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2021 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS 2021 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS 2020-21 WOMEN’S TENNIS ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE NAME HT YR HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL / COLLEGE Constance Branstine Constance Branstine 5-9 R-SR Orange, Calif. Villa Park HS / UC Irvine) bran-STINE Eryn Cayetano 5-2 SO Long Beach, Calif. Saint Anthony HS Naomi Cheong Naomi Cheong 5-6 FR Las Vegas, Nev Odyssey Charter HS nay-O-mee CHONG Summer Dvorak 5-4 R-SR. Laguna Beach, Calif. Duke / Vanderbilt Salma Ewing 5-9 JR Lakewood, Calif. Laurel Springs Summer Dvorak Snow Han ?? FR Wuhan, China d-VOR-ack Estella Jaeger 5-7 SR Delbrueck, Germany ISP International Salma Ewing McKenna Koenig 5-7 FR Scottsdale, Ariz. Desert Mountain HS YOU-ing Angela Kulikov 5-7 R-SR Sun Valley, Calif. Connections Academy Estella Jaegar Clare McKee 6-3 R-SR Boca Raton, Fla. Princeton JAY-ger Payton Saca 5-9 SO Los Angeles, Calif. IMG Academy Danielle Willson 5-11 JR Newport Beach, Calif. Corona del Mar HS McKenn Koenig KO-nig Alison Swain (4th season) HEAD COACH: Angela Kulikov ASSISTANT COACH: Rachel Manasse (2nd season) KOO-lee-kov 2021 POSTSEASON 2021 NCAA REGIONALS 2021 PAC-12 Friday-Saturday, May 7-8 CHAMIONSHIPS Sites To Be Determined Wednesday-Saturday, April 21-24 2021 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday-Monday, May 14-29 Lake Nona, Fla. 2 2021 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS 2021 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS Quick Facts / Media Notes ..............3 University Information Tennis History Tennis 2021 USC Women’s Alison Swain, Head Coach ..............4 Location: ..............Los Angeles, Calif. All-Time Program Record: .. *800-304 Coaching Staff .................................5 Founded: ...................................1880 ................................................. (.725) Marks Tennis Stadium/Support Staff ..6 Enrollment: 43,000 (19,000 undergrad) All-Time Conference Record: *305-192 2021 Women of Troy .......................7 President: .......................... Carol Folt ................................................ (.614) 2020 Results..................................13 Athletic Director: ...............Mike Bohn All-Time NCAA Record: .......... *72-35 2020 Match-By-Match Results ......14 Senior Woman Administrator: .. Joyce ................................................. (.673) All-Time Honors .............................17 ...................................... Bell Limbrick 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 Capacity:...................................1,000 Conference Championships: .........11 with coaches or athletes, please contact (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, Katie Ryan (213-740-8480) at least one Tennis Information 1983, 1985, 1986, 2009, 2012, 2013, day in advance. Check with the USC Head Coach:................. Alison Swain 2015) Sports Information Office regarding the Alma Mater: ...... Williams College ’01 NCAA Appearances .......................36 team practice schedule. Players can be Record at USC: ............. 40-24 (.625) Record Consecutive NCAA made available after practice sessions ..............(Entering her fourth season) Appearances ............ 26 (1991-2017) and following home matches. Overall Record:............ 264-52 (.835) All-Americans ................................97 ........................................ 13 seasons Trojans On The Web: Current women’s Swain’s Phone: ......... (213) 740-3828 tennis information, as well as news, Assistant Coach:......Rachel Manasse Sports Information features and updated statistics can be Women’s Tennis SID: ...... Katie Ryan found on the web at: usctrojans.com 2020 Overall Record:.................. 7-6* SID Phone: ............... (213) 740-8480 ............ 2020 season cut short due to Cell Phone: ............... (949) 874-5475 ......................... COVID-19 pandemic SID Fax:.................... (213) 740-7584 2020 Pac-12 Record:.................. 0-2* E-mail: [email protected] ............ 2020 season cut short due to Website: ............www.usctrojans.com ......................... COVID-19 pandemic Sports Information Address: .............. 2020 Postseason: ..... No 2020 NCAA ......USC Sports Information For more information on the ........................................Tournament .....3501 Watt Way, Heritage Hall 103 Pac-12 Conference, go to: pac-12.org Final Team Ranking: ............... No. 39 .....Los Angeles, CA 90089 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.....7 / 3 Newcomers:.....................................5 For more information on all NCAA Divi- sion I sports and championships, go to: ncaa.com For more information on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), go to: itatennis.com Credits * Due to NCAA penalty vacating wins record- The 2021 Women’s Tennis Media Guide was prepared by Katie Ryan, ed by ineligible player, 3 wins left undecided Assistant Sports Information Director. Special thanks to John McGillen in 2008; 1 win (conference) becomes a loss and 4 wins left undecided in 2009. [Origi- for team photos, actions and head shots, and also to the Figges for head nal records: USC all-time program record shots. Action photography also courtesy of Dan Avila, Heston Quan, Gary 808-303 (.734); USC all-time conference Rus, Sam Haythorn, Hali Helfgott, Bill Kallenberg, John McGillen, Jim 306-191 (.616); all-time NCAA record 74-34 (.686)] Sabo, Eddie Siegel, Michael Sugarman, Jon SooHoo, Po-He Tseng and 2 3 2021 USC WOMEN’S TENNIS Head Coach 4th Season ALISON SWAIN 8-Time DIII NCAA Championship Coach Alison Swain, who they fell to Arizona State. built a women’s tennis Trojan Gabby Smith was dynasty at Williams selected to compete in College by leading the the 2018 NCAA Singles Ephs to 8 NCAA Divi- Tournament where she sion III team champi- fell in the First Round. onships, was officially USC finished the season hired to be the USC ranked No. 49 in the women’s tennis head country with two singles coach on June 7, players and one doubles 2017. She enters her pair nationally ranked. Coaching Staff Coaching fourth season (2020- 21) as the head coach of the Women of Troy. Prior to arriving at Troy, Swain posted an .889 Through her three seasons at USC, she holds a winning percentage (224- 40-24 overall record (.625) with a 12-10 record 28) in her 10 seasons (.545) in Pac-12 matches. (2008-17) at Williams, including 48-2 in NCAA 2001 NCAA championship squad (the first in tournament play. She led the Ephs to 8 NCAA school history). She won All-New England Small In 2020, the Trojans had a 7-6 record and went team championships, including in each of her College Athletic Conference honors and was 0-2 in Pac-12 Conference play. During the 2020 first 6 seasons (an NCAA Division III record named a Scholar-Athlete All-American. campaign, the sport was shut down nationally and tying Stanford for most consecutive at any midseason due to the COVID-19 pandemic. level) as well as in 2015 (going 25-0) and the After graduating from Williams in 2001 with a (USC’s last 10 regular season matches were just-concluded 2017 campaign. In her other 2 degree in American studies, she taught eighth cancelled.) seasons, Williams was the NCAA runnerup in grade and coached the girls’ tennis team at 2016 and was third in 2014. She also helped Woodward Academy in College Park, Ga., for In 2019, the Trojans had a 20-8 record and Williams win 5 conference championships. 3 years (2002-04), winning the region each went 7-3 in Pac-12 Conference play. They were year and getting to the state finals in 2004. She selected to compete in their 36th all-time NCAA She was named the 2013 ITA National Division received a master’s degree in education from appearance where they reached the Round of 16. III Coach of the Year, was a 5-time conference Washington in 2006 and then taught upper Coach of the Year and twice (2010-13) was the schoolers at Telluride (Colo.) Mountain School During the 2019 season, Swain coached the Tro- ITA Northeast Coach of the Year. She produced for a year (2006-07) before returning to her jan pair of Angela Kulikov and Rianna Valdes who 2 NCAA champion doubles teams (Juli Raven- alma mater to take the Williams head job in the were semifinalists in the 2019 NCAA Doubles tos and Linda Shin in 2015 and 2016) and a summer of 2007. Tournament. The duo entered the tournament trio of NCAA singles runners-up, along with 18 as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation. In addi- All-Americans, 2 ITA National Senior Players Swain is a native of Bainbridge, Wash. She is tion, Salma Ewing was selected to compete in of the Year and an ITA National Most Improved a member of the board of directors of the ITA the NCAA Singles Tournament where she fell Senior of the Year. through June of 2018. She and her mother, Sue in the First Round. USC finished the season Swain, were the nation’s top-ranked mother/ ranked No. 16 in the country with two singles She also was an assistant professor of physical