Table of Contents 2005-06 Roster . .2 2006 Sun Belt Championships . .2 GENERAL INFORMATION 2006 NCAA Championships . .2 Location . Murfreesboro, Tenn. Guide to College Tennis . .3 Enrollment . 22,554 Middle Tennessee Facilities . .4 Founded . 1911 Buck Bouldin Tennis Center . .4 Nickname . Blue Raiders Racquet Club of Murfreesboro . .4 Colors . Royal Blue and White Players & Coaches . 5-14 President . Dr. Sidney A. McPhee Head Coach Alison Ojeda . .6 Director of Athletics . .Chris Massaro Assistant Carien Venter . .7 Sr. Women’s Admin. Diane Turnham Trainer Brandi Bashor . .7 Athletics Phone . 615/898-2450 Strength Coach Matt Riley . .7 Website . GoBlueRaiders.com Sophomore Ann-Kristin Siljestrom . .8 Conference . Sun Belt Sophomore Claudia Szabo . .9 Home Courts . Buck Bouldin TC Freshman Kelly Adams . .10 Indoor Facility . Racquet Club Freshman Marlene Chemin . 11 Freshman Pooja Kommireddi . .12 MEDIA RELATIONS Freshman Elvira Yusupova . .13 Director . Mark Owens This Is Blue Raider Tennis . .14 Asst./Women’s Tennis . Jo Jo Freeman 2004-05 Review . 15-20 Freeman’s e-mail . [email protected] 2005 Season Review . .16 Freeman’s Office Phone . 615/898-5270 2004-05 Statistics . .17 Freeman’s Home Phone . 615/896-4121 2005 Match-by-Match Results . 18-20 Assistant . Tony Stinnett Middle Tennessee History . 21-28 Former All-American Alison Ojeda takes Assistant . Denise Gideon over the Middle Tennessee program as Media Relations Fax . 615/898-5626 All-Conference . .22 head coach in 2005-06. Conference Championships . .22 Mailing Address . MTSU Box 20 Year-by-Year Results . .23 . Murfreesboro, TN 37132 NCAA Tournament History . .24 Overnight Address . 1500 Greenland Drive All-Americans . .24 . Murfreesboro, TN 37132 19th Annual Pro-Am . .25 Letterwinners . .26 COACHING STAFF All-Time Records . .27 Head Coach . Alison Ojeda Record vs. Opponents . .28 Alma Mater/Year . Tennessee/2002 The University . 29-44 Record at MT . First Season Middle Tennessee . 30-31 CREDITS Career Record . First Season University President . .32 Ojeda Office Phone . 615/898-5154 The 2005-06 Blue Raider Women’s Tennis Me- Director of Athletics . .33 dia Guide is a production of the Middle Tennes- Assistant . Carien Venter Academic Center . .34 see Athletic Media Relations Department. The Sports Medicine . .35 guide was written and designed by Assistant Di- TEAM INFORMATION Sun Belt Conference . .36 rector of Media Relations Jo Jo Freeman. Print- 2004-05 Dual Match Record . 8-14 Community Service . .37 ing provided by Franklin Graphics in Nashville, 2004-05 Sun Belt Finish . .8th Scarlett Commons . .38 Tenn. Special thanks to Middle Tennessee Pho- 2004-05 National ITA Poll Finish . .NA Dining Facilities . .39 tographic Services (Jack Ross, J. Intintoli and Ken 2004-05 Postseason . .NA Robinson) and MTSU Publications and Graph- The Midstate . .40 Letterwinners Returning/Lost . 3/4 City of Murfreesboro . .41 ics. Also special thanks to Bradley Lambert, Denise Gideon and Dan Anderson for photos. Starters Returning/Lost . .2/3 Strength & Conditioning . .42 Research and editing provided by Russell Luna GoBlueRaiders.com . .43 and Allison Maynard. Covers designed by David Middle Tennessee, a Tennessee Board of Traditions . .44 Lowry of DGL Grafix in Nashville, Tenn. Regents university, is an equal opportunity, nonracially identifiable, educational institu- MISSION STATEMENT tion that does not discriminate against indi- The Middle Tennessee athletic program is committed to quality athletics that bring the campus commu- viduals with disabilities. SP032-0206 nity together and promote a sense of pride and tradition in academic and athletic excellence. These programs also bring the University regional and national recognition and provide a link between the University, its alumni, and the community at large. They give students, faculty and alumni opportunities for innovative public service activities that better the community. Athletics uses financial and physical resources to maintain and develop sports programs to accomplish the mission of the University. 2005-06 Middle Tennessee Tennis 1 2005-06 Roster 2005-06 Roster PRIMARY MEDIA OUTLETS Name Ht. Cl. Hometown/High School (Last School) Daily News Journal PO Box 68 Kelly Adams 5-7 FR Auburn, Ala./Auburn HS Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Marlene Chemin 5-9 FR Augsberg, Germany/Fachoberschule 615/893-5860; 615/893-5592 FAX Pooja Kommireddi 5-9 FR Hyderabad, India/Hyderabad Public School Adam Sparks (Beat Writer) Ann-Kristin Siljestrom 5-8 SO Stockholm, Sweden/Norra Real The Tennessean 1100 Broadway Claudia Szabo 5-5 SO Morwell, Australia/St. Paul’s Grammar Nashville, TN 37202 Elvira Yusupova 5-5 FR Ufa, Russia/Linguistic Gymnasium 615/259-8000; 615/259-8826 FAX Associated Press Head Coach: Alison Ojeda PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 215 Centerview Dr., Suite 110 MARLENE CHEMIN . mar-LEAN-aa SHUH-mon (light) Brentwood, TN 37027 Assistant Coach: Carien Venter 615/373-9988; 615/376-0947 FAX Athletic Trainer: Brandi Bashor POOJA KOMMIREDDI . POOH-juh COMB-uh-ready Ann-Kristin SILJESTROM . SIL-strum Sidelines Stringer: Alexander Mitchell Claudia SZABO . ZAY-bo MTSU Box 42 ELVIRA YUSUPOVA . el-VEER-uh YOU-suh-po-vuh Murfreesboro, TN 37132 615/898-2815; 615/904-8487 FAX WKRN-TV (Ch. 2 ABC) 441 Murfreesboro Rd. Nashville, TN 37210 615/248-7240; 615/248-7329 FAX WSMV-TV (Ch. 4 NBC) PO Box 4 Nashville, TN 37202 615/353-2231; 615/353-2343 FAX WTVF-TV (Ch. 5 CBS) 474 James Robertson Pkwy. Nashville, TN 37219 Sun Belt 615/248-5285; 615/244-9883 FAX Championships WZTV-TV (Ch. 17 FOX) NCAA Team-Singles- 631 Mainstream Dr. April 21-23 Nashville, TN 37228 Doubles Championships 615/244-1717; 615/259-3962 FAX May 20-29 Mobile, Ala. MTTV Stanford, Calif. MTSU Box 58 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 615/898-5050; 615/898-5682 FAX 2006 MIDDLE TENNESSEE TENNIS CAMPS 104.5 The Zone WHO MAY ATTEND REGISTRATION PO Box 101604 This camp is designed to provide a learning environment Send the application and fee to the address below: Nashville, TN 37224 for ages 7 to 18 (beginner-advanced). Its purpose is prima- Coach Alison Ojeda 615/244-9533; 615/259-1271 FAX rily to teach the fundamentals of the game. We hope that MTSU Box 465 everyone who attends has an enjoyable and fun time and Murfreesboro, TN 37132 WGNS-1450 AM will continue to progress during the summer. For further inquiries or information, call 615/898-5154 306 S. Church St. AFTER JUNE 1, NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE Murfreesboro, TN 37130 In order to run the camp effectively, we are limiting ap- 615/893-5373; 615/867-6397 FAX plications to 40 CAMPERS PER SESSION. Early regis- EARLY REGISTRATION tration is recommended. z Early registration for all camps is May 10 106.7 The Fan z Any interested overnight campers please call for 107 Music City Cir., Ste. 203 CAMP COST: $300 further information Nashville, TN 37214 A 10 percent discount applies to the following: 615/885-9986; 615/885-9900 FAX z Early registration - May 10th REGISTRATION DEADLINES z Two or more from the same family Camp I (June 12-16) June 2 WMOT-89.5 FM z Attendance for two weeks Camp II (June 19-23) June 10 MTSU Box 3 z Middle Tennessee State University employees Camp III (June 26-30) June 17 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 615/898-2800; 615/898-2774 FAX *Group Discounts for Teams: INSURANCE/MEDICAL COVERAGE Call Assistant Director Alison Ojeda for team discounts A secondary accident insurance package is included in the WMTS-88.3 FM camp fee. Our insurance covers expenses that your policy MTSU Box 58 will not pay. Every effort will be made to protect the health Murfreesboro, TN 37132 and safety of each camper. 615/898-2636; 615/898-5682 FAX 2 2005-06 Middle Tennessee Tennis Guide to College Tennis Although collegiate tennis has been dubbed by many each year. The NCAA Team Championship finals have first team ranking of the season. as a spring sport, the truth is tennis on the college level historically been held at the University of Georgia and During the spring, the team rankings will be released actually lasts throughout the traditional academic year. still are on a consistent basis. In recent seasons, how- every week beginning January 10, 2006. The first indi- Several national tournaments and events are held in ever, the NCAAs have moved out of Athens more fre- vidual rankings of the spring will be also be released the fall in addition to the normal dual match team sched- quently. The 1994 tournament was held at the Univer- January 10 and are released every other week starting ule, which is played in the spring. sity of Notre Dame and in 1997 was at UCLA. The 2002 February 22. The final rankings of 2006 will be released The collegiate tennis year begins in September and and 2004 tournaments were at Texas A&M, and this June 2. The ITA contact for tennis is CASEY ANGLE. ends in May – both for Middle Tennessee and the rest year’s event will take place in Palo Alto, Calif. The rankings include the top 75 teams in the coun- of the college tennis world. Middle Tennessee has made the NCAA Team Cham- try, the top 100 singles players and the top 50 doubles pionships field in seven of the past 11 seasons, ad- teams. vancing to the second round in 1997 and 2002. There are two ways the rankings are determined during the year – the ITA National Ranking Committee DUAL MATCHES – A dual match is two teams com- and the average-points-per-match formula, which com- peting against one another. A dual match lineup con- putes a player’s overall win/loss record with extra points sists of six singles positions and three doubles posi- for wins over ranked players and bonus points for par- tions. Typically the No. 1 position is considered the best ticipation in certain tournaments, such as Grand Slam player or doubles team on a squad and so on down the events.