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2017 Season Preview...... 1-4 2017 Outlook...... 2 2017 Roster...... 3 2017 Schedule...... 3 2017 Opponent Information...... 4

Coaches and Support Staff...... 5-8 Head Coach Scott Jacobson...... 5 Associate Head Coach German Dalmagro...... 6 Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst...... 7 Executive Associate A.D. Steve Waterfield...... 8 Executive Associate A.D./SWA Pat Logsdon...... 8 Women’s Tennis Support Staff...... 8

2017 Huskers...... 9-20 Lisa Andersson...... 9 Mary Hanna...... 10 Katerina Matysova...... 11 Paula Del Cueto Castillo...... 12 Elizabeth Gould...... 13 Sydney Harlow...... 14 Vasanti Shinde...... 15 M’Balia Bangoura...... 16 Hayley Haakenstad...... 17 Jeannie Lozowski...... 18 Claire Reifeis...... 19 Emma Worley...... 20 Nebraska seniors Mary Hanna (right) and Lisa Andersson (left) will help lead the Big Red throughout the 2017 season. Both senior captains and junior Katerina Matysova will provide strong leadership from their 2016 Review and History...... 21-28 starting singles and doubles positions this season. 2016 Season in Review...... 21-22 2016 Results/Stats...... 23 [email protected] or by calling (402) 215- Communications Series Records...... 24 3028 at least one day in advance. Releases will Assistant A.D./Communications.....Keith Mann Year-by-Year Records (2000-16)...... 25-26 be provided each week the Huskers compete Women’s Tennis Contact...... Cheyenne Rowe Single-Season and Career Records...... 27 and final match results are available at Office Phone...... (402) 472-6263 Honors & Awards/Letterwinners...... 28 Huskers.com. Cell Phone...... (402) 215-3028 Office Fax...... (402) 472-2005 This is Nebraska...... 29-52 Quick Facts Cheyenne’s E-mail...... [email protected] Sid & Hazel Dillon Tennis Center...... 29-31 Location...... Lincoln, Neb. Secondary Tennis Contact...... Bobby Kelly World-Class Facilities...... 32-33 Population...... 268,738 Cell Phone...... (970) 744-0904 National Powers/Big Ten Leaders...... 34-35 Enrollment...... 25,897 Bobby’s Email...... [email protected] Athletic Medicine/Nutrition...... 36-37 Nickname...... Cornhuskers, Huskers Photographer...... Scott Bruhn Nebraska Athletic Performance Lab...... 38-39 Colors...... Scarlet and Cream Administrative Assistant...... Vicki Capazo Academic Success/Experience...... 40-43 Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Website...... Huskers.com Nebraska Life Skills...... 44-45 Conference...... Big Ten University of Nebraska...... 46-49 Chancellor...... Ronnie Green City of Lincoln/State of Nebraska...... 50-51 Director of Athletics ...... Shawn Eichorst Nebraska Women’s Tennis Tradition...... 52 Executive Associate A.D./SWA...... Pat Logsdon Nebraska Athletics Mission Statement Media Guide Credits Women’s Tennis Information The mission of the University of Nebraska The 2016-17 Nebraska women’s tennis Head Coach...... Scott Jacobson Athletic Department is to serve our student- media guide was written and designed by Record at Nebraska...... 370-226 athletes, coaches, staff and fans by: Displaying Communications Student Assistants Cheyenne Years at Nebraska...... 26 INTEGRITY in every decision and action; Rowe, Rachel Long and Bobby Kelly. Editing Jacobson’s E-mail...... [email protected] Building and maintaining TRUST with others; assistance was provided by Director of Jacobson’s Cell...... (402) 450-6229 Giving RESPECT to each person we encounter; Communications Operations Jeff Griesch. The Assistant Coach...... German Dalmagro Pursuing unity of purpose through TEAMWORK; guide was produced entirely on Adobe InDesign Years at Nebraska...... Four Maintaining LOYALTY to student-athletes, co- CS6 and printed at the University of Nebraska Dalmagro’s [email protected] workers, fans and the University of Nebraska. Printing Services. Photos by Scott Bruhn, Nate Dalmagro’s Cell...... (402) 707-8617 Huskers.com Olsen, Sarah Pogue, Stephanie Carpenter. Tennis Secretary...... Ellen Shutts Complete results, releases and statistics Cover and inside front cover photo by Kelly Tennis Office Phone...... (402) 472-9430 will be updated each week on the official Morgan Kuwitzky. Tennis Office Fax...... (402) 472-2272 athletic department home page at Facility...... Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center Huskers.com. Updated biographies for Nebraska Media Information 2016 Overall Finish...... 17-8 tennis athletes, along with current roster and All interviews of student-athletes and coaching 2016 Big Ten Record/Finish...... 4-7/10th schedule information are also available, along staff must be arranged through Communications 2016 Final ITA Ranking...... Not Ranked with other special features. Student Assistant Cheyenne Rowe by e-mail at Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 7/3

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The 2017 Nebraska women’s tennis team (bottom, from left): Elizabeth Gould and Sydney Harlow; (middle from left): Paula Del Cueto Castillo, Hayley Haakenstad, Jeannie Lozowski and Vasanti Shinde; (top, from left): Lisa Andersson, Katerina Matysova, Mary Hanna, Emma Worley, M’Balia Bangoura and Claire Reifeis.

Nebraska plans to continue its rise on the Big Ten of sophomores Shinde, Paula Del Cueto Castillo, Reifeis joins the Big Red from Indianapolis, Ind. as and national levels on the women’s tennis courts in Elizabeth Gould and Sydney Harlow. the fourth of five freshman. As a four-star commit, the spring of 2017. Shinde made a big impact at the No. 4 singles Reifeis was ranked as high as No. 94 nationally. The Huskers, who produced a five-match position, where she claimed 10 of her 15 total Reifeis performed well for the Huskers during improvement in the win column with a 17-8 overall singles wins in 2015-16. As a freshman, Shinde won the fall, earning the most combined wins among the record in 2016, must replace a pair of talented 33 combined spring matches in singles and doubles freshmen with a 14-7 record. seniors in Maggy Lehmicke and Mackenna Maddox- for one of the most successful rookie campaigns in Worley joins the Huskers after earning all-state Herr from last year’s squad. Husker history. honors in Northville, Mich. She won her only match Although those two seniors combined for 43 wins Shinde spent the fall rehabilitating an injury which of the fall season. in singles and doubles last spring, Nebraska Coach could limit her in the middle of the Husker lineups in Nebraska’s returning players and talented Scott Jacobson said the Huskers are confident that 2017. However, if Shinde is healthy, the Huskers could newcomers will compete in the state-of-the-art Sid five freshmen and a year of experience for seven field formidable lineups at the national level in both and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center again in 2016-17. The returning players can keep the Big Red climbing. singles and doubles. sparkling facility’s championship indoor and outdoor “We have a tremendously gifted group of returners While Shinde’s status is still a question mark courts are expected to provide the Huskers with an from a much-improved program last year,” Jacobson entering the spring, the Huskers have been impressed amazing home-court advantage. Last season the said. “And a group of incoming freshmen who have with the talent and work ethic of their group of five Big Red finished 16-3 in the inaugural season of the worked harder at growing their games than any class freshmen. Dillon Tennis Center. that we have ever recruited.” M’Balia Bangoura, Hayley Haakenstad, Jeannie The 2017 Huskers open with a nine-match home The young team will be led by seniors Lisa Lozowski, Claire Reifeis and Emma Worley come stand that runs from Friday, Jan. 27 (Air Force) Andersson and Mary Hanna along with junior to Nebraska with impressive credentials. They also through Sunday, Feb. 19 (Colorado State). The stand Katerina Matysova, who will provide talent and produced solid results during the 2016 fall schedule. includes matches with UMKC and South Dakota (Jan. experience to a roster that features a combined nine Bangoura, a five-star commit from Bradenton, 28), Wyoming and North Dakota (Feb. 4), Eastern freshmen (five) and sophomores (four). Fla., joins the 2016-17 roster after being ranked Michigan (Feb. 10), Creighton (Feb. 12) and Drake Andersson will return to the Big Red after playing as the No. 50 recruit in the nation. A Florida state (Feb. 17). out of the No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles spot with singles champion, Bangoura proved herself as a fierce Nebraska opens Big Ten play on the road at Rutgers Lehmicke for the majority of matches in 2016. competitor during her first fall of collegiate action (Feb. 22), before returning to the Dillon Tennis Hanna enters her final collegiate season with the when she notched 10 victories. Center for five more home matches Feb. 26 (Wichita Huskers after playing all but three singles matches Haakenstad, a native of Chanhassen, Minn., came State and Omaha) through March 11 (Purdue). The at the No. 2 position last season. Hanna also teamed to Nebraska after being ranked No. 2 in the state in Huskers close their 16-match home schedule with with sophomore Vasanti Shinde for a 17-4 doubles singles in 2014. A six-time all-conference selection as four straight Big Ten home matches from March 31 mark last year. a high school tennis player, Haakenstad was ranked as (Northwestern) to April 9 (Ohio State). Matysova will return to the heart of the Husker high as No. 92 nationally in 2015. The Huskers conclude the 2017 regular season lineup after playing out of the No. 4 and No. 5 singles Lozowski, the second five-star commit for the with three straight road matches at Michigan State spots last year. She also was a steady contributor out Big Red, joins fellow Floridian Bangoura among the (April 15), Michigan (April 16) and Iowa (April 22) of the No. 3 doubles position. Husker freshmen. The newcomer from Port Saint hoping to secure a spot at the Big Ten Championships Matysova enters 2017 with 59 combined victories Lucie was ranked as high as No. 58 nationally. She in Urbana-Champaign, Ill., April 27-30. in two seasons as a collegian. opened her college career with 11 victories during The Huskers will also be bolstered by the return the fall campaign. SEASON PREVIEW . COACHES & SUPPORT STAFF . 2016-17 HUSKERS . REVIEW . HISTORY . THIS IS NEBRASKA HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWTENNIS #HUSKERS 3 2017 NEBRASKA WOMEN’S TENNIS ROSTER

Athlete Year Hometown Previous School Lisa Andersson Sr. Varberg, Sweden Academi Bastad Gymnasium M’Balia Bangoura Fr. Bradenton, Fla. Out of Door Academy Paula Del Cueto Castillo So. Sevilla, Spain Elizabeth Gould So. Atlanta, Ga. Marist School Hayley Haakenstad Fr. Chanhassen, Minn. Chanhassen High School Mary Hanna Sr. Saline, Mich. Saline High School Sydney Harlow So. Omaha, Neb. Westside High School Jeannie Lozowski Fr. Port Saint Lucie, Fla. ProWorld Tennis Academy Katerina Matysova Jr. Erding, Germany TF Dachau Claire Reifeis Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. North Central High School Vasanti Shinde So. Pune, India Emma Worley Fr. Northville, Mich. Northville High School 2017 NEBRASKA SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent Location Time Jan. 27 Friday Air Force Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 5 p.m. Jan. 28 Saturday UMKC Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m. Jan. 28 Saturday South Dakota Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 3:30 p.m. Jan. 29 Sunday South Dakota vs. UMKC Sid and Havel Dillon Tennis Center 10 a.m. Feb. 3 Friday Wyoming vs. Creighton Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 6 p.m. Feb. 4 Saturday Wyoming Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m Feb. 4 Saturday North Dakota Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 3:30 p.m. Feb. 5 Sunday Wyoming vs. North Dakota Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 10 a.m. Feb. 10 Friday Eastern Michigan Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 5 p.m. Feb. 11 Saturday Eastern Michigan vs. Creighton Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m. Feb. 12 Sunday Creighton Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center Noon Feb. 17 Friday Drake Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 5 p.m. Feb. 18 Saturday Drake vs. Colorado State Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m. Feb. 19 Sunday Colorado State Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m. Feb. 22 Wednesday at Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. 11 a.m. Feb. 26 Sunday Wichita State Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m. Feb. 26 Sunday Omaha Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 3:30 p.m. March 4 Saturday Houston Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m. March 4 Saturday Illinois State vs. Houston Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 4 p.m. March 5 Sunday Illinois State Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m. March 11 Saturday Purdue* Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 11 a.m. March 21 Tuesday at Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, Calif. 3:30 p.m. March 25 Saturday at Minnesota* Minneapolis, Minn. 10 a.m. March 26 Sunday at Wisconsin* Madison, Wis. 11:30 a.m. March 31 Friday Northwestern* Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 3 p.m. April 2 Sunday Illinois* Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 10 a.m. April 7 Friday Penn State* Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center 5 p.m. April 9 Sunday Ohio State* Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center Noon April 15 Saturday at Michigan State* East Lansing, Mich. 11 a.m. April 16 Sunday at Michigan* Ann Arbor, Mich. 9:30 a.m. April 22 Saturday at Iowa* Iowa City, Iowa Noon April 27-30 Thursday-Sunday at Big Ten Championships Urbana-Champaign, Ill. TBA May 18-29 Thursday-Monday at NCAA Championships Athens, Ga. TBA

* Indicates Big Ten Conference match. All dates and times central and subject to change. Home matches in BOLD.

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NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS Jan. 27 Air Force 5 p.m. Jan. 28 UMKC 11 a.m. Jan. 28 South Dakota 3:30 p.m. Feb. 4 Wyoming 11 a.m. Feb. 4 North Dakota 3:30 p.m. Feb. 10 Eastern Michigan 5 p.m. Feb. 12 Creighton Noon Feb. 17 Drake 5 p.m. Feb. 19 Colorado State 11 a.m. Feb. 26 Wichita State 11 a.m. Feb. 26 Omaha 3:30 p.m. March 4 Houston 11 a.m. March 5 Illinois State 11 a.m. March 21 at Cal State Fullerton 3:30 p.m. Central time, subject to change AIR FORCE FALCONS Location...... Colorado Springs, Colo. Head Coach...... Kim Gidley 2016 Record...... 13-12 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-9 Website...... goairforcefalcons.com CAL STATE FULLERTON TITANS Location...... Fullerton, Calif. Head Coach...... Dianne Matias As the only junior on the Nebraska women’s tennis team, Katerina Matysova has proven to be a great leader for the 2016 Record...... 17-6 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 1-10 Huskers on and off the court. A strong competitor in her first two seasons in the program, Matysova hopes to improve in Website...... fullertontitans.com 2017 as a Husker team captain. COLORADO STATE RAMS EASTERN MICHIGAN EAGLES NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS UMKC KANGAROOS Location...... Fort Collins, Colo. Location...... Ypsilanti, Mich. Location...... Grand Forks, N.D. Location...... Kansas City, Mo. Head Coach...... Jarod Camerota Head Coach...... Ryan Ray Head Coach...... Tom Wynne Head Coach...... Kendell Hale 2016 Record...... 5-15 2016 Record...... 5-16 2016 Record...... 3-18 2016 Record...... 7-17 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-19 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-12 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-1 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-1 Website...... csurams.com Website...... emueagles.com Website...... undsports.com Website...... umkckangaroos.com CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS HOUSTON COUGARS OMAHA MAVERICKS WICHITA STATE SHOCKERS Location...... Omaha, Neb. Location...... Houston, Texas Location...... Omaha, Neb. Location...... Wichita, Kan. Head Coach...... Tom Lilly Head Coach...... Courtney Steinbock Head Coach...... Adam Summitt Head Coach...... Colin Foster 2016 Record...... 9-11 2016 Record...... 6-19 2016 Record...... 11-12 2016 Record...... 27-4 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-28 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 1-1 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-7 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 13-18 Website...... gocreighton.com Website...... uhcougars.com Website...... omavs.com Website...... goshockers.com DRAKE BULLDOGS ILLINOIS STATE RED BIRDS SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES WYOMING COWGIRLS Location...... Des Moines, Iowa Location...... Normal, Ill. Location...... Vermillion, S.D. Location...... Laramie, Wyo. Head Coach...... Mai-Ly Tran Head Coach...... Maja Kovacek Head Coach...... Brett Barnett Head Coach...... Dean Clower 2016 Record...... 15-12 2016 Record...... 13-11 2016 Record...... 11-12 2016 Record...... 11-12 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 14-20 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-6 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-3 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-15 Website...... godrakebulldogs.com Website...... goredbirds.com Website...... goyotes.com Website...... gowyo.com

INDIANA HOOSIERS MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS Location...... Bloomington, Ind. Location...... East Lansing, Mich. Location...... University Park, Pa. Head Coach...... Lin Loring Head Coach...... Tyler Faulkner Head Coach...... Chris Cagle 2016 Record...... 15-11 2016 Record...... 13-12 2016 Record...... 8-13 2016 Big Ten Record...... 5-6 2016 Big Ten Record...... 4-7 2016 Big Ten Record...... 4-7 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 2-2 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 4-2 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 3-2 Website...... iuhoosiers.com Website...... msuspartans.com Website...... gopsusports.com 2017 BIG TEN OPPONENTS IOWA HAWKEYES MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS PURDUE BOILERMAKERS Feb. 22 at Rutgers 11 a.m. Location...... Iowa City, Iowa Location...... Minneapolis, Minn. Location...... West Lafayette, Ind. March 11 Purdue 11 a.m. Head Coach...... Sasha Schmid Head Coach...... Chuck Merzbacher Head Coach...... Laura Glitz March 25 at Minnesota 10 a.m. 2016 Record...... 10-15 2016 Record...... 13-12 2016 Record...... 12-13 March 26 at Wisconsin 11:30 a.m. 2016 Big Ten Record...... 1-11 2016 Big Ten Record...... 5-6 2016 Big Ten Record...... 5-6 March 31 Northwestern 3 p.m. All-Time Record vs. NU...... 16-8 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 13-6 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 4-2 Website...... hawkeyesports.com Website...... gophersports.com Website...... purduesports.com April 2 Illinois 10 a.m. April 7 Penn State 5 p.m. MARYLAND TERRAPINS NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS April 9 Ohio State Noon Location...... College Park, Md. Location...... Evanston, Ill. Location...... New Brunswick, N.J. April 15 at Michigan State 11 a.m. Head Coach...... Daria Panova Head Coach...... Claire Pollard Head Coach...... Hilary Ritchie April 16 at Michigan 9:30 a.m. 2016 Record...... 10-11 2016 Record...... 14-11 2016 Record...... 6-15 2016 Big Ten Record...... 10-1 2016 Big Ten Record...... 0-11 April 22 at Iowa Noon 2016 Big Ten Record...... 6-5 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 1-0 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 7-2 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 0-1 Central Time, subject to change Website...... umterps.com Website...... nusports.com Website...... scarletknights.com ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI MICHIGAN WOLVERINES OHIO STATE BUCKEYES WISCONSIN BADGERS Location...... Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Location...... Ann Arbor, Mich. Location...... Columbus, Ohio Location...... Madison, Wis. Head Coach...... Evan Clark Head Coach...... Ronni Bernstein Head Coach...... Melissa Schaub Head Coach...... Kelcy McKenna 2016 Record...... 15-9 2016 Record...... 23-7 2016 Record...... 31-3 2016 Record...... 9-14 2016 Big Ten Record...... 8-3 2016 Big Ten Record...... 10-1 2016 Big Ten Record...... 11-0 2016 Big Ten Record...... 5-6 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 5-2 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 5-0 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 5-5 All-Time Record vs. NU...... 6-6 Website...... fightingillini.com Website...... mgoblue.com Website...... ohiostatebuckeyes.com Website...... uwbadgers.com

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nearly 15 wins per season at NU, while laying the NU finished fourth in a loaded Big 12, producing foundation for the Nebraska program brick by brick a 7-4 conference mark while qualifying for the since his first season in 1991-92. their third straight NCAA Tournament. Geibert and Success at Nebraska goes far beyond winning, Veresova both earned All-Big 12 honors. Jacobson emphasizes excellence on the court, in the Jacobson capped his association with the Big classroom and in the community. 12 Conference by leading seven Huskers to Big 12 A shining example of the total-person concept individual titles and 26 first-team All-Big 12 awards. of Nebraska women’s tennis is Mary Weatherholt. In 2010, Nebraska posted the first 20-win The greatest player in the history of the program, campaign in school history, finishing with a 22-6 Weatherholt capped her record-setting career as a overall record that included a 9-2 Big 12 mark first-team All-American in both singles and doubles. and a third-place conference finish. Jacobson was She was the NCAA runner-up in singles in 2013, while named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the second time, teaming with fellow first-team All-American Patricia while leading the Huskers to their first-ever NCAA Veresova to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight in Tournament victory with a first-round win over doubles action in 2013. Illinois. Off the court, Weatherholt claimed one of the Jacobson, who led Nebraska to its first NCAA NCAA’s top overall honors as a winner of an NCAA Tournament with an 18-4 record and a 9-2 Big 12 mark Top Ten Award in 2014. She was the Big Ten Women’s in 2005, was also the 2005 Big 12 Coach of the Year. Tennis Athlete of the Year in both 2012 and 2013, The 2006 team added a 17-10 overall record while HONORS & AWARDS and she was Nebraska’s Female Student-Athlete of featuring Big 12 Freshman-of-the-Year Kim Hartmann the Year in 2012-13. Weatherholt added a Big Ten on its way to a second straight NCAA Tournament bid. Big Ten Regular-Season Champions (2013) Sportsmanship Award, while claiming the ITA Cissie Before becoming head coach in 1991, Jacobson Big Ten Co-Coach of the Year (2012) Leary Sportsmanship Award, which is presented to helped the Nebraska men’s team to an 84-86 record Big 12 Coach of the Year (2005, 2010) the nation’s top women’s tennis student-athlete. as an assistant from 1979 to 1989. He also spent 11 Six NCAA Tournament Appearances During his career at Nebraska, Jacobson’s Huskers years as the assistant director of the Tennis and Life (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) have earned numerous academic all-conference Camp in St. Peter, Minn. He has been an employee of accolades. Jacobson also guided the athletic career the camp for 23 years. Nebraska Herman Award (Team GPA) of two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American Imke In 1995, Jacobson was awarded the David Aasen (2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Reimers. The women’s tennis team also earned the Award by the staff of the Tennis and Life Camp. The Herman Award four straight years from 2011 to 2014. award honors enthusiasm, energy, sense of humor, JACOBSON’S COACHING PHILOSOPHY The award is presented to the NU team with the top high standards of sportsmanship, a love of teaching “By helping our student-athletes develop overall grade-point average. and a genuine concern for others. the values of dedication, cooperation, In 2013, NU had its most successful season to Originally from Blue Earth, Minn., Jacobson has date under Jacobson. The team earned its highest been involved in many activities in Nebraska. In the compassion and the ability to handle ranking in school history at No. 6 midway through the past he has been an instructor for the Lincoln Racquet adversity with courage, we help them season before finishing at No. 16. The team went to Club and coordinator for the Husker Netters Booster grow as both tennis players and as people. the school’s first NCAA Sweet 16 and hosted NCAA Club. Through a belief in one another and a Tournament first- and second-round matches for the positive approach to competition, we first time in Husker history. JACOBSON’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Jacobson guided Weatherholt to 208 career Year Record Conf. Record Rank can build meaningful relationships off combined wins, the program’s first player to reach the tennis court and continue a winning 200 victories. In addition to their first-team All- 1992 6-7 3-4 -- tradition on it.” America honors, Weatherholt and Veresova earned 1993 7-12 1-6 -- first-team All-Big Ten accolades, while fellow senior 1994 11-10 3-4 -- Entering his 26th season as Nebraska women’s Stefanie Weinstein claimed second-team honors. 1995 8-15 2-5 -- tennis head coach, Scott Jacobson has had his Nebraska’s 24-6 final record in 2013 included 1996 5-15 2-5 -- Huskers consistently ranked among the top 75 teams a 10-1 Big Ten mark and the program’s first Big Ten nationally for nearly 20 years, while making regular regular-season title in just its second season in the 1997 16-9 2-6 60 NCAA Tournament appearances the past decade. tradition-rich conference. 1998 14-9 4-7 64 A three-time conference coach of the year, The Huskers’ 2013 season followed on the heels of 1999 17-9 4-7 69 Jacobson has guided the Husker program to six NCAA a 2012 campaign that featured a 24-5 overall record 2000 19-6 6-5 58 Tournament bids in the past 10 seasons. He also led and a 9-2 Big Ten mark in Nebraska’s first year in the 2001 19-6 6-5 53 the Big Red to the Big Ten Conference regular-season conference. Weatherholt, who returned to the court title in 2013. after suffering a knee injury as a sophomore in 2011, 2002 13-9 3-8 66 From 2010 to 2013, Jacobson’s Huskers produced again led the Huskers along with Veresova, Weinstein, 2003 12-11 2-9 73 the most successful stretch in school history, winning Janine Weinreich and senior Madeleine Geibert. A 2004 16-9 5-6 75 20 or more matches for four straight seasons to three-time all-conference pick both athletically and 2005 18-4 9-2 39 advance to four consecutive NCAA tournaments. academically, Geibert established the NU record with 2006 17-10 6-5 43 The Huskers finished No. 16 in the final ITA rankings 181 combined wins before Weatherholt broke the in both 2012 and 2013, including the program’s first record the following season. 2007 13-9 4-7 -- NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in 2013. Weatherholt, who earned her first Big Ten 2008 16-7 5-6 -- While the Huskers produced a golden age in Women’s Tennis Athlete-of-the-Year award, also 2009 16-7 7-4 56 the program from 2010 to 2013, Coach Jacobson’s claimed a Big Ten Sportsmanship award. She qualified 2010 22-6 9-2 35 program has been defined by consistent success. for the 2012 NCAA Singles Championships for the first 2011 20-8 7-4 43 In fact, Nebraska produced 17 consecutive winning time in her career. seasons from 1997 through 2013, with the Huskers Jacobson earned Big Ten Co-Coach-of-the-Year 2012 24-5 9-2 16 producing top-75 final national rankings 15 times. honors after leading the Big Red to the second round 2013 24-6 10-1 16 Although Nebraska’s string of winning campaigns of the NCAA Tournament. 2014 8-17 0-10 -- came to an end with an 8-17 overall record in 2014, In Nebraska’s final season in the Big 12 2015 12-12 0-11 -- Jacobson is confident the foundation for more future Conference in 2011, Jacobson led the Huskers to 2016 17-8 4-7 -- success is firmly in place. Jacobson, who owns 370 a 20-win campaign despite dealing with the loss of victories at the helm of the Huskers, has averaged Weatherholt to a knee injury early in the fall. Career 370-226 109-134

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All-Big Ten Ten honors in 2014, while seven Huskes South Conference Champion team and 2004 added academic All-Big Ten accolades in 2015. Gulf South runner-up squad. Dalmagro’s career In his final season with the Jayhawks in 2012- was highlighted by All-America honors in 2004 13, the team went 11-10 and made it to the Big (doubles), 2003 (singles and doubles) and 2002 12 Tournament where they fell in the second (singles and doubles). Dalmagro was ranked round. At KU, his responsibilities included on- nationally as high as No. 3 in doubles and No. 11 in court coaching, organizing travel and aiding in singles. recruiting. His strong ties to the southern states Dalmagro saw success off the court while at landed standout products for KU during his time West Florida, as he helped the Argonauts earn the on staff. Dalmagro joined Kansas following a very 2004 National Award for highest team GPA and successful playing and coaching career at Division was named to the Dean’s List. II West Florida. Prior to transferring to West Florida, Dalmagro Dalmagro was an assistant coach of both the played at ABAC. At ABAC, he was the NJCAA Player men’s and women’s teams at UWF prior to joining of the Year in 2003 and the individual national the KU staff. During his year with West Florida, champion in 2002. Dalmagro’s tennis coaching both teams reached the semifinals of the NCAA experience stretches beyond West Florida. In 2004 Tournament. Dalmagro’s coaching stay at West and 2005, Dalmagro served as the head coach at HONORS & AWARDS Florida was brief, but his impact produced one the Nike Tennis Camp in Lawrenceville, N.J., and Nebraska Herman Award (Team GPA, 2014) of the most decorated tennis players in school also coached at Abraham Baldwin College in All-American (Doubles, 2004) history. Tifton, Ga., from 2002 to 2003. All-American (Singles/Doubles, 2002-03) Dalmagro had a successful individual career Dalmagro graduated from West Florida, No. 3 National Ranking (Doubles) at UWF and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural earning a degree in business administration with a No. 11 National Ranking (Singles) College. Dalmagro was a member of UWF’s back- specialization in management. In 2016 he and his to-back NCAA Division II Championship teams in wife Karly, welcomed a son, Enzo. DALMAGRO’S COACHING PHILOSOPHY 2004 and 2005, and was part of the 2005 Gulf “I believe in assisting the student-athletes to reach and experience their full potential. To have an environment that encourages the athletes to learn and develop on and off the court. By using the values of hard work, dedication, passion, discipline, mental toughness and integrity, while focusing on the process, and not so much on the end results. My goal is to inspire and offer a positive approach in all areas that will help each athlete be the best they can be, and become a better person overall.”

German Dalmagro (pronounced Her-mahn Dal-mahg-ro) is in his fourth season with the Nebraska women’s tennis team in 2016-17. The 2015-16 season saw many improvements assisted by Dalmagro’s coaching philosophy and an upswing in overall team victories for the spring season. In 2014-15, the Huskers produced a four- match improvement in the win column from their 2013-14 campaign, which was Dalmagro’s first on the Nebraska staff. With a solid returning nucleus and some talented newcomers, the Huskers hope to make even more improvements while playing their second season at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center in 2016-17. Dalmagro is a former member of the Kansas women’s tennis coaching staff, spending six seasons with the Jayhawks from 2006 through 2013. In his first season with the Huskers in 2013-14, Nebraska claimed its fourth straight Herman Award for the highest team GPA among all Nebraska women’s sports. Four Huskers earned academic

SEASON PREVIEW . COACHES & SUPPORT STAFF . 2016-17 HUSKERS . REVIEW . HISTORY . THIS IS NEBRASKA HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWTENNIS #HUSKERS 7 SHAWN EICHORST Director of Athletics Third Season Wisconsin-Whitewater (1990)

As a member of the Chancellor’s Senior Administrative Team, Memorial Stadium expansion added the innovative NAPL Eichorst maintains a strong connection and collaboration inside East Stadium next to the Center for Brain, Biology between the University and athletics. and Behavior (CB3). That same year, Nebraska’s men’s and A highly respected national leader, Eichorst was appointed women’s basketball teams became the primary tenants at in 2015 to the Division I Football Oversight Committee. Pinnacle Bank Arena, and the renovated Devaney Center Most recently, Eichorst was named co-chair of the NCAA became the home for Husker volleyball, wrestling and the Division I Football Recruiting ad hoc working group. He men’s and women’s gymnastics programs. also serves on the Big Ten Conference Program and Budget Eichorst came to Nebraska after serving as Director of Review Committee. Eichorst was the first Director of Athletics at Miami in 2011 and 2012. He hired legendary Athletics from any conference to visit the Big Ten Academic men’s basketball coach Jim Larrañaga, who led Miami to the Alliance (formerly known as the Committee on Institutional NIT Second Round in his first season and ACC regular-season Cooperation) at its Champaign, Ill., headquarters. The Big and tournament titles as well and the NCAA Sweet 16 in his Ten Academic Alliance is a highly successful academic-based second. The women’s basketball program posted its highest consortium of 15 schools, including all 14 in the Big Ten national ranking in school history (No. 5) and advanced to Conference. Nebraska is leading the Big Ten and the Big the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. The Miami Ten Academic Alliance in several areas, including Digital women’s tennis team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for Humanities and head injury research. the fourth straight season, and the baseball team made its Under Eichorst, Nebraska has extended its nation-leading 40th consecutive NCAA appearance. The Hurricane women’s total of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans to 327 and its soccer team posted its first NCAA Tournament win in school nation-leading total of NCAA Top Ten Award winners to history, and the volleyball team made its third straight NCAA ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 17. More than 700 awards were presented at the 26th Tournament trip. Nebraska, Director of Athletics : 2013-present Annual Student-Athlete Awards Show—A Night at the Lied. Before heading to Miami, Eichorst was the Deputy Athletics Miami, Director of Athletics : 2011-12 In 2015-16, 109 student-athletes earned undergraduate or Director at Wisconsin. He was the Chief Operating Officer Wisconsin, Deputy Director of Athletics : 2009-11 graduate degrees and the Big Ten Conference honored 209 and oversaw the department’s daily operations, as well as Wisconsin, Executive Associate Director of Athletics : 2007-09 Husker student-athletes with Academic All-Big Ten awards. the men’s basketball program under the direction of Director Wisconsin, Senior Associate Director of Athletics : 2006-07 For the first time in school history, all Nebraska teams had of Athletics and former Husker Barry Alvarez. an NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 960 or higher and From 2004 to 2006, Eichorst served as the Senior Associate South Carolina, Senior Associate Director of Athletics : 2004-06 the overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 86 percent is Athletics Director for Administration at South Carolina, Wisconsin-Whitewater, Director of Athletics : 1999-2003 the highest in program history. In addition, seven Husker overseeing the department’s daily operations, as well as the PERSONAL teams (women’s basketball, golf, gymnastics, softball, tennis football and baseball programs under legendary coaches Lou Wisconsin-Whitewater, B.A. (Business) : 1990 and volleyball and men’s tennis) had a GSR of 100 percent Holtz, Steve Spurrier and Ray Tanner, respectively. Marquette, J.D. : 1995 as reported in the fall of 2015. From 1999 to 2003, Eichorst served as the Director of During Eichorst’s tenure, Nebraska has won three NCAA Athletics at Wisconsin-Whitewater, which produced four top Family: Kristin (wife); Jack, Joseph, Bennett (sons) team Championships, increasing its total to 27. In 2012-13 10-percent finishes in the NACDA Directors Cup, one NCAA Shawn Eichorst was recruited and hired by the University of and in 2014-15, the Nebraska women’s bowling team earned team title and two NCAA runner-up finishes. The program Nebraska in 2012 and quickly displayed an incredible passion the program’s fourth and fifth NCAA titles, while the Husker also featured 11 CoSIDA Academic All-America selections. for the University and for its student-athletes as well as the volleyball team won the 2015 NCAA Championship, the A native of Lone Rock, Wis., Eichorst was an all-conference State of Nebraska. As the leader of a tradition-rich athletic program’s fourth national title. defensive back, three-time letterwinner and 1990 football program with 24 intercollegiate teams, 600-plus student- In 2016, the Husker men’s track and field team swept the team captain for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. athletes and more than 325 full-time employees, Eichorst Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships and 14 Nebraska He graduated magna cum laude in business from UW- has relied on a strong value system and a student-centered teams competed in NCAA postseason action, including Whitewater in 1990 and in 2015 was awarded the approach to lead the department. Nebraska’s primary mission bowling, football, volleyball, women’s swimming and diving, Distinguished Alumni Award for Professional Achievement. is to provide student-athletes with the resources and support wrestling, softball, baseball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, He earned a law degree from Marquette Law School in 1995, they need to be successful in academics, athletics and life. The rifle, and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and practiced law in Milwaukee until 1999 and is a past member health, safety and welfare of student-athletes are priority one field. In 2015-16, Nebraska produced 41 All-Americans who of the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors. He served and the essence of every decision made at Nebraska. Since won 49 national awards, including 21 first-team honorees. as an assistant adjunct professor of law at Marquette, where Eichorst arrived in Lincoln, resources and services in every In 2013-14, Nebraska became one of only two NCAA he taught classes in sports law. He serves on the Marquette student-athlete support unit have been reviewed, improved institutions – and the first Big Ten program in history – to University National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors and enhanced, including academics, athletic medicine, life qualify for a football bowl game, and advance to NCAA and in 2006, Marquette awarded Eichorst the Sports Law skills, nutrition, sports psychology, strength and conditioning postseason in the major team sports of volleyball, soccer, Alumnus of the Year Award. He is also a graduate of the Sports and performance/research [Nebraska Athletic Performance men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball. Management Institute and serves on its Executive Committee. Laboratory (NAPL) and the Center for Brain, Biology and Additionally, Nebraska was the only institution to win a Shawn and his wife Kristin have three sons: Jack, Joseph Behavior (CB3)]. postseason game in six of those seven sports. and Bennett. Eichorst has continued to move Nebraska forward Nebraska’s fan support continues to be unparalleled in aggressively with several new initiatives to enhance the college athletics. In 2015-16, top 15 national rankings for student-athlete experience. Beginning in the summer of average attendance were reached across 10 sports—football, 2015, Nebraska became the first athletic department in volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, soccer, the country to offer laptop computers to every student- softball, baseball and men’s and women’s gymnastics. athlete and created a data analytics department. Husker Nebraska is the only school in the country to rank among student-athletes in all sports now receive four-year, full cost the top 15 nationally in both football and men’s basketball of attendance-based scholarships. Nebraska was also the attendance and in volleyball and women’s basketball. A first-known department of athletics to create a post-eligibility tribute to loyal Husker fans, two sports lead the nation opportunity (PEO) program, where every Husker letterwinner with consecutive home sellout streaks. Football has 354 who graduates and has exhausted his or her eligibility has consecutive sellouts and volleyball has 219 consecutive an opportunity to pursue either an internship, study abroad regular-season sellouts through their 2016 seasons. or graduate school program valued at $7,500. Nebraska was Under Eichorst’s leadership, Nebraska continues to focus also one of the first institutions to create a spring service on improving its facilities and the game-day experience at abroad trip, taking a team of student-athletes and staff to all athletic venues. In August of 2015, Hibner Stadium and Guatemala in 2015 and to the Dominican Republic in 2016. Barbara Hibner Field for soccer and the Sid and Hazel Dillon Eichorst is in high demand and has made more than 500 Tennis Center were completed. A new center-hung video public appearances around the state and country and his board and sound system was installed in the Devaney Center monthly radio show and “Connecting on Campus” online in 2015 to improve the game-day experience for volleyball, column provide opportunities to connect and share the wrestling and men’s and women’s gymnastics. In 2014, the incredible activities, initiatives and accomplishments largest wireless network system at a college football stadium happening at the greater University and in the department. in history was installed in Memorial Stadium, along with The Eichorst family (from left): Jack, Joseph, Bennett, a state-of-the-art sound system. In the summer of 2013, Kristin and Shawn. FOUR NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES SINCE 2010 8 2016-17 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S TENNIS PAT LOGSDON Executive Associate A.D./Administration & Senior Woman Administrator

A member of the Nebraska Athletic In addition, Logsdon manages student-athlete Department since 1979, Pat Logsdon serves end of season evaluations and exit interviews. as Executive Associate Athletic Director for She also serves as the sport administrator for Administration. She is Nebraska’s Senior Woman volleyball, beach volleyball, softball and men’s Administrator to the NCAA and the Big Ten and women’s gymnastics. Conference and serves on the Big Ten Sports Previously, Logsdon spent 23 seasons in Management Council. football operations, including six seasons as Logsdon’s duties include oversight on all NU’s director of football operations, the first administrative issues and operational functions female in Division I to serve in that capacity. She of the Athletic Director’s office. She also oversees handled organization of all recruiting functions, the areas of Department Travel, including bowl supervised compliance activities and coordinated and postseason travel, the Department’s Gender all football administrative operations, including Equity Plan, equipment and serves as a liaison travel and practice operations. to adidas. Logsdon earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Nebraska. STEVE WATERFIELD Executive Associate A.D./Performance & Strategic Research

Waterfield assists Director of Athletics Shawn years at Wisconsin, serving under Director Eichorst with the administration of the football of Athletics Barry Alvarez as an associate program and serves as the sport administrator athletic director for student services. Waterfield for men’s and women’s tennis. He also oversees oversaw compliance, academic services and athletic medicine, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, while also serving as sport sports nutrition, Lewis Training Table, the administrator for the men’s and women’s soccer Nebraska Athletic Performance Laboratory and men’s and women’s swimming and diving (NAPL) and strategic research and sports programs. analytics. Waterfield went to Wisconsin after spending Waterfield is the athletic department liaison five years as an assistant director of compliance to the institution’s Center for Brain, Biology and at Ohio State. Behavior (CB3), located in the East Stadium Waterfield holds a law degree, a master’s Research Facility. in business administration and a master’s in Waterfield joined Nebraska after two years as sports management from Ohio State and a a senior administrator at Miami. While in Coral bachelor’s degree in political science from Gables, Waterfield oversaw sports medicine, Kenyon College. He is a member of the Ohio bar athletic training, strength and conditioning and U.S. Federal District Court and worked as an Steve Waterfield is in his fourth season ast and human resources, and served as the direct assistant attorney general in the Ohio Attorney Nebraska and currently serves a Executive sport administrator for the football and men’s General’s Office. Associate Athletic Director for Performance and basketball programs. Steve and his wife, Jaime, have two sons, Davis Strategic Research. Prior to Miami, Waterfield spent seven and Austin. NEBRASKA TENNIS SUPPORT STAFF

Ricardo Abreu Lonnie Albers, M.D. Caleb Hawley Bobby Kelly Rachel Long Jon Pfeifer Cheyenne Rowe Ellen Shutts Assistant Athletic Director of Athletic Academic Advisor Communications Communications Strength Coach Communications Women’s Tennis Trainer Medicine Student Assistant Student Assistant Student Assistant Secretary

Director of Athletics: Shawn Eichorst Executive Associate A.D. Senior Associate A.D./Life Skills & N Club: Keith Zimmer Executive Associate A.D./Development, Performance & Strategic Research: Steve Waterfield Associate A.D./Community, Governmental Ticketing & Events: Marc Boehm Senior Associate A.D./Facilities & Capital Planning: & Charitable Relations:Chris Anderson Executive Associate A.D./CFO: John Jentz Bob Burton Associate A.D./Development & Ticket Operations: Executive Associate A.D./Academics: Dennis Leblanc Senior Associate A.D./Compliance: Jamie Vaughn Diane Mendenhall Executive Associate A.D./Administration & SWA: Senior Associate A.D./Marketing & Communications: Pat Logsdon Dave Witty

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