22015-16015-16 PPepperdineepperdine WWomen’somen’s TTennisennis RRecordecord BBookook TABLE OF CONTENTS PPepperdineepperdine HHistoryistory Pepperdine History ........................................... 3 The Pepperdine women’s tennis program has long been a player on the national Yearly Records ................................................. 4 stage, with repeated strong showings at the NCAA Championships and far more West Honors & Awards ...........................................5-7 Coast Conference championships than any other school. Individual Records ............................................ 8 Pepperdine’s history is synonymous with head coach Gualberto Escudero, who All-Time Roster ............................................9-10 completed his 37th and fi nal season in charge of the program in 2013-14. He remains on WCC Tournament Results ...............................11 staff as the associate NCAA Tournament Results ............................. 12 head coach, making NCAA Singles Tournament Results ...........13-14 room for Per Nilsson NCAA Doubles Tournament Results ............... 15 in 2014-15. Nilsson Yearly Match Results .................................16-23 was named the WCC Records vs. Opponents .............................24-27 Coach of the Year Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center .......................... 28 in his fi rst season, leading the Waves to QUICK FACTS the regular-season and conference tournament Location ...............................Malibu, Calif. 90263 championship titles. Founded ................ 1937 (Malibu Campus 1972) While Pepperdine had Enrollment .............8,000 (3,000 undergraduate) a women’s tennis team Nickname..................................................Waves prior to Escudero’s Colors ...........................Blue, Orange and White hiring as head coach Conference .......................................West Coast in 1977-78, nearly all Home Court ...........Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center of the school’s records capacity .................................................2,000 begin with his era. 2015 West Coast Conference Champions President ............................... Andrew K. Benton Since 1976, Athletic Director .......................... Dr. Steve Potts Pepperdine has produced a record of 683-348 (.662) and has advanced to the NCAA Athletic Department phone .........(310) 506-4150 Tournament on 32 occasions. (31 not including regionals). The Waves have reached the Ticket Offi ce phone ...................(866) WAVE-TIX quarterfi nals of the NCAA Tournament on four occasions (1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994). Pepperdine hasn’t missed the postseason since 1987 and has only been absent from the WOMEN’S TENNIS NCAA Tournament twice since the fi rst championship was held in 1982. During Escudero’s fi nal season in 2014, Pepperdine won a program-record 15 dual Head Coach ....................Per Nilsson (2nd season) matches in a row while producing an overall win-loss tally of 19-5 (.792). phone .....................................(310) 506-4506 None of the competition in the WCC comes close to matching the Waves, who have e-mail [email protected] won a total of 25 league tournament crowns and an additional four regular-season titles. Pepperdine record ..................................18-7 Pepperdine won 14 straight tournament crowns from 1988-2001, and another seven in a Record as men’s coach..... 95-76 (7 seasons) row from 2003-09. The Waves have won all but fi ve of the WCC championship tournaments Overall career record .......113-83 (8 seasons) ever held, and no other school has won more than two. Since the tournament went to its Associate Head Coach ....... Gualberto Escudero current dual-match format in 1995, the Waves have posted a remarkable 57-3 (.950) record. phone .....................................(310) 506-4506 Over the years, Pepperdine has collected 32 All-American selections, fi ve WCC e-mail [email protected] Player of the Year awards and eight WCC Freshman of the Year accolades. Record as head coach ... 651-334 (37 seasons) The Waves have had two four-time All-Americans: Janna Kovacevich (1988-91) and Angela Lawrence (1996-99). Three-time All-Americans include Ginger Helgeson, All-Time Record ............... 683-348 (40 seasons) NCAA Championships Appearances .............. 32 Noelle Porter and Ipek Senoglu, while Zsofi a Csapo, Lorraine Guillermo, Pam Jung, Paola current streak .............................................28 Palencia and Isabela Petrov were two-time All-Americans. WCC Tournament Championships ................. 25 Pepperdine’s most recent All-Americans were Khunpak Issara and Lorraine last .........................................................2015 Guillermo in 2012. With a career doubles record of 33-6, the duo ended their tenure WCC Regular-Season Championships ............ 4 together with the highest winning percentage in program history at .846. Guillermo went on last .........................................................2015 to singles All-American notice as a senior in 2015. The Waves have also produced many standouts in the classroom, including Anna ATHLETIC Brunstrom, who received CoSIDA Academic All-American second team honors in 1991, in COMMUNICATIONS addition to 45 WCC All-Academic selections since 1992. Director ...........................................Roger Horne offi ce phone ...........................(310) 506-4455 e-mail [email protected] Associate SID/WTEN Contact ........Dena Meiste offi ce phone ...........................(310) 506-4160 e-mail [email protected] Assistant SID ............................... Jacob Breems e-mail [email protected] Address ................24255 Pacifi c Coast Highway ........................................Malibu, Calif. 90263 Fax..............................................(310) 506-7459 Website ................... www.pepperdinesports.com Twitter ..@PeppWTEN and @PepperdineWaves Facebook ........................... Pepperdine.Athletics ..........................................PepperdineWTEN Instagram............................... PepperdineWaves JANNA KOVACEVICH LORRAINE GUILLERMO & KHUNPAK ISSARA 2015-16 Pepperdine Women’s Tennis Record Book PepperdineSports.comP di S @PeppWTEN@P WTEN ##RollWavesRollWaves | 3 YYearlyearly RRecordsecords WCC WCC TOURN. REG. NCAA FINAL YEAR COACH W L PCT H A N FINISH SEASON FINISH RANK 1976 Margo Riggs 7 1 .875 n/a — — — — — — 1977 Margo Riggs 7 6 .538 n/a — — — — (AIAW 14th) — 1978 Gualberto Escudero 13 7 .650 9-1 4-4 0-2 — — — — 1979 Gualberto Escudero 22 7 .759 13-1 7-3 2-3 — — (AIAW 12th) #12 1980 Gualberto Escudero 28 9 .750 18-3 6-4 4-2 — — (AIAW 13th) #13 1981 Gualberto Escudero 18 9 .667 9-4 6-5 3-0 — — — #15 1982 Gualberto Escudero 17 10 .630 12-5 3-3 2-2 — — Round of 16 #14 1983 Gualberto Escudero 20 10 .667 12-4 3-4 5-2 — — Round of 16 #15 1984 Gualberto Escudero 24 8 .750 13-4 6-2 5-2 — — Round of 16 #8 1985 Gualberto Escudero 17 14 .548 12-5 2-5 3-4 — — Round of 16 #15 1986 Gualberto Escudero 14 14 .500 11-6 3-6 0-2 2nd — — #20 1987 Gualberto Escudero 9 22 .290 8-13 0-6 1-3 3rd — — — 1988 Gualberto Escudero 22 4 .846 12-1 5-2 5-1 1st — Round of 16 #17 1989 Gualberto Escudero 18 9 .667 12-2 2-4 4-3 1st — Quarterfi nals #T-7 1990 Gualberto Escudero 15 12 .556 11-4 3-5 1-3 1st — Quarterfi nals #11 1991 Gualberto Escudero 23 5 .821 14-1 5-2 4-2 1st — Quarterfi nals #5 1992 Gualberto Escudero 15 6 .714 11-2 3-1 1-3 1st — Round of 16 #12 1993 Gualberto Escudero 16 5 .762 9-0 5-3 2-2 1st — Round of 16 #9 1994 Gualberto Escudero 18 5 .782 11-2 4-1 3-2 1st — Quarterfi nals #8 1995 Gualberto Escudero 15 11 .557 8-7 4-2 3-2 1st — Round of 16 #15 1996 Gualberto Escudero 17 8 .680 11-5 2-2 4-1 1st — Regionals #13 1997 Gualberto Escudero 20 8 .714 7-3 6-1 7-4 1st — Round of 16 #14 1998 Gualberto Escudero 22 6 .786 14-1 4-2 4-3 1st — Round of 16 #13 1999 Gualberto Escudero 25 5 .833 15-2 5-1 5-2 1st — Round of 16 #8 2000 Gualberto Escudero 21 5 .807 12-3 3-1 6-1 1st — Second Round #10 2001 Gualberto Escudero 18 9 .667 10-3 4-3 4-3 1st — First Round #20 2002 Gualberto Escudero 13 14 .481 9-10 1-3 3-1 2nd — Second Round #37 2003 Gualberto Escudero 13 14 .481 12-8 0-6 1-0 1st — Second Round #40 2004 Gualberto Escudero 15 10 .600 8-7 3-3 4-0 1st — Second Round #34 2005 Gualberto Escudero 15 9 .625 7-6 5-3 3-0 1st — Second Round #33 2006 Gualberto Escudero 21 4 .840 15-2 3-2 3-0 1st — Second Round #14 2007 Gualberto Escudero 20 10 .667 13-3 5-5 2-2 1st — Second Round #17 2008 Gualberto Escudero 20 5 .800 9-3 6-2 5-0 1st — Second Round #25 2009 Gualberto Escudero 13 12 .520 7-6 2-4 4-2 1st — First Round #41 2010 Gualberto Escudero 12 14 .462 7-6 1-5 4-3 2nd — First Round #43 2011 Gualberto Escudero 15 8 .652 9-5 2-2 4-1 1st — Second Round #24 2012 Gualberto Escudero 16 9 .640 8-2 6-5 2-2 2nd 1st Second Round #33 2013 Gualberto Escudero 12 12 .500 5-5 3-5 4-2 1st 1st First Round #55 2014 Gualberto Escudero 19 5 .792 9-0 7-5 3-0 1st 1st Second Round #24 2015 Per Nilsson 18 5 .662 7-3 6-4 5-0 1st 1st Second Round #22 Totals 40 seasons 683 348 .662 399-148 145-126 125-67 • Pepperdine sponsored women’s tennis prior to 1976; however, records are not currently available • 2012 marked the fi rst season the WCC featured a full round-robin schedule and awarded a regular-season champion. 4 | ##RollWavesRollWaves 22015-16015-16 PPepperdineepperdine WWomen’somen’s TTennisennis RRecordecord BBookook HHonorsonors & AAwardswards ITA ALL-AMERICANS WCC FRESHMAN 2007 Bianca Dulgheru