2008-09 SCHEDULE / QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2008-09 Schedule ...... 2 Monkia Mical/Maria Prishlyak ...... 20 The Penn State Experience ...... 3-8 Kristen Roth/Michaela Stracar ...... 21 2008-09 Nittany Lion Tennis Roster ...... 9 Nittany Lions & Their Families ...... 22 Head Coach Dawna Prevette ...... 10 2007-08 Results and Stats ...... 23 Q&A with Dawna Prevette ...... 11 2009 Opponents ...... 24 Assistant Coach Evan Clark ...... 12 The Sarni Tennis Center ...... 25 Season Preview ...... 13 All-Time Series Records/Year-by-Year Results ...... 26 Dorothy Dohanics ...... 14 All-Time Accolades ...... 27 Lauren Holzberg ...... 15 Where Are They Now? ...... 28 Leyla Morzan ...... 16 About State College ...... 29 Sarah Lotto ...... 17 The Big Ten Conference ...... 30 Lauren McCarthy ...... 18 Penn State Athletic Administration ...... 31 Denisa Zobeideh/Allie Hefter ...... 19 Nittany Lions Off The Court ...... 32 FALL SCHEDULE MEDIA RELATIONS Contacts: Kate Wiedie SEPTEMBER Kristina Petersen 101-D Bryce Jordan Center Fri.-Sun. 19-21 College of William & Mary Invitational (Williamsburg, Va.) All Day University Park, Pa. 16802 Office Phone: 814-865-1757 OCTOBER Fax: 814-863-3165 Fri.-Sun. 10-12 Hampton Roads Invitational (Norfolk, Va.) All Day E-Mail: [email protected] Fri.-Sun. 31-Nov. 2 Yale Tournament (New Haven, Conn.) All Day [email protected] WWW.GOPSUSPORTS.COM SPRING SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS JANUARY Head Coach ...... Dawna Prevette Sat. 17 BUCKNELL 3 p.m. Alma Mater ...... North Texas ’00 IUPUI TBA Record at Penn State . . . 8-14 (one season) Career Record . . . . . 73-90 (seven seasons) Sat. 24 vs. Montana State (at Boise, Idaho) TBA Office Phone ...... 814-863-7479 Sun. 25 at Boise State noon Email ...... [email protected] Assistant Coach ...... Evan Clark FEBRUARY Alma Mater ...... UMKC ’06 Sat. 7 vs. South Alabama (at Huntington, W.Va.) 10 a.m. Office Phone ...... 814-863-4028 Home Court ...... Sarni Tennis Center (1,000) Sun. 8 at Marshall 11 a.m. 2007-08 Record ...... 8-14 Fri. 13 DENVER 11 a.m. 2007-08 Big Ten ...... 2-8 VCU 5 p.m. 2008 Big Ten Tournament ...... 0-1, First Round 2008 NCAA Qualifiers ...... 0 Fri. 20 OKLAHOMA 5 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 6/2 Sun. 22 PURDUE * 11 a.m. Starters Returning/Lost ...... 4/2 Sat. 28 at Ohio State * 5 p.m. Newcomers ...... 5

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2 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS Russ Sue Jessica Dave Shawna Mark Sandy Sarah Jim Mushinsky Sherburne Montrella-Cronin Yukelson Bowyer Hinish Meyer Grotevant Weaver Director Life Skills Learning Sports Counselor Counselor Counselor Counselor Counselor Program Dir. Specialist Psychologist ACADEMIC COUNSELING Student-athletes are assigned individual counselors who provide MORGAN CENTER MISSION MORGAN CENTER them with advice on academics, academic planning, and career Central to the mission of Intercollegiate Athletics is the PROGRAMS AND FUNCTIONS: choices, as well as keeping them informed about NCAA, Big Ten opportunity for student-athletes to experience a well- and Penn State regulations that may affect them. rounded educational program at The Pennsylvania State CAREER DEVELOPMENT: University. The mission of the Morgan Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes is to provide appropriate PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY - This Program offers a variety of services to aid student-athletes academic support services and University Faculty GETTING FOCUSED in making decisions regarding their choice of major, resumé and A sport psychologist provides counseling and support to student- Senate, NCAA, and Big Ten Conference academic cover letter writing, career planning, and gaining professional athletes in the areas of mental preparation strategies for training eligibility information to all student-athletes. These employment. and competition, motivation and meaningful goal setting, services and information should assist student-athletes in visualization and performance planning, concentration and achieving their academic goals while participating in a STUDY ENHANCEMENT: mental focusing, coping skill strategies for dealing with adversity, demanding NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic and, in general, issues pertaining to self-esteem development PREPARING FOR CLASS program. These services should also ensure progress and student-athlete welfare. Study enhancement sessions are mandatory for all first-year toward graduation through timely completion of degree student-athletes and are available to upperclassmen as well. requirements for baccalaureate and graduate programs. NAGLE CHAMPS / LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM 1998 NCAA PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE TUTORING PROGRAM: SHADOW PROGRAM A HELPING HAND AWARD WINNER The goal of the program is give elementary and middle school The Morgan Academic Support Center offers free tutoring The Nagle CHAMPS (Challenging Athletes' Minds for Personal students the opportunity to tour campus, visit college classes, Success)/Life Skills Program has been a model program and a assistance to all student-athletes. and interact with student-athletes on a one-to-one basis. consulting resource for the NCAA since its inception in 1989. The Life Skills Program was developed to better prepare student- MENTOR PROGRAM THON athletes for the challenges of life beyond the athletic arena. The MASCSA Mentor Program is designed to help student- Dance Marathon, often referred to as THON, is the largest athletes on their road to success by assisting in the development student-run philanthropy in the nation, raising more than $34 of transferable study skills. SPEAKERS BUREAU million for the Four Diamonds Fund and children's cancer The Speaker's Bureau Program provides Penn State student- research. athletes with the opportunity to develop and utilize public ATHLETIC HONOR SOCIETY presentation skills while giving back to the community. The Athletic Honor Society, Spiritus Leonius, recognizes student- SAAB athletes for outstanding performance in athletics, academics, The Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB) consists of one leadership, and community service. PENN PAL PROGRAM - voting member and one or more alternates from each of Penn KEEPING IN TOUCH State's 29 varsity athletic teams. SAAB meets monthly to discuss The "Penn" Pal Program enables student-athletes to correspond, any new developments within the NCAA, Big Ten Conference, on a monthly basis, with fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in and the University that affect the student-athletes at Penn State. local school districts. Nestled in the Nittany Valley , the Penn State campus has a charm that easily is identified. The CBS Television show "60 Minutes" once described Penn State as the ideal setting for any Hollywood director doing a film on college life. Penn State was chartered in 1855 when a faculty of four taught its first students, 11 of whom graduated on 1861. Classes were held in Old Main, which also served as a dormitory. A rebuilt Old Main now is the site of the offices of the University administration, including Dr. Graham Spanier, who became Penn State's 16th president in 1995. While Old Main once was all that existed of Penn State, today it sits in the middle of 15,984 acres that make up the University Park campus. Five-hundred-and-forty acres, which includes more than 12,000 trees, are devoted to classrooms and office buildings, residence halls and laboratories, with more than 750 buildings comprising the main campus. From Old Main to Mount Nittany...from Pattee Library to the Creamery...from the new Business and Information Sciences and Technology buildings, the Palmer Museum of Art or the Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State's campus has a picture postcard look . Penn State is situated in the middle of State College...the classic "college town." Located in the Nittany Valley in the center of Pennsylvania, State College is renowned for its beauty, charm and youthful lifestyle. Trees and greenery envelope the stately fraternity houses along "Fraternity Row" and the surrounding residential areas. Quaint shops and popular restaurants and taverns share the cozy downtown area with students' favorite fast food shops, contemporary clothing stores and gathering spots. And it all lies in the shadow of the legendary Mt. Nittany in what is affectionately known as "Happy Valley." State College is conveniently located in the heart of the nation's mid- Atlantic region. It is but a few hours drive to New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington D.C. However, State College provides a great variety of entertainment itself with rock concerts at the Bryce Jordan Center, skiing, fishing, The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, numerous student organized events and much more. With a total full-time work force of more than 11,000 faculty, staff, and support personnel, Penn State is Centre County's largest employer. The Centre Region – State College and adjacent townships – has approximately 120,000 inhabitants, including Penn State students. To support its broad-based program , Penn State has athletic facilities the equal of any school in the country. On the east side of campus lies perhaps the most recognizable of the athletic venues – 107,282-seat Beaver Stadium and the 15,300-seat Bryce Jordan Center, which opened in 1996. The $55 million academic/athletic convocation and events center is the home for the Nittany Lion and Lady Lion basketball teams. Penn State's gymnastics, volleyball and wrestling teams compete in the newly refurbished, 6,846-seat Rec Hall. Other athletic facilities include Jeffrey Field, the home for soccer and lacrosse; baseball and softball fields; Nittany Lion Track; the $16 million Indoor Multi-Sport facility which houses a state of the art track and a turf practice field; the $2.1 million Sarni Tennis Center as well as an indoor tennis facility; the Bigler Athletic Complex and the Ernest B. McCoy Natatorium with an adjoining outdoor pool; and two University 18-hole golf courses. Penn State tagged $176 million for the construction and renovation of a number of facilities, many of which have recently been completed. Penn State recently refurbished Jeffrey Field, adding stadium seating on each side of the playing field that seats 5,000 fans. The newest addition to the Nittany Lion facilities came in 2006 with the completion of Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, a magnificent 5,400-seat baseball facility located adjacent to Beaver Stadium. I Nearly 370 Penn State I Penn State’s 82 percent four- USA TODAY student-athletes earned a grade year graduation rate for student RATES PENN STATE # point average of 3.0 or higher athletes is well above the during the 2008 Spring Division I-A national average of USA Today rated Penn State as the BEST school in the semester representing 55 63 percent for student athletes 1 nation in the graduation of its percent of the the young men and second to only student-athletes. In the NCAA and women who combrise Penn Northwestern in the Big Ten. 2007 Graduation Rate Report, Penn State’s State's varsity sports teams. four-year graduation rate for student-athletes I Ninety-five percent of Penn Penn State's 29 varsity teams was 88 percent, 11 points higher than State student-athletes in NCAA had an average GPA of 3.02 the national average. studies from 1991-2001 who I Penn State was one of only 10 exhausted their eligibility NCAA Division I-A institutions to earned their diplomas. I Penn State ranked 14th among public I Penn State tied for fourth nationally be selected for U.S. News & universities for “America’s Best Colleges” among public institutions and 11th World Report’s 2002 College I Penn State tied for first as the according to U.S. News & World overall in a listing of the best universities Sports Honor Roll for athletic nation’s best public institution Report. in the nation according to a 2003 and academic achievement. according to a U.S. News & Gallup poll. World Report survey of high I Penn State ranked among the nation’s school students (2004). top 16 “Hot Schools,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Penn State has one of the nation's most successful athletic departments. Boasting one of the largest intercollegiate athletic programs in the nation, Penn State's 800 student-athletes participate in 15 men's and 14 women's sports.

All 29 programs are funded at 100 percent scholarship levels. The breadth of the program has been matched by its outstanding achievements:

62 NATIONAL TEAM TITLES: Penn State has won 62 National Team Championships in 14 sports.

54 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Penn State has earned 44 regular season and 10 tournament titles in its initial 16 years in the Big Ten Conference.

135 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS: Penn State student-athletes have earned 92 Academic All- America citations in the last 15 years and 135 overall, fourth-highest in the nation. Penn State student-athletes have an 88 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR), 11 points higher than the national average, according to the NCAA.

RECORD ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN SELECTIONS: Penn State's 261 Academic All-Big Ten selections in 2007-08 were a school record. Over the past 14 years Penn State leads all Big Ten institutions with 3,059 academic all-conference honorees. 2008-09 ROSTER 2008-09 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS ROSTER

Name Yr. Hometown Major Dorothy Dohanics Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. Business Allie Hefter Fr. Longmont, Colo. DUS Lauren Holzberg Sr. Easton, Conn. Kinesiology Sarah Lotto Jr. Toronto, Ontario Telecommunications Lauren McCarthy Jr. Danbury, Conn. Psychology Monika Mical Fr. Stalowa Wola, Poland DUS Leyla Morzan Sr. Vancouver, British Columbia Business Maria Prishlyak Fr. Kiev, Ukraine DUS Kristen Roth Fr. Ardmore, Pa. Comm. Arts & Sciences Michaela Stracar Fr. Jericho, N.Y. DUS Denisa Zobeideh So. Weston, Fla. Business

Head Coach: Dawna Prevette Assistant Coach: Evan Clark

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Top Row (L-R): Leyla Morzan, Lauren Holzberg, Dorothy Dohanics, Head Coach Dawna Prevette, Assistant Coach Evan Clark O R

Bottom Row (L-R): Lauren McCarthy, Allie Hefter, Maria Prishlyak, Michaela Stracar, Monika Mical, Denisa Zobeideh, Sarah Lotto T S . Not Pictured: Kristen Roth C O M

PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 9 HEAD COACH DAWNA PREVETTE Head coach Dawna Prevette is in her second season guiding the Penn State women's tennis team. In her first season at Penn State, the Nittany Lions compiled a record of 8-14, including three victories over DAWNA ranked teams. PREVETTE Prior to coming to Happy Valley, Prevette was an assistant coach at Baylor University where in addition to Big 12 regular-season and tournament titles, she helped the Bears to a berth in the NCAA 2nd year at Penn State Tournament Sweet Sixteen. The Bears, who peaked at No. 6 in the national rankings, finished the season 13th in the ITA poll. Prevette North Texas, 2000 coached two All-America singles players, including Zuzana Zemenova, who was a semifinalist in the 2007 NCAA Singles Championship. At Baylor, Prevette was heavily involved in player development, recruiting, travel, scheduling, fundraising and budgeting.

Prior to joining the staff at Baylor, Prevette was the head coach of the women’s tennis program at her alma mater North Texas for six seasons, accumulating the second-most wins by any women’s tennis coach in North Texas history. The Mean Green posted the most wins in 17 years with 15 victories in the 2004 campaign. Prevette also helped her alma mater reach the highest regional ranking (13th) in school history that same season. During her tenure with the Mean Green, Prevette coached three players to Sun Belt Player of the Week honors and led North Texas to ITA All-Academic Team awards in 2003 and 2004.

In addition to her coaching duties at Baylor and North Texas, Prevette served on the Southwest Regional ITA committee (2002- 06). She also organized a USTA community service clinic in 2006 and was the tournament director for the Texas Regional High School Tournament from 2001-06.

Prevette, who earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from North Texas in 2000, was a four-year letterwinner for the Mean Green and served as team captain in 1998 and 1999. Prevette was an all- conference performer in doubles in 1996 and was an active member of the North Texas Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) during her four years as a member of the women’s tennis squad.

In her first two seasons at North Texas, Prevette tallied a 12-15 record and then moved into the No. 1 singles spot for her junior and senior years. Throughout her collegiate tennis career, she was the Big West Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and was named to the Raptor All- Eagle Academic Team. Prevette earned North Texas' Team Eagle award twice for best work ethic/team spirit.

Prevette and her husband, Buck, were married in the summer of 2002.

Penn State’s All-Time Coaching Records Coach Years Record Ann Valentine 1965 2-2 Pat Semi 1966-68 11-3 M

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10 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS Q&A WITH DAWNA PREVETTE Q & A with Dawna Prevette

Can you talk about your schedule this year? My philosophy is to play a tough schedule. I believe that's a great way for our team to continue improving and to climb in the rankings. We have some nice trips ahead and great opportunities to cause some upsets.

What is your coaching philosophy? Development is the most important facet of Penn State tennis. My goal is to recruit athletes who are hard-working and desire to get to that next level. We do things differently here at Penn State. I want the team to be self-sufficient out on the court. We teach them to think on the court. The hard work is done during practice. Development is equally important off the court; we need to watch video, excel in How was the off-season? conditioning, take responsibility with our nutrition…covering all of our It showed me the team is hungry this year. Many players stayed over bases so we have an edge. the summer to train and others worked hard at home and played tournaments. They are really buying into our system here at Penn What do you expect from the incoming freshmen? State. The team has made commitments off the court as well. They We expect everything we expect from our returners – hard work, are very involved with volunteering their time in the community. I determination and off the court intangibles. We want to build every know the togetherness is going to be really important for the team. year and I expect that they will contribute to the team in singles and in doubles. It's been fun for them to get to know the other players on Can you talk about the Big Ten Conference this season? the team and to experience the newness of Penn State. It's going to be tough, I expect it to be a battle every match. The great thing about the Big Ten is that everybody wants to get better. What are your goals for this year's team? I'm excited about playing the conference schedule. We've had some Our team is focusing on the process and the big picture. When they battles within the conference. Last year, we had several 4-3 matches. come off the court, I want our players to be one day better. The focus on improvement is our primary goal, and then everything else just What are your long-term goals for Penn State tennis? falls into place. I don't want to focus on a certain number of wins, one I want to win a national title. That's the ultimate goal, but obviously day better and one stroke better is what is important. it's not going to happen tomorrow. The scheduling and the recruiting is part of building, and we're taking steps towards the ultimate goal. What are you looking forward to most this season? You want to consistently be in the rankings and to make the NCAAs, One thing that is exciting about this year is that the door is wide then Top 20, then the title. open. Anyone could play anywhere in the lineup. That's the take I have every season, but I feel like it will be the case especially this What was the highlight of your first season? season. I'm excited to see the healthy competition throughout the I would say the Michigan State match. We were down 3-0 and then team to fight for their playing spots and to push each other. came back and won. It was really incredible, everything came down to the wire and the team really pulled through in the clinch. It was a ranked win on the road and our team really came together.

What makes coaching at Penn State so special? Where do I begin? Penn State is a magnetic university. The moment you step on campus, you can feel the energy. There is a level of pride and ownership that each person resonates and I think it would be impossible not to fall in love. We have incredible support for our W

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PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 11 ASSISTANT COACH EVAN CLARK Clark is in his first season as an assistant coach for the Nittany Lion women's tennis team. He comes to Happy Valley after nearly a year as the program manager for junior competition and junior EVAN development at the United State Tennis Association's (USTA) CLARK Missouri Valley Section. In his role as the program manager for junior competition and junior 1st year at Penn State development at the USTA Missouri Valley Section, Clark was responsible for overseeing and coordinating the junior competition circuit. Prior to his stint with the USTA, Clark was the director of UMKC, 2006 junior development at Woodside Health and Tennis Club, where he oversaw all aspects of junior tennis instruction. He also interned for U.S. Representative Sam Graves of Missouri in Washington, D.C.

Clark was a member of the UMKC men's tennis team for three seasons, earning first team All Mid-Continent Conference honors in 2003 and second team all-league accolades in 2004. Clark was also on the 2005 University of Arkansas men's tennis team.

As a high school player in Liberty, Missouri, Clark won the Missouri State Class 4A singles title in 2002 with a perfect 31-0 record. He was also voted the Kansas City Star Tennis Male Athlete of the Year in 2002 for the Kansas City Metro Area.

Clark received his bachelor's degree in Psychology from UMKC in 2006.

Q & A with Evan Clark

What are your goals for this year's team? I want to see the ladies improve and compete each and every day. If they do this, you cant really ask for anything else.

What is your favorite thing about Happy Valley? The atmosphere and tradition here at Penn State is unbelievable. The pride that everyone has for Penn State athletics is something very special.

What do you hope to accomplish in your first season at Penn State? To get better and improve each day. I want the girls to really buy into the system. A lot of them already have and its been great to see the success they've had already. We have a great mix of veterans and newcomers that will bring us good balance and good chemistry down the road. M

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12 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS SEASON PREVIEW Led by second-year coach Dawna Prevette , the Penn State women’s tennis Zobeideh is expected team has high expectations for the 2008-09 season. With a solid group of to do big things this returning players and promising newcomers, the Nittany Lions have plans to season. As a move up in the rankings and compete in the NCAA Tournament. freshman, Zobeideh compiled a 11-8 Last year, the team tied for ninth in the Big Ten with a 2-8 record and finished record and finished with an overall record of 8-14. The Nittany Lions plan to improve their play her season on a two- by facing strong competition. The 2008-2009 schedule includes seven game win streak. She opponents ranked in the preseason Top 50, four of which are Big Ten was voted co-Most opponents. Prevette anticipates hard work in practice as the key to success Improved Player by this season. her teammates. “Denisa worked really Senior “Our overall goal this year is to focus on improving every day, so if we do hard this summer and Leyla Morzan that, it is all that I can ask for,” said Prevette. “If we stay in the moment and she definitely has a get the job done in practice, it should reflect in our results.” great baseline game,” said Prevette. “She hates to lose and I love that about her. I look for her to SENIOR LEADERSHIP take more of a leadership role this year.” This year’s Nittany Lions are led by seniors Dorothy Dohancis , Lauren Holzberg and Leyla Morzan . The three seniors will fill leadership roles on PROMISING NEWCOMERS this year’s team and help the underclassmen compete at a higher level. Freshmen Allie Hefter , Monika Mical , Maria Prishlyak , Michaela Stracar Prevette has high expectations for the seniors as they enter their final and Kristen Roth are the newest additions to the Nittany Lion lineup. season with the Nittany Lions. Hefter was a four-year letter winner at Niwot High School and placed fourth Dohanics finished 13-12 in singles last season. She played primarily in the at the 2008 Colorado state competition. She was ranked 22nd in girls 18s No. 4 spot during her junior year. "Dorothy is a tenacious fighter and I love singles in the Intermountain Division. “Allie is very level-headed, she is that,” said Prevette. “She has stepped into a leadership role this year, I look always giving her best no matter what,” said Prevette. “We are already for her to be a great ambassador for our team.” seeing improvements in her game and she has been so fun to work with.”

Holzberg completed her junior year with 12-16 record. She earned an Mical was ranked #13 in Poland her senior year. She has won nine career exciting three-set win against then-#58 Manon Noe of Michigan State. medals including six in the Polish Championship. “Monika is a very willing “Holzberg bleeds blue and white. This kid loves competing for Penn State athlete, she is always smiling and she always has an upbeat attitude,” said and her teammates,” said Prevette. “I look for her to have a substantial Prevette. “She will be a nice addition to our singles and doubles this year.” impact on our lineup her senior year.” Prishlyak played on the Ukrainian under-18 National Tennis Team and was Morzan was 5-3 in spring play during her junior season. She was named a a quarterfinalist in singles and doubles at the under-18 winter nationals. She 2008 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree and was voted the “Iron Lion” placed third in doubles at the 18 and older Nationals. “Maria has embraced by her teammates. “Leyla truly puts her heart and soul into practice and Penn State tennis and our goals,” said Prevette. “She is extremely matches,” said Prevette. “She is vital for our team because she brings coachable on the court and is going to be a future leader on our team.” everyone together and embraces challenges.” Stracar was an All-State performer and a New York doubles state champion RETURNING PLAYERS in 2006 and 2007. Her high school team was undefeated Long Island Joining the three seniors will be juniors Sarah Lotto and Lauren McCarthy Champions in 2006 and 2007. “Michaela is very mature for 18 years old, she and sophomore Denisa Zobeideh . understands what it’s going to take to get better,” said Prevette. “She is an incredible athlete, a great ball striker, and is extremely coachable on the Lotto went 2-0 at the No. 3 singles spot last season and was 6-6 overall. She court.” put up a strong fight with doubles partner Lauren Holzberg at the Big Ten Championship but lost a heartbreaker 9-8 to Iowa’s Jacqueline Lee and THE COMPETITION Alexis Dorr. “Sarah has really matured over the last year and has The Nittany Lions will improve as a team by playing strong competition this rededicated herself to the game,” said Prevette. “She has mainly contributed year. Seven opponents are ranked in the pre-season Top 50, and nine teams to our team in the doubles lineup, but she has a chance this year to vie for in the Big Ten are ranked in the preseason Top 75. Northwestern, last year’s a spot in the singles lineup.” conference champion, is ranked No. 2 in the preseason poll.

McCarthy went 6-3 in the Big Ten last season and earned five victories “Playing talented teams is only going to make us better,” said Prevette. “By against opponents from ranked teams. She won seven of her last 10 facing ranked teams we can improve our game and have the chance for matches to close out some upsets.” her junior season.

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PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 13 MEET THE NITTANY LIONS

Off the Court with Dorothy My nickname is: DD Dorothy My personality in three words: determined, compassionate, adventurous Dohanics The person I admire the most: my big sister, Evi Senior I first started playing tennis: at age 14 Pittsburgh, Pa. My hometown is famous for: Steel Mills and Heinz ketchup When I was little I wanted to be: a veterinarian Business People don’t know this about me, but: I love riding motorcycles The strangest food I ate in the last year is: snail My cell phone ring is: “Paradise” by Bob Marley If I had a million dollars I would: Invest so it would turn into CAREER STATISTICS billions! Year W-L Dual B10 Dbl. Democrat or Republican: Neither...Libertarian 2005-06 6-7 4-5 1-2 8-13 My favorite thing about Happy Valley is: meeting new people 2006-07 23-14 15-8 6-4 16-17 My dream vacation spot is: South Africa 2007-08 13-12 10-8 3-6 11-12 My dream car is: a Ferrari My dream job is: a criminal lawyer Career 29-21 29-21 10-12 35-42 2007-08 SEASON - JUNIOR: Competed in three fall tournaments, going 3-4...Won two matches at the USTA/NTC Invitational...Defeated Sinziana Chis of Cornell at the Penn State Invitational 6-3, 6-3...Played primarily at the No. 4 singles spot for the Nittany Lions but also made appearances at the No. 5 and No. 6 spots...Finished 13-12 overall in singles...Had six wins against opponents from ranked schools, with three against Big Ten foes...Finished 3-0 in Big Ten play at No. 6 singles...Earned the Nittany Lions lone point against then #47 Denver with a convincing 6-1, 6-2 win over Kaja Smole...Went 11-12 in doubles play with four different partners, going 3-3 with freshman Denisa Zobeideh...Paired with senior Katelyn BeVard for an 8-3 win against #57 Iowa's Lynne Poggensee-Wei and Kelcie Klockenga at the Big Ten Tournament.

2006-07 SEASON – SOPHOMORE: Went 6-5 in fall play…Went 4-6 in fall doubles action...Was paired with Andrea Niculescu (4-4 record) and Lauren McCarthy (0-2) in the fall...Won the Flight B consolation bracket crown at the Penn State Invite with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Cornell’s Nisha Suda…Finished with a 23-14 overall record in singles play…Went 2-1 at the Florida State Mock Duals to open the spring season…Played primarily the No. 5 spot for the Nittany Lions in spring competition, finishing with 17-9 spring season record…Had seven three-set wins, two of them coming against #7 Iowa (Kelcie Klockenga) and #30 Michigan (Elizabeth Exon)…Went 6-4 against Big Ten opponents…At one point during spring competition, won 10-of-11 matches, including six contests against Big Ten foes…Earned a three-set, come-from behind win against Michigan State (Marianne Eelens) in the Big Ten Tournament…Went 12-11 in doubles play, teaming up with five partners, including a 9-4 record with Lauren McCarthy…Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors…Won Co-MVP, Most Improved Player and the “Grinder Award” as voted upon her teammates.

2005-06 SEASON - FRESHMAN: Competed in three matches at November’s Penn State Fall Classic, going 2-1… Combined with Leyla Morzan for a doubles win at the Classic...Played mostly at the No. 6 spot for the Lions throughout spring competition, earned a 5-7 season record...Went 1-2 versus Big Ten opponents in the spring, earning a two-set win versus Wisconsin...Teamed up with Morzan for a spring record of 3-2, winning two matches at the third doubles spot of the Nittany Lion lineup...Combined with five teammates throughout the season to earn an 8-13 overall doubles record.

M JUNIOR CAREER: Played high school tennis at Pittsburgh’s North Catholic High School,

O where she started at the No. 1 spot for two years on the boy’s tennis team...Ranked No. C .

S 1 in Middle States and earned a lofty No. 61 national ranking for girls 16s...Was also the T

R No. 1 player for the girls’ team at NCHS and won the District title...Team MVP and captain O

P three straight seasons...Member of the National Honor Society for four straight years. S U S P ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “The first thing that attracted me right away to Penn State O

G and the tennis team at PSU was that family atmosphere. We are not just a team...but a .

W very close family. I knew right away I wanted to be a part of that. The excellent business

W school along with great athletics definitely didn’t hurt either!” W

14 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS MEET THE NITTANY LIONS

Off the Court with Lauren My nickname is: LHolz, Holzy Lauren My personality in three words: loyal, compassionate, honest The person I admire the most: my parents Holzberg If I were on a reality show it would be: “Made” I first started playing tennis: at age six Senior My hometown is famous for: Christmas trees Easton, Conn. People don’t know this about me but: I enjoy playing Scrabble Kinesiology with my grandmother The strangest food I ate in the last year is: a bison burger My cell phone ring is: the PSU Fight Song My favorite actor/actress is: Jay Leno and Drew Carey CAREER STATISTICS My favorite tennis player is: my sister, Jennifer Holzberg My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: golf Year W-L Dual B10 Dbl. My favorite Creamery flavor is: Alumni Swirl 2005-06 20-7 16-6 7-3 13-14 My dream vacation spot is: The concierge floor of the Ritz 2006-07 14-18 8-10 2-8 15-13 Carlton, Laguna Niguel, California 2007-08 12-16 9-12 3-7 10-13 My dream car is: a Bentley with a driver Career 46-41 33-28 12-18 38-40 My dream job is: to host “The Price is Right” 2007-08 SEASON - JUNIOR: Ended her junior campaign going 12-16 overall and 3-4 in fall play...Appeared primarily at the No. 3 position for the Nittany Lions, but went 5-5 in play at No. 2 singles...Went 3-7 in Big Ten play...Picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win over Wisconsin's Jessica Seyferth, helping Penn State defeat then-#74 Wisconsin, 4-3...Went 7-3 in singles at one point during the spring season...Earned an exciting three-set win to clinch the match against then-#59 Michigan State's Manon Noe...Earned Academic All- Big Ten honors.

2006-07 SEASON – SOPHOMORE: Finished with a 5-9 record in fall play…Had an exciting three-set win against Mary Wilson (Quinnipiac) in the ITA Regionals…Went 8-10 in the spring playing primarily at the No. 3 position…Finished 2-8 against Big Ten opponents…Picked up three-set wins against Syracuse (Catherine Zawadzki) and Marshall (Yulia Kashelkina)…Earned a point for the Nittany Lions in a tough 4-3 loss to #6 Minnesota with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Danielle Mosseau…In doubles play, finished with a 9-9 record…Had success with Jenny Shular in doubles action with a 3-0 spring record…The pairing had an exciting win against #32 Florida International’s Shilla D’Armas/Marijana Cutuk, 9-8 (7-4)…Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

2005-06 SEASON - FRESHMAN: Had a stellar freshman campaign, going 18-6 overall in singles competition, including an 8-3 mark versus Big Ten opponents...Went 4-0 at November’s Penn State Fall Classic, posting two singles wins and two doubles wins...Won 10 of her first 12 singles matches in spring competition...Played mostly at the No. 4 and 5 spots for the Nittany Lions, going 8-3 at No. 4 and 7-2 at No. 5...Also went 1-0 at the No. 3 position, posting a three-set win versus St. John’s...Picked up a three-set win versus Minnesota at the Big Ten Tournament en route to a 4-3 Nittany Lion victory...In doubles play, combined with Sasha Abraham to go 5-4 at the No. 1 spot for the Lions...Posted 1-0 records with both Andreea Niculescu and Kristine Harclerode and went 1-1 with Jenny Shular...Combined with six teammates throughout the season to post a 13-14 overall doubles mark.

JUNIOR CAREER: Holzberg was ranked No. 1 in the USTA’s New England 18s in W 2005 and was ranked as high as No. 113 nationally in 16s...Member of the New W W

England Zonal Team, as well as the Junior Federation Cup Team...Won the . G

Connecticut State Open title...Member of the 2003 Connecticut High School State O P

Championship squad. S U S P ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “I came to Penn State because of its strong academic O R T

reputation and the opportunity to play Big Ten tennis. I also love the campus and the S . C

terrific school spirit.” O M

PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 15 MEET THE NITTANY LIONS Off the Court with Leyla My nickname is: Lu, Lulu, L-bug, Leys Leyla My personality in three words: optimistic, social, hardworking If I were on a reality show it would be: “Fear Factor” Morzan I first started playing tennis: at age 10 When I was little I wanted to be: a dancer Senior My hometown is famous for: totem poles, Whistler Ski Vancouver, B.C. Resort and 2010 Winter Olympics My best non-athletic talent is: cleaning Business If I had a million dollars I would: save, donate and buy my dad a Porsche Democrat or Republican: Democrat My favorite actor/actress is: Julia Roberts CAREER STATISTICS My favorite tennis player is: Roger Federer My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: volleyball Year W-L Dual B10 Dbl. My favorite places to eat on campus are: Green Bowl and 2005-06 10-11 8-7 3-4 4-5 Panera 2006-07 4-5 1-1 0-0 5-6 My dream vacation spot is: Greek Islands 2007-08 6-9 5-3 3-3 3-11 My dream car is: a black Range Rover Career 20-25 14-11 6-7 12-22 My dream job is: working for Fifa, Nike or ESPN 2007-08 SEASON - JUNIOR: Closed out the fall season with a come-from-behind win over Cornell's Ruxandra Dumitrescu...Went 5-3 in spring play mostly at the No. 6 spot... Began spring play by defeating West Virginia's Stephanie LaFortune (6-0, 3-6, 10-6), earning a point with a score win in Penn State's 7-0 routing of the Mountaineers...Won an exciting three-set match (4-6, 7-6, 10-8) against Momei Qu of then-#62 Illinois...Named a 2008 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree...Voted the "Iron Lion" by her teammates.

2006-07 SEASON – SOPHOMORE: Battled a wrist injury for most of the season…Had a 3-2 singles record in the fall…Had a come from behind three-set win against Cornell’s Kathy Duboe to win the Flight C title at the Penn State Invite…Also went 3-2 in fall doubles play…Went 2-1 with partner Katelyn BeVard and 1-1 with Kristine Harclerode…Posted a 1-3 mark in the spring, playing primarily in the No. 6 position…Earned a point against Lehigh with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Ruthie Furman…Went 2-4 in doubles play with Dorothy Dohanics…Was named Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2005-06 SEASON - FRESHMAN: Opened her first collegiate campaign with two singles wins and two doubles wins at the Penn State Fall Classic...In spring play, competed mostly at the No. 6 singles position, going 5-6 in that spot...Also went 1-1 when competing in the No. 5 slot...Went 4-5 versus Big Ten opponents on the season...Picked up a two-set victory versus Minnesota at the Big Ten Championship to lead Penn State to a 4-3 win...Posted an overall singles record of 10-11...Went 3- 2 on the season when combining with Dorothy Dohanics, playing mostly in the No. 3 position for the Nittany Lions...Also went 1-1 with Jenny Shular on the season and 0-1 with Andreea Niculescu to finish her first season as a Nittany Lion with a 4-5 overall doubles mark.

JUNIOR CAREER: Morzan secured Top 15 U16 and Top 20 U18 singles and doubles rankings nationally in Canada...She was the No. 1 ranked player in British Columbia U16s and U18s...Ranked in the Top 10 in Open Singles...2003 Wilson Female Athlete of the Year, Premiers Tennis Female Player of the Year and a top honor

M roll student in high school...Participated in the 2003 Western

O Canada Games and won two gold medals...Participated in the C .

S 2005 Canada Games. T R O P

S ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “I was attracted to Penn State U

S because I always wanted to go to a big school that has a good P

O balance between great academics and athletics. Penn State has a G . great reputation for both academics and athletics and it’s nice to be W a part of that. Penn State also has awesome school spirit.” W W

16 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS MEET THE NITTANY LIONS Off the Court with Sarah My nickname is: Lotto Sarah My personality in three words: quirky, fun, easy-going The person I admire the most: Justine Henin Lotto If I were on a reality show it would be: “The Amazing Race” I first started playing tennis: at age 14 Junior When I was little I wanted to be: an actress or a singer Toronto, Ontario My hometown is famous for: Its fastest growing population, ha yeah, that’s it Telecommunications My best non-athletic talent is: shopping and word jumbles People don’t know this about me, but: I like to read and cook The strangest food I ate in the last year is: frog leg My cell phone ring is: AT&T ringtone CAREER STATISTICS If I had a million dollars I would: buy a house and donate some of the money Year W-L Dual B10 Dbl. Democrat or Republican: probably Democrat 2006-07 5-5 3-0 0-0 8-14 My favorite actor/actress are: Viggo Mortensen, Julia Roberts 2007-08 6-6 3-3 0-0 8-22 My favorite tennis player is: Patrick Rafter Career 11-11 6-3 0-0 16-36 My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: soccer My favorite Creamery ice cream flavor is: Chocolate 2007-08 SEASON - SOPHOMORE: Went 3-3 in fall action with My dream vacation spot is: Fiji wins against Wisconsin (Elizabeth Dolan), Clemson (Kathi My dream car is: BMW M3 Gerber) and Cornell (Susan Sullivan)...Went 6-6 overall in My dream job is: fashion designer singles, going 2-0 at the No. 3 singles spot...Competed primarily in No. 1 doubles competition throughout the spring pairing up with five different partners...Paired up with Lauren Holzberg for the first time at the Big Ten Tournament but fell in a tight 9-8 to Iowa's Jacqueline Lee and Alexis Dorr.

2006-07 SEASON – FRESHMAN: Finished 2-4 in fall singles action…Had a 3-1 overall spring record, playing in the No. 6 position…Earned a point against #32 Florida International with an 8-5 win over Priscilla Castillo…Went 7-10 in spring doubles…6-4 record when teamed with Jenny Shular, with an overall record of 2-3 against Big Ten opponents…The pair defeated Hillary Mintz/Merel Beelen of #7 Iowa, 8-4…Lotto was also teamed with Andrea Niculescu (0-4 record), Lauren Holzberg (1-1) and Dorothy Dohanics (0-1).

JUNIOR CAREER: Lotto, who began playing tennis at the age of 14, has made a name for herself on the Canadian tennis scene since winning OTA U16 title, which was her first-ever tournament appearance...Ranked as high as 10th in U18 singles in the OTA and has been ranked as high as fourth in Ontario Women’s Doubles... Qualified for the Ontario Provincial Championships each of the last four years and played in the Main Draw U16 at Eddie Herr in 2003...Participated in the 2004 and 2005 U18 Outdoor and Indoor Canadian National Championships, claiming a top 10 finish in the 2005 event...Member of Team Ontario in 2004 and 2005...Given an award of excellence for history during her senior year in high school.

ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “I was attracted to Penn State because of W W

its dedication to its athletes and its amazing facilities. It is also a very W .

reputable school in terms of academics, and I have always wanted to go G

to a university that excels in both athletics and academics. It is a very well O P S

balanced school.” U S P O R T S . C O M

PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 17 MEET THE NITTANY LIONS

Off the Court with Lauren My nickname is: Mickey, Sir Mix-a-lot, McNasty, McLoven, Lauren L-Mac My personality in three words: intelligent, humorous, and McCarthy outgoing The person I admire the most: my mother Junior If I were on a reality show it would be: “ Gladiators” Danbury, Conn. When I was little I wanted to be: a cowgirl My best non-athletic talent is: playing chess and singing Psychology My cell phone ring is: “I’ll Fly With You” by Gigi D’Agostino If I had a million dollars I would: invest wisely, buy a Mercedes G-Class and put the rest in the bank Democrat or Republican: Republican CAREER STATISTICS My favorite actor/actress is: Elisha Cuthbert My favorite tennis player is: Monica Seles Year W-L Dual B10 Dbl. My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: baseball 2006-07 20-16 14-9 6-4 20-15 My favorite place to eat on campus is: Zola’s 2007-08 14-13 11-9 6-3 10-18 My dream vacation spot is: Disney World Career 34-29 25-18 12-7 30-33 My dream job is: being a psychiatrist or forensic psychologist

2007-08 SEASON - SOPHOMORE: Finished the season 14-13 overall...Went 3-4 in the fall with convincing wins over opponents from Washington State (Bianca Selaru), Dartmouth (Maggie Suydam) and Cornell (Shayna Miller)...Opened spring play with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Bucknell's Dara Dwoljewski...Secured Penn State's 4-3 victory over Oklahoma State with a win over Cowgirl Maryna Tkachenko (7-6 (4), 5-7, 7-6 (4))...Earned five wins against opponents from ranked teams...Went 6-3 in the Big Ten...Won seven of her last 10 matches...Played mostly at the No. 5 spot going 8-5, but also appeared at the No. 4 and No. 6 spots going 1-0 and 2-1, respectively.

2006-07 SEASON – FRESHMAN: Had a strong freshman year with a 20-16 overall record…Finished with a 4-6 overall record in the fall…Had a come from behind three-set 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory against Furman (Christin Thompson)…Claimed the Flight D singles title at the Maryland Invitational…Finished with a 15-11 record in spring dual matches…Played mostly in the No. 6 position…Went 6-4 against Big Ten foes…From the beginning of March until mid-April, won six in a row and 10-of-11, including three consecutive three-set wins against Marshall (Jeanne Schwartz), Middle Tennessee State (Pooja Kammireddi) and Wisconsin (Kim Roberts)… Earned a point with a three-set victory against #6 Minnesota’s Karina Chairelli…Earned point with a three-set win against Michigan State’s Ana Milosavljevic in the Big Ten Tournament (3-6, 6-3, 6-3)…Went 15-10 in doubles play…9-4 record when paired with Dorothy Dohanics…The pair won six in a row at one point, including a 9-7 victory over Karina Chairelli/Danielle Mousseau of #6 Minnesota and an 8-6 victory over Elizabeth Exon/Allie Shafner of #30 Michigan…Other partners were Sasha Abraham (4-2), Katelyn BeVard (1-1) and Lauren Holzberg (1-1).

JUNIOR CAREER: McCarthy was ranked as high as second in the USTA’s New England region 18s and was at one point the No. 1 ranked player in the state of Connecticut...Ranked as high as 113th on the USTA’s national 18s chart and peaked in the 29th position on the national doubles list...2004 CIAC Player of the Year and 2004 Hartford Courant Player of the Year...2004 Connecticut State Champion and also posted a perfect 20-0 record...Won several prestigious titles during her junior career, including the 2004 16s M

O National Open title and the 2005 18s Southern Open doubles championship... C . Member of the National Honor Society and is a Connecticut Scholar. S T R O

P ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “Following my recruiting visit, it became very S

U clear to me that Penn State was the right choice for me because of the high S P quality of education...the type of tennis coaches that I would be working with O G

. and a team of girls who seemed to be down-to-earth and driven to excel in

W tennis because of their hearts.” W W

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Denisa Allie Zobeideh Hefter Sophomore Freshman Weston, Fla. Longmont, Colo. Business DUS

JUNIOR CAREER: Ranked #22 in girls 18s singles in the Intermountain CAREER STATISTICS Division… Also ranked #1 in Colorado girls 16 and under with doubles Year W-L Dual B10 Dbl. partner Allyson Lee…Was a four-time letter winner in tennis at Niwot 2006-07 20-16 14-9 6-4 20-15 High School… Placed fourth at state competition in 2008… Was 2007-08 11-8 7-5 2-4 3-3 regional champion in 2006 and 2007…Member of the National Junior Career 31-24 21-14 8-8 23-18 Honor Society and Link Crew.

2007-08 SEASON - FRESHMAN: ON CHOOSING PENN Began her collegiate career going 4-3 in STATE: “I came to Penn the fall, closing out the season with a State to mature as a three-set come-from-behind win at the Penn State Invitational over Cornell's person, whether this is on Melissa Orteza (2-6, 6-4, 7-5)...Went the court, in the 11-8 overall and 2-4 in the Big classroom, or socially. I Ten...Finished out the spring season on want to take advantage of a two-match win streak...Earned Penn the fantastic sports and State's sole point against Iowa at the academics offered by Big Ten Tournament defeated Kayla Penn State and join the Berry (6-3, 6-0)...Went 3-3 in doubles great honor of being a play paired with Dorothy student athlete at Penn Dohanics...Named Co-Most Improved State. I hope to achieve Player, along with Katelyn BeVard, as all of my goals and to add voted by her teammates. everything I can to the JUNIOR CAREER: Zobeideh was a five-star recruit out of high school team this year.” according to tennisrecruiting.net...Participated in both the clay court and hardcourt supernationals…Played in Round of 16 Doubles Supernational Hardcourts in San Jose, Calif.…Was ranked 15th in Florida and ranked in the Top 50 in the nation...Peaked at 60th in the Tennis RPI national rankings.

ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “I really liked Penn State overall as a Off the Court with Allie school. I like the campus and also the strong focus on academics and My nickname is: Heffa athletics.” My personality in three words: goofy, crazy, weird The person I admire the most: my parents Off the Court with Denisa If I were on a reality show it would be: “The Hills” My nickname is: Deni, Dennis, DZ I first started playing tennis: at age 11 My personality in three words: funny, sarcastic, honest When I was little I wanted to be: a vet If I were on a reality show it would be: “Real World Miami” My hometown is famous for: outdoor adventuring I first started playing tennis: at age seven My best non-athletic talent is: crocheting When I was little I wanted to be: a pro tennis player The strangest food I ate in the last year is: quail egg W My hometown is famous for: it’s where Dan Marino lives My cell phone ring is: “Outrageous” by Britney Spears W The strangest food I ate in the last year is: alligator If I had a million dollars I would: donate and buy a pretty house in the W . My cell phone ring is: “Life is Beautiful” by Sixx Am mountains G O

If I had a million dollars I would: customize an Infiniti G35 Democrat or Republican: Republican P S

My favorite actor/actress is: Edward Norton My favorite actor/actress is: Jennifer Aniston U S

My favorite tennis player is: James Blake My favorite tennis player is: Lindsay Davenport P My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: hockey O My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: football R T

My favorite place to eat on campus is: the stacks My dream vacation spot is: Australia S . My dream vacation spot is: Italy My dream car is: a white H2 pick-up truck C My dream job is: a famous magazine editor O My dream job is: partner in a law firm M

PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 19 MEET THE NITTANY LIONS

Monika Maria Mical Prishlyak Freshman Freshman Stalowa Wola, Poland Kiev, Ukraine DUS DUS

JUNIOR CAREER: Ranked #13 in Poland her senior year…Has won JUNIOR CAREER: Played on Ukrainian under-18 National Tennis nine career medals, including six in the Polish Championship…Won Team…Placed third in doubles at 18 and older Nationals…Fourth place eight tournaments…Was the under-21 singles and doubles champion in in singles at under-18 summer nationals…Quarterfinalist in singles and 2008…Also played soccer, handball and volleyball…Has danced folklore doubles on under-18 winter nationals. for nine years…Awarded scholarship of president of Stalowa Wola 6 times…Also won Scholarship of Prime Minister of Poland twice. ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “I chose Penn State because of its outstanding reputation in both academics and athletics. I liked the idea ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “I can play tennis and study pre- of going to a school with a lot of career opportunities to choose from. I medicine at a high level.” liked that Penn State is a big school with many students.”

Off the Court with Monika Off the Court with Maria My nickname is: MM My nickname is: Masha My personality in three words: optimistic, romantic, idealist My personality in three words: outgoing, caring, fun The person I admire the most: my parents and all the people who make The person I admire the most: my mom and all of my coaches the world better I first started playing tennis: at age ten I first started playing tennis: at age seven When I was little I wanted to be: a president When I was little I wanted to be: a doctor The strangest food I ate in the last year is: my aunt’s soup, you never My hometown is famous for: steel industry know what the ingredients are The strangest food I ate in the last year is: octopus My cell phone ring is: “Pocketful of Sunshine” by Natasha Bedingfield M

O My cell phone ring is: the Indiana Jones theme at the moment, but If I had a million dollars I would: open a small restaurant and travel to C

. generally songs by Queen and Led Zeppelin different countries S

T If I had a million dollars I would: help charitable organizations and My favorite actor/actress is: Heath Ledger and Cameron Diaz R

O travel a lot My favorite tennis player is: Marat Safin P

S My favorite actor/actress is: Robert DeNiro My favorite sports (other than tennis) are: gymnastics, soccer and U

S My favorite tennis player is: Pete Sampras, Roger Federer figure skating P

O My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: soccer, swimming, volleyball My dream vacation spot is: Dubai and Greece G

. My dream vacation spot is: my hometown My dream car is: a Porsche

W My dream car is: an Audi My dream job is: something where I can help people make a difference

W My dream job is: to be a doctor who plays tennis really well W

20 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS MEET THE NITTANY LIONS

Kristen Michaela Roth Stracar Freshman Freshman Ardmore, Pa. Jericho, N.Y. Communications Arts DUS and Sciences

JUNIOR CAREER: Compiled a 125-7 career record at Lower Merion JUNIOR CAREER: All-State performer…Was doubles county High School...Was the 2005 doubles state champion with partner Julie champion in 2005 and 2008…Won doubles state championship in 2006 Raezar...Team was the 2005 PIAA AAA State Champions...Ranked #56 and 2007…Captained her high school team during the 2007-08 in 2007 national doubles ranking with partner Liz Hamln...Also season…Jericho Senior High School team was undefeated Long Island competed in indoor and outdoor track...Received the National Who’s Champions in 2006 and 2007…Competed in Richard Berger Memorial Who Student Athlete Award. Tournament…Also danced in high school.

ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “ Penn State is an excellent university ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: “Penn State was the first college I with excellent academics and athletics. I liked how nice the people were visited, and the minute I when I visited, and I felt that I would enjoy my next few years here.” stepped foot on campus I fell in love. It was beautiful and looked so exciting. Every person on campus was so energetic and had a huge smile on their face, happy to be at Penn State, and the Off the Court with Kristen excitement got passed on to My nickname is: K-Roth me. I was astounded at the My personality in three words: outgoing, friendly, hardworking numerous and ever-growing The person I admire the most: my father opportunities and choices I first started playing tennis: at age 8 that Penn State was lucky When I was little I wanted to be: a professional swimmer and pianist enough to be able to offer it’s People don’t know this about me but: I am a first generation American students. I knew after that and I speak Romanian fluently very first visit with my mother My best non-athletic talent is: playing the piano than Penn State University My cell phone ring is: always on vibrate was the place that I wanted to The strangest food I ate in the last year: sea urchin sushi call my home for the next four My favorite actor/actress is: George Clooney, Cameron Diaz years.” My favorite tennis player is: Tommy Haas and Corina Morariu My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: hockey and swimming My dream vacation spot is: Mallorca, Spain or the Pacific Islands Off the Court with Michaela My favorite Creamery ice cream flavor is: Peanut Butter Cup My nickname is: Mich My dream car is: a white Bentley My personality in three words: caring, outgoing, positive My dream job is: anything that will make me happy The person I admire the most: my mother If I were on a reality show it would be: “ The Simple Life” I first started playing tennis: at age 10 When I was little I wanted to be: a doctor My hometown is famous for: being well-ranked on Long Island, diversity W People don’t know this about me but: I am a very good dancer W My cell phone ring is: “Whine Up” by Kat de Luna W . If I had a million dollars I would: donate to charity, give to/support my G O

parents, save the rest for the future P S

Democrat or Republican: Democrat U S

My favorite actor/actress is: George Clooney, Brad Pitt P O

My favorite tennis player is: Rafa Nadal R T

My favorite sport (other than tennis) is: hockey and kayaking S . My dream vacation spot is: cruise to a private island C O

My dream car is: Lamborghini M

PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 21 NITTANY LIONS & THEIR FAMILIES

Michaela Stracar’s Lauren Holzberg’s Family Family

Denisa Zobeideh’s Family

Allie Hefter’s Family Leyla Morzan’s Family

Kristen Roth’s Family

Dorothy Dohanics’ Family M O C . S T R O P S U S P O G . Maria Prishlyak’s Family W Monika Mical’s Family W W

22 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 2007-08 RESULTS & STATS 2007-08 Final Results and Stats 3/12/08 L at Wichita State 5, Penn State 2 RESULTS (8-14, 2-8 BIG TEN) 3/21/08 W at Penn State 6, Temple 1 1/22/08 W at Penn State 7, Bucknell 0 3/23/08 W at Penn State 7, St. John’s 0 1/27/08 L at #47 Denver 6, Penn State 1 3/29/08 L at #57 Minnesota 4, Penn State 3 * 2/02/08 L at #22 Wake Forest 7, Penn State 0 3/30/08 L at #45 Iowa 5, Penn State 2 * 2/8/08 L #53 Marshall 4, at Penn State 3 4/5/08 L Purdue 4, at Penn State 3 * 2/10/08 L #73 Yale 5, at Penn State 2 4/6/08 L #62 Illinois 4, at Penn State 3 * 2/16/08 L at #2 Northwestern 7, Penn State 0 * 4/12/08 L at #26 Michigan 7, Penn State 0 * 2/17/08 W Penn State 4, at #74 Wisconsin 3 * 4/13/08 W Penn State 4, at #59 Michigan State 3 * 2/29/08 W at Penn State 7, West Virginia 0 4/18/08 L #29 Indiana 5, at Penn State 2 * 3/2/08 W at Penn State 6, Columbia 0 4/20/08 L #33 Ohio State 5, at Penn State 2 * 3/11/08 W Penn State 4, at Oklahoma State 3 4/24/08 L #57 Iowa 4, Penn State 1 (BTT)

STATISTICS

SINGLES Overall Dual Tour Big Ten 123456 Katelyn BeVard 6-16 6-16 0-0 0-10 5-13 1-3 ------Dorothy Dohanics 13-12 10-8 3-4 3-6 ------5-6 2-2 3-0 Lauren Holzberg 12-16 9-12 3-4 3-7 --- 5-5 3-7 1-0 ------Sarah Lotto 6-6 3-3 3-3 0-0 ------2-0 1-3 ------Lauren McCarthy 14-13 11-9 3-4 6-3 ------1-3 8-5 2-1 Leyla Morzan 6-9 5-3 1-6 3-3 ------1-0 0-2 4-1 Julie Raezer 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 ------Jenny Shular 15-15 11-10 4-5 5-5 0-4 4-4 7-2 ------Denisa Zobeideh 11-8 7-5 4-3 2-4 ------1-1 6-4 Totals 86-97 63-66 23-31 22-38 5-17 10-12 12-9 9-12 12-10 15-6 Percentage .470 .488 .426 .367 .227 .455 .571 .429 .545 .714

DOUBLES Overall Dual Tour Big Ten 12 3 Sarah Lotto/Jenny Shular 4-14 3-10 1-4 1-7 2-10 1-0 --- Lauren McCarthy/Leyla Morzan 0-5 0-2 0-3 0-2 --- 0-2 --- Dorothy Dohanics/Lauren Holzberg 4-4 3-2 1-2 1-0 ------3-2 Lauren McCarthy/Jenny Shular 2-2 0-1 2-1 0-0 --- 0-1 --- Sarah Lotto/Leyla Morzan 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 ------Lauren Holzberg/Julie Raezer 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 ------Dorothy Dohanics/Denisa Zobeideh 3-3 2-1 1-2 0-1 ------2-1 Katelyn BeVard/Lauren Holzberg 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 ------Dorothy Dohanics/Lauren McCarthy 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 ------0-1 Katelyn BeVard/Jenny Shular 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 ------Sarah Lotto/Lauren McCarthy 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 --- 1-1 ---

Katelyn BeVard/Lauren McCarthy 2-4 2-4 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-4 --- W Lauren Holzberg/Lauren McCarthy 4-6 4-6 0-0 1-4 --- 4-3 0-3 W W

Katelyn BeVard/Dorothy Dohanics 3-4 3-4 0-0 2-3 --- 0-2 3-2 . G

Katelyn BeVard/Sarah Lotto 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-2 2-4 ------O P

Leyla Morzan/Jenny Shular 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-2 --- 0-1 2-2 S U

Katelyn BeVard/Leyla Morzan 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 --- 0-1 --- S P

Lauren Holzberg/Sarah Lotto 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 ------O R

Totals 32-58 23-42 9-16 6-24 6-16 7-15 10-11 T S .

Percentage .356 .354 .360 .200 .273 .318 .476 C O M

PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 23 2009 OPPONENTS BUCKNELL VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH WICHITA STATE MICHIGAN Location ...... Lewisburg, Pa. Location ...... Richmond, Va. Location ...... Wichita, Kan. Location ...... Ann Arbor, Mich. Enrollment ...... 3,400 Enrollment ...... 32,000 Enrollment ...... 14,442 Enrollment ...... 38,006 Conference ...... Patriot League Conference . . . . Colonial Athletic Association Conference ...... Missouri Valley Conference ...... Big Ten Head Coach ...... Rebecca Helt Head Coach ...... Paul Kostin Head Coach ...... Chris Young Head Coach ...... Ronni Bernstein Career Record ...... 119-106 (11 seasons) Career Record ...... 254-71 (16 seasons) Career Record ...... 111-65 (4 seasons) Career Record ...... 184-77 (11 seasons) Record at School . . . . . 119-106 (11 seasons) Record at School . . 146-35 (seven seasons) Record at School ...... 111-65 (4 seasons) Record at School ...... 19-6 (one season) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 9-11/3-1 (2nd) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 18-6/6-1 (2nd) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 16-8/7-1 (2nd) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 19-6/9-1 (2nd) 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason ...... NCAA First Round 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason . . . . . NCAA Second Round Women’s Tennis SID ...... Matt Saylor Women’s Tennis SID ...... Chris Kowalczyk Women’s Tennis SID ...... Scott Nuss Women’s Tennis SID ...... Jessica Poole Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.bucknellbison.cstv.com Website ...... www.VCUAthletics.com Website ...... www.GoShockers.com Website ...... www.MGoBlue.com

IUPUI DENVER SOUTH FLORIDA INDIANA Location ...... Indianapolis, Ind. Location ...... Denver, Colo. Location ...... Tampa, Fla. Location ...... Bloomington, Ind. Enrollment ...... 30,300 Enrollment ...... 10,791 Enrollment ...... 45,244 Enrollment ...... 38,247 Conference ...... The Summit League Conference ...... Sun Belt Conference ...... Big East Conference ...... Big Ten Head Coach ...... Cameron Benjamin Head Coach ...... Amy Jensen Head Coach ...... Agustin Morena Head Coach ...... Lin Loring Career Record ...... 2-18 (one season) Career Record ...... 37-12 (two seasons) Career Record ...... 51-20 (three seasons) Career Record ...... 698-248 (34 seasons) Record at School ...... 2-18 (one season) Record at School ...... 37-12 (two seasons) Record at School ...... 51-20 (two seasons) Record at School . . . . . 656-231 (30 seasons) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 2-18/2-7 (7th) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . . 23-3/5-0 (1st) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . 12-11/4-2 (2nd) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 21-7/9-1 (2nd) 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason . . . . . NCAA Second Round 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason . . . . . NCAA Second Round Women’s Tennis SID ...... Bill Potter Women’s Tennis SID ...... Erich Bacher Women’s Tennis SID ...... Brad Borghetti Women’s Tennis SID ...... Kyle Kuhlman Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.iupuiags.com Website ...... www.DenverPioneers.com Website ...... www.gousfbulls.com Website ...... www.iuhoosiers.com

MONTANA STATE OKLAHOMA CENTRAL FLORIDA ILLINOIS Location ...... Bozeman, Mont. Location ...... Norman, Okla. Location ...... Orlando, Fla. Location ...... Urbana-Champaign, Ill. Enrollment ...... 12,315 Enrollment ...... 29,931 Enrollment ...... 50,000 Enrollment ...... 42,326 Conference ...... Big Sky Conference ...... Big 12 Conference ...... Conference USA Conference ...... Big Ten Head Coach ...... Denise Albrecht Head Coach ...... David Mullins Head Coach ...... Stephanie Nickitas Head Coach ...... Michelle Dasso Career Record . . . . . 73-100 (eight seasons) Career Record ...... 97-20 (four seasons) Career Record ...... 12-9 (one season) Career Record ...... 17-28 (three seasons) Record at School . . . 73-100 (eight seasons) Record at School ...... first season Record at School ...... 12-9 (one season) Record at School . . . . 17-28 (three seasons) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 12-6/6-2 (3rd) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . 11-12/4-7 (8th) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . . 12-9/3-1 (7th) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 12-11/7-3 (4th) 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason ...... NCAA First Round Women’s Tennis SID ...... Tom Schulz Women’s Tennis SID ...... Leslie Koch Women’s Tennis SID ...... Brian Ormiston Women’s Tennis SID ...... Kassie Barry Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.msubobcats.com Website ...... www.SoonerSports.com Website ...... www.UCFAthletics.com Website ...... www.fightingillini.com

BOISE STATE PURDUE MINNESOTA WISCONSIN Location ...... Boise, Idaho Location ...... West Lafayette, Ind. Location ...... Minneapolis, Minn. Location ...... Madison, Wis. Enrollment ...... 19,540 Enrollment ...... 39,102 Enrollment ...... 50,883 Enrollment ...... 42,041 Conference . . . Western Athletic Conference Conference ...... Big Ten Conference ...... Big Ten Conference ...... Big Ten Head Coach ...... Mark Tichenor Head Coach ...... Laura Glitz Head Coach ...... Tyler Thomson Head Coach ...... Brian Fleishman Career Record ...... 229-101 (25 seasons) Career Record ...... 31-40 (four seasons) Career Record ...... 65-97 (seven seasons) Career Record ...... 120-96 (eight seasons) Record at School . . . . 157-60 (nine seasons) Record at School ...... 4-17 (one season) Record at School . . . . 65-97 (seven seasons) Record at School ...... 10-14 (one season) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 20-7/5-1 (2nd) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 17-8/7-2 (4th) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 15-11/3-7 (6th) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 10-14/2-8 (9th) 2008 Postseason ...... NCAA Regionals 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason ...... none Women’s Tennis SID . . . . Michelle Railsback Women’s Tennis SID ...... Charlie Henry Women’s Tennis SID ...... Jim Strick Women’s Tennis SID . . Jacqueline Boascacci Email . . . . [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.broncosports.com Website ...... www.PurdueSports.edu Website ...... www.GopherSports.com Website ...... www.UWBadgers.com

MARSHALL OHIO STATE IOWA NORTHWESTERN Location ...... Huntington, W.Va. Location ...... Columbus, Ohio Location ...... Iowa City, Iowa Location ...... Evanston, Ill. Enrollment ...... 13,814 Enrollment ...... 52,568 Enrollment ...... 29,697 Enrollment ...... 8,000 Conference ...... Conference USA Conference ...... Big Ten Conference ...... Big Ten Conference ...... Big Ten Head Coach ...... John Mercer Head Coach ...... Chuck Merzbacher Head Coach ...... Daryl Greenan Head Coach ...... Claire Pollard Career Record ...... 113-49 (six seasons) Career Record ...... 306-202 (18 seasons) Career Record ...... 98-61 (seven seasons) Career Record ...... 286-104 (16 seasons) Record at School . . . . . 113-49 (six seasons) Record at School . . . . . 174-139 (12 seasons) Record at School . . . . . 57-36 (four seasons) Record at School ...... 237-50 (10 seasons) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 17-9/2-1 (2nd) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . . 19-8/6-4 (5th) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 13-10/3-7 (6th) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 29-2/10-0 (1st) 2008 Postseason ...... NCAA First Round 2008 Postseason NCAA ...... First Round 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason ...... NCAA Quarterfinal Women’s Tennis SID ...... Women’s Tennis SID ...... Leann Parker Women’s Tennis SID ...... Jordin Hatcher Women’s Tennis SID ...... Scott Hammer Erica Rife Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.OhioStateBuckeyes.com Website ...... www.hawkeyesports.com Website ...... www.NUSports.com Website ...... www.HerdZone.com MISSOURI MICHIGAN STATE

M SOUTH ALABAMA Location ...... Columbia, Mo. Location ...... East Lansing, Mich.

O Location ...... Mobile, Ala. Enrollment ...... 28,477 Enrollment ...... 45,520 C

. Enrollment ...... 14,003 Conference ...... Big 12 Conference ...... Big Ten S Conference ...... Sun Belt Head Coach ...... Blake Starkey Head Coach ...... Simone Jardim T

R Head Coach ...... Jaco Keyser Career Record ...... 116-134 (11 seasons) Career Record ...... first season

O Career Record ...... 102-48 (six seasons) Record at School . . . . . 116-134 (11 seasons) Record at School ...... first season P

S Record at School . . . . . 102-48 (six seasons) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . 10-13/2-9 (11th) 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 12-13/3-7 (8th) U 2008 Record/Conf. Record . . . 19-5/9-2 (3rd) 2008 Postseason ...... none 2008 Postseason . . . . . NCAA Second Round S

P 2008 Postseason ...... none Women’s Tennis SID ...... Stephanie Thiel Women’s Tennis SID ...... Vince Baker

O Women’s Tennis SID ...... Lauren Logan Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] G

. Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.mutigers.com Website ...... www.msuspartans.com

W Website ...... www.usajaguars.com W W

24 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS SARNI TENNIS CENTER

Penn State opened the new Sarni Tennis Center in September of 1998, and held their first night match against Bloomsburg in April, 1999. The Sarni Tennis Center is a $2.3 and adjacent to the Bigler Sports Fields, million facility that includes seven lighted Sarni will be a highly visible facility for the courts, a stadium court with seating for entire Penn State community. This will THE MAKING 1,000 fans, a team clubhouse with locker encourage the Penn State faculty, staff, OF THE DREAM rooms, meeting and video rooms and a and students as well as the Centre Vincent and Sandra Sarni started the racket stringing area. County community to catch the tennis ball rolling with their gift of $675,000 to the The Sarni Tennis Center received the fever by watching practices and construction of the $2.3 million facility. “The United States Tennis Association (USTA) attending matches. Sarni family demonstrated its extraordinary Outstanding Tennis Facility Award in 1999. • To the players, it means “excitement.” support of the University and the tennis Banners flying high above the stadium program through this marvelous gift,” said WHAT DOES SARNI court, the beautiful Nittany Mountains Penn State athletic director Tim Curley. and the Bryce Jordan Center as the “Their gift enabled us to take this project MEAN FOR PENN backdrop and the majestic team from concept to reality.” STATE TENNIS? clubhouse overlooking the courts...what Vincent Sarni, a retired chairman and • It means hosting major collegiate more could a player ask for in a practice chief executive officer of PPG Industries, championships. Penn State can now bid and competition site! Sarni represents a and his wife are tennis enthusiasts. Neither on such tournaments as the ECACs, big-time facility in a superb location. of the Sarnis is a Penn State graduate, Rolex, NCAA Regionals and so on. Penn although both have been supporters of State hosts the annual Penn State Fall academic and athletic programs at the Classic. University and both have had children attend Penn State. In addition to the gift from the Sarni family approximately $500,000 in University funding went into the project, which will also provide for student use of the facility.

THE PENN STATE INDOOR TENNIS CENTER The Penn State tennis team uses six outdoor Plexi-cushion courts and four indoor Decoturf courts. • It means night matches under the The indoor facility, one of the stadium lights. Penn State can now finest in the East, has four courts schedule evening matches, which are a with an 800-seat elevated gallery, W

big crowd favorite. The stadium lighting is W office, pro shop and locker rooms.

state-of-the-art. W

The complex is used for . • It means tradition. Through a combination G of display cases, banners, etc., the Sarni matches and team and individual O P practices. S Center will proudly recognize the U S

achievements of past players, NCAA With the availability of the P O

qualifiers, All-Big Ten picks, Academic All- indoor courts, the team does not R T

Americans and so on. S

lose valuable practice time or have . C

• It means great visibility on campus. matches cancelled or postponed. O Located in the central part of campus M

PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 25 ALL-TIME RECORD & RESULTS All-Time Series Record YEAR-BY-YEAR Opponent First Match Last Win WL Opponent First Match Last Win WL RESULTS Alabama Spring ’03 01 Minnesota Spring ’92 Spring ’06 5 13 (since 1965) American Spring ’99 Spring ’05 50 Morehead State Spring ’86 Spring ’86 10 Army Spring ’06 Spring ’06 10 Nebraska Spring ’01 01 Season WLCoach Ball State Spring ’87 Spring ’88 20 New Mexico Spring ’93 01 1965 22Ann Valentine Baylor Spring ’93 01 New Mexico St. Spring ’93 01 1966 40Pat Semi Bloomsburg Spring ’83 Fall ’90 90 New York State Spring ’68 Spring ’68 10 1967 31Pat Semi Boston College Fall ’90 Fall ’95 11 N.C. State Spring ’06 02 1968 42Pat Semi Boston Univ. Spring ’83 Spring ’01 94 No. Arizona Spring ’03 Spring ’03 10 Bowling Green Fall ’87 Fall ’87 10 Northwestern Spring ’92 0 20 1969 42Joan Nessler Brown Spring ’81 Spring ’83 32 Ohio State Spring ’67 Spring ’05 15 25 1970 50Joan Nessler Bucknell Spring ’79 Spring ’08 11 0 Old Dominion Spring ’79 Spring ’04 95 1971 62Joan Nessler UC-Irvine Spring ’99 Spring ’01 21 Oklahoma State Spring ’08 Spring ’08 10 1972 71Joan Nessler Central Florida Spring ’91 Spring ’91 11 Peace College Spring ’87 Spring ’87 10 1973 42Joan Nessler Charleston Spring ’90 Spring ’90 10 Pennsylvania Fall ’78 Spring ’01 15 15 1974 53Joan Nessler Chatham Spring ’65 Spring ’66 20 Pittsburgh Spring ’76 Fall ’00 14 0 1975 33Joan Nessler Clarion Spring ’89 Spring ’89 10 Princeton Spring ’75 Spring ’06 4 15 1976 53Joan Nessler Cleveland State Spring ’86 Spring ’86 10 Providence Fall ’88 Fall ’88 10 1976-77 93Joan Nessler Colgate Fall ’78 Fall ’81 51 Purdue Spring ’92 Spring ’94 5 15 Columbia Spring ’08 Spring ’08 10 Radford Spring ’80 Spring ’80 10 1977-78 86Candy Royer Cornell Spring ’85 Spring ’02 11 0 Rice Spring ’88 Spring ’00 11 1978-79 10 2 Candy Royer Dartmouth Fall ’88 Fall ’90 20 Richmond Fall ’88 Spring ’00 23 1979-80 14 3 Candy Royer Davidson Spring ’88 Spring ’88 10 Robert Morris Fall ’90 Fall ’90 10 1980-81 12 5 Candy Royer Denver Spring ’08 01 Rollins College Spring ’91 Spring ’91 10 1981-82 89Kim Muller Dickinson Spring ’65 Spring ’74 91 Rutgers Fall ’79 Fall ’97 16 1 1982-83* 12 5 Jan Bortner Duquesne Spring ’83 Spring ’83 10 UCSB Spring ’97 Spring ’97 10 1983-84 88Jan Bortner East Carolina Spring ’86 Spring ’86 10 South Alabama Spring ’01 01 1984-85* 12 6 Jan Bortner E. Stroudsburg Spring ’71 Spring ’75 40 South Carolina Fall ’82 01 1985-86* 17 6 Jan Bortner E. Tenn. St. Spring ’84 Fall ’84 20 So. Illinois Spring ’91 Spring ’91 10 E. Michigan Spring ’91 Spring ’01 20 St. Bonaventure Spring ’90 Spring ’90 10 1986-87* 18 4 Jan Bortner Florida Intl. Spring ’01 Spring ’03 12 St. John’s Spring ’06 Spring ’08 20 1987-88* 21 6 Jan Bortner Florida State Spring ’04 01 Swarthmore Fall ’84 Fall ’87 40 1988-89* 18 7 Jan Bortner George Mason Spring ’86 Spring ’88 30 Syracuse Fall ’79 Spring ’07 94 1989-90* 19 3 Jan Bortner Georgetown Fall ’89 Spring ’96 20 Temple Spring ’87 Spring ’08 12 0 1990-91* 20 4 Sue Whiteside G. Washington Spring ’83 Spring ’06 73 Toledo Spring ’07 Spring ’07 10 1991-92 6 11 Sue Whiteside Ga. Southern Spring ’90 Spring ’90 10 Tulane Spring ’01 01 1992-93 5 14 Sue Whiteside Gettysburg Spring ’66 Spring ’87 61 UT-Chattanooga Spring ’80 01 1993-94 13 10 Sue Whiteside Harvard Fall ’80 Spring ’01 21 Texas-El Paso Spring ’93 Spring ’93 10 1994-95 3 12 Sue Whiteside Houston Spring ’02 01 Trenton State Spring ’79 Fall ’85 40 Illinois Spring ’92 Spring ’07 2 16 Valdosta State Spring ’05 01 1995-96 11 10 Sue Whiteside Illinois State Spring ’92 Spring ’92 10 Virginia Spring ’75 Fall ’88 1 11 1996-97 10 10 Sue Whiteside Indiana Spring ’92 Spring ’03 3 19 VCU Fall ’90 Spring ’97 22 1997-98 2 18 Sue Whiteside Indiana State Spring ’88 Spring ’88 11 Virginia Tech Spring ’80 Spring ’04 54 1998-99 3 15 Sue Whiteside Iowa Spring ’92 Spring ’03 2 19 Wake Forest Spring ’04 02 1999-00 8 10 Buffy Baker James Madison Spring ’76 Spring ’98 15 7 Washington St. Spring ’03 01 2000-01 15 10 Buffy Baker Kansas Spring ’05 Spring ’05 10 West Chester Spring ’65 Spring ’99 15 3 M 2001-02 6 14 Buffy Baker

O Lehigh Fall ’85 Spring ’07 60 West Virginia Spring ’83 Spring ’08 19 1

C 2002-03 8 14 Buffy Baker . Lock Haven Spring ’67 Spring ’87 17 0 Whittenberg Spring ’68 Spring ’68 10 S

T 2003-04 6 17 Buffy Baker

R Loyola-Mary. Spring ’99 01 Wichita State Spring ’08 01

O 2004-05 8 13 Buffy Baker

P Marshall Spring ’96 Spring ’05 24 William & Mary Spring ’72 Spring ’91 5 13 S

U Mary Baldwin Spring ’71 01 Wilson College Spring ’65 Spring ’74 61 2005-06 9 13 Buffy Baker S

P Maryland Spring ’73 Spring ’03 11 0 Wisconsin Spring ’80 Spring ’08 3 16 2006-07 10 13 Buffy Baker O

G Michigan Spring ’80 Spring ’01 5 17 Yale Spring ’81 Spring ’08 24 2007-08 8 14 Dawna Prevette .

W Michigan State Spring ’92 Spring ’08 12 9 TOTAL 382 307

W Mid. Tenn. St. Spring ’05 Spring ’07 11 * - Atlantic 10 Champions W

26 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS ALL-TIME ACCOLADES Atlantic 10 Awards Big Ten Awards

Team Champions All-Big Ten 1991 (20-4) 1995 Olga Novikova 1990 (19-3) 1996 Olga Novikova 1989 (18-7) 1997 Olga Novikova 1988 (21-6) 1998 Pilar Montgomery 1987 (18-4) 2001 Pilar Montgomery 1986 (17-6) 2001 Rebecca Ho 1985 (12-6) 2005 Maaria Husain 1983 (12-5) Big Ten Sportswoman Senior of the Year Jan Bortner guided Penn State to seven Atlantic 10 of the Year 1991 Kelly Erven championships and won two Coach of the Year 2001 Rebecca Ho Pilar Montgomery was a two-time awards during his tenure. All-Big Ten performer. Freshman of the Year Big Ten Athletes of the Week 1991 Tammy Okins-Nguyen Mar. 17, 2004 Leigh Ann Merryman April 11, 2007 Sasha Abraham Coach of the Year 1991 Jan Bortner Academic All-Big Ten 1990 Jan Bortner 1991-92 Andrea Chiumento 1992-93 Andrea Chiumento All Conference Team 1993-94 Andrea Chiumento Singles 1994-95 Melissa Freeney; Olga Novikova 1991 Tammy Okins-Nguyen 1995-96 Melissa Freeney; Patricia Lehman; Kellie Murphy; 1990 Kelly Erven Olga Novikova 1989 Kelly Erven 1996-97 Kellie Murphy; Olga Novikova 1988 Darnell Adams 1997-98 Alison Barnett; Kimberly Luff; Kelly Margolis 1987 Darnell Adams 1998-99 Meara Abramson; Kelly Margolis; Teresa Whiteside 1986 Darnell Adams 1999-00 Meara Abramson; Alison Barnett; Rebecca Ho; Matina 1985 Pam Trafford Kopacova; Dana Reintz; Teresa Whiteside 1984 Pam Trafford 2000-01 Rebecca Ho; Janelle Perez; Judy Wang; Teresa Whiteside Doubles 2001-02 Rebecca Ho; Janelle Perez; Judy Wang 1991 Kelly Erven/Ann Slocomb 2002-03 Maaria Husain; Jessica McKeown; Judy Wang 1990 Kelly Erven/Claudia Karabedian 2003-04 Lindsay Downing; Maaria Husain; Jessica McKeown 1989 Kelly Erven/Claudia Karabedian 2004-05 Sasha Abraham; Katelyn BeVard; Maaria Husain; 1988 Darnell Adams/Claudia Karabedian Jessica McKeown; 1987 Claudia Karabedian/Caroline Pierce Andreea Niculescu 1986 Kelly Nelson/Romi Walker 2005-06 Sasha Abraham; 1985 Linda Learmonth/Pam Trafford Katelyn BeVard; Jennifer Nolan; Academic All-Conference (women’s tennis only) Jenny Shular 1991 Cathy Kissell 2006-07 Sasha Abraham; Katelyn BeVard; Academic All Conference (all sports) Dorothy Dohanics;

1989 Caroline Pierce (honorable mention) Lauren Holzberg; W

1988 Caroline Pierce (honorable mention) Leyla Morzan; W 1987 Donna Wittmann (honorable mention) Jenny Shular W . 1986 Donna Wittmann (honorable mention) 2007-08 Katelyn BeVard; G O

1985 Pam Trafford Dorothy Dohanics; P S Lauren Holzberg; U 1984 Pam Trafford S P

Lauren McCarthy; O R

Leyla Morzan; T S .

Julie Raezer; C

Jenny Shular Maaria Husain was an All-Big Ten O selection in 2005 M

PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 27 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Where are they now? Andrea Niculescu ‘07 Works in Bucharest, Romania as operations Anne Cook ‘81 executive with SAP Global Resides in Vienna, Virginia...Coached at George Washington Delivery...She oversees University and Langley High School in McLean, Virginia... Has a the company’s reporting, daughter, Kimberlee (7). logistics and personnel throughout Europe, Carol Daniels ‘81 Middle East and Africa. Human Resources Specialist (recruitment and placement) for the US Department of the Interior in Herndon, Va. Janelle Perez ‘02 Police officer in the Rebecca (Ho) Dion ‘02 California Bay Area. Lives in New York City...Works as an architectural lighting designer for Fisher Marantz Stone...Married her Gail Ramsay ‘80 husband Marcel in September Head coach of the Princeton women’s squash team. 2008. Jennifer Shular ‘08 Lindsay Downing ‘05 Works for Merrill Lynch in New York City for Global Markets and Works in Private Banking at Credit Investment Banking with the hedge fund service group. Suisse in New York City...Currently enrolled in NYU’s part-time MBA program.

Linda (Learmonth) Grosh ‘85 Director of the Griffith Leadership Center in the Health Management and Policy Department at the Unversity of Michigan School of Public Health...Plays for USTA tennis for which she received a 4.5 rating this year….Resides in Ann Arbor, Mich. with her husband and three boys.

Dawn (Amig) Herbst ‘93 Teaches French at Pine-Richland High School in the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh… Married to Scott Herbst (’94 engineering)… Lisa Thomas-Boyle ‘90 has 2 sons, Cameron (14) and Teaches second grade…Lives North of Boston with husband Joe Jack (12). and daughter Natalie.

Olya Johnson ‘97 Jane (Paxton) Wasilov ‘76 Director of Finance for the Walt Resides in Villanova, Pa. and coaches the tennis team at Radnor Disney Company in Italy. High School.

Lois Klein Parsons ’71 Cathy (Kissell) Williams ‘91 Retired social worker…Also Resides in Peachtree City, Georgia...Mother of three girls...Husband worked at a health club doing Michael is a Penn State alumnus. sales, check-in and teaching junior tennis. Kari Yerg ‘89 M

O Tennis pro at Patch Reef Park Tennis Center in Boca Raton, C . Kate (Ovelman) Nelson ‘01

S Florida...Recently retired as one of the top USA Wheelchair Tennis T

R School Liason Officer for the Coaches...Was an eight-time Team USA World Team Cup coach...In O

P Department of Defense...Resides in Fort Sill, Oklahoma...Married 2007, she was named the USPTA Touring Coach of the Year for her S

U her husband Christian Nelson, a Captain in the U.S. Army, in April accomplishments with wheelchair tennis. S

P 2004...Taught tennis at the Sea Pines Racquet Club on Hilton Head O Island and was a substitute teacher at the Hilton Head Elementary G . School . W W W

28 PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS ABOUT STATE COLLEGE ABOUT STATE COLLEGE... • State College is the hub of the Centre Region, which is the geographic center of Pennsylvania.

• The population of the Centre Region, including students is more than 120,000.

• State College was selected the nation’s “Best College Football Town” in voting by readers of sportingnews.com in 2000.

• Expanding University Park Airport has regular daily flights to Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Detroit and Washington, D.C. There are more than 67,000 commercial and charter operations annually at the nearby facility.

• State College was ranked the No. 8 safest city in the nation among 254 metropolitan areas in a 2002 survey.

• State College was ranked No. 9 on Forbes Magazine’s list of “Best Smaller Metros for Business” in a 2004 survey.

• Centre County consistently ranks first or second in the state with the lowest unemployment rate.

• The annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts draws more than 100,000 visitors to State College each July.

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PENN STATE WOMEN’S TENNIS 29 BIG TEN CONFERENCE The Big Ten Conference is equity program. In that time, the Big Ten has a union of 11 world-class created in excess of 2,000 new opportunities for academic institutions who women student-athletes and established 28 new share a common mission of women’s teams, while expanding the number of research, graduate, women’s championships to 13 by adding field professional and hockey, soccer and rowing. undergraduate teaching and public service. The • As part of the gender equity action plan, the conference’s 100-plus years Big Ten was the first conference to voluntarily of history, strong tradition of adopt male/female participation goals for student- competitive intercollegiate MORE TELEVISION EXPOSURE athletes in 1992. The Big Ten initiated a five-year athletic programs, vast and plan for conference members to commit to a 60 passionate alumni base, and • The Big Ten’s media agreements with CBS, percent/40 percent male-to-female student- consistent leadership in ABC/ESPN and the Big Ten Network provide the athlete participation ratio. This was achieved as a innovations position the Big conference with its greatest television exposure conference by 1997 and 2000 was the first year Ten and its entire community ever. that all institutions individually met this goal. As firmly on the Big Stage. part of its commitment to gender equity, the • In 2006, the Big Ten created the first Council of Presidents/Chancellors annually The Big Ten has sustained national conference-owned television network monitors this policy. Over the past five years, the a comprehensive set of devoted to the athletic and academic programs of Big Ten has maintained on average a 53 shared practices and policies a single conference. The Big Ten Network percent/47 percent male-to-female participation that enforce the priority of launched on Aug. 30, 2007, and became the first ratio. academics and emphasize new network in cable or satellite television history the values of integrity, to reach 30 million homes in its first 30 days. • According to the National Association of fairness and competitiveness Collegiate Women’s Athletics Administrators in all aspects of its student- • In 2007-08, the Big Ten’s television partners (NACWAA), the Big Ten is one of only two athletes’ lives, with the aired every home football and men’s basketball conferences in the nation in which women ultimate goal of ensuring that game for the first time in conference history while account for over 50 percent of the head coaching each individual have the also providing twice as much national exposure positions and 60 percent of the assistant opportunity to live a Big Life. for women’s basketball than any other conference coaching ranks in women’s sports. during the regular season. STUDENT-ATHLETE BUILDING THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES • The Big Ten’s new media agreements resulted in the broadcast of more than 500 events • In 1989, the Big Ten created a community • Big Ten universities nationally and regionally during the 2007-08 outreach program - SCORE (Success Comes provide approximately $100 academic year, compared to 300 events in the Out of Reading Everyday), which partnered the million in direct financial aid to final year of the previous agreements. conference with two Chicago elementary schools more than 8,500 men and to improve reading performances. What began women student-athletes who NATION’S BEST FANS with one school, two grade levels and five compete for 25 classrooms has grown in its 19th year to include championships, 12 for men • Big Ten fans are some of the most grades kindergarten through eighth, and 13 for women. supportive in the country, as nearly 7.8 million encompassing all classes and students at Melody patrons attended conference home contests School and Louis Armstrong School. • Conference institutions during the 2007-08 seasons for football, men’s sponsor broad-based athletic and women’s basketball and volleyball alone. • Following the national tragedy on Sept. 11, programs with more than 270 2001, the Big Ten, through its intercollegiate teams. Other than the Ivy • Over the last 30 seasons, the conference athletic department revenues, pledged a $1 League, the Big Ten has the has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 nationally in million scholarship contribution to assist the most broad-based athletic football, men’s basketball and wrestling families of those affected by the terrorist attacks. programs in the United attendance. The conference’s donation is called the “Big Ten States. 9-11 Scholarship Fund”, and the $1 million • Big Ten institutions have more than 4.2 contribution will be drawn from conference TOP ACADEMIC million living alumni and over 300,000 reserves which are generated as a result of INSTITUTIONS undergraduate students attending their football and men’s basketball participation in universities. NCAA, bowl and regular-season television • Big Ten universities are opportunities. members of the nation’s only SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS conference whose • The Big Ten has established numerous constituency is entirely • The Big Ten is the only conference in the community programs surrounding the Big Ten composed of institutions that nation in which every school has captured at Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, are members of the AAU, a least one national title in an NCAA sponsored including the Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award prestigious association of sport over the last 10 seasons. Scholarship, the Big Ten Career Fair and the major academic and research Shoot for the Cure event during the women’s institutions in the United • The Big Ten has claimed at least four tournament that raised over $10,000 for the States and Canada. national championships in eight of the last 10 Indianapolis Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the seasons. Big Ten national champions in 2007-08 Cure in its first year. • Big Ten institutions included Penn State men’s and women’s

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O of the nation’s 35 largest Northwestern women’s lacrosse. The Big Ten has C . academic libraries. also produced team national crowns in the sports S of basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, T Collectively, conference R libraries hold more than 70 golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, O softball, synchronized swimming, tennis and track P million book volumes, and S institutions work and field over the last decade. U

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Tim Curley Dave Baker Joe Battista Mark Bodenschatz Jan Bortner John Bove Dr. Kristine Clark Ken Cutler Michelle Davidson Director of Athletics Assistant Athletic Director Assoc. Athletic Assistant Athletic Compliance Director of Director Director Stewardship Director Nittany Lion Club Director Director Coordinator Sports Nutrition Athletic Development & Events

Susan Delaney- Ken Hickman Bob Hudzik Jennifer James Scott Kretchmar Bud Meredith Russ Mushinsky Greg Myford Jeff Nelson Scheetz Director Supervisor, Assistant Athletic Faculty Director of Ticket Academic Support Associate Athletic Assistant Athletic Assoc. Athletic Dir. All-Sports Museum Athletic Fields Director/Operations Representative Operations Director Director Director

John Nitardy Amy O’Neil Nikki Potoczny Erikka Runkle George Salvaterra Dr. Wayne Mark Sherburne Jeanne Smith Bob White Director of Events Assistant Asst. Director Human Resources Head Trainer Sebastianelli Associate Athletic Ticket Manager Assoc. Director Major Gifts Nittany Lion Club Manager Dir. of Athletic Medicine Director Athletic Development

Dr. Roberta Millard ...... 865-3566 ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION PENN STATE QUICK FACTS Team Physician ...... [email protected] Tim Curley ...... 865-1086 Location ...... University Park, Pa. Dr. Paul Sherbondy ...... 865-3566 Director of Athletics ...... [email protected] Founded ...... 1855 Team Orthopedic Surgeon ...... Susan Delaney-Scheetz ...... 865-1104 Enrollment ...... 42,294 George Salvaterra ...... 863-0773 Conference ...... Big Ten Associate Athletic Director ...... [email protected] Head Athletic Trainer ...... [email protected] Colors ...... Blue & White Mark Bodenschatz ...... 863-3489 Dr. Kristine Clark ...... 863-8107 Nickname ...... Nittany Lions Associate Athletic Director ...... [email protected] President ...... Dr. Graham Spanier Dir. of Sports Nutrition ...... [email protected] Mark Sherburne ...... 863-3404 Athletic Director ...... Tim Curley ALL-SPORTS MUSEUM Associate Athletic Director ...... [email protected] Jan Bortner ...... 863-0420 Fred Burns ...... 863-1138 Ken Hickman ...... 865-5577 Assistant Athletic Director ...... [email protected] Rec Hall Coordinator ...... [email protected] Dir. of All-Sports Museum ...... [email protected] Dick Bartolomea ...... 865-2781 BUSINESS/FINANCE HEAD COACHES Multi-Sport Facility Director/Sports Camps Dir...... [email protected] Beth Alford-Sullivan ...... 863-3146 TBA ...... 863-2139 Erikka Runkle ...... 865-4991 M&W/Cross Country/Track & Field ...... [email protected] Financial Officer ...... Human Resources Manager ...... [email protected] Dawna Prevette ...... 863-7479 MARKETING/PROMOTIONS MORGAN ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER Women’s Tennis ...... [email protected] Todd Doebler ...... 863-3487 Greg Myford ...... 865-1757 Russ Mushinsky ...... 865-0407 Men’s Tennis ...... [email protected] Associate Athletic Director/Business Relations . . . . [email protected] Director ...... [email protected] Ed DeChellis ...... 865-5494 Jeff Fisher ...... 865-8140 Dr. Dave Yukelson ...... 865-0407 Men’s Basketball ...... [email protected] Marketing & Promotions Coordinator ...... [email protected] Coordinator Sports Psychology Services ...... [email protected] Andy Breon ...... 865-8049 Barry Gorman ...... 863-7477 Marketing Coordinator - Olympic Sports ...... [email protected] ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Men’s Soccer ...... [email protected] Jeff Nelson ...... 865-1757 John Hargis ...... 863-5554 COMPLIANCE Assistant Athletic Director/Communications ...... [email protected] Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving ...... [email protected] John Bove ...... 863-8048 Jen Armson ...... 865-1757 Suzanne Isidor ...... 863-7470 Compliance Coordinator ...... [email protected] Asst. Communications Director ...... [email protected] Women’s Lacrosse ...... [email protected] Randy Jepson ...... 865-8421 DEVELOPMENT Pat Donghia ...... 865-1757 Asst. Communications Director ...... [email protected] Men’s Gymnastics ...... [email protected] Ken Cutler ...... 865-9462 Kris Petersen ...... 865-1757 Emmanuil Kaidanov ...... 863-7465 Director of Development for Athletics ...... [email protected] Asst. Communications Director ...... [email protected] M/W Fencing ...... [email protected] Michelle Davidson ...... 865-9462 Stephanie Petulla ...... 865-1757 Charlene Morett ...... 863-7467 Director of Stewardship & Events ...... [email protected] Assoc. Communications Director ...... [email protected] Field Hockey ...... [email protected] Joe Battista ...... 865-9462 John Regenfuss ...... 865-7993 Greg Nye ...... 863-7469 Executive Director, Nittany Lion Club ...... [email protected] Asst. Communications Director ...... [email protected] Men’s Golf ...... [email protected] Nikki Potoczny ...... 865-9462 Brian Siegrist ...... 865-1757 Joe Paterno ...... 865-0412 Asst. Director, Nittany Lion Club ...... [email protected] Asst. Communications Dir./Creative Director ...... [email protected] Football ...... [email protected] John Nitardy ...... 863-7664 Sean Forrester ...... 865-1757 Mark Pavlik ...... 863-7464 Director of Major Gifts ...... [email protected] Communications Assistant ...... [email protected] Men’s Volleyball ...... [email protected] RJ Gimbel ...... 865-5576 TBA ...... 865-1757 Robin Petrini ...... 863-7472 Major Gifts Officer ...... [email protected] Communications Assistant ...... Softball ...... [email protected] Mark Muhlhauser ...... 867-1598 Barry Jones ...... 865-1757 Russ Rose ...... 863-7474 W Major Gifts Officer ...... [email protected] Women’s Volleyball ...... [email protected] Publications Manager ...... [email protected] W Bob White ...... 863-3143 Steve Shephard ...... 863-7461 Assoc. Dir. for Development ...... [email protected] TICKET OFFICE 1-800-NITTANY Women’s Gymnastics ...... [email protected] W

Nate Althouse ...... 865-9462 . Bud Meredith ...... 863-0971 Denise St. Pierre ...... 863-2396 G Student-Athlete Development Coordinator ...... [email protected] Director of Ticketing Operations ...... [email protected] Women’s Golf ...... [email protected] O Troy Sunderland ...... 863-7460 ATHLETIC OPERATIONS Jeanne Smith ...... 863-0971 P Ticket Manager ...... [email protected] Wrestling ...... [email protected] S Dave Baker ...... 863-0270 Glenn Thiel ...... 863-7476 U Asst. AD, Administrative & Business Services ...... [email protected] SPORTS MEDICINE S Men’s Lacrosse ...... [email protected] P Jennifer James ...... 863-3471 Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli ...... 865-3566 Erica Walsh ...... 863-0842 O Assistant Athletic Director/Operations ...... [email protected] Dir. of Athletic Medicine ...... [email protected] Women’s Soccer ...... [email protected] R T

Amy O’Neil ...... 865-2150 Dr. Doug Aukerman ...... 865-4054 Coquese Washington ...... 863-2672 S

Events Assistant ...... [email protected] . Team Physician ...... [email protected] Women’s Basketball ...... [email protected] C

Bob Hudzik ...... 865-7071 Dr. John Deitch ...... 865-3566 Robbie Wine ...... 863-0239 O

Supervisor of Athletic Fields ...... [email protected] Team Physician ...... [email protected] Baseball ...... [email protected] M

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