Women’s Tennis 2010, 2012 Sun Belt Champions Tennis Contact: Ryan Kasmiersky • Athletic Communications • [email protected] • Office 940.565.3671 Week of 1/22/095/7/12 2012 Schedule No. 56 North Texas Looks For First NCAA Win vs. No. 17 Nebraska SEPTMEBER 16-18 Sooner Invitational All Day NCAA First Round May 11, 2012 • 10 a.m. OCTOBER No. 56 North Texas vs. No. 17 Nebraska 8-10 USTA Invitational All Day 21-25 ITA Texas Regional All Day Record: 23-3, 9-2 Big 10 Conference All-Time Series: NU leads 2-0 NOVEMBER Last Match: March 10, 1989 4-6 North Texas Classic All Day NU def. NT 9-0 No. 1 Singles: No. 45 Mary Weatherholt JANUARY No. 1 Doubles: No. 42 Geibert/Weinstein 13-15 Florida Gulf Coast Invite All Day Location: Austin, Texas 21 at Lamar W, 5-2 Site: Penick-Allison Tennis Center 24 at No. 25 Oklahoma L, 4-3 Last NCAA Appearance: 28 Stephen F. Austin L, 7-0 L, 4-2, vs No. 32 Tulsa in 2010 28 Oral Roberts W, 7-0 FEBRUARY 3 at No. 32 Arkansas L, 4-3 NCAA First/Second Round Preview 4 vs. No. 53 Kansas State (Ark.) W, 4-3 North Texas will travel south to Austin, Texas, for its first round matchup with No. 17 9 at No. 44 TCU W, 4-3 Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament. This match will be the second time that the Mean 12 Louisiana-Lafayette * W, 6-1 Green has participated in the NCAA Tournament after winning the SBC Champion- 17 at No. 33 Arizona L, 6-1 ship in 2010 as well. North Texas has never left the state of Texas for an NCAA Tennis 19 vs. No. 50 Cal Poly (Arizona) W, 4-3 Tournament match having appeared in the first round in Waco, Texas in 2010. 24 South Alabama * W, 5-2 26 FIU * W, 4-3 Dominant Doubles The Mean Green has come out firing recently, capturing the doubles point in nine- MARCH straight matches in which it was contested dating back to the March 3 match versus 2 at No. 30 Tulsa L, 6-1 Kansas. In fact, since that match, North Texas has only lost five doubles matches overall 3 vs Kansas (Tulsa) W, 6-1 and its No. 1 tandem of Barbora Vykydalova and Nadia Lee has collected a 10-2 overall 9 Denver * W, 5-2 record since it was assembled on Feb 24. NT has only been swept once this year in 11 Louisville W, 4-0 doubles play, but has swept seven seperate teams. 17 at Wichita State L, 4-3 Texas Our Texas AprIL The No. 56 Mean Green has been lights-out while playing in the state of Texas this 7 UCF W, 5-2 season. North Texas has assembled a 13-1 overall record within the state lines, includ- 9 UTA W, 5-2 ing a win over now No. 32 TCU and two over the formerly defending SBC Champion 14 vs. Middle Tennessee * (Troy) W, 7-0 FIU Golden Panthers. In fact, NT has collected a 49-13 overall record in it’s home state 15 at Troy * W, 7-0 in the last five seasons. 20 No. 9 seed FAU % - Quarters W, 4-0 21 No. 4 seed Denver % - Semis W, 4-2 22 No. 2 seed FIU % - Finals W, 4-2 North TEXas MEan GREEN Roster MAY Name Ht Yr Hometown 11 No. 17 Nebraska @ - First Round 10 a.m. Kseniya Bardabush 5-9 Fr.-HS Lutsk, Ukraine / Boratyh Secondary School Paula Dinuta 5-5 Sr.-3L Pitesti, Romania / Sportive Pitesti HS @ NCAA First/Second Rounds Hosted by Texas Nadia Lee 5-6 Sr.-1L Almeria, Spain / Lee College Irina Paraschiv 5-8 Sr.-3L Bucharest, Romania / Liceul Mircea Eliade HS % Sun Belt Tournament held in Denton, Texas Ilona Serchenko 5-6 Jr.-TR Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine / McNeese State * Sun Belt Conference Match Franziska Sprinkmeyer 5-10 Fr.-HS Nordhorn, Germany / Gynasium Nordhorn Home Matches in Bold Valentina Starkova 5-9 Jr.-TR Almaty, Kazakhstan / Arkansas All times Central Barbora Vykydalova 5-10 Jr-2L Sumperk, Czech Republic / Business School The University of North Texas 2010, 2012 SUN BElt CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 18-6 OVERall, 6-0 SUN BElt MEDIA InfORMatION 2012 SUN BElt StanDINGS (Sorted by Overall Win Percentage) Team Conference Overall ITA Ranking Eric Capper ULM 4 0 1.000 15 4 .789 Sr. Assoc. AD/Athletic Communications North Texas 6 0 1.000 18 6 .750 56 940-565-3671 • [email protected] South Alabama 2 3 .400 14 6 .700 Middle Tennessee 6 2 .750 15 7 .681 Ryan Kasmiersky (Tennis Contact) Western Kentucky 0 1 .000 10 6 .625 Athletic Communications Assistant Arkansas State 1 5 .166 11 9 .550 O: 940-565-3671 FAU 0 3 .000 10 9 .526 C: 214-707-3852 Troy 2 2 .500 11 10 .523 [email protected] Denver 3 1 .750 12 11 .522 UALR 0 4 .000 13 13 .500 Athletic Communications FIU 2 1 .667 7 15 .318 University of North Texas Louisiana-Lafayette 0 4 .000 4 16 .200 P.O. Box 31197 Denton, TX 76203 North Texas in the Rankings Dinuta Makes it Four for Mean Green post-Match Interviews The Mean Green entered the ITA rankings Mean Green senior Paula Dinuta became North Texas head coach Sujay Lama for the first time since Feb. 19, 2011 on Feb. the third and fourth member of North Texas and requested players will be available 16 at No. 61. North Texas currently sits at to be named the Sun Belt Conference Player for interviews following a brief cooling No. 56, just weeks removed from a pro- of the Week this season, taking home the off period. gram high ranking of 40. The Mean Green award for her performance March 7 and has picked up wins against No. 53 Kansas April 17. Dinuta finished her latest week Practice Coverage State, at No. 44 TCU and No. 50 Cal Poly as with a 3-0 record in both singles and dou- North Texas tennis practice is open to well as narrow losses at No. 25 Oklahoma bles en route to three dominant NT wins. the media with prior request made to and No. 32 Arkansas, 4-3. Every North the media relations staff. Practice times Texas loss has come to teams that are now Anything but Neutral are usually scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at among the top-70 teams in the nation. NT has taken complete advantage of the Waranch Tennis Complex located neutral site matches this season, collect- at the Mean Green Village. Players and Advantage - North Texas ing a 4-0 record thus far. The Mean Green coaches are available for interviews The Mean Green has built a dominant started the streak by defating No. 53 Kansas before each practice, on a prearranged home court advantage over the past four State in Arkansas. Then, North Texas took basis through the athletic communica- years as it has collected a 39-8 record at down another ranked opponent in No. 50 tions office. the Waranch Tennis Complex since the Cal Poly in Arizona, before finishing the 2008 season. The 2012 North Texas team streak by handing Kansas its first loss of the Weekly Releases will next appear at home when it hosts season in Tulsa in March. The Mean Green All North Texas weekly tennis releases the 2012 Sun Belt Conference Champion- then capped the regular season with a win can be obtained as a PDF document on ships, April 19-22. over Middle Tennessee in Troy, Ala. The the athletics web site at MeanGreenS- matchup with Nebraska will mark the fifth ports.com. To be added to the email list Lee Named SBC Player of the Week neutral site match this season. for all tennis releases or if you would like North Texas’ Nadia Lee was named the Sun the releases faxed to you, please contact Belt Conference Player of the Week on Feb. Serchenko for the Win Ryan Kasmiersky. 8 for the first time in her career for her play Ilona Serchenko has paced the Mean Green against No. 32 Arkansas and No. 53 Kansas attack this season, collecting an 10-6 overall State Feb. 3 and Feb. 4. The senior recorded record, with three of those losses coming Quick Facts a perfect 4-0 weekend, winning both her in the third set-tiebreaker. The junior has Location: Denton, Texas doubles and singles matches against the collected a 5-1 record in singles when facing Founded: 1890 Razorbacks and the Wildcats. Her three set ranked teams and sealed the most recent Enrollment: 35, 754 thriller against K-State notched sealed the ranked victory over No. 50 Cal Poly with Nickname: Mean Green match. a 6-1, 7-5 win. She was named the Sun Belt Colors: Green and White Player of the Week on February 22. Venue: Waranch Tennis Complex Elusive 18 Affiliation: Division I With the SBC Championship win, the Mean Last Time Out North Texas grabbed its second Sun Belt Conference: Sun Belt Green reached 18 wins in a season for only the fourth time in program history. At 18-6 Conference Championship in the past Head Coach: Sujay Lama (.750), this is the second best season in school three seasons when it defeated the de- Record at North Texas: 77-59 (dual matches) history behind the 1980-81 when NT went fending champion FIU Golden Panthers, Overall Record: 185-144 32-9 (.780) and marks the first time since the 4-2, on April 22.