Ottawa Tennis 2018 Men’s Match Notes 2018 MEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE MATCH #14 - VS. KANSAS WESLEYAN - MARCH 29 - 1PM FEBRUARY Ottawa Braves 3 at William Jewell Kansas City, Mo. W, 7-2 2017-18 Record (KCAC) 7-6 (1-0) 10 at Midland Fremont, Neb. W, 7-2 Coaching Staff vs. Morningside W, 7-2 Head Coach Scott Enge Men’s School Record, Conference 13-18, 5-4 11 at Rockhurst Kansas City, Mo. L, 4-5 Men’s Career Record 13-18 16 at Washburn Topeka, Kan. L, 0-9 23 at Doane Crete, Neb. W, 7-2 at Concordia Seward, Neb. W, 8-1 Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes 2017-18 Record 4-3, 0-2 24 at Hastings Hastings, Neb. L, 1-8 Head Coach Bob Warkentine MARCH 1 at Emporia State Emporia, Kan. L, 3-6 10 vs. #RV Texarkana Winfield, Kan. L, 2-7 MATCH INFORMATION 18 at Missouri Valley Marshall, Mo. L, 4-5 23 vs. Baker Ottawa, Kan. W, 8-1 - Ottawa is 4-3 all-time against Kansas Wesleyan University. The Braves have lost two straight matches 24 at Friends* Wichita, Kan. W, 9-0 to the Coyotes. The last win for the Braves against KWU was on April 21, 2015. OU defeated KWU 5-4 in 29 vs. Kansas Wesleyan* Ottawa, Kan. 1pm Salina, Kan. The last time the Braves defeated the Coyotes in Ottawa was on April 12, 2014. OU won the match in Forest Park, 9-0. 31 at Southwestern* Winfield, Kan. 1pm - The Braves enter Thursday’s match coming off of a 9-0 victory over Friends University on Saturday APRIL afternoon. 4 vs. Tabor* Ottawa, Kan. 1pm 7 at McPherson* McPherson, Kan. 1pm - Ronald Rufyikiri Muheto, a junior from Burundi, Africa, was named KCAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week 12 vs. Bethany* Ottawa, Kan. 1pm for week three. He won his no. 3 singles match over Sammy-Kumar Hogan, 6-3, 6-2. He then teamed up 14 vs.. Bethel* Ottawa, Kan. 1pm with Keiran President to defeat Cole Guy and Alejandro Oviedo in no. 1 doubles, 8-6. Guy and Oviedo are ranked ninth in the Oracle/ITA NAIA Men’s Central Region. 18 at Sterling* Sterling, Kan. 11am 23 KCAC Tournament - OU has four players ranked in the ITA NAIA Central Region. In singles, Lukas Michenka is ranked 10th, 27 KCAC Tournament Karlo Skorvc is ranked 19th, and Keiran President is ranked 20th. In doubles, Ronald Rufyikiri Muheto and 28 KCAC Tournament President are ranked sixth. - After opening the spring season with four straight victories, the Coyotes are on a two match losing streak. KWU fell 8-1 to Bethany College on March 21 in Lindsborg, Kan. and lost 7-2 to no. 21 McPherson College in Salina on March 24. 2017-18 Ottawa Men’s Tennis Roster Name Yr. Hometown Previous School Lukas Michenka Jr. Prague, Czech Republic Cowley College Keiran President Jr. Castries, Saint Lucia Cameron University Virgil Reed Sr. New Braunfels, Texas Cowley College Alejandro Romero Sr. Bogota, Colombia Colorado State University Ronald Rufyikiri Muheto Jr. Burundi, Africa Cowley College Karlo Skvorc Sr. Cakovec, Croatia Alabama State University Mekasha Tadious Jr. Bromma Thorildsplans Gymnasium Ottawa Tennis 2018 Men’s Match Notes Scott Enge BRAVES HEAD MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COACH SECOND SEASON AT OTTAWA Coach Enge is in his second season as head coach of the OU men’s tennis program. In his first season at the helm, Enge led the Braves to an overall record of 6-10 and a KCAC record of 3-5. Allison Corfield was named First Team All-KCAC while Jennifer Luedtke earned Second Team All-KCAC. Corfield earned Daktornic Scholar Athlete honors. Before coming to OU, Enge spent 35 years as a high school and elementary physical education teacher, having spent the last 20 years in the Blue Valley School District. Enge brings 25 years of head coaching experience at the college and high school level. As a tennis coach, Enge was twice named National High School Tennis Coach of the Year, was named Section 5 National Federation of High Schools Coach of the Year, was a Kansas High School Coach of the Year, was named Johnson County Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2004, named Missouri Valley PSPTA Tennis Coach of the Year, was a coordinator and coach for the World Scholar-Athlete Games, was a certified USPTA Elite Pro for 28 years, coached three Kansas State Championship Teams, was a clinician developer for “The College Search”, and was a certified USTA referee. Enge has one of the top five highest winning percentages among Kansas High School coaches over the last 15 years. Enge was president and founder of the National High School Tennis Coaches Association and the first coach to rank both his men’s and women’s teams in the NHSTCA top 25. Enge has spoken at coaches conventions was creator of the “Tennis Coaches Handbook” instructional CD. He ran the Kansas State Tennis Tournament in 1996 and 2000 and was the first coach to get the tournament televised and to have USTA umpires. Enge was inducted into the Lenexa, Kansas’ Volunteer Hall of Fame for tennis program instruction and has ran and directed over 50 USTA sanction tennis tournaments in the last 15 years. Enge graduated from Emporia State University with a degree in physical education in 1981. He earned his masters in curriculum and instruction from Baker University in 1997. As a player at Emporia State University, Enge was a four-time All-CSI selection and helped the Hornets to four CSI Championships. Enge won three rounds at the 1981 NAIA National Tennis Championships and helped lead ESU to a ninth place finish. He had wins over players from nationally ranked Gustavus Adolphus, University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and Drake University. After his collegiate playing career was over, Enge continued to play competitively. In 2002, Enge was the no. 7 singles player in the Missouri Valley Adult Rankings and finished sixth at the National Father/Son Grass Court Championships in 2009. VS MEN’S OPPONENTS AT OTTAWA: MEN 13-18 (5-4 KCAC) KCAC Opponents Missouri Valley College 0-2 Year School Record/Conference Postseason Bethany College 0-1 Morningside College 1-0 2016-17 Ottawa 6-12/4-4 KCAC Bethel College 1-0 Nebraska Wesleyan University 1-0 2017-18 Ottawa 7-6/1-0 KCAC Friends University 2-0 Rockhurst University 0-1 Totals 2 years 13-18 / 5-4 KCAC Kansas Wesleyan University 0-1 Texas A&M Texarkana 0-1 McPherson College 0-1 Truman State University 0-1 Oklahoma Wesleyan University 1-0 Washburn University 0-1 Southwestern College 0-1 William Jewell College 1-1 Tabor College 1-0 Totals 8-14 Totals 5-4 Non-Conference Opponents Baker University 1-1 Central Christian College 1-0 Concordia University 1-1 Doane University 1-1 Emporia State University 0-2 Hastings College 0-1 Midland University 1-1 Ottawa Tennis 2018 Men’s Match Notes Ottawa University Men's Tennis Ottawa University Season Statistics (Through games of Mar 25, 2018) Overall record: 7-6 • KCAC: 1-0 • Region: 0-0 • Home: 2-0 • Away: 4-5 • Neutral: 1-1 vs National ranked: 0-1 • vs Regional ranked: 0-1 vs ranked Last SINGLES Overall Dual Tour KCAC 123456Nat'l Reg'l Strk 10 DJ Mead 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L3 0-3 Lukas Michenka 9-3 9-3 0-0 0-0 6-3 1-0 2-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 W2 6-3 R. Rufyikiri Muheto 11-7 6-5 5-2 0-0 --- 0-1 2-1 4-3 --- --- 0-0 0-0 W1 3-5 Keiran President 9-3 9-3 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-1 3-1 2-1 --- --- 0-0 0-0 W2 6-3 Virgil Reed 4-7 4-7 0-0 1-0 --- 1-0 --- --- --- 3-7 0-0 0-0 W1 3-7 Alejandro Romero 2-4 0-3 2-1 0-0 --- --- --- 0-1 0-2 --- 0-0 0-0 L4 2-4 Karlo Skvorc 11-6 8-3 3-3 0-0 2-0 4-2 2-1 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 W2 6-3 Mekasha Tadious 5-12 4-8 1-4 1-0 1-0 --- --- --- 2-7 1-1 0-0 0-0 W2 3-7 Totals 56-46 45-33 11-13 6-0 10-3 9-4 10-3 8-5 3-10 5-8 0-0 0-0 Percentage .549 .577 .458 1.000 .769 .692 .769 .615 .231 .385 .000 .000 vs ranked Last DOUBLES TEAMS Overall Dual Tour KCAC 1 2 3 Nat'l Reg'l Strk 10 R. Rufyikiri Muheto/Karlo Skvorc 3-2 0-0 3-2 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L1 3-2 DJ Mead/Mekasha Tadious 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 --- --- --- 0-0 0-0 L2 0-2 Alejandro Romero/Mekasha Tadious 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 --- --- 1-1 0-0 0-0 W1 2-2 Lukas Michenka/Karlo Skvorc 7-4 7-4 0-0 0-0 2-2 5-2 --- 0-0 0-0 W3 7-3 R. Rufyikiri Muheto/Keiran President 9-3 9-3 0-0 0-0 6-2 3-1 --- 0-0 0-0 W1 7-3 Virgil Reed/Mekasha Tadious 3-7 3-7 0-0 1-0 1-0 --- 2-7 0-0 0-0 W1 3-7 Lukas Michenka/Mekasha Tadious 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 --- 0-1 --- 0-0 0-0 L1 0-1 Virgil Reed/Alejandro Romero 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 --- --- 0-1 0-0 0-0 L1 0-1 Totals 26-22 22-17 4-5 3-0 9-4 9-4 4-9 0-0 0-0 Percentage .542 .564 .444 1.000 .692 .692 .308 .000 .000 Date Opponent Score Overall KCAC Nat'l Reg'l 9/8/2017 Wheat State Games 8:00 am (Topeka, Kan.) Sep 15, 2017 KCAC Indivdual Championships 10 am (Winfield, Kan.) Sep 22-24, 2017 ITA Central-West/Southwest Regional (Maize, Kan.) 2/3/2018 at William Jewell College W 7-2 1-0 0-0 2/10/2018 MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE W 7-2 2-0 0-0 2/10/2018 at Midland University W 7-2 3-0 0-0 2/11/2018 at Rockhurst University L 4-5 3-1 0-0 2/16/2018 at #19 Washburn L 0-9 3-2 0-0 2/23/2018 at Doane (Neb.) W 7-2 4-2 0-0 2/23/2018 vs Concordia University W 8-1 5-2 0-0 2/24/2018 at Hastings College L 1-8 5-3 0-0 Mar 02, 2018 at Emporia State University L 3-6 5-4 0-0 3/10/2018 vs Texas A&M Texarkana L 2-7 5-5 0-0 3/18/2018 at Missouri Valley College L 4-5 5-6 0-0 3/23/2018 BAKER UNIVERSITY W 8-1 6-6 0-0 * 3/24/2018 at Friends University W 9-0 7-6 1-0.