ISU MATCH NOTES: BENGAL SCHEDULE/RESULTS MEN’S TENNIS Overall: 0-0 Big Sky: 0-0 JANUARY 26 UTAH STATE 1:00 p.m. TENNIS 28 MONTANA 1:00 p.m. FEBRUARY BENGALS HOST UTAH STATE AT HOME TO OPEN SEASON 4 SACRAMENTO STATE* 3:30 p.m. 8 at Weber State 12:00 p.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS: SERIES INFO (last 8 years) 12 at UNLV 2:00 p.m. Utah State leads 15-1 13 vs. UC Riverside# 10:00 a.m. UTAH STATE 19 vs. Montana State^ TBA Tuesday, January 25 • 1:00 p.m., MT Last Meeting: USU 7 - ISU 0 27 EASTERN WASHINGTON* 10:00 a.m. 04/20/10 at USU Pocatello, • Reed Gym MARCH 9 at Utah 5:00 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS: SERIES INFO (last 8 years) 22 at Northern Arizona* TBA UTAH STATE (1-2) Utah State leads 11-7 23 vs. Western New Mexico$ TBA Last Meeting: USU 7 - ISU 0 24 vs. Seattle$ TBA Wednesday, January 26 • 1:00 p.m., MT 25 vs. Seattle$ TBA Pocatello, Idaho • Reed Gym 04/20/10 at USU APRIL 8 at Montana State* TBA MEN’S IDAHO STATE Away Record: 0-0 WOMEN’S IDAHO STATE Away Record: 0-0 9 at Montana* TBA Season Record: 0-0 Neutral Record: 0-0 Season Record: 0-0 Neutral Record: 0-0 12 WEBER STATE* TBA Big Sky Record: 0-0 Doubles Point: 0-0 Big Sky Record: 0-0 Doubles Point: 0-0 16 at Northern Colorado* 1:00 p.m. 19 at Utah State 1:00 p.m. Home Record: 0-0 Current Streak: 0-0 Home Record: 0-0 Current Streak: 0-0 22-24 Big Sky Tournament+ TBA ABOUT IDAHO STATE ALL CAPS Denotes Home Game The Idaho State men’s and women’s tennis teams will open their seasons at home against * Denotes Game # Denotes at UNLV (Las Vegas, Nev.) Utah State for the third straight year. The Bengal women will host the Aggies on Tuesday, ^ Denotes at Apple Athletic Club (Idaho Falls, Idaho) Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. while the men play the following day on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. $ Denotes at Bally’s Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) Both dual matches will be played at Reed Gym. +Denotes Big Sky Tournament hosted by Montana State (Bozeman, Mont.)

BENGAL WOMEN TO WATCH The Bengal women return five players including junior Rilee Moorhead and sophomore WOMEN’S TENNIS Amy Bettis. Both Moorhead and Bettis posted a 10-5 singles record last season and were Overall: 0-0 Big Sky: 0-0 6-0 in three set matches. The women’s team also welcomes four new players including JANUARY transfers Katharina Marsela of Lewis and Clark State and Tennessee Tech’s Laura Porras. 25 UTAH STATE 1:00 p.m. FEBRUARY THE LEWIS AND CLARK CONNECTION 9 at Weber State 11:00 a.m. When it comes to recruiting it’s all about connections and the Bengal men’s and women’s 19 EASTERN WASHINGTON* 9:00 a.m. team is no stranger to this rule. ISU’s Moorhead transferred to Idaho State last season from Lewis and Clark State. Her former teammate saw the success the new Bengal was MARCH having and decided to join her friend. The addition was a welcome one for ISU as Marsela, 21 at Southern Utah 1:00 p.m. 22 at Northern Arizona* 1:00 p.m. affectionately called “Sela” played No. 1 singles for two years and No. 1 doubles in 2010. 23 vs. Seattle$ 12:00 p.m. She also made two appearances at the NAIA National Championship. 23 vs. Western New Mexico$ TBA 24 vs. North Dakota$ 5:00 p.m. BENGAL MEN STANDOUTS 25 vs. South Dakota$ 10:00 a.m. The men return five players including senior Danel Barrenechea who posted a 6-7 singles APRIL record at the No. 2 spot and sophomore Nate Gross who held a 6-7 record at the No. 4 and 8 at Montana State* TBA 5 positions. ISU also welcomes Western Illinois transfer Rodrigo Azevedo. 9 at Montana* TBA 10 SACRAMENTO STATE* 3:00 p.m. 13 WEBER STATE* 1:00 p.m. BROTHERLY LOVE 16 at Northern Colorado* 10:00 a.m. The Idaho State men welcomed Western Illinois transfer R. Azevedo to the Bengal squad. R. 19 at Utah State 1:00 p.m. Azevedo switched schools for academic reasons as he wanted to major in civil engineering. When his younger brother Gilberto Azevedo was looking for a place to go to school and ALL CAPS Denotes Home Game * Denotes Big Sky Conference Game play tennis Rodrigo suggested he join the Bengals. However, they are not the only brothers $ Denotes at Bally’s Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) on the team as ISU returns junior Dakota Pate and sophomore Colton Pate. Dakota Pate +Denotes Big Sky Tournament hosted by Montana State (Bozeman, Mont.) transferred to Idaho State from Tennessee-Chattanooga last season. 2011 • • Men’s and Women’s Tennis Match Notes • Pg.  2011 • BENGAL TENNIS • BENGAL MATCH NOTES FATHER OF PATE BROTHERS IS A FORMER PRO 2011 MEN’S TENNIS Both Pate brothers descend from a strong tennis background as their father David was BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK a professional tennis player. He reached a career-high world doubles ranking of No. 1 (1991) and a career-high singles world ranking of No. 18 (1987). He earned two singles Jan 25...... titles and 18 doubles titles including a Grand Slam at the Australian Open in 1991. Feb 1...... Feb 8...... INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Feb 15...... The Bengal men’s and women’s tennis teams house nine international students, Feb 22...... four from Brazil (G. Azevedo, R. Azevedo, Cavalcanti, Severino), two from Colombia Mar 1...... (Porras, Vasquez), one from Spain (Barrenechea), one from Japan (Fujiwara) and one Mar 8...... Mar 15...... from Indonesia (Marsela). Mar 22...... Mar 29...... ABOUT UTAH STATE - WOMEN Apr 5...... The Utah State women will be playing their season opener at Idaho State. The Aggies return its top players Monica Abella, Hailey Swenson, Jaclyn West and Taylor Perry to the line-up. 2011 WOMEN’S TENNIS BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK ABOUT UTAH STATE - MEN The Utah State men are 1-2 on the season coming off a 4-3 win over New Mexico State. Jan 25...... The Aggies opened the season with a 6-1 loss to Brigham Young then fell to Texas A&M Feb 1...... Corpus Christi 7-0 the following day. USU’s Alex Thatcher was the only Aggie to post Feb 8...... a victory against Brigham Young, a 7-5, 1-6, 10-4 contest against Daniel Hwang at the Feb 15...... No. 5 spot. The Aggies No. 1 player Sven Poslusny is 0-3 in singles for the year. Feb 22...... Mar 1...... MEN & WOMEN TABBED TO FINISH 8TH IN PRESEASON POLL Mar 8...... The Idaho State men’s and women’s tennis teams were selected to finish eighth in Mar 15...... the Big Sky preseason poll released by the conference office with the men receiving Mar 22...... 15 points and the women 13. Both ISU’s men’s and women’s teams finished ninth in Mar 29...... the conference last season. Defending men’s and women’s conference champions Apr 5...... Sacramento State were selected to finish first in the preseason poll.

MEN’S BIG SKY STANDINGS MEN’S 2011 PRESEASON POLL PLACE/TEAM (1ST PLACE VOTES) PTS School Big Sky Pct Overall Home Away Streak 1. Sacramento State (7) 63 Eastern Washington 0-0 0.000 2-2 1-1 0-0 L1 2. Northern Arizona (1) 53 Northern Colorado 0-1 0.000 1-1 1-1 0-0 L1 Weber State 0-0 0.000 0-2 0-0 0-2 L2 3. Montana (1) 47 Idaho State 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- 4. Weber State 42 Montana State 1-0 1.000 1-2 0-0 1-2 W1 5. Eastern Washington 40 Montana 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- 6. Portland State 31 Sacramento State 0-0 0.000 0-1 0-0 0-1 L1 7. Montana State 24 Northern Arizona 0-0 0.000 2-1 1-0 1-1 L1 Portland State 0-0 0.000 0-1 0-1 0-0 L1 8. Idaho State 15 9. Northern Colorado 9 DANEL BARRENECHEA WOMEN’S BIG SKY STANDINGS WOMEN’S 2011 PRESEASON POLL PLACE/TEAM (1ST PLACE VOTES) PTS School Big Sky Pct Overall Home Away Streak 1. Sacramento State (8) 64 Eastern Washington 0-0 0.000 2-0 1-0 1-0 W2 2. Northern Arizona (1) 55 Idaho State 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- 3. Montana 52 Weber State 0-0 0.000 0-2 0-0 0-0 L2 4. Montana State 38 Montana 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Northern Colorado 0-0 0.000 1-1 1-1 0-0 L1 5. Eastern Washington 36 Montana State 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- 6. Weber State 29 Sacramento State 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- 7. Northern Colorado 27 Northern Arizona 0-0 0.000 1-1 0-0 1-1 W1 8. Idaho State 13 Portland State 0-0 0.000 0-1 0-0 0-1 L1 9. Portland State 10 RILEE MOORHEAD Pg.  • Men’s and Women’s Tennis Match Notes • Idaho State University • 2011 2011 • BENGAL TENNIS • COACHES AND BENGAL INFO

Bobby Goeltz has amassed a wealth of knowledge in his 31 years of head coaching experience. GENERAL INFORMATION Bobby Goeltz He begins his 21st season with the Bengals after previously having served 10 years in a similar capacity Name of School...... Idaho State University Head Coach at the University of Maryland. His all-time career record City/Zip...... Pocatello, ID 83209 as a head coach is 532-610 (46.6 percent) over his 30 Founded...... 1901 Princeton - 1970 years. Goeltz’s all-time men’s career record is 320-317 Enrollment...... 15,041 (50.2 percent) and his women’s career record is 212-293 Nickname...... Bengals (42 percent). 21st Season He has led the Bengal men to a 175-232 (43 School Colors...... Orange and Black percent) record and have finished second in the Big Sky Home Field (Capacity)...... Reed Gym four times (1997, 1999, 2003, 2004) and third six times. Conference...... Big Sky Goeltz has had players named to the All-Conference Affiliation...... NCAA I teams 33 times; 23 first team selections, five second team selections and five honorable mentions. He has also President...... Dr. Arthur C. Vailas had 26 of his men’s players named to the All-Academic team. Goeltz has had three men’s players earn Big Sky Most Valuable Player including three-time selection Mike Castrilli. Interim Athletic Director...... Jeff Tingey Goeltz has led the Bengal women to a 131-222 record (37.1 percent) record and have placed second in Athletic Dept. Phone...... 208-282-4668 the Big Sky Conference three times (1991, 1992 and 1996) and third four times. He has had players named to All- Website...... www.isubengals.com Conference teams 29 times; 16 first team selections, six second team selections and seven honorable mentions. Goeltz has had 25 of his women’s players named to the All-Academic team. He has had one female player named Big Sky MVP. His athletes have been highly successful in the classroom. At ISU, every senior he coached has graduated, COACHING STAFF while only one at Maryland failed to graduate. He has had three men’s players and a women’s player named Big Sky Scholar Athlete including one player who earned an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship. At Maryland, his tennis Head Coach...... Bobby Goeltz teams were always among the top teams academically, and he coached two Rhodes Scholar candidates, one ACC Alma Mater, Year...... Princeton, 1970 Academic Athlete of the Year, 51 All-ACC Honor Roll Award winners, a Magna Cum Laude graduate in architecture Experience...... 21st Year and a state of Maryland Chancellor’s Scholar. Men’s Record at ISU (years)...... 175-232 (20 yrs) In 2003, Goeltz earned his first Big Sky Coach of the Year when he led the Idaho State men to a second place finish in the Big Sky Conference and had three first team All-Big Sky Honorees. Malcolm Swan set ISU records Men’s Career Record (years)...... 320-317 (31 years) for singles wins in a season and combined wins in the process. The women went 13-8 and tied for third in Big Sky, Women’s Record at ISU (years)...... 131-222 (20 years) with two players earning All-Big Sky recognition. Women’s Career Record (years)...... 212-293 (31 years) Two of his notable ISU players were Omer Rashid and Mike Castrilli. Rashid was an NCAA Academic All- Overall Record at ISU (years)...... 306-454 (20 years) American and was the winner of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Castrilli was the only individual to be selected Overall Career Record (years)...... 532-610 (31 years) MVP of the Big Sky tennis championships for three consecutive years. In 1993, that duo became the first to represent Assistant Coach...... Mark Rodel ISU in doubles at the NCAA Tennis Championships. On the women’s side Goeltz led the Bengals to two Big Sky singles champions in 1991: Rebecca Smith and Story Hurst. In the same year the Bengals had its second straight Volunteer Assistant Coaches.....Tom Goodwin & Katie Zigars Big Sky Doubles Champions with Story Hurst and Christy Texeira earning the honor at the number two spot. Athletic Trainer...... Tom Brock Prior to Idaho State, Goeltz was the head coach at Maryland just the second tennis coach in the university’s history. His men’s teams compiled a 145-85 record and the women’s teams were 81-71. He coached several Atlantic Coast Conference champions, won several prestigious tournaments including the National Invitational Tournament for the men’s tennis championship in 1985, and his men’s team was ranked 16th nationally in 1986. SPORTS INFORMATION He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 1984 and was inducted into the Washington Tennis Hall of Fame in the same year. In 2004, he was selected to the NCAA men’s and women’s Men’s and Women’s Tennis SID...... Katie Zigars Division I Tennis Championships Committee. Office Phone...... 208-282-3651 Goeltz graduated from Princeton in 1970 after leading the Tigers as the No. 1 Varsity men’s tennis player from Cell Phone...... 208-406-3910 1967-70. As a player he an Ivy League Champion from 1967-70 and was an All-American tennis athlete in 1970. E-Mail...... [email protected] SID Fax...... 208-282-3659 Mark Rodel serves his first year as an assistant Press Box Phone...... 208-406-3910 coach for the Bengal men’s and women’s tennis teams. Mark Rodel He has 17 years of coaching and playing experience SID Mailing Address...... , P.O. Box 8173 at the regional, national and international level. He is Pocatello, ID 83201 Assistant Coach a certified member of the United States Professional Overnight Address...... Holt Arena Tennis Association (USPTA), where he holds a P1 level 550 Memorial Drive, Suite 1 Weber State - 1997 certification. Pocatello, ID 83201 No stranger to the Bengals, Rodel served as a volunteer coach for Idaho State during the 2009-10 season. 1st Season Prior to ISU, Rodel served as a volunteer coach for Weber State during the 2007-08 season. A native of Johannesburg, HISTORY South Africa, Rodel attended Weber State on scholarship where he continued to develop as a player and ended First Year of Men’s Tennis...... 1963 playing at both the No. 1 and No. 2 singles positions as well as the No. 1 doubles spot. In 1997 Rodel was named Overall Men’s All-Time Record...... 280-343 team captain and earned Big Sky Conference tennis and academic honors. Rodel has owned and operated Peak Tennis Training since 2007, where he specializes in creating custom (as of 2009. Records for 1963-77 and 1980 not available) and comprehensive tennis training programs for aspiring tennis players. Peak tennis training was developed Mountain West Season Champions...... 1-1965 as a result of Rodel reaching the elite levels of road cycling culminating in his participation in two US National Big Sky Regular Season Champions...... 1-1990 Championships. The utilization of the core principles of training and periodization have been incorporated into Big Sky Tournament Singles Champions...... Coach Rodel’s tennis coaching philosophy...... 2-1964 & 1965, Don Axtell He served as the Junior Tennis Director at the Eagleridge Tennis Club in Salt Lake City, Utah from 2008-09. Big Sky Tournament Doubles Champions...... He served as a Tennis Pro at the Tokeneke Club in Darien, Connecticut from 1995-98. Rodel is also active within the United States Tennis Association (USTA), and in 2009 and 2010 he served as a coach for the 14 and 12 and ...... 2- 1992 & 1993, Mike Castrilli/Omer Rashid under boys’ and girls’ Intermountain Zonal Teams respectively. In addition, Rodel has over nine years of business First Year of Women’s Tennis...... 1977 related experience. Overall Women’s All-Time Record...... 211-285 Rodel earned his bachelor’s degree from in 1997 and an MBA in Global Management (as of 2009. Records for 1977-78, 81-82 and 85-86 not available) from the University of Phoenix in 2000. Rodel is currently pursuing a Masters of Counseling degree from Idaho Mountain West Season Champions...... 3-1983, 1984, 1987 State in order to gain a more holistic approach to working with students and athletes. He plans on completing Big Sky Singles Champions...... 1-1991 Rebecca Smith the degree in the spring of 2011. He is married to Valerie (Sorenson) Rodel and has two kids Luke (6) and Kate (4). His wife Valerie played women’s basketball at Weber State from 1992-96 and coached at Salt Lake Community College for 12 years from 1997-2009. 2011 • Idaho State University • Men’s and Women’s Tennis Match Notes • Pg.  2011 • BENGAL TENNIS • MEN’S AND WOMEN’S ROSTER 2011 Idaho State Men’s Tennis Roster

Gilberto Azevedo Rodrigo Azevedo Danel Barrenchea Dan Buckingham Diego Cavalcanti Nate Gross Colton Pate Dakota Pate

Name Class Exp. Height Hometown Previous School Gilberto Azevedo FR HS 6-0 Sao Paulo, Brazil Colegio Objetivo Rodrigo Azevedo JR TR 6-1 Sao Paulo, Brazil Colegio Madre Alix/Western Illinois Danel Barrenechea SR 3VL 6-2 Girona, Spain I.E.S. Jaume Vicencs Vives Dan Buckingham JR 2VL 6-1 Boise, ID Centennial HS Diego Cavalcanti FR HS 6-1 Sao Paulo, Brazil Colegio Abaco Nate Gross SO 1VL 6-1 Sebastopol, CA Analy HS Colton Pate SO 1VL 5-10 Henderson, NV Coronado HS Dakota Pate JR 1VL 5-11 Henderson, NV Tennessee-Chattanooga/Coronado HS

2011 Idaho State Women’s Tennis Roster

Amy Bettis Risa Fujiwara Katharina Marsela Rilee Moorhead Laura Porras Maria Raass Olivia Raas Rachel Ryan Laura Severino Zamira Vasquez

Name Class Exp. Height Hometown Previous School Amy Bettis SO 1VL 5-5 Meridian, Idaho Centennial HS Paige Findlay RFR RS 6-1 Carlsbad, Calif. San Dieguito Academy Risa Fujiwara RJR 2VL 5-5 Osaka, Japan Osaka Sayama HS Lisa Lee FR HS Montana Katharina Marsela JR TR 5-5 Jakarta, Indonesia Lewis and Clark State Rilee Moorhead JR 1VL 5-9 Boise, Idaho Lewis and Clark State Laura Porras JR TR 5-6 Tabio, Colombia Tennessee Tech Maria Raass JR TR 5-4 Nampa, Idaho Treasure Valley CC Olivia Raass FR HS Meridian, Idaho Rachel Ryan SO 1VL 5-8 Boise, Idaho Boise HS Laura Severino SO HS 5-6 Goiania, Brazil Colegia Dinamico HS Zamira Vasquez FR HS 5-6 Sorrento, Colombia Colegio San Luis Rey

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