2007 NCAA ChAmpioNs • 2008 NCAA siNgles ChAmpioN 2007 & ‘08 iTA National TeAm Indoor ChAmpioNs 2008 iTA All-AmeriCAN doubles ChAmpioN Hillary Davis Lynn Blau Irina Falconi Viet Ha Ngo 2008-09 WOMEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER MARCH 19-21 Georgia Tech Invitational Atlanta, Ga. All Day 1 Baylor Atlanta, Ga. 1:00 p.m. ET 27- Oct. 5 Riviera/ITA All-American Pacific Palisades, Calif. All Day 7 Miami* Atlanta, Ga. 12:00 p.m. ET Championships 8 Florida State* Atlanta, Ga. 12:00 p.m. ET OCTOBER 14 Notre Dame Atlanta, Ga. 1:00 p.m. ET 19 at Georgia Athens, Ga. 5:00 p.m. ET 24-27 Wilson/ITA South Athens, Ga. All Day 21 Virginia* Atlanta, Ga. 12:00 p.m. ET Region Championships 22 Virginia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. 11:00 a.m. ET NOVEMBER 25 at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 2:30 p.m. ET 6-9 ITA National Intercollegiate Charlottesville, Va. All Day 28 at Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 12:00 p.m. ET Indoor Championships 29 at North Carolina State* Raleigh, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET 7-9 UNC Invitational Chapel Hill, N.C. All Day APRIL JANUARY 4 Boston College* Atlanta, Ga. 12:00 p.m. ET 16-18 Freeman Memorial Las Vegas, Nev. All Day 5 Maryland* Atlanta, Ga. 12:00 p.m. ET Tennis Championships 10 at North Carolina* Chapel Hill, N.C. 1:00 p.m. ET 16-18 National Collegiate Tennis Classic Palm Springs, Calif. All Day 11 at Duke* Durham, N.C. 12:00 p.m. ET 28 Auburn Atlanta, Ga. 3:00 p.m. ET 16-19 ACC Tournament Cary, N.C. All Day 31 TCU (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Atlanta, Ga. 2:30 p.m. ET * Denotes Atlantic Coast Conference Meet; All home meets will be held at the Bill FEBRUARY Moore Tennis Center 1 TBA (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Atlanta, Ga. TBA 13-16 ITA Indoor Championships Madison, Wisc. TBA 22 Northwestern Atlanta, Ga. 1:00 p.m. ET 25 at Clemson* Clemson, S.C. 2:00 p.m. ET WWW.RAMBLINWRECK.COM Amanda McDowell Sasha Krupina Christy Striplin Noelle Hickey Back-To-Back ITA Nationallndool' Champions 1 A SEASON 2007 stoned with a championship ... Knocking off No.1 propels )- 1 CC TlttYrlow .I.Hlet5 optned the 2001 ~son in Madbon, WIS(~oompd· ing in tile IJSTAITTA Natiollal Team Indoor (lumpioMllips. AttN Ted! knocked offNo.13 Pepperdine, HI, in the O9ft1it1g roullli, seniol Alison 51- ~trio porttda cometJad, ttlrft-sef vktOlY to help the iackeu 10 a4-J win aqainst No.7 North ~roIina in the quartKfinais. (ieo(g~ Ted! facH Stanford. tile naliOll's IlIlHanked wome!l's t@flnis team, in the~MlffiBab and snapJIH tilt CaRiIla!'1 NCMofe(oni8'9-match winning nmk in the proc~s. Stallford, the three-tine def_g na­ tional champion, lost tilt dlMlblH point bffort senior Tarryn Rudmall and freshmen Kirste!l Flawft and Amanda (raddock posted key singles wins to lift tile Vellow M& to thedlampiooship matdl with a 4-l win. The 'IeIow M~ ooed tile dOll\llei point a,ainl1 No.~ Notre o.mt aIM! receWK singles wits from Flower, Cracldod: ifld sopbomort (hristy St~n to bet:ome just the SHond smOG! from tile Atlantic (oast (onfer­ rllCUO with the USTMTA Nal:iooalTtam Indoor Trtlf. Geocgia ltd! hOSied an NCAA Women's TfI'Inis Regional fOI' the mird· COMecuti'ft ~r and faf tile third conse<lIIive ytar, oldYanced to tile NCAA OIampiollViips with a pair of match MIlS allhe Bill Moofe Te!ln5 (enlef, Tech opened tile 2001toomame!ltagainst Furman and cruised to a4~win bftIifld thestelar play olTanyn Rudman (left), wIIo notched a 6"(1,6 ..0 lingles win and ttamed with Kirsten Flower fOf an 3-2 doubles vktory against the PaladiM as the Jactm adYanmi to the roUM ofn .. Amanda McDowell (right) posted a~,~ yllgles win the folowillg day aJld Kmti Milti' idded lingle! and oouble5 wkt0rie5 to lead Tech to a 4-0 win agaill$t III Ktnt~ as ltIe /ad;eUaliYaMed to the round of 16 in AtbM$ .. 2 TOREME BER and ended the some way. YE.Yl£~£~ >'0' ..... ,'e Atlanta p{ Please don't , , adjust your newspaper a4·1win II'mHo, llOCLA i pioov,ips in football Yia wire service polls. Tedl ftll tJebind by losing thedoubles point andthtl'l trailed 2-' befOrt Millet' and Striplin put the JackdS tOO: on top 3·2 with SitvtOu just be9inning herthird stt.led1 tra~Pd in the remaining match on (oort ID: wilen Silverio finished off 40th-ranked Tracy lin wittl a dominating ~ 1 win in the til ira SiIYerio had won the first 7-S but dropped the Sl'£ond,also 7·S,SilYfrio was named the MOil Valuable Player 01 the NCAA ToumarTlfnl. ,'- Mdlowell earned Te<h's first singles win witfl a 6-1. 6.(Iblitl:ing of Ashley Joelson at No.4singles.One da, after dindling TedI's stmW win 0'Iet' (alijomia.Strip/in again prO'/ided a key yictory as she rained for a IhreHtt win over AI~ McGoodwin at No. Ssingles,Aftl'f losing the first set, Striplin won 12 of the final 14 games 10/ a 4-6,6-1,6-2 ooory. McDowell, Striplin and Sil'lerio c 'MI'f all named to the NCAA aU·tournament team. MiUer, ranked sixth in tfle nation, defeated NO.1) Riza lalamedut No.1 singles, H 7-6. Freshmetl Amilllda (rolddod: iIfId Amanda MdloweIl woo theil siflgles matches after Ttch breezed through dOlibles, iIfId .1. ""-. then JOpiHlmore Christy Striplifl (right) raHied from a 4·1 defidt in the third ~ to dindl a 4·2 victory for Geo~ C11IJ. chA.... "T .. Tech (I'Ier No. to california, puttiIIg the Y~low.la<tets in the natiooal dlampionmip natdl '!i.'r/ . ~ J ackets""j~ _ fof the first timt in school history. Craddod: te.Jmed"lrith ~eniOi Alison ) 1I11lS 19th in. lVi.o Siivffio to opetI doubles playwith ilfI 8·2 win before Krnti Miller iIIId ::~ ITJH, fiJt.Y!s C;j! . 'ft1Iitney Mc(ray polished off the doubles point with itfI s.6 vil:tory. ' ....::.':'~ In &!mis The Yellow Jackefs ca,tured the doubles point wittl a pair 01 e.t5y wins at the tllp 01 the 5nt11f1 before knanda Craddock and Alison Siivffio (below, lar right) pulled Geortia Ted! to within OIl! point of tflt victory with straight·set singles wins. Amanda McDowell (below, ~ond fTlIm right) tben poIishfd off 1M Mm' 4-2 win IWtr No.7 Notr@ llam~ with her nmth·straight ~ngles "fictoryto advance to tbmmifinals of the 2007 NCAA Wometl's Tl'IInis Champiooships. ~ (ill DC&l TIOOrn tib 8JD4J lJ"Ll..1.m. 'T! .....,. After Amanda III.dloMIl.1arryn lech earns u '-_ '_ R""",".od(hri>ty~ripl ••! ...od q artenl! -a] 6-3,6-·1 singles wins, senior Alisoo !ack~b \\lll ~ lUI bid SilvefiO(rigt!t) battled lou 1-6(5),6-4 In [l<Ullted ~ngles"fictor;tolNdGeorgia Ted!toa4·1win yPlJO\\' .'>hoes (I'Ier No.14 Fres/lO State and the Yellow .la<Uts'first :...-__ apJ)f'aralKe in tfle NCAA qllarterfinals in history. ...... Tech had a,pe.ved in the round of 16 in each of ltIe priortwo seasons, bill failed to aiBaMe to the quarter­ final roulld on both occasions. 3 TEC . I 4 5 MEDIA COVERAGE The Jackets receive local, state and national . le for Tech wome~ ""'e, set, tit . hip in little over ayeat. " Ga,J.J.J. .' for its third champlons . '" nnis team ",ns mdoor Repeat . ,e . defense steams ahead Jackets advance with ~nglle.s-qJ.indecl clptpr~ino"A~ Jackets women stand on pedestal . I Tech has become McDowell elite university for women's athletics 1 wins title ~'---":' in singles Jackets sophomore wins final 15 matches By MIKE KNOBLER I [email protected] ilomen'stennis finishes 6 ATECH DEGREE The Ultimate Trophy Georgia Tech (onsistenly ranked among the nation's top 10 public universities by U.S. News &World Report Georgia is home to 17 Fortune 500 companies in the world, while Atlanta's 14 Fortune SOO head­ quarters are the most in any city after New York (44) and Houston (23). 7 A Look Back .......................................................1-5 Meet the Coaches ........................................12-15 This is Georgia Tech ....................................28-35 Back-To-Back ITA National Champions ........1 Head Coach Bryan Shelton ......................12-14 Championship Facilities ..............................28-29 2007 NCAA Champions ...................................2-3 Assistant Coach Anca Dumitrescu .................15 The Bill Moore Tennis Center .........................30 Endowed Scholarships .......................................31 General Information ...................................... 4-11 Meet the Team .............................................16-25 Georgia Tech Traditions .............................32-33 Tech Campus ........................................................4-5 Lynn Blau .................................................................16 Yellow Jacket All-Americans ...........................34 Media Coverage ......................................................6 Hillary Davis ...........................................................17 ACC Honors ..............................................................35 A Tech Degree ..........................................................7 Irina Falconi ............................................................18 Contact Information ................................................8 Noelle Hickey .........................................................19 Georgia Tech Tennis Record Book ..........36-48 2008-09 Schedule ..................................................9 Sasha Krupina .......................................................20 Honors and Awards ............................................36 Quick Facts .................................................................9 Amanda McDowell .......................................21-22 Letterwinners ..........................................................37 Media Information .................................................9 Viet Ha Ngo ............................................................23 In the ACC .........................................................38-39 Opponent Contacts .................................................9