The 25th Roberta Alison Fall Classic

October 5-6, 2012

Hosted by the University of Alabama Women’s Tennis Team

2011 ROBERTA ALISON CHAMPIONS

SINGLES

Flight 1Joelle Kissell (N.C. State)

Flight 2Antonia Foehse (Alabama)

Flight 3Giorgia Pozzan (Houston)

Flight 4Khrystyna Pavlyuk (Miss. State)

Flight 5Yuiri Nomoto (Middle Tennessee)

Flight 6Flavia Nagayama (Middle Tennessee)

Flight 7Mesa Grgan (Georgia State)

Flight 8Taylor Cohen (Auburn)

Flight 9Emily Hangstefer (Chattanooga)

DOUBLES

Flight 1Pfeifler/Kasler (Auburn)

Flight 2Nava/Moraes (Middle Tennessee)

Flight 3Nagayama/Nomoto (Middle Tennessee)

Flight 4Nedorostova/Larina (NW State)

Flight 5Alvarez/Cohen (UAB)

One of the most inspiring sports stories is that of Roberta Alison. Each year the University of Alabama hon-ors one of its greatest champions with the Roberta Alison Fall Classic. The annual flighted tournament is a showcase of tennis talent that brings in several of the nation’s top tennis powers. In the winter of 1963, the Southeastern Conference made an unprecedented decision to allow women to compete on its men’s varsity athletic teams. It was the first official move toward open-ing the door to women’s varsity athletics at the SEC’s member schools. It was a coach, Jason Morton, at the University of Alabama, who championed the monumen-tal decision. Morton had found an ace in Roberta Alison, a player he’d discovered in Tuscaloosa where she was training for the U.S. Women’s Tennis Nationals. The Alexander City, Ala., native traveled to Tuscaloosa for her training since it was the nearest source for a grass court facility. She would need that in her training because the nationals would be played on grass. It was at a Tuscaloosa country club where Morton enticed Alison into becoming the first woman to play on a varsity men’s team at Alabama. Alison’s story is fascinating, particularly when judging the strength of character she displayed at the age of 19. Not every opposing coach was as enthusiastic as Morton was about a female playing on a traditionally all-male squad. Matches were forfeited by opposing coaches who claimed it was insulting for their players to play a woman. Newspapers were constantly bringing up the dispute, and no doubt Alison felt pressure from within because of all the controversy. But Morton and Alison’s teammates stood by her, and she conducted herself with class while

producing some of the best tennis performances of that time, including becoming an SEC quarterfinalist. Once she joined the team, the curious flocked to Alabama’s home matches with attendance rising from a handful in 1962 to 350-400 in 1963. “I just go out there to win. I don’t care who I play, man or woman,” said Alison at the height of the controversy. “I don’t think men hold back because I’m a girl. If they

did, it would be against the object of the game, which is to win. I certainly don’t want them to hold back just because it is me.” Alison would letter for three seasons at Alabama on its men’s team, play-ing primarily at No. 4 as a sophomore and junior and between Nos. 1-2 as a senior. Among the titles she won during her playing days were the women’s col-legiate singles championship in both 1962 and 1963. She teamed in doubles with Justina Bricka of Missouri for the 1963 women’s col-legiate doubles national title. Alison was a four-time Blue Gray and three-time Southern Tournament champion. She is a member of the Southern Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame and the Southern

Tennis Hall of Fame, and she was among those featured in the Women’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in Williamsburg, Va., on the campus of William and Mary. In 1988, she joined All-American Gregg Hahn and All-SEC player Andy Solis as the inaugural inductees into the University of Alabama’s Tennis Hall of Fame.

* Former Alabama tennis player, Mari Muller, designed the Roberta Alison T-shirt logo featured above.

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2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic Participants

ALABAMAMaya JansenNatalia MaynettoEmily Zabor

AUBURNMaria CardenasEmily FlickingerAshley KitchenPlamena KurtevaLauren LevantPaulina Schippers

CLEMSONTristen DewarNo. 83 Beatrice GumulyaRomy KoelzerYui Lynn Miao

FLORIDA STATELaurence PorryKristina Schleich

GEORGIA STATEWhitney ByrdJocelyn FfriendMasa GrganMaryna KozachenkoChaimaa RoudamiLinn TimmermannNatallia Vavulina

GEORGIA TECHMegan KureyJasmine MinorNatasha ProkhnevskaKendal Woodard

KENTUCKYKhristina BlajketvitchStephanie FoxCaitlin McGrawEdmee Morin-KougoucheffNadia RavitaJessica StilesGrace TrimbleMarni Venter

MICHIGANKristen DodgeNo. 125 Sarah LeeRonit YurovskyAmy Zhu

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATELexi BrandIrina ConstantinideNayara MoraesFlavia NagayamaYuiri Nomoto

MISSISSIPPIPaige KeatingMarija MilutinovicAllie RobbinsIris Verboven

MISSISSIPPI STATESarai FloresGeorgiana PatrascNo. 122 Alexandra PerperNaomi TranLien Van Geel

NORTHWESTERNLinda Abu Mushrefovaelinda NiuAlicia BarnettNida HamiltonAnna LivadaruVeronica Corning

SAMFORDKristin LewisJessica NorthcuttLauren CaballeroEmily MalloryAnn Marie LyonAdri LochnerSarah Gail Niebur

UABRachel CohenRachel DanielCaroline FaughtIsabel FernandezAmy LowtherMenanteau MoolmanElaine Simon

VANDERBILTFrances AltickCourtney ColtonGeorgina SellynMegan GornetMaggie Leavell

ITA Code: 241254

Maya Jansen (Alabama)

Nadia Ravita (Kentucky)

Jasmine Minor (Georiga Tech)

Consolation final Alexandra Perper (Mississippi State) Championship

Maria Cardenas (Auburn)

Belinda Niu (Northwestern)

Frances Altick (Vanderbilt)

Beatrice Gumuyla (Clemson)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Crimson Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241255

Emily Flickinger (Auburn)

Alicia Barnett (Northwestern)

Sarah Lee (Michigan)

Consolation final Kristin Lewis (Samford) Championship

Rachel Daniel (UAB)

Marija Milutinovic (Ole Miss)

Courtney Colton (Vanderbilt)

Georgiana Patrasc (Mississippi State)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (White Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241256

Tristen Dewar (Clemson)

Jessica Northcutt (Samford)

Natalia Maynetto (Alabama)

Consolation final Ronit Yurovsky (Michigan) Championship

Paulina Schippers (Auburn)

Whitney Byrd (Georgia State)

Kirsten Lewis (Kentucky)

Linda Abu Mushrefova (Northwestern)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Blue Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241257

Kendal Woodard (Georgia Tech)

Jessica Stiles (Kentucky)

Yuiri Nomoto (Middle Tennessee)

Consolation final Emily Zabor (Alabama) Championship

Amy Zhu (Michigan)

Isabel Fernandez (UAB)

Iris Verboven (Ole Miss)

Romy Koelzer (Clemson)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Yellow Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241258

Megan Kurey (Georgia Tech)

Masa Grgan (Georgia State)

Naomi Tran (Mississippi State)

Consolation final Caroline Faught (UAB) Championship

Caitlin McGraw (Kentucky)

Nida Hamilton (Northwestern)

Lauren Caballero (Samford)

Georgiana Sellyn (Vanderbilt)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Purple Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241259

Khristina Blajkevitch (Kentucky)

Chaimaa Roudami (Georgia State)

Kristy Dodge (Michigan)

Consolation final Kristina Schleich (Florida State) Championship

Flavia Nagayama (Middle Tennessee)

Megan Gornet (Vanderbilt)

Ashley Kitchens (Auburn)

Natasha Prokhenvska (Georgia Tech)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Purple Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241260

Yui Lynn Miao (Clemson)

Plamena Kurteva (Auburn)

Liem van Geel (Mississippi State)

Consolation final Linn Timmermann (Georgia State) Championship

Amy Lowther (UAB)

Stephanie Fox (Kentucky)

Irina Constantinide (Middle Tennessee)

Laurence Porry (Florida State)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Green Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241261

Edmee Morin-Kougoucheff (Kentucky)

Adri Lochner (Samford)

Jocelyn Ffriend (Georgia State)

Consolation final Alli Robbins (Ole Miss) Championship

Rachel Cohen (UAB)

Nayara Moraes (Middle Tennessee)

Maggie Leavell (Vanderbilt)

Sarai Flores (Mississippi State)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Pink Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241262

Maryna Kozachenko (Georgia State)

BYE Kozachenko

BYE

Menanteau Moolmah (UAB)

Consolation final Grace Kimble (Kentucky) Championship

Sarah Gail Niebur (Samford)

Paige Keating (Ole Miss)

BYE

BYE Simon

Elaine Simon (UAB)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Gold Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241265

Abu-Mushrefova/Hamilton (Northwestern)

Milutinovic/Verboven (Ole Miss)

Altick/Sellyn (Vanderbilt)

Consolation final Stiles/McGraw (Kentucky) Championship

Patrasc/Tran (Mississippi State)

Lewis/Caballero (Samford)

Yurovsky/Zhu (Michigan)

Woodard/Kurey (Georgia Tech)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Black Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241266

Niu/Barnett (Northwestern)

Daniel/Moolman (UAB)

Grgan/Ffriend (Georgia State)

Consolation final Flickinger/Schippers (Auburn) Championship

Blajkevitch/Morin-Kougoucheff (Kentucky)

Gumulya/Dewar (Clemson)

Zabor/Maynetto (Alabama)

Lee/Dodge (Michigan)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Silver Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241267

Prokhenvska/Minor (Georgia Tech)

Ravita/Lewis (Kentucky)

Brand/Moraes (Middle Tennessee)

Consolation final Livadaru/Corning (Northwestern) Championship

Cardenas/Kitchen (Auburn)

Faught/Lowther (UAB)

Byrd/Timmermann (Georgia State)

Miao/Koelzer (Clemson)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Teal Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)

ITA Code: 241268

Kozachenko/Roudami (Georgia State)

Perper/Flores (Mississippi State)

Nomoto/Constantinide (Middle Tennessee)

Consolation final Porry/Schleich (Florida State) Championship

Fox/Trimble (Kentucky)

Simon/Fernandez (UAB)

Jansen (Alabama)/Kurteva (Auburn)

Robbins/Keating (Ole Miss)

Northcutt/Lochner (Samford)

Colton/Leavell (Vanderbilt)

2012 Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Bronze Draw)An Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sanctioned Event

Hosted by The University of Alabama (Oct. 5-7, 2012)