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2012 Season Review LSU TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Schedule 5 Quick Facts CREDITS 6-8 Coaches The 2016 LSU Women’s Tennis Media Guide was produced by 9 Roster the LSU Communications and Creative Services office. 10-16 Player Bios © COPYRIGHT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 17-21 2015 Results and Statistics 22-23 LSU Tennis Complex EDITOR: Brandon Berrio 24-30 Record DESIGN: LSU Athletics Creative Services 31-41 History PHOTOGRAPHY: Steve Franz and Chris Parent 2016 WOMEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE LSU 3 LSU 2012 Season Review 2016 WOMEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE Sat, Jan. 16 Nicholls Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 11:00 a.m. Sat, Jan. 16 Southern Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 4:00 p.m. ITA Kickoff Weekend Sat, Jan. 23 DePaul at Atlanta, Ga. (Byers Tennis Complex) 3 p.m. Sun, Jan. 24 Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Ga. (Byers Tennis Complex 1 p.m. Sun, Jan. 31 Rice at Houston, Texas (George R. Brown Tennis Center) 12 p.m. Fri, Feb. 12 NC State Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 4 p.m. Sun, Feb. 14 Maryland Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 11 a.m. Sun, Feb. 14 South Alabama Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 4 p.m. Wed, Feb. 24 Tulane Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 3 p.m. Wed, Feb. 24 New Orleans Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 7 p.m. Fri, Feb. 26 Arizona Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 3 p.m. Thu, March 3 Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Alabama Tennis Center) 5 p.m. Sat, March 5 Auburn at Auburn, Ala. (Yarbrough Tennis Center) 1 p.m. Fri, March 11 Ole Miss Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 4 p.m. Sun, March 13 Mississippi State Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 11 a.m. Thu, March 17 Kentucky at Lexington, Ky. (Boone Tennis Complex) 5 p.m. Sat, March 19 Vanderbilt at Nashville, Tenn. (Currey Tennis Center) 12 p.m. Fri, March 25 Arkansas Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 4 p.m. Sun, March 27 Missouri Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 11 a.m. Thu, March 31 Florida at Gainesville, Fla. (Linder Stadium) 4 p.m. Sat, April 2 South Carolina at Columbia, S.C. (Carolina Tennis Center 11 a.m. Fri, April 8 Georgia Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 4 p.m. Sun, April 10 Tennessee Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) 11 a.m. Sat, April16 Texas A&M at College Station, Texas (Mitchell Tennis Center) 12 p.m. SEC Championships Wed, April 20- Sun, April 24 SEC Championships Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) TBA NCAA Championships Fri, May 13 NCAA First/Second Rounds at Campus Sites TBD TBA Thu, May 19 NCAA Team Championships at Tulsa, Okla. (Michael D. Case Tennis Center) TBA Wed, May 25 NCAA Singles/Doubles Championships at Tulsa, Okla. (Michael D. Case Tennis Center) TBA Skylar Kuykendall 4 LSU 2016 WOMEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE Quick Facts LSU LSU Women’s Tennis Coaching Staff NAME POSITION ALMA MATER YEAR AT LSU Co-Head Coach: Julia Sell University of Florida, ‘03 4th year at LSU Co-Head Coach: Michael Sell University of Georgia, ‘95 4th year at LSU (1st as co-head coach) Team Information 2015 Overall Record: 20-11 2015 SEC Record: 7-6 2015 ITA Final Ranking: No. 23 Letterwinners: Returning/Lost; 5/2 University Facts Location: Baton Rouge, La. (State Capital) Founded: 1860 Enrollment: 31,076 Nickname: Lady Tigers or Fighting Tigers Colors: Purple and Gold Print specifications: Purple-PMS 268, Gold-PMS 123 Mascot: Mike VI (live Bengal/Siberian Tiger) Conference: Southeastern University Administration President Dr. F. King Alexander (St. Lawrence, ‘87) Faculty Representative: Dr. Bill DeMastes (Georgia, ‘79) Athletics Department Vice-Chancellor/AD: Joe Alleva (Lehigh, ‘75) Deputy Director of Athletics: Verge Ausberry (LSU, ‘90) Deputy Director of Athletics: Eddie Nunez (Florida, ‘98) Sr. Assoc. AD/Compliance, Planning: Bo Bahnsen (LSU, ‘82) Sr. Assoc. AD/Business: Mark Ewing (LSU, ‘78) Sr. Assoc. AD/Student Services, SWA: Miriam Segar (LSU, ‘94) Sr. Assoc. AD/Facility & Grounds: Ronnie Haliburton (LSU, ‘90) Assoc. AD/Communications Michael Bonnette (LSU, ‘93) Assoc. AD/Ticket Manager: Brian Broussard (LSU, ‘93) Assoc. AD/Facilities, Proj. Development: Emmitt David (LSU, 82) Assistant AD/Fiscal Operations Neal Lamonica (LSU , ‘98) Assistant AD/Marketing: Matthew Shanklin (UNCW, ‘88) Assitant AD/Game Management David Taylor (UTEP, ‘99) Assistant AD/Compliance Blair Napolitano (LSU, 2005) Communications Senior Associate AD/SID: Michael Bonnette (LSU, ‘93) Senior Associate SID: Bill Franques (LSU, ‘85) Media Information Senior Associate SID: Kent Lowe (LSU-Shreveport, ‘79) Women’s Tennis SID: Brandon Berrio Senior Associate SID: Jennifer Rodrigues (La.-Laf., ‘95) SID Office Phone: 225-578-8226 Associate SID: Will Stafford (LSU, 2006) Berrio’s Cell Phone: 225-328-7065 Associate SID: Jake Terry (LSU, 2008) Berrio’s E-Mail Address: [email protected] Associate SID: Clyde Verdin (Nicholls State, 2008) LSU website: LSUsports.net Administrative Secretary: Pam LeBlanc SID Mailing Address: Athletics Administration Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Overnight Address: Fifth Floor, Athletics Administration Building Creative Services Nicholson Drive and North Stadium Drive Executive Director: Jason Feirman (LSU, 2000] Baton Rouge, La. 70803 Photography Coordinator: Steve Franz (LSU, ‘93) Photography Coordinator: Chris Parent (LSU, 2015) Athletics Phone Directory (225 area code) Athletics Department: 578-8100 LSU Sports Radio Network Athletics Director: 578-3600 Director of Broadcasting: Chris Blair (Lander, ‘97) Senior Women’s Administrator: 578-1888 Student Services: 578-4100 LSU Sports Productions Marketing and Promotions: 578-6629 Director of Media Productions: David Landry (LSU, ‘90) Internal Operations: 578-6603 Production Coordinator: Lee Scioneaux (LSU, ‘90) Business Office: 578-6783 Production Specialist: Andrew Franzella (LSU, 2014) Ticket Office: 578-2184 Women’s Tennis Office: 910-1643 LSUsports.net /LSUwten Director of Digital Media: Todd Politz (LSU, ‘99) @LSUwten 2016 WOMEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE LSU 5 LSU 2012 Season Review Julia Sell CO-HEAD COACH • FOURTH SEASON leadership of Julia Sell. During the 2014-15 season, Joana Vale Julia Sell has changed the culture Costa Skylar Kuykendall became the 14th and 15th players in of the LSU women’s tennis program school history to reach the 30-win mark. It was only the fifth time in school history and the first time since the 1984-85 season that and has helped lead the Lady Tigers two teammates have won 30 matches or more in a season. Last season, Vale Costa became just the sixth player in the back to national prominence on the program’s history to reach the NCAA Single Championships. The Lisbon, Portugal native also earned the highest singles win for an recruiting trail and on the courts in LSU player since 2009 with her victory over No. 7 Sydney Campbell three seasons as the head coach. of Vanderbilt. Vale Costa along with Scott also defeated No. 7 Pleun Burgman and Emily Flickinger of Auburn for the highest On the court last season, the teams finished with a 20-11 doubles win since 2002. record. The Lady Tigers have also improved drastically in the Sell came to LSU from Boca Raton, Fla., where she had been team ranking under Sell. The team finished last season ranked assisting the USTA as a Regional Training Center Coach since 23rd, which was a 44 spot improvement from three seasons ago. August 2011. This impact in the polls is largely due to Sell’s success on the Prior to her stint with the USTA, Sell served as an assistant recruiting trail. coach for Notre Dame for three years from September of The Lady Tigers have gained three blue-chip recruits in the 2008 until August of 2011 where she helped propel the Irish to past three seasons, which is a first for the program. Sell has also their best results in program history, back to back Final Four brought in successful transfers with the additions of Noel Scott appearances in the NCAA Team Tournament and a No. 5 year and Skylar Kuykendall to the lineup. end ranking in 2009 and 2010. While at Notre Dame, she helped The program, under Sell’s guidance, has continued to progress the Irish capture three Big East titles as well as reaching the and develop. The team reached the 20-win mark for just the semifinals of the 2009 ITA National Team Indoor Championships. fourth time in school history last year. The Lady Tigers also Off the court, Notre Dame’s women’s tennis team earned the reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the sixth highest grade point average among all of the Irish’s teams with a time in school history and the semifinal of the SEC Tournament 3.6 GPA in 2009 followed by a 3.65 in 2010. for the third time in school history. In May of 2010 Sell was selected as a coach for the USTA The entire roster has continued to develop under the Summer Collegiate Team, which serves as an elite training 6 LSU 2016 WOMEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE 2012 Season Review LSU program for the top American collegiate tennis players who are high ITA singles ranking of 24th and 7th in doubles. trying to make the transition into professional tennis. She also was a two-time Dorothy Anderson Award recipient, Sell got her start in coaching at the collegiate level in given to an athlete who displays the best combination of September of 2007 when academics and character she was named an assistant on and off the court, as coach at Harvard. In her one well as being named a season at Harvard, she helped 2002 Sportsmanship recruit the nation’s seventh- Award honoree.