8-6 9-6 No. 1 1/31 W Fisk/Leskovar Ohio State 9-7 10-6 No. 1 2/1 W Martin/McGaffigan Wisconsin 8-5 11-6 No. 1 2/13 L Borisova/Urickova VCU 8-6 11-7 No. 1 2/14 W Hellburg/Wasseem Boston College 8-3 12-7 No. 1 2/15 W* Kinard/Lam (37) Virginia Tech 8-2 13-7 No. 1 2/20 W* Macfarlane/Zahnova BYU 8-5 14-7 No. 1 2/29 W (42) Schlukebir/Tran (45) Indiana 8-4 15-7 No. 1 3/4 L (42) Goulet/McGaffigan (7) Illinois 8-6 15-8 No. 1 3/10 W (37) Smith/Zawacki Duke 8-6 16-8 No. 1 3/13 L! (37) Encina/Schaub Tennessee 9-8 (7-5) 16-9 No. 1 3/18 L (37) Mintz/Racette Iowa 9-8 (7-5) 16-10 No. 1 3/27 L! Martzolf/Davis Wake Forest 8-6 16-11 No. 1 3/28 L Cline/Mojzis (23) North Carolina 8-4 16-12 No. 1 4/3 W Garcia Briseno/Smith Marquette 8-6 17-12 No. 1 4/4 W! Applebaum/Bradley (22) Miami 8-6 18-12 No. 1 4/10 L (57) Muth/Wei (24) William & Mary 8-2 18-13 No. 1 4/12 L* (57) Ruckert/Strohm Texas 8-3 18-14 No. 1 4/15 W (57) Grier/Rush (2) Northwestern 9-8 (7-5) 19-14 No. 1 4/21 W (44) Haynor/Woods Purdue 8-2 20-14 No. 1 4/30 W* (50) Kinard/Lam Virginia Tech 8-4 21-14 No. 1 (BIG EAST Championship semifinals) 5/1 L! (50) Applebaum/Bradley (36) Miami 8-6 21-15 No. 1 (BIG EAST Championship final) 5/15 Aban. (36) Mintz/Racette (60) Iowa 6-4, abandoned 21-15 No. 1 (NCAA Championship first round) 5/16 L (36) Grier/Rush (3) Northwestern 9-7 21-16 No. 1 (NCAA Championship second round) 5/25 W (15) Goulet/McGaffigan Illinois 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 22-16 NCAA Doubles Championship first round 5/26 L (26) Muth/Wei William & Mary 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 22-17 NCAA Doubles Championship round of 16 in dual matches: 12-11-1 in open tournaments: 10-6 at home: 7-3 on the road: 15-14-1 vs. ranked opponents: 5-9-1 in tiebreakers: 1-4 vs. regional opponents: 11-6-1 as last match on-court: 1-4

2004-05 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Match-by-Match Results

Catrina Thompson (So.)/Christian Thompson (So.) -- Season Record: 0-0 (.000) // Career Record: 50-24-1 (.676) Date W/L Opponent School Score Record Event 9/17 W (7) Dullens/Maksovic (24) Denver 8-4 1-0 Colorado Invitational 9/18 W (7) Strandemo/Vanderdys Colorado 8-4 2-0 Colorado Invitational 9/19 W (7) Jovic/Rosenbrock Auburn 8-6 3-0 Colorado Invitational 10/7 W (7) Bentley/Stephenson (6) Alabama 8-4 4-0 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships round of 16 10/8 W (7) Hollands/Mlakar (1) Arizona 8-6 5-0 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships quarterfinals 10/9 W (7) Gersic/Kovacek (11) New Mexico 9-8 (7-5) 6-0 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships semifinals 10/10 L (7) Benik/Frangulyan Florida 8-3 6-1 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships final 11/4 W (7) Foster/Kalsarieva (3) Kentucky 8-5 7-1 ITA National Indoor Championships round of 16 11/5 W (7) Banada/Bradley (28) Miami 8-5 8-1 ITA National Indoor Championships quarterfinals 11/6 L (7) Barnes/Burdette (13) Stanford 9-7 8-2 ITA National Indoor Championships semifinals 1/22 W (2) O’Keefe/Volberg Ohio State 8-4 9-2 No. 1 1/23 W (2) Falk/Menees (35) Vanderbilt 8-6 10-2 No. 1 1/26 W* (2) DaCosta/Delicata (15) Michigan 8-5 11-2 No. 1 1/30 W (2) Coetzee/Davis (33) Wake Forest 8-3 12-2 No. 1 2/11 W (2) Bergman/O’Riain (48) Harvard 8-4 13-2 No. 1 2/13 W (2) Szegedi/Wassem Boston College 8-4 14-2 No. 1 2/18 W (2) Cargill/Zika Duke 8-2 15-2 No. 1 2/20 W* (2) Cline/Mojzis (14) North Carolina 8-6 16-2 No. 1 2/26 L (1) Ruckert/Strohm (26) Texas 8-5 16-3 No. 1 2/27 W* (1) Mintz/Racette (59) Iowa 8-3 17-3 No. 1 3/10 W (2) Gantcheva/Marin UNLV 8-2 18-3 No. 1 3/12 W (2) Chang/Jones (56) BYU 8-0 19-3 No. 1 3/26 L (2) Masnic/Tkachenko Oklahoma State 8-4 19-4 No. 1 3/29 W! (2) Martin/McGaffigan Wisconsin 8-3 20-4 No. 1 4/2 W (2) Bouffler/Rocha Long Beach St. 8-1 21-4 No. 1 4/9 W (4) Boomershine/Fuchs William & Mary 8-6 22-4 No. 1 4/10 W* (4) Batty/Walterova Indiana 8-6 23-4 No. 1 4/13 L (4) Goulet/Wang Illinois 8-6 23-5 No. 1 4/14 L (4) Cohen/Grier (1) Northwestern 8-4 23-6 No. 1 4/22 W! (5) Davidson/Gorur St. John’s 8-4 24-6 No. 1 (BIG EAST Championship semifinals) 4/23 W* (5) Vaynberg/Zawadzki Syracuse 8-3 25-6 No. 1 (BIG EAST Championship final) 5/13 W (6) Racette/Veselinovic Iowa 8-1 26-6 No. 1 (NCAA Championship first round) 5/14 W (6) Cohen/Grier (2) Northwestern 8-3 27-6 No. 1 (NCAA Championship second round) 5/24 W (6) Fodor/Kugakolova (14) Mississippi State 6-3, 6-1 28-6 NCAA Doubles Championship first round 5/25 L (6) Cetnik/Tweedie-Yates (29) TCU 6-1, 6-2 28-7 NCAA Doubles Championship round of 16 in dual matches: 19-4 (31-15-1, W4) in open tournaments: 9-3 (19-9, L1) at home: 8-1 (14-4, W3) on the road: 20-6 (34-20-1, L1) at Courtney Tennis Center: 1-0 (2-0, W2) in Eck Tennis Pavilion: 7-1 (12-4, W2) indoors: 13-3 (25-10, W2) outdoors: 15-4 (23-14-1, L1) vs. Midwest Region: 7-2 (17-8-1, W2) vs. BIG EAST Conference: 3-0 (8-1, W3) in tiebreakers: 1-0 (2-4, W2) clinching victories: 7 (11) vs. ranked opponents: 15-4 (20-13-1, L1) as a ranked team: 28-7 (31-14-1, L1) as the #1-ranked team: 1-1 (1-1, W1) as last match on court: 2-0 (4-4, W2) vs. higher-ranked teams: 4-1 (8-10, W1) vs. lower-ranked teams: 24-6 (28-9, L1) in close matches: 7-2 (15-13, L1) long streaks: W8/L2 (W8/L4)

Notes: Number in parentheses before opponents’ name is Irish player/doubles team national ranking at time of match. Number in parentheses after opponents’ name is her/their national ranking at time of match. Numbers in parentheses at bottom are career records and current streaks in each category. Third number appearing in some records is number of matches abandoned. Records vs. BIG EAST Conference and Midwest Region do not include matches vs. Notre Dame teammates in open tournament play.

2004-05 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis (15-10) Sept. 17-19 Fri.-Sun. at Colorado Invitational (Boulder, Colo.) NTS Oct. 7-10 Thurs.-Sun. at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) NTS Oct. 15-17 Fri.-Sun. ECK CLASSIC NTS Oct. 21-26 Thurs.-Tue. at ITA Midwest Championships (Minneapolis, Minn.) NTS Nov. 4-7 Thurs.-Sun. at National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships (Ann Arbor, Mich.) NTS Nov. 5-7 Fri.-Sun. at Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.) NTS Singles Doubles 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1/22 Sat. (21) at Ohio State (49) W, 6-1 W W W W W L W W W 1/23 Sun. (21) VANDERBILT (6) L, 1-6 L L L W L L W L L 1/26 Wed. (21) MICHIGAN (20) W, 7-0 W W W W W W W W W 1/30 Sun. (21) WAKE FOREST (30) W, 5-2 L W W W W L W W W 2/11 Fri. (21) at Harvard (17) L, 3-4 W L L L W L W W L 2/13 Sun. (21) at Boston College (60) W, 7-0 W W W W W W W W W 2/18 Fri. (20) DUKE (5) L, 3-4 L W L L L W W W W 2/20 Sun. (20) NORTH CAROLINA (9) L, 3-4 W L L L W L W L W 2/26 Sat. (20) TEXAS (13) L, 3-4 W W L L L L L W W 2/27 Sun. (20) IOWA (57) W, 7-0 W W W W W W W L W 3/10 Thurs. (22) at UNLV (30) W, 5-2 L W W L W W W W L 3/12 Sat. (22) at Brigham Young (24) L, 1-6 W L L L L L W L L 3/18 Fri. (25) at Tennessee (23) L, 1-6 L W L L L L W L L 3/22 Tue. (29) PURDUE (61) W, 5-2 WW WW L L WWW 3/26 Sat. (29) at Oklahoma State W, 7-0 W W W W W W L W W 3/29 Tue. (28) at Wisconsin (35) L, 3-4 W L L L L W W L W 4/2 Sat. (28) LONG BEACH STATE (72) W, 5-2 W L W L W W W W W 4/9 Sat. (31) WILLIAM & MARY (16) W, 4-3 L L W W W L W W W 4/10 Sun. (31) at Indiana (35) W, 4-3 W L W L W L W W L 4/13 Wed. (26) at Illinois (54) W, 4-3 L W L W W W L L W 4/14 Thurs. (26) at Northwestern (3) L, 2-5 W L L L L W L W L 4/21-23 at BIG EAST Championship (Tampa, Fla.) 1st 4/22 Fri. (25) vs. St. John’s W, 4-0 W W Ab. W Ab. Ab. W L W 4/23 Sat. (25) vs. Syracuse W, 4-0 W Ab. W Ab. Ab. W W W Ab. 5/13-14 at NCAA Championship (Evanston, Ill.) T-17th 5/13 Fri. (23) vs. Iowa (46) W, 4-1 W Ab. W L Ab. W W W Ab. 5/14 Sat. (23) at Northwestern (6) L, 0-4 L Ab. L L Ab. Ab. W L L 5/23-28 at NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships (Athens, Ga.) NTS

Home matches in BOLD CAPS held at the Courtney Tennis Center, weather permitting. Otherwise, home matches held in Eck Tennis Pavilion. All times are local. IRISH RECORD WHEN ... playing a BIG EAST team: . . . .3-0 playing a lower-ranked team: .13-2 winning at No. 1 doubles: . . .13-8 playing a Midwest Region team: .7-3 winning the doubles point: . . .14-5 winning at No. 2 doubles: . . .12-4 playing at home: ...... 6-4 losing the doubles point: . . . . .1-5 winning at No. 3 doubles: . . .12-4 playing in the Eck Pavilion: . . .5-4 the final score is 4-3: ...... 3-5 losing at No. 1 singles: ...... 4-4 playing at the Courtney Center: 1-0 match is decided by 3-setters: .5-4 losing at No. 2 singles: ...... 3-6 playing on opponents’ courts: .6-6 the match is tied, 3-3: ...... 3-4 losing at No. 3 singles: ...... 1-10 playing on neutral courts: . . . . .3-0 winning at No. 1 singles: . . . .11-6 losing at No. 4 singles: ...... 4-9 playing indoors: ...... 9-6 winning at No. 2 singles: . . . .10-3 losing at No. 5 singles: ...... 1-7 playing outdoors: ...... 6-4 winning at No. 3 singles: . . . .13-0 losing at No. 6 singles: ...... 5-6 playing a ranked team: . . . . .12-10 winning at No. 4 singles: . . . .10-1 losing at No. 1 doubles: ...... 2-2 playing a top-25 team: ...... 2-9 winning at No. 5 singles: . . . .11-2 losing at No. 2 doubles: ...... 3-6 playing a higher-ranked team: .2-8 winning at No. 6 singles: . . . . .9-3 losing at No. 3 doubles: ...... 2-6 2004-05 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Statistics Singles ITA Rankings Player Open Dual Overall Career Region In 3 Sets Match TB Streak Brook Buck 10-3 13-9 23-12 23-12 11-5 2-4 3-0 W1 Brook Buck Lauren Connelly 10-2 12-11 22-13 59-44 10-7 5-3 4-0 L3 Preseason: n/a Sarah Jane Connelly 9-3 7-5 16-8 77-52 7-5 2-3 4-1 W4 Jan. 11: 85 Liz Donohue 10-3 7-9 17-12 30-24 11-3 2-3 1-2 W3 Feb. 22: 60 Bailey Louderback 0-8 0-8 0-8 0-5 L8 March 8: 59 Kelly Nelson 22-12 W2 March 22: 100 Jennifer Smith 3-2 0-1 3-3 13-14 1-3 1-0 L2 April 5: 90 Kristina Stastny 9-3 13-9 22-12 56-48 11-4 3-2 3-2 W1 April 19: 102 April 26: 93 Catrina Thompson 7-2 17-8 24-10 44-25 11-3 2-2 2-1 L1 May 2: 87 Christian Thompson 3-2 10-8 13-10 38-23 5-5 2-4 L1 Final: 83 Totals 61-28 79-60 140-88 362-262 61-40 18-21 18-6 Catrina Thompson With Preseason: 103 Career Clinch Match Jan. 11: 69 Player #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Dual Dual Wins Tied 3-3 Feb. 22: 32 Brook Buck 13-9 13-9 13-9 2 March 8: 39 Lauren Connelly 3-1 7-10 2-0 12-11 36-32 3 1-2 March 22: 44 April 5: 37 Sarah Jane Connelly 2-2 5-3 7-5 45-36 1 0-1 April 19: 37 Liz Donohue 0-1 7-8 7-9 8-10 April 26: 37 Jennifer Smith 0-1 0-1 5-5 May 2: 44 Kristina Stastny 0-2 4-3 9-4 13-9 36-32 5 2-0 Final: 46 Catrina Thompson 17-8 17-8 29-18 3 Christian Thompson 10-8 10-8 23-16 1 0-1 Buck/L. Connelly Totals 17-8 13-9 13-11 11-13 13-8 12-11 79-60 204-151 15 3-4 Preseason: -- Jan. 11: -- Feb. 22: -- March 8: -- Doubles March 22: -- Career April 5: -- Player Open Dual Overall Career Dual Region Tiebreakers Streak April 19: 59 Brook Buck 11-3 16-9 27-12 27-12 16-9 13-6 1-2 L1 April 26: -- Lauren Connelly 11-3 16-9 27-12 74-32 49-21 13-6 1-2 L1 May 2: -- Sarah Jane Connelly 10-3 15-8 25-11 81-57 51-36 12-5 2-2 L1 Final: -- Liz Donohue 5-7 5-7 16-15 3-4 0-1 L2 Thompson/ Bailey Louderback 3-5 3-5 3-5 2-3 0-1 L2 Thompson Kelly Nelson 12-8 W1 Preseason: 7 Jennifer Smith 2-2 1-1 3-3 24-19 13-13 2-1 0-1 W1 Jan. 11: 2 Kristina Stastny 10-3 16-7 26-10 61-38 36-26 12-5 2-1 L1 Feb. 22: 1 Catrina Thompson 9-3 21-4 30-7 52-24 34-16 8-2 1-0 L1 March 8: 2 Christian Thompson 9-3 19-4 28-7 50-24 32-16 7-2 1-0 L1 March 22: 2 April 5: 4 April 19: 5 As Last April 26: 5 May 2: 6 Clinching Match Final: 5 Team #1 #2 #3 Dual Open Overall Career Wins On Court Buck/L. Connelly 16-9 16-9 11-3 27-12 27-12 6 1-3 Note: Freshmen S.J. Connelly/Smith 1-1 1-1 1-1 13-10 0-1 and all-freshman S.J. Connelly/Stastny 14-7 14-7 10-4 24-10 41-24 6 1-0 doubles teams were Donohue/Louderback 3-5 3-5 3-5 not eligible for the Donohue/Smith 2-2 2-2 2-2 preseason rankings. Stastny/Ca. Thompson 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 Thompson/Thompson 19-4 19-4 9-3 28-7 50-24 7 2-0 Totals 21-4 16-9 15-8 52-21 35-16 87-37 135-77 19 4-4 2005-06 NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE

FALL 2005 Date Day Opponent Location Time Sept. 23-25 Fri.-Sun. at Maryland Invitational College Park, MD All Day Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Fri.-Sun. at Hoosier Classic Bloomington, IN All Day Oct. 6-9 Thurs.-Sun. at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships Pacific Palisades, CA All Day Oct. 14 Friday Southern California Eck Tennis Pavilion TBA Oct. 20-25 Thurs.-Sun. at ITA Midwest Championships East Lansing, MI All Day Nov. 3-6 Thurs.-Sun. at ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Chps. Columbus, OH All Day Nov. 4-6 Fri.-Sun. at Midwest Blast VII Urbana, IL All Day

SPRING 2006 Date Day Opponent Location Time Jan. 28 Saturday OHIO STATE Eck Tennis Pavilion 11 a.m. EST Jan. 28 Saturday XAVIER Eck Tennis Pavilion 4 p.m. EST Feb. 2-5 Thurs.-Sun. at USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championship Madison, WI TBA Feb. 11 Saturday at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC Noon EST Feb. 12 Sunday at North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC TBA Feb. 15 Wednesday at Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 4 p.m. EST Feb. 18 Saturday TENNESSEE Eck Tennis Pavilion TBA Feb. 19 Sunday HARVARD Eck Tennis Pavilion 10 a.m. EST Feb. 25 Saturday BRIGHAM YOUNG Eck Tennis Pavilion TBA Feb. 26 Sunday WISCONSIN Eck Tennis Pavilion 11 a.m. EST Feb. 28 Tuesday INDIANA Eck Tennis Pavilion 3 p.m. EST March 5 Sunday ILLINOIS Eck Tennis Pavilion TBA March 10 Friday WESTERN MICHIGAN Eck Tennis Pavilion 3:30 p.m. March 15 Wednesday vs. Duke Orlando, FL TBA March 18 Saturday at Texas A&M College Station, TX 1:30 p.m. CST March 20 Monday at Texas Austin, TX TBA March 24 Friday IOWA Eck Tennis Pavilion 3 p.m. EST March 29 Wednesday at Vanderbilt Nashville, TN 2:30 p.m. CST April 2 Sunday at Purdue West Lafayette, IN 11 a.m. EST/CDT April 5 Wednesday NORTHWESTERN Courtney Tennis Center 3:30 p.m. EST/CDT April 7 Friday DePAUL Courtney Tennis Center TBA April 9 Sunday MARQUETTE Courtney Tennis Center TBA April 15 Saturday at Tulane New Orleans, LA Noon CDT April 19-22 Wed.-Sat. at BIG EAST Championship Tampa, FL TBA May 12-13 Fri.-Sat. NCAA Championship (1st & 2nd rounds) Campus Sites TBA May 18-21 Thurs.-Sun. at NCAA Championship (round of 16-final) Stanford, CA TBA May 22-28 Mon.-Sun. at NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships Stanford, CA All Day

Home matches in BOLD CAPS held at the Courtney Tennis Center, weather permitting. Otherwise, home matches held in Eck Tennis Pavilion. 2005-06 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis Roster

Alphabetical No. Player Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School 7 Brook Buck* 5-7 So. Yukon, OK/Oklahoma Christian School 4 Lauren Connelly*** (c) 5-9 Sr. Oklahoma City, OK/Bishop McGuinness H.S. 8 Liz Donohue*** 5-8 Sr. Sioux Falls, SD/O’Gorman H.S. 5 Bailey Louderback* £ 5-6 So. South Bend, IN/Penn H.S. 6 Kelly Nelson** 5-7 Sr. St. Petersburg, FL/Shorecrest Preparatory School 9 Katie Potts 5-10 Fr. Brookfield, WI/Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S. 84 Jennifer Smith** 5-9 Sr. Charlotte, NC/South Mecklenburg H.S. 26 Kristina Stastny*** £ 5-6 Sr. St. Louis, MO/St. Joseph’s Academy 23 Kelcy Tefft 5-6 Fr. Enid, OK/Chisholm H.S. 13 Catrina Thompson** 5-5 Jr. Las Vegas, NV/Bishop Gorman H.S. 31 Christian Thompson** 5-6 Jr. Las Vegas, NV/Bishop Gorman H.S.

Head Coach: #20 Jay Louderback (17th season, Wichita State ‘76) Assistant Coach: #14 Michelle Dasso (3rd season, Notre Dame ’01) Volunteer Assistant Coach: #15 Liz Balanis (10th season, Wake Forest ’94) Senior Manager: #44 Jerry Beres (2nd season, Notre Dame ’06)

Numerical No. Player Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School 4 Lauren Connelly*** (c) 5-9 Sr. Oklahoma City, OK/Bishop McGuinness H.S. 5 Bailey Louderback* £ 5-6 So. South Bend, IN/Penn H.S. 6 Kelly Nelson** 5-7 Sr. St. Petersburg, FL/Shorecrest Preparatory School 7 Brook Buck* 5-7 So. Yukon, OK/Oklahoma Christian School 8 Liz Donohue*** 5-8 Sr. Sioux Falls, SD/O’Gorman H.S. 9 Katie Potts 5-10 Fr. Brookfield, WI/Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S. 13 Catrina Thompson** 5-5 Jr. Las Vegas, NV/Bishop Gorman H.S. 23 Kelcy Tefft 5-6 Fr. Enid, OK/Chisholm H.S. 26 Kristina Stastny*** £ 5-6 Sr. St. Louis, MO/St. Joseph’s Academy 31 Christian Thompson** 5-6 Jr. Las Vegas, NV/Bishop Gorman H.S. 84 Jennifer Smith** 5-9 Sr. Charlotte, NC/South Mecklenburg H.S. * – denotes monograms earned c – denotes captain £ – indicates left-handed player

Pronunciation Guide Stastny...... STASS-nee Balanis ...... buh-LAWN-iss Kelcy Tefft ... KELL-see teft Dasso ...... DASS-o Beres ...... beers

Roster Breakdown By Class Seniors (5): Connelly, Donohue, Nelson, Smith, Stastny Juniors (2): Thompson, Thompson Sophomores (2): Buck, Louderback Freshmen (2): Potts, Tefft