2015 Auburn Men’s Tennis 2015 AUBURN MEN’S TENNIS TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS Quick Facts ................................................................................................................. 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 2015 Schedule .......................................................................................................... 2 School ............................................................. Auburn University City / Zip ....................................................Auburn, Ala. / 36831 2015 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 2013-14 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 .....................................................................................25th Overall Record at Auburn ............................. 332-266 (.555) Assistant Coach .Martin Stiegwardt (Georgia State, 2007) Season ......................................................................................2nd Office Phone ........................................................(334) 844-9751 TENNIS INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Inaugural Season ...................................................................1950 Season of Tennis .....................................................................65th INTERVIEWS FACILITIES All-Time Record ................................................... 750-576 (.566) 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. Harvard (‘14 NCAA First student-athletes should be made is the Yarbrough Tennis Center. Round) to Shelly Poe or Josh Brunner. The facility has six indoor courts, 2013-14 REVIEW Interviews on match day will be along with 12 outdoor courts. All Overall Record ...................................................................... 14-14 conducted following the conclusion of Auburn’s home matches will be SEC Record / Finish ............................................4-9 / T-9th SEC of competition. Events to all home played at this facility. The Yarbrough Final National Ranking .........................................................44th events are free and media are not Tennis Center also holds team credentialed. locker rooms, coaches’ offices and a 2014-15 PREVIEW training room. Letterwinners Returning / Lost ...........................................5/5 AUBURNTIGERS.COM Newcomers ..................................................................................... 5 AuburnTigers.com is the official Top Returners ............................................................Lukas Ollert home for information on the Top Losses .........................................................Daniel Cochrane Auburn men’s tennis team, as MEDIA RELATIONS well as head coach Eric Shore. The Men’s Tennis SID .............................. Shelly Poe/Josh Brunner website includes rosters and the E-mail [email protected]/[email protected] 2015 schedule. Information is also Office Phone ........................................................334.844.9593 avaliable on Facebook and Twitter. Cell Phone ................................334.707.4910/205.568.6559 Main Office Phone ................................................334.844.9800 Office Fax .................................................................334.844.9807 Website .............................................. www.AuburnTigers.com Facebook ................................facebook.com/AUMensTennis Twitter ............................................................. @AuburnMTennis 2014 MEDIA GUIDE AUBURNTIGERS.COM 2 2015 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time 01/18/15 vs. The Citadel Auburn, Ala. 11:00 a.m. CT vs. The Citadel Auburn, Ala. 5:00 p.m. CT 01/23/15 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio TBA 01/24/15 Winner of Tulsa/Purdue Columbus, Ohio TBA 01/31/15 vs. Mercer Auburn, Ala. 10:00 a.m. CT vs. Mercer Auburn, Ala. 4:00 p.m. CT 02/06/15 vs. UAB Auburn, Ala. 11:00 a.m. CT vs. UAB Auburn, Ala. 5:00 p.m. CT 02/13/15 vs. Clemson Auburn, Ala. 2:00 p.m. CT 02/15/15 vs. Georgia Tech Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. C 02/20/15 Blue Gray Tournament Montgomery, Ala. All Day 02/21/15 Blue Gray Tournament Montgomery, Ala. All Day 02/22/15 Blue Gray Tournament Montgomery, Ala. All Day 02/26/15 vs. South Carolina * Auburn, Ala. 2:00 p.m. CT 03/01/15 vs. Georgia * Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. CT 03/08/15 at Vanderbilt * Nashville, Tenn. 1:00 p.m. CT 03/13/15 vs. Alabama * Auburn, Ala. 4:00 p.m. CT 03/15/15 vs. Mississippi State * Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. CT 03/20/15 at Ole Miss * Oxford, Miss. 2:00 p.m. CT 03/22/15 at Arkansas * Fayetteville, Ark. 1:00 p.m. CT 03/26/15 vs. Jacksonville State Auburn, Ala. 10:00 a.m. CT vs. Jacksonville State Auburn, Ala. 4:00 p.m. CT 03/28/15 vs. Florida * Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. CT 04/03/15 at Texas A&M * College Station, Texas TBA 04/05/15 vs. LSU * Auburn, Ala. 1:00 p.m. CT 04/10/15 at Tennessee * Knoxville, Tenn. TBA 04/12/15 at Kentucky * Lexington, Ky. 1:00 p.m. CT 04/15-19/15 SEC Tournament College Station, Texas TBA 05/08-10/15 NCAA Tournament 1st/2nd Rounds TBA TBA 05/14-24/15 NCAA Tournament Finals Waco, Texas TBA 2014 MEDIA GUIDE AUBURNTIGERS.COM 2014-15 ROSTER (L-R): Front: Max Hinnisdaels, Viboosh Chandrasekar, Zach Barnes, Dante Saleh; Back: Devon Grant, Coach Martin Stiegwardt, Petar Tomic, Marko Krickovic, Lukas Ollert, Joseph Van Dooren, Oliver Plaskett, Coach Eric Shore Player Ht. Class Hometown Zach Barnes 5-10 FR Birmingham, Ala. (Spain Park ) Viboosh Chandrasekar 6-0 FR Boston, Mass. (Laurel Springs) Maxime Hinnisdaels 6-1 SO Saint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium (Texas Tech) Marko Krickovic 6-2 JR Munich, Germany (Baylor) Lukas Ollert 5-8 SR Munich, Germany (Isar-Sport-Gymanasium) Oliver Plaskett 6-2 SO Birmingham, England (Solihull) Dante Saleh 5-9 SO Newport Beach, Calif. Petar Tomic 6-4 SO Belgrade, Serbia (Milos Crnjanski) Joseph Van Dooren 6-0 JR Hamme, Belgium Head Coach: Eric Shore Assistant Coach: Martin Stiegwardt 2014 MEDIA GUIDE AUBURNTIGERS.COM COACHING STAFF ERIC SHORE HEAD COACH FRANCIS MARION, 1984 25th 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 25th season on the Plains during the 2014-15 season. After posting a 14-14 record in 2013, Shore now holds a 332- 266 career record at Auburn for a .555 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 20 NCAA Tournament appearances. He 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,