2011 NSU Tennis Media Guide

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Quick Facts • Table Of Contents

2010 Southland Conference Champions • 2010 Southland Conference tournament Champions • 2010 NCAA Tournament

Contents1 2011 Lady Demon Tennis2 Quick Facts • Table of Contents3 This is NSU4 Campus Life6 Academics7 Champs • Life Skills8 Sports Information • Media9 2011 Season Outlook11 2011 Lady Demons12 Luc Godin, Head Coach

13 Patric Dubois, Volunteer Assistant14 Coaching Staff15 Olga Bazhanova16 Dragana Colic17 Adna Curukovic18 Ana Jan19 Kathrin Lange20 Andrea Nedorostova21 Lauren Peters22 Martina Rubesova

23 Bianca Shulz24 2010 Championship Season26 The Southland Conference27 Records and year-by-year30 NSU Men’s Program31 Harry Briggs, “The Paddlin’ Professor”32 NSU University and Athletic Staff

Quick FactsUniversityName: . . . . . . . . . . . Northwestern State University

Founded: . . . . 1884, as Louisiana Normal School

Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natchitoches, LA

President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Randall J. Webb

Vice President, External Affairs: . . . Jerry Pierce

Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,250 (Fall 2010)

Affiliation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I

Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southland

Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Burke

Associate AD/Development: Dr. William Broussard

Asst. AD/Marketing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Horn

Asst. AD/Compliance: . . . . . . . . . Dustin Eubanks

SWA/Academic Adivsor: . . . . . . . . Carrie Crowell

Assistant Academic Advisor: . . . . . . Cary Bruno

Ticket Manager: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adam Jonson

Assistant Marketing Director: . . . . . . .Alex Cook

Facility Director: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Pasch

Business Manager: . . . . . . . . .Roxanne Freeman

Event Manager: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rocky Smith

Faculty Athletic Representative: . . . Jody Biscoe

Tennis StaffHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luc GodinAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . University of the Ozarks, 2006Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-5 (1st year)SLC Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Volunteer Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patric DuBoisAlma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Bonaventure, 1987Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott SmithStudent Assistant: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marie Scriba

Team Information

2010 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-22010 SLC Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-0/1st2010 Postseason: . . . . . . . . 3-0 SLC Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1 at NCAA Tournament

Letterwinners Returning: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Top Returnees: . . . . . .Martina Rubesova, BiancaSchulz,Kathrin Lange, Andrea Nederostova, OlgaBazhanova, Adna Curukovic

2011 RosterName Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School)Olga Bazhanova 5-8 Jr. 2L Nikolaev, Ukraine (Gymnasium)Dragana Colic 5-6 Sr. 3L Busovaca, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Economic HS)Adna Curukovic 5-6 Sr. 3L Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Gymnasium)Ana Jan 5-6 Fr. HS Kastel Sucurac, Croatia (V. Gimnazya, Tuttlinger, Germany)Kathrin Lange 5-10 Sr. 3L Emmigen, Germany (Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium)Andrea Nedorostova 5-7 So. 1L Brno, Czech Republic (Universal HS)Lauren Peters 5-6 So. 1L Baton Rouge, La (Parkview Baptist HS)Martina Rubesova 5-6 Jr. 1L Usti nad Laben, Czech Republic (University of Economic in Prague)Bianca Schulz 5-7 Sr. 3L Balinger, Germany (Gymnasium Balinger)

Head Coach: Luc Godin (2nd Season, 1st as head coach)Volunteer Assistant Coach: Patric DuBois (9th season)Student Coach: Marie Scriba (3rd Season)

Sports InformationDirector: Doug IrelandOffice Phone: 318-357-6467Cell Phone: 318-471-2086Fax: 318-357-4515Email: [email protected] SID/Statistics: Matthew BonnetteCell Phone: 318-663-5701Email: [email protected] Assistant: Ronnette PellegrinEmail: [email protected] Assistant: Kavolshaia HowzeCell Phone: 205-253-8848Email: [email protected] Contact: Doug IrelandCell Phone: 318-471-2086Email: [email protected]

NSUdemons.comVisit the official web site of Northwestern State athlet-ics for the latest women’s tennis news, statistics andschedules. Also check out Gary’s Gallery featuringaction pictures of all Lady Demon home tennismatches.

SID Mailing Address:NSU Sports Information

Sports Information/Prather ColiseumRoom 112

398 S. JeffersonNatchitoches LA 71497

CreditsEditor: Hunter BowerEditorial Assistance: Doug Ireland, RonnettePellegrin, Matthew Fowler, Kavolshaia Howze,Matthew Bonnette, Lady Demon tennis players andstaffCover: Matthew BonnetteLayout & Design: Hunter Bower & MatthewBonnettePhotography: Gary HardamonPrinting: Multi-Ad Media, Peoria, Ill.

The 2011 NSU Women’s Tennis Media Guide waswritten by the NSU Sports Information Officeand women’s tennis team. Design was by theNSU SID office on an Apple G5 usingQuarkXpress 6.1 and Adobe Photoshop CS4.

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The oldest institution in the University of Louisiana System, Northwestern State University has a longtradition of academic excellence in a student-centered environment.

Founded in 1884 as the State Normal School, Northwestern was originally dedicated to the education of teachers. Northwestern gradually addedprograms in nursing, business, liberal arts, the sciences and graduate programs. Today, NSU offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degreeprograms.

Northwestern has nationally-recognized programs in computer information systems, creative and performing arts, nursing, educational technologyand industrial technology. The university has put an emphasis on incorporating technology in the classroom, working to provide students with cutting-edge technology that is applicable to the workplace. Northwestern is also home to the Louisiana Scholars' College, the state's designated honors pro-gram in the arts and sciences.

The university is also preparing for changes in higher education by aggressively seeking new ways to deliver to courses to students. Northwesternhas taken a leadership role in electronic delivery of classes as students are taking classes via the Internet, compressed video or desktop video.Eighteen degree programs are available completely online.

Enrollment at Northwestern is more than 9,000 students. The university has more than 70,000 alumni in all 50 states and 12 countries. Studentscome primarily from Louisiana.

Located in Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase, the university and community value history. Part of the university isentered in the National Register of Historic Places. The university is home to the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, a unit ofthe National Park Service dedicated to promoting and enhancing the preservation and conservation of prehistoric and historic resources in the UnitedStates.

Northwestern seeks to provide a well-rounded education for its students, allowing them to take part in a variety of extracurricular activities. Morethan 100 chartered organizations are available to enhance what is learned in the classroom.

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They cover the Lady Demons: primary media outlets

Daily Newspapers- Randy Benson, Raymond Partsch, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax487-6315)- Jimmy Watson, Scott Ferrell, Roy Lang III, Kelly Morris, Sports, The Times, P.O. Box 30222, Shreveport, LA 71130 (318-459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301)- Scott Rabalais, Butch Muir, Sports, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225-383-1111, fax 388-0371)- Jerry Byrd, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, P.O. Box 6267, Bossier City, LA 71171(318-352-3618, fax 747-5298)- Sports Editor, Leesville, Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446(318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552)- Sports, New Orleans Times Picayune, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140(504-826-3405, fax 826-3401)- Fletcher Jonson, Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842)

Non-Daily Newspapers- NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564)

Television Stations- Lizzie Hill, KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427)- Colin McElroy, Adria Goins, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705)- Brandon Dunn, Gavin Moberg, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171)- Tim Fletcher, Leslie Spoon, KTBS-TV, 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport LA 71104 (318-861-5838, fax 318-862-9431)- David Antilley II, NSU-22, 104A Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-4417)

Campus Radio Station- KNWD, 109 Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5693)

Wire Service- Bret Martel, Associated Press, 1001 Howard Ave. Suite 200A, New Orleans, LA 70113 (800-662-7717, 504-523-3931, fax 586-0531)

Conference/NCAA Offices- Todd Lamb, Jimmy Glenn, Southland Conference, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150, Frisco, TX 75034(972-422-9500, fax 422-9225)- Jim Wright, NCAA Statistics, P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317-917-6222, fax 917-6888)

National Outlets- USA Today, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22107 (703-276-3400)- Sports Illustrated, Time/Life Building, New York, NY 10020 (212-522-5782, 212-977-4540/4541)- Sporting News, Box 56, St. Louis, MO 63166 (800-433-1886, 314-993-7111)- CBS Sports, 51 W52nd St., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019 (212-975-5162/3559)- ABC Sports, 1330 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (212-456-7777)- ESPN, ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010 (203-585-2154/2125, 800-843-6416)- CNN, One CNN Plaza, 100 International Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30348 (404-822-1588)- SportsTicker, Harborside Financial Center, 600 Plaza Two, New Jersey City, NJ 07311 (800-367-8935)

Northwestern State Sports Information • Prather Coliseum, Room 112 • Natchitoches, LA • 71497 • Office: (318) 357-6467 • Fax: (318) 357-4515

Hunter BowerStudent SID

Matthew FowlerStudent SID

Ronnette PellegrinSID Admin. Asst.

Jimmie WalkerStudent SID

Matthew Bonnette is in his eighth season as a member of the NSU sportsinformation staff.

Bonnette joined the staff in August 2003 after spending a year as sportsinformation director at Henderson State (Ark.) and for former NSU legendary

coach Sam Goodwin.Bonnette surpervises all layouts and design work for all media guides and game pro-

grams and is the primary media contact for the NSU baseball, women’s basketball and vol-leyball teams.

A 2002 graduate of McNeese State University, Bonnette is no stranger to the SID fieldas he is the son of longtime McNeese SID Louis Bonnette, who is a member of the CoSIDAHall of Fame, Southland Conference Hall of Honor, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, and theMcNeese State Athletic Hall of Fame. Matthew's older brother, Michael, is the sports infor-mation director at LSU.

While at McNeese, Bonnette served two years as the sports editor of the school’s news-paper. He also worked as both a volunteer and student sports information director whilebeing employed at KPLC-TV as the commercial production manager where he won sever-al advertising awards for his work.

He is a member of CoSIDA, Louisiana Sports Writers Association, National CollegiateBaseball Writers Association, and the United State Basketball Wristers Association. He hasbeen a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-America Committee the last two years anddirected the voting for the All-Louisiana Women’s Basketball and Baseball teams. His 2009football media guide placed first in its division in the LSWA sports information directors con-test while his baseball media guide placed second in its respective division. He has woneight awards by the LSWA in his career.

He is married to the former Colene Lanier of Lake Charles and the couple has twodaughters, 10-year-old Haley, who is a fifth grader, and Katelyn, who is in the first grade andwill turn seven in November. Both children attend the NSU Elementary Lab School. Coleneis the Northwestern State men’s basketball and women’s soccer administrative assistant.

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In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January of 1989,Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern's 14 intercollegiatesports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broad-cast, television and the internet.

He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.Ireland assumed that post in April 1991.

His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won "Best in the Nation" in FCS Division from theCollege Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, "The Guy WeCalled Joe D," won a national second-place award in a COSIDA writing contest. Ireland has wonnumerous awards as SID from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He was recentlyawarded the Distinguished American Award” by the S.M. McNaughton Chapter of the NationalFootball Foundation and College Hall of Fame.

Several of his assistant SIDs and graduate assistants have advanced to prominence inmedia fields. Former NSU sports information staffers under Ireland include Bruce Ludlow, asso-ciate commissioner of the Southland Conference for operations; Bill Magrath, media relationsmanager for the Sports Business Daily; Mike Morrison, co-editor of the ESPN InformationPlease Almanac; Daucy Crizer, assistant AD and business manager at Lamar; Erik Cox, SID atLamar; Dart Volz, former SID at Southeastern Louisiana; Melissa Reynaud, former assistantSID at LSU; Kenny Lannou, SID at Kansas State; and Troy Mitchell, SID at Henderson State.Dustin Eubanks, NSU's director of NCAA compliance, worked in the NSU SID office as a grad-uate assistant and for two years as the fulltime assistant. And Adam Jonson, NSU’s ticket man-ager, was a student and graduate assistant in the SID office. In 1981-82, while an undergrad-uate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau,coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, hewas assistant SID at Southwestern Louisiana, working with a men's basketball program thatmade three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications andwriting awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 1985-86 and attended graduate school at Northeast Louisiana before joining the Alexandria Town Talksports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports andwon 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers' Association.

In 2001, the LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland for his contribu-tions to the organization. In 1999, Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the GraduateN Club at NSU by the university's group of athletic lettermen for his service to Northwestern andits athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full membership. He was appointed by PresidentDr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in1997-99.

A member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and a student government senatorwhile completing a journalism degree from Northwestern, Ireland was editor of the studentnewspaper "Current Sauce" as a sophomore before going to work for the Shreveport Times. Hewas an all-district baseball player and the student body president at Jonesboro-Hodge HighSchool, where he was a wingback for the Tigers' 1977 Class AA state football finalists coachedby Don Shows.

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Kavolshaia Howze is in her first season as a graduate assistant of the NSUsports information staff.

Howze will be the primary media contact for the Lady Demon softball team andwill have an important hand in media relations for the SLC champion Lady Demon

tennis team.She’ll also help out with both men’s and women’s basketball as a member of the official stat

crew, and has assisted with football, volleyball, and soccer.A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Howze came to NSU from Grambling State where she grad-

uated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications with a concentration in broad-casting. She is currently working towards her master’s degree in sport administration at NSU inhopes of working in the sports industry in media relations or sports broadcasting.

At Grambling, she spent three years as the senior producer and media liaison of the GSUSports Radio Network on ESPN 99.3 in Ruston. She also worked as a producer and on-air tal-ent for GSU-TV, a football operations intern for the former Shreveport-Bossier Battlewings, andpresident of the National Broadcasting Society.

She is a member of CoSIDA, the National Association of Black Journalists, Association ofWomen in Sport Media, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

The daughter of Gary Howze and Clestra Beck, she is the youngest of six; one sister Khalilah,and five brothers, Gary, Alan, and Roy Howze, and Alvin and Almorrius Beck. She’s also the auntof three nieces and two nephews.

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Great Tradition • Brighter Future www.nsudemons.com 92010 Southland Conference Champions • 2010 Southland Conference tournament Champions • 2010 NCAA Tournament

So, what goals can you set when ateam brings everybody back from aseason that can hardly be topped?

Welcome to your first year as headcoach at Northwestern State, LucGodin.

Welcome to what your recruitingand coaching helped develop, in yourtwo years (2008-09) as assistant coachunder Patric DuBois.

What the Lady Demon tennis teamdid while you were way almost defiesexplanation. It's not just that the 2010squad went 21-2, or that they wereunbeaten against SouthlandConference opponents. It's not that justthat they won the SouthlandConference regular-season and tour-nament championships.

It's not just that they became NSU'sfirst entry in the NCAA TeamTournament, or that sophomoreMartina Rubesova became the firstLady Demon to reach the NCAASingles Championships' 64-womandraw.

It's how they did all that, and whothey are. Remarkable competitors, whowon close, hard-fought match after

close-hard fought match. Great team-mates, who wanted success for theother girls more than they wanted it forthemselves. Great friends.

An incredible 2010 season willnever be forgotten. But temporarily, itmust be, to some degree. That wasthen, this is now.

Maybe to some opponents, whatNSU did last year might be daunting toconsider. More likely, it will be incentiveto beat the Lady Demons. Godin andhis team realize the situation, andembrace it.

“We've got the bullseye on ourbacks,” he says. “There are three posi-tions to play. You're either the under-dog, you're even or you're the favorite,and without losing anybody, we're obvi-ously the favorite after what the teamaccomplished last year. It's been a longtime since Northwestern State tennishas been in that position.

“Overall, the girls are excited aboutit. Everybody loves an underdog butmost of the time, the underdog doesn'twin. We prefer being the favorite. It'ssomething the team earned and it's achallenge we embrace. It helps moti-vate us. We know teams are coming for

us and we want to maintain our stature,so it makes us work harder. It's allowedus to have better practices and stayfocused. It's exciting to see if we canfinish the year No. 1.

The obvious temptation for a newcoach coming in with the whole squadback from that kind season would be -don't change a thing. Take the sameapproach. Use the same lineup. Butpeople don't stay the same.Circumstances change. And so mustthe approach. During the fall season,Godin experimented with doubles com-binations, partly out of necessity, sincesenior Kathrin Lange was back homedoing an internship to graduate thisspring. Bianca Schulz had to haveanother partner. But in scheduling, andin planning for 2011, Godin embracedthe possibility of change.

“We want to put ourselves in theposition of playing a lot of matchesearly in the season to evaluate ourteam, try out some different doublescombinations, work on a few things,look at a few different lineups in singles.These are all matches that should becompetitive, and will put us in position

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to win, and get ourselves ready for theheart of the conference race.”

He also purposefully ramped up thenon-conference schedule. It's not likelythis year's team will match the gaudyrecord of a year ago, and that's fine, hesays. What he, and the players want, isto be an even better team at season'send - to have improved individually, andas a team, to have been pushed andchallenged, and the 2011 scheduledoes that.

“We're excited about playing nation-ally-ranked teams, which will happenwhen we're at North Texas. We enjoyplaying our neighbors in the Sun Beltand Conference USA. We've shown inthe past couple of years, we've compet-ed well against teams from those con-ferences. We're going to be playing aTexas-El Paso team which has tradi-tionally been a strong opponent, sothat's another milepost in our prepara-tion for the conference season.

“We could have a better team thanlast year, and get into the thick of ourconference race with a record not asoutstanding as we were at that point ayear ago. It could happen. We are play-ing a stronger out-of-conference sched-ule this year, as we should with such an

experienced team. If everything goeswell together, if we're fortunate not tohave injuries, then we have the oppor-tunity to compete and win hopefully onthe scale that was done here last year.We have a couple younger players whoare pushing to get in the lineup.

We don't want to maintain, we wantto be stepping forward, and the onlyway to do that is to put ourselves intougher situations with better competi-tion. We did that with our trip to Florida,where we faced 3-4 schools ranked inthe top 30 nationally, and it helped us.We had a few questions about doubles,we weren't sure how we were going toapproach things, but this fall gave usthe opportunity to see a couple differentformations that we liked. It definitelygives us options, which is something asa coach you always want and don'talways have. We have our six returningstarters and we have two players whohave shown they are ready to jump in ifwe need them, which is a great thing.We worked hard in the fall, at a veryhigh tempo, and the girls are excitedand comfortable with that rhythm. If wecan maintain it through the season wecould be very successful.”

It's not only tougher out of confer-

ence. League play will be at a higherlevel than before, and it was alreadypretty good.

“The Southland Conference is reallymaking a big step forward in tennis. Weare becoming one of the best confer-ences in our sport for several reasons.One is our location, where you can playtennis outdoors year round. Some ofour conference members have madecoaching hires and commitments totheir programs that are obviously goingto be beneficial. UTA is going to be verytough, well coached, and everybodyelse seems to have picked it up. Thelevel of tennis in our conference is tothe point where I think the No. 6 or 7team would have had a chance to winthe conference championship maybe 4-5 years ago. It's going to be really excit-ing. The conference matches will be agood challenge which will help youimprove.”

That's Godin's goal - for the 2011team, and for Lady Demon tennis,every day, and all the way. Get better -because you don't stay the same. Yourise, or fall, each day. He has no doubtwhich direction NSU tennis is heading,and neither do his players.

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Name Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School)Olga Bazhanova 5-8 Jr. 2L Nikolaev, Ukraine (Gymnasium)Dragana Colic 5-6 Sr. 3L Busovaca, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Economic HS)Adna Curukovic 5-6 Sr. 3L Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Gymnasium)Ana Jan 5-6 Fr. HS Kastel Sucurac, Croatia (V. Gimnazya, Tuttlinger, Germany)Kathrin Lange 5-10 Sr. 3L Emmigen, Germany (Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium)Andrea Nedorostova 5-7 So. 1L Brno, Czech Republic (Universal HS)Lauren Peters 5-6 So. 1L Baton Rouge, La (Parkview Baptist HS)Martina Rubesova 5-6 Jr. 1L Usti nad Laben, Czech Republic (University of Economic in Prague)Bianca Schulz 5-7 Sr. 3L Balinger, Germany (Gymnasium Balinger)

2011 Northwestern State Lady Demon Roster

Olga Bazhanova Dragana Colic Adna Curukovic Ana Jan Kathrin Lange

Andrea Nedorostova Lauren Peters Martina Rubesova Bianca Schulz

Luc GodinHead Coach

Patric DuboisVolunteer Assistant

Marie ScribaStudent Assistant

Scott SmithManager

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F o r m e ra s s i s t a n tcoach LucGodin, on theheels of a

conference championship as head coachlast spring at Drury (Mo.), is the LadyDemons' head coach. Godin also was anassistant coach at Tyler Junior College onthree NJCAA national champion women'steams before he first arrived atNorthwestern State in 2008.

Director of athletics Greg Burke hiredGodin as head coach last summer uponthe recommendation of retiring coachPatric DuBois.

With the team benefitting from Godin'scoaching as part of the Lady Demon staff in2008-09, DuBois guided Northwestern toits greatest season in school history in2010, a 21-2 campaign last spring culmi-nating with Southland Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and theschool's first appearance in the NCAATeam Tournament.

Godin, 34, was a graduate assistantunder DuBois in 2008-09 and eithercoached or helped recruit all of the playerson last year's championship team -- allwho return for 2011.

Godin spent 2009-10 as head men'scoach at Drury (Mo.), guiding a team thatfinished 17-5 last spring, winning its fourthGreat Lakes Valley Conference title in fiveseasons. The 16th-ranked Panthers lost inthe NCAA Division II Round of 16 to fourth-ranked Barry, the eventual national cham-pions.

Along with his experience at Tyler JC,Godin also ran an ATP (Association ofTennis Professionals) camp for one seasonin central Florida.

A native of Petit-rocher, NewBrunswick, Canada, Godin qualified forand played in nationals in his home coun-try, and played in some ATP futures events

before choosing to focus on his coachingcareer.

Burke was pleased to bring Godin backto Northwestern State.

"NSU is most fortunate to have some-one of Luc Godin's ability and, in fact,someone who played a major role in help-ing build the Lady Demon tennis programto its current status, in line to replacePatric. I am confident that Lady Demontennis, under Luc's leadership, will contin-ue its upward momentum."

DuBois was pleased to be able to handover the reigns to the program to a trustedassistant and friend.

"I am very confident that Luc Godin willdo an outstanding job as the head coach.Luc spent two years as my assistant andcertainly played a role in the developmentof several players on this team. Luc has agreat work ethic, integrity, character, and isone of the top young tennis coaches in col-lege tennis," said DuBois. "Luc will be aproductive member of the NSU andNatchitoches community and has a goodrapport with the outstanding tennis com-

munity in Natchitoches. We are veryexcited to have him back here at NSU."

Godin cited having DuBois as a mentor,and the local tennis community and the cityof Natchitoches in general, as keys in hisdecision to leave a strong program atDrury.

"I am extremely excited to come back tothe community of Natchitoches. The tennisprogram Northwestern State has given usthe ingredients to continue to be extremelycompetitive and successful, and to ensurea great experience first and foremost forthe student-athletes," he said.

"The opportunity to come and work withPatric again was a key factor in my deci-sion. The fact that he will be with the pro-gram makes a huge difference for me,especially at this early stage of my headcoaching career."

Born July 5, 1976, Godin earned a mas-ter's in health and human performance witha concentration in health promotion in 2009from Northwestern State.

Luc GodinHead Coach • 2nd year , 1st as head coachUniversity of the Ozarks (2006)

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P a t r i cDuBois is oneof the mosts u c c e s s f u ltennis coach-

es in Southland Conference history, andhas a track record of developing nationally-competitive teams and players who suc-ceed on the court and in the classroom.He currently ranks 17th nationally amongall collegiate tennis coaches in wins with a333-202 record at the Division I level.

DuBois will begin his first season as avolunteer assistant for the Lady Demontennis team. DuBois handed over thereins to former assistant Luc Godin at thebeginning of the 2010 fall campaign.DuBois guided Northwestern to its greatestseason in school history, a 21-2 campaignlast spring culminating with SouthlandConference regular-season and tourna-ment titles, and the school's first appear-ance in the NCAA Team Tournament.Sophomore Martina Rubesova became thefirst Lady Demon player to be invited andparticipate in the 64-woman NCAA SinglesChampionship, and was the SouthlandConference Newcomer of the Year and theAll-Louisiana Player of the Year.

In 18 seasons of collegiate coaching,DuBois has led Northwestern State andTexas-Arlington to 13 SouthlandConference titles.

Early in his coaching career, DuBoisguided the 1994 Lady Demons to the SLCChampionship before he picked up 11more SLC crowns and five NCAATournament appearances coaching atTexas-Arlington.

DuBois coached five seasons (1989-94) at Northwestern, then moved to UTAfor nine seasons (1994-2003) beforeaccepting the job managing the ultra-mod-ern WRAC on the NSU campus in 2003.He began his additional duties as tenniscoach in June of 2006.

During his first stint at NSU, his teams

won several Intercollegiate TennisAssociation awards for their academicachievement. He recruited LludmilaPavlov, who rose as high as No. 33 in theITA singles rankings, and the doubles teamof Karen Bacon and Emily Nichols, whorose as high as No. 20 in the ITA doublesrankings. That trio was the cornerstone ofthe Lady Demons' 1994 SLC champi-onship.

Moving to UTA, he took over a men'sprogram which had never won an SLC title,but went on to win six under his guidancebefore he was named director of tennis in1997, taking on additional head coachingduties for the women's program. In histhird season in that capacity, the UTAwomen launched a 46-match winningstreak in conference play, winning fourSLC championships and making threeNCAA appearances. He coached AndyLeber, who was the NCAA Division I SeniorNational Player of the Year in 2002. Leberhad a singles record of 44-3, was an NCAAAll-American, and was ranked as high asNo. 2 in the nation in Division I singles.

His overall coaching record is 333-203,

including a 154-37 mark in conferencematches. DuBois has been named SLC"Coach of the Year" nine times and histeams have won nine SLC Tournamentchampionships to go with the 13 regular-season titles. He has coached more than80 athletes who have earned first or sec-ond-team All-SLC honors, including 10SLC Tennis "Athletes of the Year."

DuBois has also seen eight of histeams honored by the ITA for their out-standing academic achievements, postinga cumulative team grade point average of3.2 or better.

A Kingston, N.Y. native, DuBois was anoutstanding tennis player at St.Bonaventure University in the Atlantic 10Conference where he received his bache-lor's degree in health and physical educa-tion. DuBois then received his graduatedegree in sports administration from KentState in Ohio.

DuBois' wife, Lise, is an instructor in thedepartment of Family and ConsumerSciences at Northwestern. They have onedaughter, Mazie Catherine, who attendsSt. Mary's Junior High School.

Patric DuboisVolunteer Assistant • 9th year, 1st as VASt. Bonaventure (1987)

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Marie ScribaStudent Assistant Coach • 3rd yearEqueurdreville, France

Student assistant coach MarieScriba brings a knowledgeableand experienced role to the courtsfor a third year.

Scriba was a player for Northwestern State, before suffer-ing a career ending injury in spring of 2008, finishing hercareer with a combined record of 9-3 in the 2007 and 2008seasons. In doubles her career record was 14-8, playing inall three positions.

Before coming the NSU she attended Clemson and wasranked in the top 10 juniors in France along with playing onthe French Junior National Team. Scriba played in theJunior French Open in 2001.

She is a psychology major with a concentration in sub-stance abuse and sports with a 3.98 GPA. She plans to obtain at least a master’s degree after undergrad and hopes to be a clinical psychologist.

Scriba as a player for the Lady Demons

Scott SmithManager • 2nd yearUniversity of the Ozarks, 2007

Scott Smith is in his second season as a member of the Lady Demon staff and will serveas the team manager this season.

Smith joined the staff last season as an assistant coach and brought experience as ateaching pro and a head college coach to the NSU Lady Demon tennis program.

From 2002-2004, Coach Smith was a tennis teaching professional at the RaveneauxCountry Club in Spring, Texas, as well as the Woodlands Country Club in Houston. In the next two years, he wasthe assistant coach at the University of Ozarks from 2004-2006 and became the head coach at Ozarks from 2006-2008. He has been a tennis teaching professional at the Westside Tennis and Fitness Club in Houston since 2008before joining coach Patric DuBois on the NSU coaching staff in August.

Smith received his B.S. degree in business administration in 2007 from the University of the Ozarks. He receivedhis associates degree in Recreational Leadership - Tennis Teaching from Tyler (Texas) Junior College in 2002.Smith is currently working on his master’s degree in Sport Administration at Northwestern.

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Bazhanova’s Career Stats

2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles2010 SLC All-Academic Second Team

2010 Season: Went 12-7 in singles while playing all matches inthe No. 1 position… finished the season with 17-2 doublesrecord… teamed up with Adna Curukovic in the No. 1 position…went 10-1 in conference doubles action.

2009 Season: Finished 11-11 in singles matches playing in theNo. 2 and No. 3 position… went 17-6 in doubles play teaming upwith Dragana Colic, Daniela Posada, and Suncica Strkic…playedall doubles matches from the No. 1 position… finished 8-2 in SLCdoubles play and went 2-0 in doubles in the conference tourna-ment matches.

High School: Ranked No. 6 in the Ukraine 16 and under divi-sion... graduated with a 3.7 GPA at Gymnasium.

Personal: Born July 21, 1990... daughter of Jeyna AlexandaBazhanova... mother is a nurse and father is a military officer...onesister, Anna... majoring in health and performance and wants tobecome a tennis coach.

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Colic’s Career Stats

2010 Season: Finished with a perfect 4-0 record in singlesplaying in the No. 5 and No. 6 spots… Went 3-1 in doublesplay with a perfect conference record of 2-0… Played in theNo. 2 and No. 3 spots

2009 Season: Finished 10-9 in singles matches and 15-5 indoubles… played in the No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 spots in sin-gles…played all doubles matches in the No. 1 spot and playedall with Olga Bazhanova…finished conference season with adoubles record of 8-2 … finished conference tournament with a2-0 record in doubles.

2008 Season: Went 4-5 in singles competition and a perfect 6-0in doubles… played all but one match in the No. 6 singles spotwith the other at the No. 5 position… teamed with AdnaCurukovic in doubles and played at the No. 3 spot… played onematch at the No. 2 doubles position… went 3-3 in conference sin-gles matches.

High School: Attended Economic High School in Busovacawhere she graduated as Valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA… ranked5th in Bosnia in the 18-under division.

Personal: Born on March 28, 1989…only child of Lucija andDrago Colic… father Drago makes furniture…majoring in businessadministration.

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Curukovic’s Career Stats

2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles2010 SLC All-Academic First Team

2010 Season: Finished 13-7 in singles playing primarily in the No. 2 posi-tion… Went 7-4 in conference singles play… finished the season 17-3 in dou-bles action while going 10-1 in conference action… played in the No. 1 andNo. 3 positions with partners Olga Bazhanova and Dragana Colic

2009 Season: Played the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in singles with a 11-10record… finished the season with a doubles record of 16-6… played in the No.3 spot in all doubles matches teaming with Suncica Strikic and DanielaPosada…finished conference doubles with a 7-3 record.

2008 Season: Played at the No. 4 and No. 5 singles positions and compiled a12-9 record… finished 14-6 in doubles action…she teamed with DanielaPosada, Dragana Colic, and Marie Scriba to win to win 11 of her final 13 dou-bles matches…finished 5-6 in the SLC in singles and 8-1 in doubles confer-ence matches.

High School: Attended Gymnasium in Zenica, Bosnia, and Herzegovinawhere she participated in math and democratic competitions as well as tennis…top ranked junior in Bosnia.

Personal: Born August 16, 1989… only daughter of Semir and SadikaCurukovic and has only one brother Anad…mother Sadika is a nurse and fatherSemir is an entrepreneur… majoring in pre-medicine and has a 4.0 GPA…plansto attend medical school and become a surgeon.

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Godin on Jan: “Ana is a great person with a wonderfulattitude, the approach we want here. As far as gettingplaying time, it's a tough situation for her to come into,with the entire team back from last year. There aren't anyspots open to expect a freshman to step into, when youlook at the players who are here. The good news is she'staking the challenge, not turning away. She's made somehuge steps forward, but she will not be happy until shegets into our singles lineup. That's exciting to have a girlwith that kind of discipline and determination. She took thefall to work on some things with her game we wanted toswitch, and we've seen constant improvement. The level oftennis went up, the confidence level went up, and right nowif we have to call upon her, we feel she could give us a goodperformance and would score points for us. She's a brightspot for us going forward.”

High School:Played for tennis club Dalmacijacement… Ranked one of thetop 25 players in Croatia under the age of 16… competed inchemistry and physics… considered one of the best studentsin her generation.

Personal:Born March 10, 1992… daughter of Biljana and AntunZvonimir Yan… mother is a doctor and father is an engineer…one sibling, Josip,.. majoring in Biology… member of theInternational Student Organization… wants to improve herEnglish and tennis skills… nickname is Banana.

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2010 All-SLC First Team Singles2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles2010 SLC All-Academic First Team2010 All-Louisiana First Team

2010 Season: Finished the season 17-4 in singles play… went a perfect 11-0 in conference singles play… played primarily in the No. 4 position finishing13-3… finished the season with a 16-4 record in doubles play… played alldoubles matches with Bianca Shulz.

2009 Season: Finished the season 11-9 in singles playing in the No. 1, No. 2,and No. 3 spots…played primarily in the No. 3 spot finishing 10-4…compiled a16-4 in doubles playing all matches in the No. 2 slot… played all doublesmatches with Bianca Schulz…undefeated in doubles play during the confer-ence season (11-0).

2008 Season: All-SLC second team in doubles… posted a 12-10 record insingles competition and 17-5 mark in doubles…played at the No. 2 slot in sin-gles and went 7-4 in conference play…compiled a 9-2 league record in dou-bles action at the No. 1 and 2 spots…Teamed with Bogusia Patzer and BiancaSchulz… she and Schulz teamed to defeat Louisiana-Lafayette 9-7, who at the

time, was ranked No. 71 in the nation.

High School: Attended Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium Tuttlingen in Tuttlingen,Germany…held offices in several clubs as well as being very involved with theschool's athletic program…also coached a private tennis club in Germany.

Personal: Born May 7, 1988…daughter of Sabine and Willy Lange…has twobrothers, Nicholas who is a doctor, and Christian…majoring in business admin-istration…plans on getting an MBA.

Lange’s Career Stats

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2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles2010 All-SLC Second Team Singles

2010 Season:Finished the season 14-4 in singles playing in the No.4and No. 5 spots... played primarily in the No. 5 spot finish-ing 11-5... compiled a perfect 19-0 record in doubles play-ing primarily in the No. 2 spot... led conference with themost wins in doubles play with Martin Rubesova (17-0).

High School:Her senior year, she won four international doubles tourna-ments in Europe... finished with high of 14th ranking in theCzech under-18 division... ranked 70th in the EuropeanTennis Association... graduated with a 3.7 GPA at UniversalHigh School in Brno.

Personal:Born August 2, 1990... daughter of Milan and JanaNedorostova... father is a building entrepreneur... one sibling,Klara... majoring in communications.

Nedorostova’s Career Stats


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Godin on Peters: “Lauren Peters came in last year andstruggled finding a place to play in this lineup. She is agreat, not a good but a great, team player. She had agood junior career, and came here and became a smallfish in a big pond. It's difficult to come in as a freshmanwhen you have a very experienced team that is ultimatelygoing to win a conference championship. We've made afew changes in her game that have worked really well forher. She's probably one of our best practice players. It'scoming around and it's just a matter of timing. Lauren all ofa sudden has put herself in a position where she could beasked to get us points this spring. It's nice as a coach tosee players like Lauren showing persistence, be open tochanging her game, and then take that coaching and actual-ly making the improvement you hope to see. I'm proud ofher progress.”

2010 Season:Did not see any action during competition play but was a piv-otal part in preparing the Lady Demons to cruise to theirSouthland Conference championship.

High School:Lettered five years in tennis…team regional champions threeof four years… high school team was state runner-up two ofthree which include her junior and senior year… regional sin-gles champion four years… state champion in singles junioryear finishing with a 16-0 record…regional and state doubleschampion senior year…MVP junior and senior year… participatedin National Honor Society, Beta Club, Fellowship of ChristianAthletes (Chaplain), yearbook editor…graduated with a 3.6 gpa.

Personal:Born December 19, 1990… daughter of Warren and Barbara Peters…one sibling, Lewis… majoring in the department of Health and HumanPerformance…plans to attend graduate school for athletic training.

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Rubesova’s Career Stats

2010 SLC Newcomer of the Year2010 All-SLC First Team Singles2010 All-SLC Team Team Doubles2010 Louisiana Player of the Year2010 Louisiana Newcomer of the Year2010 All-Louisiana First Team

2010: Finished the season with an overall record of 35-0 insingles and doubles play… compiled a 17-0 record in sin-gles play while going 9-0 in conference action… played pri-marily in the No. 3 position in singles play… Finished with a18-0 doubles record with partner Andrea Nedorostova…played in the No. 2 spot primarily racking up a 16-0record... became the first Lady Demon player to ever play inthe 64-women NCAA Singles Championship and the onlyplayer from Louisiana to do so this season... lost 6-1, 6-1 toGeorgia All-American Chelsey Gullickson, the nation’s 12th-ranked singles player.

High School: Ranked in the top 20 of Czech Republic in 18and under division.

Personal: Born April 26, 1988…daughter of Zdenek Rubesand Drahomira Rubesova…four siblings, brother Miroslav andsister Ivana, Sarka, and Lucie…majoring in business… hasplans to start a business.

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2010 All-SLC First Team Doubles2010 SLC All-Academic Second Team2010 All-Louisiana Second Team2008 All-Louisiana Freshman of the Year

2010 Season: Finished season with a 17-3 record in singles… played prima-rily in the No. 6 position achieving a 12-3 record… finished with a 10-1 recordin conference action… compiled a 16-4 record in doubles play… teamed withKathrin Lange in all doubles matches… played most of the doubles matches inthe No. 3 position.

2009 Season: Led the Lady Demons in wins in singles with a 15-7 recordplaying the majority in the No. 4 spot where she achieved a 13-7 record…played her other matches in the No. 3 spot…in doubles compiled a 19-4record playing all matches in the No. 2 spot… teamed with Kathrin Lange andDaniela Posada…finished the conference season with a 11-0 record in dou-bles.

2008 Season: All-SLC second team in singles and doubles…LouisianaDivision I Women's Tennis Freshman of the Year… had the most wins of anyLady Demon…compiled an 18-4 record in singles competition and 15-7 markin doubles… played mainly at the No. 4 slot in singles…finished 9-2 in the con-ference in singles matches and 9-2 in doubles competition…teamed withKathrin Lange to defeat 71st ranked Louisiana-Lafayette 9-7.

High School: Attended Gymnasium Balinger in Balinger, Germany…ranked inGermany's Top 50 in the juniors 18-under division.

Personal: Born June 10, 1987…daughter of Gabi and Gunther Schulz…onesister, Carmen…majoring in hospitality management and plan to work as partof a management staff in a hotel.

Schulz’s Career Stats

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2010 Championship Season


Lady Demons cruise to regular season and tournament titlesNorthwestern State posted its great-

est season in three decades ofwomen’s tennis when it finished the2010 slate with a sparkling 21-2 record,a Southland Conference regular sea-son championship,a Southland tourna-ment title, and the team’s first-everNCAA Team Tournament appearance.

NSU joined Stanford as the onlyteams in the country with just twodefeats.

All three Lady Demon dou-bles’teams earned first team All-SLChonors - Olga Bazhanova/AdnaCurukovic at the No. 1 slot, MartinaRubesova/Andrea Nedorostova at No.2, and Kathrin Lange/Bianca Schulz atthe No. 3 doubles.

Also, Rubesova and Lange earnedfirst team All-SLC in singles competitionwhile Bazhanova, Nedorostova andSchulz picked up second team honors.

Rubesova, who was named theLouisiana Player of the Year and

earned a No. 7 postseason regionalranking, became the first Lady Demon,and the only player from Louisiana, toearn an invitation to the 64-womanNCAA Singles Championship.

She was 18-0 in singles play duringthe spring and 33-1 overall in 2009-10until her NCAA defeat at the hands ofGeorgia All-American ChelseyGullickson.

SLC Tournament Championship RecapOlga Bazhanova's third-set 7-5 win

on the afternoon of April 25 completeda remarkable rally by regular-seasonchampion Northwestern State, handingthe Lady Demons a dramatic 4-3 victo-ry over 2009 champion Texas-Arlingtonfor the Southland ConferenceTournament title and NSU's first-everberth in next month's NCAA Women'sTennis Team Championships.

The victory was the 20th consecu-tive for Northwestern (21-1), which was

unbeaten in the 11-match SLC regularseason and three SLC Tournamentcontests this weekend. It came afterUTA (13-7) built a 3-1 lead, sweepingthe lower three singles matches instraight sets following the LadyDemons capturing the opening dou-bles point.

Adna Curukovic closed NSU within3-2 with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) No. 2 singleswin, then Martina Rubesova fought offseveral match points by KlaraJagosova and drew the contest evenat 3-3 with a 6-0, 2-6, 7-5 triumph atNo. 3 to keep her unbeaten (17-0) thisspring, leaving the outcome and NCAAberth up to the No. 1 position.

Bazhanova won the last two gamesafter a stirring charge from UTA'sMonika Hadvigerova, who fought offfour match points down 5-2, 40-loveand then won the next two games toknot the match 5-5. Bazhanova heldserve, then broke Hadvigerova to close

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out a 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 7-5 victory to handNSU the tournament title.

Northwestern notched its first pointin trademark fashion, although not with-out difficulty in taking the doubles point.Rubesova and Andrea Nedorostovawon the No. 2 match 8-4 (going 19-0this spring), then Bazhanova/Curukovictook the No. 1 position 8-6. UTA was up7-6 in the No. 3 doubles when NSUclinched the point with the No. 1 win.

That raised the Lady Demons to 56-5 in doubles play, including 37-2against conference foes, this spring.

NCAA Tournament RecapIn a 4-0 win on May 14 over

Northwestern State, No. 1-rankedBaylor didn't get the cakewalk thescore could indicate or a top seedwould expect in the first round of theNCAA Women's TennisChampionships.

A comeback from a 5-0 deficit at No.3 sparked Baylor to claim the doublespoint, and while the Lady Bears con-trolled three singles matches to clinchthe overall outcome, the Lady Demonswere extremely competitive in the otherthree, including a first-set 7-5 win from

unbeaten Martina Rubesova in the No.3 position.

After a three-hour rain delay inter-rupted singles play, two other LadyDemons rebounded mightily from first-set 6-0 routs. At No. 1, OlgaBazhanova was knotted 4-4 in the sec-ond set with the No. 5-ranked player inthe country, Lenka Broosova. At No. 6,Bianca Schulz was also even at 4-4against Cria Lindlar.

By dropping only two games in theother three singles (Nos. 2, 4 and 5)Baylor won its 22nd consecutive con-test and improved to 28-2, including 21victories over ranked foes. With fourTop 100-ranked singles players, theLady Bears advanced to Saturday'sregional final at the Baylor TennisCenter against No. 32 Tulsa, a 4-2 win-ner earlier Friday over North Texas.Northwestern ended its greatest sea-son in three decades of women's tenniswith a sparkling 21-2 record after itsfirst defeat in 20 matches. Rubesova,ranked 121st nationally and headed tothe 64-woman singles draw May 26 atthe NCAA Championships, took herfirst set from No. 55 Taylor Ormand ofBaylor.

The Lady Demons opened quickleads in two of the three doublesmatches, with the junior tandem ofteam captain Kathrin Lange and BiancaSchulz rolling to a 5-0 lead overOrmond and Lindlar. But Baylor won 8of the next 9 games to recover and postan 8-6 decision at No. 3.

That outcome handed the LadyBears the doubles point because earli-er, the nation's No. 11-ranked doublespairing, Broosova and Csilla Borsanyi,closed out an 8-3 decision at No. 1 overBazhanova and Adna Curukovic.

When the rain delay struck,Rubesova and Lange were the only twoNSU players to notch game wins in sin-gles, as the Lady Bears were dominat-ing.

2010 Individual Statistics 2010 Results

Feb. 2 at LouisianaTech W 7-0Feb. 17 Tulane L 4-3Feb. 19 UNO W 7-0Feb. 21 at Houston W 6-1Feb. 27 *Lamar W 5-2Feb. 28 *McNeese State W 7-0Mar. 6 *Stephen F. Austin W 6-1Mar. 7 *Sam Houston State W 6-1Mar. 13 *at Central Arkansas W 7-0Mar. 14 at Ark.-Little Rock W 6-1Mar. 27 *A&M-Corpus Christi W 6-1Mar. 28 *UT-San Antonio W 7-0Apr. 2 *at Southeastern La. W 6-1Apr. 4 *at Nicholls W 5-2Apr. 8 *at Texas State W 6-1Apr. 11 *at UT-Arlington W 6-1Apr. 14 at UL-Monroe W 4-3Apr. 16 UL-Lafayette W 5-2Apr. 23 !vs. Stephen F. Austin W 4-0Apr. 24 !vs. UT-Arlington W 4-3Apr. 24 !vs. Lamar W 4-0May 14 ^at Baylor L 4-0

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The Southland Conference


In an era of considerable change in intercollegiate athletics, the Southland Conferencecontinues to be a model of innovation, stability and consistent achievement as it celebratesthe academic and athletic accomplishments of its member institutions.

What began as a small gathering of college administrators more than 45 years ago, theSouthland Conference has transformed itself into a dynamic and respected consortium of 12member universities in three states. Beginning with a historic meeting of five institutions inDallas on March 15, 1963, that included current members Lamar University (then Lamar StateCollege of Technology) and the University of Texas at Arlington (then Arlington State College),the Southland Conference set on an extraordinary course that has proven successful well intoits fifth decade of existence.

On July 1, 2006, the Southland Conference commemorated another milestone as theleague membership reached 12, marking the largest configuration ever for the organization.The addition of the University of Central Arkansas and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christiexpanded the Southland into the Little Rock metro area and into the eighth largest city inTexas. Central Arkansas and A&M-Corpus Christi enhanced the Southland Conference in innu-merable ways, including athletic and academic successes, strong and principled leadership,and strong fan support and media coverage.

In addition to its two newest members, the Southland Conference lineup also consists ofLamar University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern StateUniversity, Sam Houston State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F.Austin State University, the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at SanAntonio, and Texas State University-San Marcos.

All told, the revised membership of the Southland encompasses more than 180,000 cur-rent students and an alumni base of approximately 920,000. Famous alums from SouthlandConference schools include former President Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas State), former CBSnews anchor Dan Rather (Sam Houston State), retired U.S. Central Command General TommyFranks (UT Arlington), NBA executive Joe Dumars (McNeese State), ABC news anchor RobinRoberts (Southeastern Louisiana), country music star George Strait (Texas State), MajorLeague Baseball stars Hunter Pence (UT Arlington), Kevin Millar (Lamar) and Ben Broussard(McNeese State), NBA legend Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas) and actor Lou DiamondPhillips (UT Arlington).

The cities of the Southland are diverse and progressive, ranging from international busi-ness and cultural centers such as the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, San Antonio and the NewOrleans area, to the historical cities of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Natchitoches, La., to thehome of the modern oil boom, Beaumont, Texas, to the unique Cajun French cultures found inthe Louisiana cities of Thibodaux and Lake Charles. Southland Conference institutions alsodraw large numbers of students from the metropolitan areas of Houston, Little Rock, BatonRouge, Austin, and Shreveport.

The Southland sponsors 17 championship sports, all at the NCAA Division I level. Theeight men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, andindoor and outdoor track and field. The women compete for nine championships in basketball,cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball.The Conference earns automatic qualification to NCAA championships in baseball, men's andwomen's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf,women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, and volleyball.Southland Conferencefootball ranks among the best Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) leagues in the nation,and enjoys an annual expectation of competing for the national championship with multipleteams advancing to the NCAA playoffs each year. In 2002 and 2003, McNeese State finishedthe regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation, and advanced to the 2002 national champi-onship contest, the sixth such title game appearance since the league joined FCS in 1982. Alltold, Southland teams have played in 89 Division I playoff games in 27 years, winning 42 of thecontests.

2010 All-SLC Women’s Tennis TeamsFIRST TEAM SINGLESNo. 1 Mariaryeni Gutierrez Lamar San Antonio, VenezuelaNo. 2 Kaltrina Harbuzi Lamar Schneverdingen, GermanyNo. 3 Martina Rubesova NSU Usti nad LabemNo. 4 Kathrin Lange NSU Emmimgen, GermanyNo. 5 Daiana Negreanu UTA Alexandria, RomaniaNo. 6 Nyssa Peele TXST Austin, Texas

FIRST TEAM DOUBLESNo. 1 Olga Bazhanova NSU Nikolaev, Ukraine

Adna Curukovic NSU Zenica, Bosnia-HerzegovinaNo. 2 Andrea Nedorostova NSU Brno, Czech Republic

Martina Rubseova NSU Usti nad LabemNo. 3 Kathrin Lange NSU Emmimgen, Germany

Bianca Shulz NSU Balinger, Germany

SECOND TEAM SINGLESNo.1 Olga Bazhanova NSU Nikolaev, UkraineNo. 2 Doris Kuselj AMCC Dubronik, CroatiaNo. 3 Paola Montuenga SFA Vendome, FranceNo. 4 Maria Martinez-Romero UTA Nules, SpainNo. 5 Andrea Nedorostova NSU Brno, Czech RepublicNo.6 Bianca Shulz NSU Balinger, Germany

SECOND TEAM DOUBLESNo. 1 Mariaryeni Gutierrez Lamar San Antonio, Venezuela

Manijee Ashrafi Lamar San Juan, Peurto RicoNo. 2 Gabriela Rojas TXST Cali, Colombia

Mariana Perez TXST Bucaramanga, ColombiaNo. 3 Maria Martinez-Romero UTA Nules, Spain

Nikola Matovikova UTA Bratislava, Slovakia

2009 Tournament (Corpus Christi, Texas)

QUARTERFINALSNo. 3 Texas State def. No. 6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-1No. 2 Texas-Arlington def. No. 7 Southeastern Louisiana, 4-1No. 4 Lamar def. No. 5 Sam Houston State, 4-1No. 1 Northwestern State def. No. 8 Stephen F. Austin, 4-0

SEMIFINALSNo. 2 Texas-Arlington def. No. 3 Texas State, 4-0No. 1 Northwestern State def. No.4 Lamar, 4-0

CHAMPIONSHIPNo. 1 Northwestern State def. No. 2 Texas-Arlington, 4-3

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Season and Career Records


Career Singles WIns

Name Record Years1. Vicky Sims 67-19 1989-922. Shayne Fitzwilliam 63-14 1986-893. Shirley Echaiz 58-35 1979-824. Karen Patel 56-23 1988-915. Babette Cramer 53-36 1987-88T6. Bianca Schulz 51-14 2008-present T6. Daniela Posada 51-26 2006-09T8. Nanette Beasley 50-23 1979-81T8. Jane Paterson 50-30 1988-919. Ana Maria deFelippo 49-33 1984-8710. Monica Isaza 48-28 1984-87

SeasonSingles WIns

Name Record Year1. Marie Jeanne Huyben 30-4 19792. Carin Roux 23-3 1980T3. Shayne Fitzwilliam 20-0 1986T3. Shirley Echaiz 20-7 1979T5. Bianca Shulz 19-4 2008T5. Nannette Beasley 19-7 1979T7. Martina Rubesova 17-0 2010T7. Bianca Schulz 17-3 2010T7. Kathrin Lange 17-4 2010T7. Daniela Posada 17-6 2008T7. Tory Plunkett 17-3 1986T7. Tory Plunkett 17-4 1985

Top Singles Career Winning Percentage

(minimum 20 victories)Name Pct. Record Years1. Carin Roux .885 23-3 19802. Marie Jane Huyban .882 30-4 19793. Tory Plunkett .829 34-7 1985-864. Shayne Fitzwiliam .828 63-14 1986-895. Bianca Schulz .785 51-14 2008-present6. Barbara Tons .766 46-22 1986-897. Diane Raybon .741 20-7 19788. Kim Tollet .698 44-19 1983-859. Nanette Beasley .685 50-23 1979-8110. Daniella Posada .662 51-26 2006-09

Singles Season Winning Percentage

(minimum 20 matches)Name Pct. Record Year1. Shayne Fitzwilliam 1.000 20-0 19862. Marie Jane Huyban .882 30-4 1979T3. Bianca Schulz .850 17-3 2010T3. Tory Plunkett .850 17-3 19865. Bianca Schulz .826 19-4 2008T6. Kathrin Lange .810 17-4 2010T6. Tory Plunkett .810 17-4 1985T8. Barba Tons .762 16-5 1988T8. Karen Patel .762 16-5 1988T8. Jane Paterson .762 16-5 1988

Career doubles WIns

Name Record Years1. Karen Patel 63-22 1988-912. Barbara Tons 57-13 1986-893. Shayne Fitzwilliam 55-19 1986-894. Jane Paterson 52-16 1988-915. Bianca Schulz 50-16 2008-presentT6. Kathrine Lange 49-14 2008-presentT6. Karla Tubbs 49-30 1983-858. Adna Curukovic 48-15 2008-present9. Sara Jones 45-33 1987-8910. Daniela Posada 43-27 2006-09

season doubles WIns

Name Record Year1.Siw Johnsson 28-13 1990T2. Andrea Nedorstova 19-0 2010T2. Bianca Schulz 19-4 2009T4. Martina Rubesova 18-0 2010T4. Vickie Sims 18-7 1990T4. Karen Patel 18-1 1988T4. Jane Paterson 18-1 1988T4. Marie Jeanne Huyban 18-9 1979T4. Babette Cramer 18-9 1979T4. Shirley Echaiz 18-9 1979T4. Suzette Prieto 18-9 1979T4. Nanette Beasley 18-10 1979T4. Lainey McNabb 18-10 1979

Doubles Career Winning Percentage

(minimum 20 wins)

Name Pct. Record Years1. Barbara Tons .814 57-13 1986-892. Olga Bazhanova .810 34-8 2009-present3. Dragana Colic .800 24-6 2008-present4. Kathrin Lange .778 49-14 2008-present5. Jane Paterson .765 52-16 1988-916. Adna Curukovic .762 48-15 2008-present7. Bianca Schulz .758 50-16 2008-present8. Tory Plunkett .744 29-10 1985-869. Shayne Fitzwilliam .743 55-19 1986-8910. Karen Patel .704 50-21 1988-91

Doubles Season Winning Percentage

(minimum 15 matches)Name Pct. Record YearsT1. Andrea Nedorostova 1.000 19-0 2010T1. Martina Rubesova 1.000 18-0 2010T3. Karen Patel .947 18-1 1988T3. Jane Paterson .947 18-1 19885. Olga Bazhanova .895 17-2 20106. Daniela Posada .867 13-2 2009T7. Adna Curukovic .850 17-3 2010T7. Nanette Beasley .850 17-3 1981T7. Elizabeth Rosenthal .850 17-3 1981T8. Tory Plunkett .842 16-3 1986T8. Barbara Tons .842 16-3 1986

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Year-by-Year Results


1977No records available

1978 (10-4)LSU-Alexandria W, 9-0Centenary W, 8-1Southern Arkansas W, 9-0Southwestern La. W, 6-3North Texas State W, 7-2Houston L, 1-8Ole Miss L, 0-9McNeese State W, 8-1Southeastern La. W, 8-1Tulane L, 1-8Louisiana Tech W, 9-0Tulane L, 4-5Northeast La. L, 0-9Centenary W, 8-1McNeese State W, 9-0Centenary W, 8-1McNeese State W, 9-0LSU L, 2-7Northeast La. L, 0-9LSU-Alexandria W, 9-0Northeast La. L, 2-4

1979 (14-8)Louisiana College W, 6-0Southwestern La. W, 8-1Vanderbilt L, 3-6Purdue L, 4-5LSU L, 0-9Lousiana Tech W, 6-3Memphis State W, 9-0Stephen F. Austin W, 8-1Southeastern La. W, 9-0Louisiana Tech W, 9-0McNeese State W, 8-1Gustavus Adolphus W, 8-1Southeastern La. W, 9-0South Alabama L, 4-5South Alabama L, 4-5Tulane L, 3-6McNeese State W, 8-1LSU L, 1-8Tulane L, 3-6Centenary W, 8-1Northeast La. L, 0-9Centenary W, 7-2

1980 (16-5)Southern Arkansas W, 9-0Louisiana College W, 9-0Lamar W, 5-4Southwestern La. W, 3-1McNeese State W, 9-0Centenary W, 5-2Southwestern La. W, 9-0Southwestern La. W, 9-0Memphis State W, 6-3Louisiana Tech W, 9-0Northeast La. L, 0-9Southeastern La. W, 9-0Louisiana Tech W, 9-0LSU L, 3-5Arkansas-Little Rock W, 9-0Centenary W, 7-2Louisiana Tech W, 6-3LSU L, 2-7Southeastern La. W, 9-0LSU L, 1-8Tulane L, 3-6

1981 (12-10)@ Stephen F. Austin L, 2-6@ Centenary L, 4-5McNeese State W, 6-3@ Tulane L, 1-8@ Southwestern La. W, 8-1Arkansas-Little Rock W, 8-1

#Oral Roberts L, 4-5#Alabama L, 4-5Wichita State L, 3-6@ Houston Baptist W, 9-0@ McNeese State W, 9-0Southwestern La. W, 9-0Louisiana Tech W, 6-3Stephen F. Austin L, 0-5Grambling W, 9-0Houston Baptist W, 7-2@ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 8-1@ Louisiana Tech W, 6-3Centenary L, 3-6##McNeese State W, 5-4##LSU L, 0-9##Tulane L, 1-8#LSU Team Tournament##LAIAW State Tournament, placed 4th

1982 (9-9)@ Louisiana College W, 9-0@ Tulane L, 0-9Centenary L, 2-7@ Grambling W, 9-0Notre Dame W, 5-4#New Orleans L, 4-5#Sam Houston W, 5-4#Stephen F. Austin L, 0-9Arkansas-Little Rock W, 7-2McNeese State L, 3-6Louisiana Tech L, 0-9Stephen F. Austin L, 2-7Southwestern La. W, 6-3Louisiana College W, 7-2Louisiana Tech L, 3-6Grambling W, 8-1McNeese State W, 6-3@ Southwestern La. L, 4-5#SFA Tournament, placed 3rd

1983 (11-11)2/26 @ Southern Arkansas W, 9-02/28 @ Stephen F. Austin W, 7-23/2 McNeese State W, 8-13/3 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-73/6 @ Houston L, 0-93/7 Stephen F. Austin W, 7-2

Illinois State W, 6-33/10 #Lamar L, 0-93/10 #Louisiana Tech L, 3-63/11 #Oklahoma State L, 1-83/11 #Memphis State L, 3-63/12 #Northeast La. L, 1-8

Northern Iowa W, 8-13/15 @ Grambling W, 7-23/19 @ New Orleans W, 7-23/20 @ Tulane L, 0-94/8 @ Louisiana Tech L, 4-54/15 Southwestern La. W, 5-44/16 Lamar L, 1-84/18 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 5-4

Louisiana Tech L, 4-54/23 Grambling W, 8-1#NLU Invitational, placed 4th

1984 (11-9)@ Nicholls State W, 5-4@ Tulane L, 3-6Southwestern La. L, 4-5Arkansas-Little Rock L, 3-6#Arkansas State W, 8-1#Memphis State W, 5-4#Northeast La. L, 1-8#Arkansas-Little Rock L, 3-6West Texas State W, 6-3Nicholls State W, 8-1@ Southwestern La. W, 5-4Louisiana Tech W, 5-4@ Centenary W, 5-4@ McNeese State W, 5-4

@ Stephen F. Austin L, 4-5LSU L, 2-7Tulane L, 4-5Stephen F. Austin W, 7-2McNeese State L, 4-5@ Louisiana Tech W, 5-4#NLU Invitational, placed 4th

1985 (14-4, 4-1 GSC)2/9 East Texas Baptist W, 9-02/20 @ East Texas Baptist W, 9-02/23 @ Tulane L, 1-82/24 @ New Orleans W, 7-02/26 Lamar W, 8-13/1 @ McNeese State W, 7-23/10 @ Southwestern La. W, 8-13/12 @ Centenary W, 6-23/17 Tulane L, 1-83/19 Louisiana Tech W, 6-33/25 *@Sam Houston W, 8-13/31 McNeese State W, 5-44/1 *Stephen F. Austin L, 3-64/2 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 3-64/6 *@ Nicholls State W, 9-04/8 *Southeastern La. W, 7-24/13 *@Southwest Texas W, 5-44/22 @Louisiana Tech W, 5-4Finished 2nd in Gulf States Conference

1986 (13-4)GULF STAR CHAMPIONSNew Orleans W, 9-0Southern Miss W, 9-0Louisiana Tech W, 6-3Mississippi State W, 6-3Houston Baptist L, 3-6Southwestern La. L, 2-7Lamar W, 6-3Kansas State W, 8-1Louisiana Tech W, 9-0Sam Houston W, 9-0Houston Baptist L, 3-6Stephen F. Austin W, 6-3McNeese State W, 6-3Southeastern La. W, 9-0Northeast La. W, 8-1Texas-Tyler L, 4-5Tulane W, 5-4

1987 (12-7)2/14 Northeast La. W, 5-43/6 #Texas-Permian Basin W, 8-13/6 #Texas-San Antonio W, 9-03/7 #Texas-Tyler L, 2-53/10 @ Northeast La. W, 6-33/13 Southwestern La. L, 2-73/18 @ LSU L, 1-83/25 @ New Orleans W, 9-03/26 @Tulane L, 2-73/27 *@ Nicholls State W, 7-23/31 @ McNeese State W, 5-44/1 @ Texas-Tyler L, 4-54/4 @ Southwestern La. L, 0-94/7 McNeese State W, 6-34/8 Louisiana Tech W, 7-24/11 *@ Sam Houston W, 7-24/12 @ Baylor W, 5-44/13 @ Texas Christian L, 0-94/14 @ East Texas State W, 8-1# Texas-Tyler Invitational

1988 (12-5, 2-2 SLC)2/24 @ Louisiana Tech W, 7-22/27 @ Nicholls State W, 9-02/28 @ New Orleans W, 8-13/1 @ Centenary W, 6-33/13 LSU L, 1-53/16 Texas-Tyler W, 9-03/20 New Orleans W, 9-03/22 Louisiana Tech W, 7-2

Lamar L, 4-5

3/27 *Southwest Texas L, 3-6Southwestern La. W, 6-3

4/9 *Sam Houston W, 8-14/11 *@ North Texas State W, 5-44/15 Tulane L, 4-54/17 @ Southwestern La. W, 8-14/19 Centenary W, 8-14/23 *Northeast La. L, 4-5Finished 2nd in Southland Conference

1989 (13-2, 3-0 SLC)SOUTHLAND CO-CHAMPIONS2/22 Texas-Tyler W, 5-33/3 New Orleans W, 9-03/3 Louisiana Tech W, 9-03/4 Southeastern La. W, 8-13/8 LSU L, 0-93/27 Southwestern La. L, 4-54/2 *Sam Houston W, 9-04/5 Grambling W, 9-04/6 Southern W, 9-04/10 Grambling W, 9-04/17 *North Texas W, 7-24/20 Southwestern La. W, 7-24/21 Texas-Tyler W, 8-14/23 *Northeast La. W, 8-1

1990 (9-9, 4-0 SLC)2/11 @ Baylor L, 0-92/18 @ Louisiana Tech W, 7-22/24 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 4-52/26 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-83/1 #Texas Tech L, 1-83/2 #Texas Pan-Am W, 7-33/3 #Schreiner W, 9-03/6 @ Lamar W, 7-23/9 @ Centenary L, 2-73/17 @ Tulane W, 5-43/22 Centenary W, 9-03/24 Tulane L, 4-53/27 *Northeast La. W, 5-43/31 @ North Texas L, 4-54/1 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 9-04/4 Southern W, 9-04/7 *Southwest Texas W, 5-44/8 *Sam Houston W, 5-4Finished 4th in Southland Conference

1991 (15-5, 3-2 SLC)2/9 @ LSU L, 0-92/10 Southwestern La. W, 5-42/17 Southeastern La. W, 5-42/22 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 5-42/24 Lamar W, 7-22/25 Centenary W, 5-43/6 Louisiana Tech W, 9-03/11 @ Centenary L, 4-53/15 Nicholls State W, 6-13/20 Oklahoma City W, 5-43/24 @ South Alabama L, 1-53/28 @ Jacksonville W, 9-03/29 @ West Florida W, 9-03/30 @ Southern Miss W, 7-24/2 @ Louisiana Tech W, 6-04/6 *@ Southwest Texas W, 6-34/10 *@ Northeast La. L, 2-74/13 *Texas-Arlington W, 9-04/16 *Sam Houston W, 8-14/18 *@ North Texas L, 3-6Finished 4th in Southland Conference

1992 (13-7, 6-1)2/8 @ Southeastern La. L, 5-12/14 @ Centenary L, 4-52/20 @ Louisiana Tech W, 8-12/28 @ Mobile College L, 4-52/29 @ South Alabama L, 1-53/1 @ West Florida W, 6-33/3 @ Jacksonville W, 7-23/4 #N. Carolina-Wilimington W, 5-13/18 Oklahoma City W, 5-1

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Year-by-Year Results


3/20 Southwestern La. L, 2-73/21 *Sam Houston W, 8-13/22 *Nicholls State W, 5-43/25 Centenary W, 5-44/1 *Northeast La. L, 0-94/4 *Texas-San Antonio W, 5-44/5 *Southwest Texas W, 5-44/7 Louisiana Tech W, 6-04/11 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 8-14/12 *@ North Texas W, 5-44/20 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-8Finished 3rd in Southland Conference

1993 (11-9, 4-3 SLC)1/29 @ Lamar W, 5-11/30 @ Texas-Pan Am W, 9-02/6 Baylor L, 3-62/7 Southeastern La. W, 5-42/9 Centenary W, 7-22/27 Middle Tennessee State L, 3-52/28 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 3-63/6 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 7-23/7 Centenary L, 4-53/14 *@ Sam Houston W, 9-03/17 Oklahoma City W, 6-33/18 Louisiana Tech W, 8-03/20 *North Texas W, 7-23/21 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 9-03/27 @ Southwestern La. L, 2-73/28 *@ Nicholls State L, 3-64/1 *@ Northeast La. L, 4-54/9 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 1-84/10 *@ Southwest Texas W, 8-14/16 Southwestern La. L, 1-8Finished 4th in Southland Conference

1994 (13-4, 8-0)SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONS1/29 @ Rice L, 0-61/30 @ Houston W, 5-42/5 @ Baylor L, 3-62/25 Arkansas State W, 5-42/26 Lamar W, 7-23/4 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-53/13 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 9-03/15 Centenary W, 5-13/19 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 9-03/20 @Sam Houston W, 9-03/30 *Northeast La. W, 5-44/1 *Nicholls State W, 7-24/2 *McNeese State W, 9-04/9 *Southwest Texas W, 8-14/10 *Texas-San Antonio W, 7-24/14 Southwestern La. L, 3-64/16 *@ North Texas W, 8-1





1999 (7-12, 4-6 SLC)2/6 @ Centenary W, 8-12/12 #ABAC L, 2-52/13 #Miss. Univ. for Women L, 2-32/13 #West Florida L, 0-62/20 @ New Orleans L, 1-82/27 Centenary W, 7-22/28 Tulane L, 0-93/6 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 2-73/7 *@ Southwest Texas W, 8-13/14 *@ Stephen F. Austin L, 3-63/20 *Southeastern La. W, 9-03/21 *Nicholls State L, 3-6

3/27 *@ McNeese State L, 0-93/31 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-54/2 *Sam Houston W, 8-14/3 *Texas-Arlington L, 0-94/5 *Northeast La. W, 9-04/9 Louisiana Tech W, 8-14/11 *@ Lamar L, 4-5#West Florida Spring Fling

2000 (6-12, 3-7 SLC)2/1 Centenary W, 9-02/5 @ Rice L, 0-92/20 New Orleans L, 1-52/26 @ Arkansas State L, 1-83/2 @ Centenary W, 6-33/4 *@ Texas-Arlington L, 2-73/5 *@ Stephen F. Austin L, 3-63/8 @ North Texas L, 1-83/11 *Lamar L, 3-63/12 *McNeese State W, 7-23/14 *@ Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-43/18 *@ Nicholls State W, 5-43/25 *Sam Houston L, 2-73/28 Louisiana Tech W, 4-34/1 *Southwest Texas L, 0-54/2 *Texas-San Antonio L, 0-64/10 *@ Southeastern La. L, 0-54/10 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 1-5

2001 (8-12, 4-6 SLC)2/2 @ North Texas L, 1-62/10 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 0-72/11 @ New Orleans L, 0-72/13 Centenary W, 5-22/17 Southern Miss L, 1-62/17 @ Mississippi Valley State W, 7-02/21 Arkansas State L, 2-52/23 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 1-63/3 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 2-53/4 *@ Southwest Texas W, 5-23/10 *@ Lamar W, 5-23/11 @ Texas-Pan Am W, 6-13/17 *Southeastern La. L, 2-53/18 *Nicholls State W, 5-23/20 *Louisiana-Monroe L, 2-53/24 *@ McNeese State L, 1-63/25 *@ Stephen F. Austin (!) W, 5-23/31 *Texas-Arlington L, 0-74/1 * Sam Houston W, 4-34/16 @Louisiana Tech W, 6-1!- Won on court but lost by forfeit onappeal

2002 (8-11, 5-5 SLC)1/26 @ North Texas L, 1-62/1 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 1-62/2 @ Arkansas State L, 1-62/25 New Orleans L, 0-72/27 @ Centenary W, 7-03/2 Texas-Pan Am W, 6-13/5 *Louisiana-Monroe L, 1-63/9 *Texas-San Antonio L, 1-63/10 *Southwest Texas L, 3-43/16 *@ Sam Houston W, 4-33/17 *@ Texas-Arlington L, 0-73/23 *Lamar W, 6-13/24 *Stephen F. Austin W, 6-14/3 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 1-64/6 *@ Nicholls State W, 5-24/7 *@ Southeastern La. W, 7-04/12 Louisiana Tech W, 6-14/14 *McNeese State L, 1-6

2003 (8-12, 5-5 SLC)1/8 @ Southern Miss L, 2-52/15 North Texas W, 4-32/21 Arkansas State L, 0-52/22 @ New Orleans L, 1-63/7 @ Memphis L, 1-63/8 @ Murray State L, 0-73/15 *Southeastern La. W, 4-3

3/16 *Nicholls State W, 6-13/18 *Louisiana-Monroe L, 1-63/23 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 4-33/27 Arkansas-Little Rock L, 1-63/29 *@ Southwest Texas L, 1-63/30 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 0-34/2 Centenary W, 6-14/5 *Sam Houston W, 6-14/6 *Texas-Arlington L, 1-64/12 *@ McNeese State L, 2-54/13 *Lamar W, 5-24/19 Louisiana Tech W, 4-3

2004 (14-5, 9-1 SLC)1/23 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 0-61/24 @ Arkansas State L, 5-11/30 @ Centenary W, 4-22/15 Grambling W, 5-22/28 @ Southern Miss W, 5-22/29 @ Samford W, 4-33/6 *@ Texas-Arlington L, 1-63/7 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 5-23/13 *Lamar W, 4-33/14 *McNeese State W, 4-33/16 *@ Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-23/20 *@ Nicholls State W, 6-13/21 *@ Southeastern La. W, 4-33/27 *Sam Houston W, 6-14/3 *Texas State W, 5-24/4 *Texas-San Antonio W, 4-34/10 @ Louisiana Tech L, 2-54/17 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 4-34/25 $McNeese State L, 4-0$ - Southland Conference Tournament

2005 (6-13, 3-7 SLC)1/29 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 1-62/4 @ Texas A&M-CC W, 3-22/4 @ Texas-Pan Am W, 6-02/5 @ Abilene Christian L, 1-42/19 Southern Miss L, 0-72/20 Arkansas State L, 2-53/5 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 3-43/6 *@ Texas State L, 1-43/10 @ Texas A&M-CC L, 3-43/12 *@ Lamar L, 1-63/19 *@ Southeastern La. L, 1-63/20 *Nicholls State W, 6-03/22 *Louisiana-Monroe L, 2-53/26 @ Louisiana Tech W, 6-14/2 *@ McNeese State L, 0-74/3 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 4-34/9 *@ Texas-Arlington L, 2-54/10 *Sam Houston W, 4-34/15 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 1-6


2007 (10-10, 5-6 SLC)2/3 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 1-62/10 Arkansas State W, 4-32/11 Southern Miss L, 1-62/15 @ LSU L, 1-62/28 Louisiana Tech W, 5-23/1 Centenary W, 7-03/2 *Central Arkansas W, 7-03/10 *@ Lamar L, 2-43/11 *@ McNeese State W, 5-23/16 @ Louisiana Tech W, 6-03/18 Nicholls State W, 4-33/19 #59 Southeastern La. L, 0-73/24 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 4-33/25 *@ Sam Houston State L, 3-43/31 *Texas State L, 3-44/1 *Texas-Arlington L, 2-54/4 *@ Texas A&M-CC L, 2-54/5 Texas-San Antonio W, 5-24/11 Arkansas-Little Rock L, 3-44/12 @ Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-2

2008 (16-8, 9-2 SLC)2/3 @ Arkansas State W, 4-32/4 *@ Central Arkansas W, 6-12/5 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 5-22/9 @ Alabama-Birmingham L, 4-32/10 @ Southern Miss L, 4-32/16 @ Rice L, 1-62/17 @ Houston L, 1-62/23 Louisiana Tech W, 6-02/23 Centenary W, 7-03/1 *@ Texas State W, 6-13/2 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 5-23/8 *Texas A&M-CC W, 6-13/9 *Texas-San Antonio W, 6-13/15 Memphis W, 6-13/20 Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-23/25 #71 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 5-23/30 *@ Nicholls State W, 4-24/5 *Stephen F. Austin W, 6-14/6 *Sam Houston W, 6-14/12 *Lamar L, 1-64/13 *McNeese State W, 4-34/19 *@ Southeastern La. L, 0-74/25 $Sam Houston W, 4-04/26 $Lamar L, 0-4$ - Southland Conference Tournament

2009 (15-8, 8-3 SLC)2/7 @ Tulane W, 4-32/8 @ New Orleans L, 2-52/14 Houston L, 1-62/16 Southern Miss W, 6-12/21 @ Florida Gulf Coast W, 5-22/22 @ Bethune Cookman W, 7-02/23 @ Florida Atlantic W, 6-12/28 *Texas State W, 6-13/1 *Texas-Arlington L, 1-63/7 *@ Texas A&M-CC W, 5-23/8 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 2-53/17 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 1-63/28 *Southeastern La. W, 5-23/29 *Nicholls State W, 7-04/1 Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-24/4 *@ Lamar L, 3-44/5 *@McNeese State W, 7-04/8 *Central Arkansas W, 7-04/11 @ Rice L, 0-74/15 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 6-14/16 *@ Sam Houston W, 5-24/24 $Texas State W, 4-04/25 $Texas-Arlington L, 0-4$ - Southland Conference Tournament

2010 (20-2, 11-0 SLC)SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONS2/2 @Louisiana Tech W, 7-02/17 Tulane L, 3-42/19 New Orleans W, 7-02/21 @ Houston W, 6-12/27 *Lamar W, 5-22/28 *McNeese State W, 7-03/6 *Stephen F. Austin W, 6-13/7 *Sam Houston W, 6-13/13 *@ Central Arkansas W, 7-03/14 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 6-13/27 *Texas A&M-CC W, 6-13/28 *Texas-San Antonio W, 7-04/2 *@ Southeastern La. W, 6-14/4 *@ Nicholls State W, 5-24/8 *@ Texas State W, 6-14/11 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 6-14/14 @ Louisiana-Monroe W, 4-34/16 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 5-24/23 $Stephen F. Austin W, 4-04/24 $Texas-Arlington W, 4-34/24 $Lamar W, 4-05/14 $$#1 Baylor L, 0-4$ - Southland Conference Champions$$ - NCAA Regional (Waco, Texas)

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NSU Tennis History


Tennis at Northwestern State dates back tothe earliest days of the institution. Dating backto the early 1900s, there are photos of studentsplaying tennis, in a day when all but a few stu-dents at Louisiana Normal School were womentraining to be teachers.

More than a century later, with plenty of his-tory in place, women's tennis is annually one ofthe strongest sports at what is nowNorthwestern State University. An official inter-collegiate women's team dawned in the late1970s as additional women's sports popped upin college tennis around the country, thanks tothe creation of Title IX spurring formalized com-petition in many women's sports that were pre-viously contested on the club level.

During those days, NSU had an extremelystrong men's tennis program -- so strong that inthe late 1970s, the Demons were ranked in theNCAA's Top 20 and played in the NCAADivision I Championships in Athens, Georgia.

Under coach Johnnie Emmons, theDemons produced All-Americans GreggManning and Ricardo Acuna. Among severalplayers who became professionals, Acunareached the game's greatest levels. In 1985, hewas a singles quarterfinalist at Wimbledon. Hewas voted by his peers to serve on theAssociation of Tennis Professionals board andremained in that capacity for several years. Hewas ranked as highly as No. 47 in the world inMarch 1986, won three ATP doubles titles in hiscareer, and since has been associated with theATP as a coach and player development officialafter his playing career wound up. Acuna wasNSU’s first NCAA All-American (Manning wonthe honor in the NAIA) and never lost to aLouisiana opponent during his career.

A former Lady Demon standout, EmilyNichols, has been in the highest of tennis cir-cles around the pro courts. She was part of aNo. 19 nationally-ranked doubles team for NSUin 1993 and helped the 1994 Lady Demons winthe Southland Conference championship. Aftergoing home to England, she worked for theLawn Tennis Association for five years, as apress officer working with, among other events,the Wimbledon Championships. She is current-ly a senior account director for ProgressiveSports and Entertainment, working with theBarclays ATP World Tour Finals, and hasworked with the International TennisFederation, the 2004 Olympic Games, theFrench Tennis Federation (French Open),Tennis Australia and with the Davis Cup series.

Modern-day tennis at Northwestern waslaunched in 1970 when Emmons, hired as afootball assistant coach, was named head ten-nis coach for a men's program. He soon devel-oped a friendship with Nick Bollettieri andattended the Junior Orange BowlChampionships each year, looking for interna-tional prospects. It led to a tradition of global

influence producing a strong program that con-tinues at NSU today.

In 1972, Carlos Blanco, a Bolivian native,became the first in a long line of foreign tennisplayers to attend NSU, bringing the Demonsone of the strongest programs in the region.

Many recruits and three years later, NSUbecame a force to be reckoned with, winningthe school’s first conference championship(Gulf South) and fashioning a 23-4 record.With Acuna, Manning, Willie Paz and Blancoamong the stars, NSU developed into a power-house that lost just four matches over threeyears -- going 24-1 in 1976, 22-1 in 1977 and16-2 in 1978. Emmons remembers the play-ers from that era as if it were yesterday.

“As any coach knows, the number one rea-son for success is the material that you have towork with. Gregg Manning, Juan Lopez, LuisVarela, Steve Fricker, Mike Phillips, JosedeCamino and Ricardo Acuna - those playersput Northwestern State on the map.”

Emmons is most proud of the fact that histeams had just two losing seasons in 17 years.But that is just one item on a long list of accom-plishments.

“Every player that played here for four yearsgraduated and all are successful in life. Someare judges, lawyers, engineers, and tennispros. All of my players were hard workers and

were respectful of everyone. They gave thealumni of Northwestern a winning program andone that could be identified with.”

That tradition transferred to the LadyDemons program. Emmons took over as headbaseball coach in his final three seasons (1986-89) and relied upon graduate assistants to helprun the women's team which won theSouthland championship in 1989 underEmmons and Alex Kukaros. He was followedby Patric DuBois, who became the first full-timewomen's tennis coach and had a strong run ofsuccess from 1990-94 culminating with the1994 Southland crown as Ljudmila Pavlovranked as highly as No. 33 nationally in singles.DuBois moved on, only to return in 2007 to cre-ate a renaissance for NSU tennis -- which isback where it's often been, a program regional-ly and nationally respected, bringing in playersfrom near and far bonding to produce champi-onship play and the highest level of academicsuccess.

Tennis at NSU dates back to the early 1900s; took off in the 70s

Ricardo Acuna was NSU’s first NCAA All-American and advanced to the Round of 8 at the 1985Winbledon Championships.

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Harry Briggs


"The Paddlin' Professor," 90-year-old Northwestern State adjunct politicalscience instructor Dr. Harry Briggs has used his favorite hobby to benefitthe NSU Lady Demon tennis program for the past ten years.

Briggs, a Marine Corps veteran of World War II battles in the PacificTheatre at Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa, is an adjunct political scienceprofessor at NSU's Leesville-Fort Polk campus.

His swims are designed to bring attention to the Northwestern LadyDemon tennis team and to raise funds for the Lydia Briggs TennisScholarship and the Harry Briggs Tennis Support Fund at NSU.

"There are two reasons to do it, and the first is selfish," he said. "I wantto see if I can still do it. People get older and too often, lose the desire tochallenge themselves.”

"Secondly, but more important, it's a chance to help Northwestern Stateand the Lady Demon tennis program. It's a great university, and I say thatas a fellow who's been all over this country and all around the world.Getting involved with the tennis team has been an outstanding experi-ence."

Briggs, no novice swimmer, is a member of the International SwimmingHall of Fame in recognition of his 43 long-distance swims.In 1998 on his77th birthday he spent 14 hours crossing Tampa Bay, swimming sevenmiles against the current.

His most notable swimming feat was becoming the first person to swimacross Lake Erie in 1947. Briggs swam for 35 hours, 55 minutes and cov-ered 32 miles from Sandusky, Ohio, to Point Pelee, Ontario. Acclaimedauthor Gay Talese, writing a profile of Briggs for the New York Times inthe early 1950s, gave him the nickname "The Paddlin' Professor." Heappeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" after his swim and was featured inSports Illustrated.

Now, he's content knowing his annual outings don't get that kind of atten-tion – although Shreveport, Alexandria and Lake Charles media outletshave covered his last two annual challenges -- but in any case, they havelasting impact by providing scholarship opportunities for NSU students.

Eight years ago, as the centerpiece of a series of three swims, Briggs dideight miles on Cane River Lake. Since then, he's done two miles eachyear in Natchitoches. In 2006, Briggs completed three two-mile swims onthe Red River in Shreveport, Alexandria, and Natchitoches. two summersago, he covered two miles on Cross Lake in Shreveport in 3:16, appropri-ately beginning his swim at the American Legion outpost.

“This was my toughest challenge yet,” said Briggs. “But the great thingwas that I felt better after I finished than I did before I started.”

Briggs made his swim in 2007 despite learning a few weeks earlier thanhe was suffering from prolonged carbon monoxide poisoning.

“Harry is one of the most remarkable people anyone could meet,” saidLady Demon tennis coach Patric DuBois. “The experiences and accom-plishments he has had in life could fill volumes. We are very fortunate tohave a friend to our team in Harry Briggs. He is an inspiration to all ofus.”

Just recently Briggs was honored by Tufts University, where he attendedschool, when they retired his No. 9 hockey jersey. He later went on tocoach at Tufts, he later went on to pursue a professional hockey career.

To contribute to the Briggs Scholarship, in any amount, contact Dr.William Broussard in the NSU Athletic Association at 318-357-4295 or [email protected] by e-mail.

FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, THE “PADDLIN’PROFESSOR” HAS AIDED THE NSUWOMEN’S TENNIS PROGRAM WITH ASCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF HISWIFE, AN AVID TENNIS PLAYER.

H a r r y B r i g g s . . . N S U ’ s “ P a d d l i n ’ P r o f e s s o r ”

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NSU Staff


Dr. Randall WebbNSU President

Jerry PierceVP/External Affairs

Greg BurkeDirector of Athletics

Dr. William BroussardAssoc. AD/Eternal Affairs

Jody BiscoeFaculty Athletic Rep.

David Berkeley-Tuchmayer

Asst. Athletic TrainerCary Bruno

Asst. Academic Coord.Alex Cook

Asst. Marketing Dir.Carrie Crowell

SWA/Academic Coord.

Dustin EubanksAsst. AD/Compliance

Ed EvansHead Athletic Trainer

Roxanne FreemanAthletic Business Manager

Jason HornAsst. AD/Marketing Dir.

Jason DruryAsst. Athletic Trainer

Adam JonsonTicket Manager

Joe LongStrength & Conditioning Coach

Alan PaschDir. of Athletic Facilities

Rocky SmithEvents Coordinator

Jeremy TaylorEquipment Manager

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2011 NSU Tennis Media Guide