AUBURN TIGERSTENNIS 2014 AUBURN MEN’S TENNIS TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS Quick Facts ................................................................................................................. 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 2014 Schedule .......................................................................................................... 2 School ............................................................. Auburn University City / Zip ....................................................Auburn, Ala. / 36831 2014 Roster ................................................................................................................ 3 Founded .....................................................................Oct. 1, 1856 Head Coach Eric Shore .......................................................................................... 4 Enrollment ........................................................................... 25,078 Assistant Coach Martin Stiegwardt ................................................................... 6 Nickname ...............................................................................Tigers Yarbrough Tennis Center ...................................................................................... 7 Colors ..........................................Burnt Orange and Navy Blue Facility ........ City of Auburn/Auburn University Yarbrough 2012-13 Review ..................................................................................................8-17 Tennis Center All-Time Record vs. Opponents ........................................................................18 Affiliation ............................................................ NCAA Division I Year-by-Year Result ........................................................................................ 19-24 Conference......................................Southeastern Conference President ................................................................. Dr. Jay Gogue Coaching Records .................................................................................................25 Alma Mater .........................................................Auburn (1969) Final ITA Rankings .................................................................................................26 Athletic Director ..........................................................Jay Jacobs All-SEC/SEC Champions ......................................................................................27 Alma Mater .........................................................Auburn (1985) University Website ......................................www.Auburn.edu NCAA Champions ..................................................................................................28 All-Americans ..........................................................................................................29 COACHING STAFF Career Record Book ..............................................................................................30 Head Coach ......................Eric Shore (Francis Marion, 1984) All-Time Letterwinners ........................................................................................31 Season .....................................................................................24rd Overall Record at Auburn ............................. 318-252 (.558) Assistant Coach .Martin Stiegwardt (Georgia State, 2007) Season ........................................................................................1st Office Phone ........................................................(334) 844-9751 TENNIS INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Inaugural Season ...................................................................1950 Season of Tennis .....................................................................65th INTERVIEWS FACILITIES All-Time Record ................................................... 736-562 (.567) All interview requests for Auburn The home of the Auburn men’s NCAA Tournament Appearances ..........................................20 head coach Eric Shore and Auburn and women’s tennis program Last Postseason Finish ... L, 4-1 vs. North Carolina State (‘13 student-athletes should be made is the Yarbrough Tennis Center. NCAA First Round) to Assistant Director of Athletics, The facility has six indoor courts, 2012-13 REVIEW Communications, Tyler Pigg. along with 12 outdoor courts. All Overall Record ...................................................................... 13-11 Interviews on match day will be of Auburn’s home matches will be SEC Record / Finish .....................................5-7 / 4th SEC West conducted following the conclusion played at this facility. The Yarbrough Final National Ranking .........................................................29th of competition. Events to all home Tennis Center also holds team events are free and media are not locker rooms, coaches’ offices and a 2013-14 PREVIEW credentialed. training room. Letterwinners Returning / Lost ...........................................4/5 Newcomers ..................................................................................... 4 AUBURNTIGERS.COM Top Returners .........................Daniel Cochrane, Lukas Ollert AuburnTigers.com is the official Top Losses ...............................................................Andreas Mies home for information on the MEDIA RELATIONS Auburn women’s tennis team, as Men’s Tennis SID ...........................................................Tyler Pigg well as head coach Erich Shore. The E-mail ....................................................tep0003@auburn.edu website includes rosters and the Office Phone ........................................................334.844.9593 2014 schedule. Information is also Cell Phone ............................................................334.750.0791 avaliable on Facebook and Twitter. Main Office Phone ................................................334.844.9800 Office Fax .................................................................334.844.9807 Website .............................................. www.AuburnTigers.com Facebook ................................facebook.com/AUMensTennis Twitter ................................................................@MensTennisAU 2014 MEDIA GUIDE AUBURNTIGERS.COM 1 AUBURN TIGERSTENNIS 2014 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time 01/18/14 vs. Jacksonville State Auburn, Ala. 11:00 a.m. CT vs. Mercer Auburn, Ala. 5:00 p.m. CT 01/21/14 vs. Troy Auburn, Ala. 2:00 p.m. CT 01/25/14 vs. Drake University Waco, Texas TBA 01/26/14 Baylor/Boise State Waco, Texas TBA 02/01/14 vs. Alabama A&M Auburn, Ala. 11:00 a.m. CT vs. Davidson Auburn, Ala. 5:00 p.m. CT 02/04/14 vs. UAB Auburn, Ala. 2:00 p.m. CT 02/07/14 at Florida Gulf Coast Naples, Fla. 5:00 p.m. CT 02/14/14 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 2:00 p.m. CT 02/16/14 at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 2:00 p.m. CT 02/21/14 Blue Gray Tournament Montgomery, Ala. TBA 02/22/14 Blue Gray Tournament Montgomery, Ala. TBA 02/23/14 Blue Gray Tournament Montgomery, Ala. TBA 02/28/14 at Ole Miss* Oxford, Miss. 2:00 p.m. CT 03/02/14 at Mississippi State* Starkville, Miss. 1:00 p.m. CT 03/07/14 vs. Arkansas* Auburn, Ala. 2:00 p.m. CT 03/09/14 vs. LSU* Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. CT 03/14/14 at Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. 5:00 p.m. CT 03/21/14 at Florida* Gainesville, Fla. 3:00 p.m. CT 03/23/14 at South Carolina* Columbia, S.C. 1:00 p.m. CT 03/28/14 vs. Kentucky* Auburn, Ala. 2:00 p.m. CT 03/30/14 vs. Vanderbilt* Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. CT 04/06/14 at Texas A&M* College Station, Texas 1:00 p.m. CT 04/11/14 vs. Tennessee* Auburn, Ala. 5:00 p.m. CT 04/13/14 vs. Georgia* Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. CT 04/16-20/14 SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. TBA 05/08-10/14 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA 05/17-26/14 NCAA Tournament Finals Athens, Ga. TBA 2014 MEDIA GUIDE AUBURNTIGERS.COM AUBURN TIGERSTENNIS 2014 ROSTER (L-R): Dante Saleh, Nicholas Kiger, Oliver Plaskett, Daniel Cochrane, Dennis Lengsfeld, Petar Tomic, Joseph Van Dooren, Lukas Ollert Player Ht. Class Hometown Daniel Cochrane 6-3 SR Alton, England (Ralph Allen) Dennis Lengsfeld 6-3 SR Alterkuelz, Germany (Baylor) Nicholas Kiger 6-0 FR Katonah, N.Y. Jack Nicholas FR Birmingham, Ala. Lukas Ollert 5-8 SR Munich, Germany Oliver Plaskett 6-1 FR Birmingham, England Dante Saleh 5-8 FR Newport Beach, Calif. Petar Tomic 6-3 FR Belgrade, Serbia Joseph Van Dooren 6-0 SO Hamme, Belgium Head Coach: Eric Shore Assistant Coach: Martin Stiegwardt 2014 MEDIA GUIDE AUBURNTIGERS.COM MEET THE TIGERS AUBURN TIGERSTENNIS ERIC SHORE HEAD COACH FRANCIS MARION, 1984 24th SEASON AT AUBURN/OVERALL RECORD AT AUBURN: 318-252 (.568) CAREER RECORD: SAME Eric Shore, Auburn’s all-time winningest men’s tennis coach, enters his 24th season on the Plains during the 2013-14 season. After posting an 13-11 record in 2012, Shore now holds a 318- 252 career record at Auburn for a .568 winning percentage. Since beginning his Auburn coaching career before the 1991 season, Shore has established Auburn as one of the top programs in the country, averaging nearly 14 wins per season with 19 NCAA Tournament appearances. Shore became the all-time winningest men’s tennis coach in Auburn history on Feb. 5, 2005 as he guided his squad to a victory over Samford to capture win No. 193. Shore passed former head coach Hugh Thomson’s 192 career wins as the latter was head coach from 1982-1990. He picked up his 300th win with the Tigers on March 16, 2012, with a 7-0 win over Central Florida. Since coming to Auburn in 1990, Shore has Moodie, by becoming the