UMass Women's Tennis Holds Annual Banquet The UMass women's tennis team held its annual banquet last week to celebrate a season full of accomplishments. Head Coach Judy Dixon also announced the team's end-of-season awards along with next year's team captain, Maude Lecluyse. The 2008-09 season had a number of high points including a strong performance at the Eastern Collegiate Invitational in the fall, wins over Albany, Long Island, and Columbia, and Dixon's 200th career win at UMass. (more)
Senior lacrosse star Tim Balise and tennis standout Laura Danai were honored as the Spring Scholar Athletes at Wednesday's Sports Luncheon. Balise, who was also named the UMass Male Scholar Athlete of the Year at Monday's Senior Banquet, had 31 goals for the Minutemen this season to go along with a 4.0 cumulative GPA as a Psychology major. Danai is majoring in Biology with a 3.84 GPA and leaves UMass as one of the program's most accomplished doubles players in only three seasons in Amherst. (more)
Three UMass women's tennis players have received postseason Atlantic 10 awards, highlighted by freshman Magdalena Ploch, who was named the league's Most Outstanding Rookie Performer and a First Team All-Conference honoree. Ploch is the first Minutewoman to earn the rookie distinction since Francesca Mancini in 2001. Sophomore Candynce Boney was also named to the All-Conference Second Team while junior Maude Lecluyse earned her first Academic All-Conference distinction. (more)
Final Bracket (PDF) | Season Stats (PDF)
Just as UMass Head Women's Tennis Coach Judy Dixon had predicted, it came down to the wire in Sunday's match against eighth-seeded Saint Louis, which the Billikens took, 4-3. The Minutewomen (11-15) started off strong, winning the doubles point, but then fell just short in the singles, winning two of the four matches. The loss gave the Minutewomen sixth place overall in the Atlantic 10 Championships.
Updated Bracket (PDF)
It was a great Saturday at the Club 4 Life, host of the Atlantic 10 Championships, for the University of Massachusetts women's tennis team. Not only did the Minutewomen (11-14) come away with a 4-2 win over seventh seeded Duquesne, giving them a spot in Sunday's fifth-place match, but the win also marked head coach Judy Dixon's 200th career win at UMass.
The University of Massachusetts women's tennis team dropped to Xavier in a Friday night match, 4-0. After a successful morning victory over Dayton, the sixth seeded Minutewomen (10-14) fell out of the Atlantic-10 Championships main draw to the third seeded, Xavier Musketeers. The Musketeers won two of the three doubles matches and three of the singles matches to secure the 4-0 win. The Minutewomen were two points away from a win at No. 1 doubles and were in the middle of three very competitive singles matches when play was suspended.
5/15 - Tim Balise & Laura Danai Scholar-Athlete Interviews
