MEN’S TENNIS RELEASE • Oct. 17, 2005 2005 Fall Schedule ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL The Badgers travel to Ann Arbor, Mich.., for the Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Thursday through Sept. 23-25 Notre Dame Invitational, Saturday at the University of Michigan’s Varsity South Bend, Ind. Tennis Center. Sept. 30- ITA All-American Oct. 2 Tulsa, Okla. Sophomore Jeremy Sonkin competed at the All- Oct. 7-9 WISCONSIN American Championships last week in Tulsa, Okla. INVITA TIONAL Sonkin went 1-2 in the Singles Qualfiying Draw, MADISON, WIS. falling in the round of 32 to Ohio State’s Chris Oct. 20-23 ITA Midwest Regional Klingemann 6-4, 6-4. Sonkin defeated Flroida State’s Ann Arbor, Mich. Chris Westerhof (6-4, 6-2) and Mississippi State’s Nov. 11-14 Big Ten Singles Mouillon Pierre (6-4, 6-3) in the first two rounds. Championships Wisconsin hosted five teams at the Wisconsin Invitational Oct.7-9 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium: 2005 Quick Facts Drake, Iowa, Marquette, Minnesota and Northern Sophomore Jeremy Sonkin advanced to Illinois. In the hidden dual format, the Badgers did Head Coach Greg Van Emburgh the Round of 32 at the All-American not play singles against Northern Illinois. Championships Singles Qualifiying Alma Mater, Year Kentucky, 1988 The Badgers lost only one match in singles play Draw last week. Overall Record 0-0 (1st Year) against the Golden Gophers and Hawkeyes during UW Record 0-0 (1st Year) the tournament’s opening day. Sophomore Brian Ko and freshman Gian Hodgson earned straight-set vic- Assistant Coach Danny Westerman tories. Ko beat Adam Altepeter (6-4, 6-1) while Hodgson beat Iowa’s Johnny Hoak (6-3, 6-2). Alma Mater, Year Wisconsin, 2002 Wisconsin went 5-1 in doubles action on day two. Brennen Phippen and Hodgson posted two wins, defeating Northern Illinoi’ Mark Tate and Alex Freisen 9-7 and Brett 2004 Overall Dual Record 8-14 Taylor and J.P. Richie of Iowa, 8-5. Big Ten Record 2-8 The Badgers went 5-1 in singles against Drake with Bellido defeating Tishler 6-3, 6- NCAA Championships Finish DNC 4. Ko also posted a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Dave Ianceu and Phippen earned a 5-7, 6-4, 10- Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/3 8 win over Chris Leuth. Against Iowa in singles on day three, the Badgers went 6-1 against the Hawkeyes in singles action to begin the day. Sonkin earned a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Bart Van Mousjou in No. 1 singles while Lachezar Kasarov beat J.P. Ritchie 6-1, 6-2. 2005-06 Roster The No. 1 team of Kasarov/Sonkin beat Minnesota’s Mikey Kantar and Sion Wilkens (8-6) and Iowa’s Brett Taylor and J.P. Ritchie (8-5) to lead Wisconsin to 7-2 dou- Felipe Bellido, So. bles record for the day. Elliot Bisnow, So. Greg Van Emburgh Steve Guntly, Sr. is in his first year as head coach of the Wisconsin’s men’s ten- nis program. As associate head coach at Kentucky. Van Emburgh helped the Wildcats to Gian Hodgson, Fr. a 61-32 record in three seasons including a 2002 berth in the NCAA Championships. Lachezar Kasarov, Jr. Van Emburgh brings plenty of his own playing experience to share with his Badger team. After graduating from Kentucky in 1988, he became a Wimbledon doubles semifi- Brian Ko, So. nalist in 1990 and a quarterfinalist the year before. He won seven ATP Tour doubles Brennen Phippen, So. events and a runner-up in seven more. He was ranked as high as No. 11 with doubles partner Shelby Cannon and he finished in the ATP ranking’s top 100 for 10 straight Nolan Polley, So. years. Jeremy Sonkin, So. The first-year Badger head coach owns doubles wins over Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Todd Martin, Goran Ivanisevic and Boris Becker (twice). University of Wisconsin • Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 • www.uwbadgers.com 2005-2006 WISCONSIN MEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE & RESULTS Day Date Event Time/Result Fri.-Sun Sept. 23-25 at Notre Dame Invitational, South Bend, Ind. Fri.-Sun. Sept.30- at ITA All-American Championships, Tulsa, Okla. Oct. 2 Fri. - Sun. Oct. 7-9 WISCONSIN INVITATIONAL NIELSEN TENNIS STADIUM Thurs.-Sun. Oct. 20-23 at ITA Midwest Regional, Ann Arbor, Mich. Fri.-Mon. Nov. 11-14 at Big Ten Singles Championships All Day Home matches in BOLD CAPS are held at the University of Wisconsin’s A.C. Nielsen Tennis Stadium All times are central and subject to change Singles Results Yr. No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Fall 05 T otal Jeremy Sonkin So. 5-2 — — — — — 5-2 5-2 Nolan Polley So. 1-3 — — 1-2 — — 1-3 1-3 Lachezar Kasarov Jr. 0-1 3-1 1-3 — — — 4-5 4-5 Felipe Bellido So. — 2-1 2-0 3-1 — — 3-1 3-1 Brian Ko So. — — — — 4-1 1-0 6-2 6-2 Elliott Bisnow So. — — — — — 2-3 2-4 2-4 Brennen Phippen So. — — — 1-0 2-0 2-0 5-1 5-1 Steve Guntly Sr. — — — — — 0-1 1-3 1-3 Gian Hodgson Fr. — — — — 1-0 1-0 5-2 5-2 Mark Weinig Sr. — — — — — — 0-0 0-0 Doubles Results Yr. No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Fall 05 T otal Sonkin/Kasarov So./Jr. 5-1 — — 5-1 5-1 Guntley/Phippen Sr./So. — — 0-1 0-1 0-1 Bellido/Polley So./So. — 4-3 — 4-3 4-3 Phippen/Ko So./So. ——0-1 0-1 0-1 Polley/Sonkin So./So. 1-0 —— 1-0 1-0 Kasarov/Bellido Jr./So. 1-0 — — 1-0 1-0 Phippen/Hodgson So./Fr. 1-0 — 2-1 1-0 1-0 2005-06 WISCONSIN MEN’S TENNIS ROSTER Player Ht. Wgt. Yr./Elig. Hometown Felipe Bellido 5-10 145 So./So. Lima, Peru Elliott Bisnow 5-10 170 So./So. Washington, D.C. Steve Guntly 5-11 160 Sr./Sr. Genoa City, Wis. Gian Hodgson 6-2 180 Fr./Fr. Savaneta, Aruba Lachezar Kasarov 6-2 195 Jr./Jr. Burgas, Bulgaria Brian Ko 5-10 145 So./So. Teaneck, N.J. Brennen Phippen 6-4 190 So./So. Bradenton, Fla. Nolan Polley 6-0 180 So./So. Lexington, Ky. Jeremy Sonkin 6-4 210 So./So. Wheaton, Ill. Head Coach: Greg Van Emburg Assistant Coaches: Danny Westerman.