Final ITA Rankings - Women

Division III Women - CentralAdministered by the ITAJune 7, 2012

Team
Rank	School
1	Chicago
2	DePauw
3	Wisconsin-Whitewater
4	Washington University
5	Carleton
6	Gustavus
7	Case Western
8	Oberlin
9	Denison
10	Wheaton
11	Coe
12	Hope
13	Luther
14	Ohio Northern
15	Kenyon
16	St. Olaf
17	St. Benedict
18	Grinnell
19	Carthage
20	UW-Lacrosse
Singles
Rank	Player	School
1	Kendra Higgins	Chicago
2	Jennifer Kung	Chicago
3	Kathryn Schmidt	Carleton
4	Natalie Tingir	Wash U
5	Kalla Schaefer	UWW
6	Ariel Lewis	Oberlin
7	Kelly Gebert	DePauw
8	Amy Schlessman	Kenyon
9	Sarah Short	Denison
10	Erika Lim	Case Western
11	Elizabeth Worsowicz	Wheaton
12	Maggie MacPhail	DePauw
13	Michelle Schupbach	Coe
14	Alex Erickson	Gustavus
15	Carmen Vacaguzman	Chicago
16	Alex Marcell	Denison
17	Kate Klein	Wash U
18	Andrea Rognlien	Concordia-Moorhead
19	Megan Gaard	Gustavus
20	Sydney Divelbiss	UWW
21	Bridget Doyle	Carleton
22	Beth Larson	Lawrence
23	Marissa Cloutier	Albion
24	Kelsey Hassevoort	Kalamazoo
25	Carli Capestany	Hope
Doubles
Rank	Team	School
1	Kendra Higgins/Carmen Vacaguzman	Chicago
2	Sarah Short/Alex Marcell	Denison
3	Kalla Schaefer/Alexandra Bayliss	UWW
4	Kate Klein/Corinne Rauck	Wash U
5	Kelly Gebert/Maggie MacPhail	DePauw
6	Kathryn Schmidt/Erin Gudol	Carleton
7	Megan Gaard/Laurel Krebsbach	Gustavus
8	Erika Lim/Alexandra Lim	Case Western
9	Michelle Schupbach/Tai Lucero	Coe
10	Hollis McPeek/Haleigh McPeek	Carthage
11	Elizabeth Worsowicz/Sarah Ray	Wheaton
12	McKenna Edwards/Bailey Edwards	St. Marys (MN)
13	Linden Li/Jennifer Kung	Chicago
14	Sydney Divelbiss/Annie Smith	UWW
15	Taylor Heltne/Katie Gillman	UW-Eau Claire

Peoria Clay Tournament!

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VK & Tai

Lucero, Khristenko earn academic honors

 

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Senior Victor Khristenko (Orel, Russia) and sophomore Tai Lucero (Odessa, Texas/Permian) have been named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team. They were selected on the at-large ballot.

Khristenko finished his senior season with a singles record of 19-6 and a 10-6 record in doubles play. He was 5-1 on the year when playing in the number one singles spot. Khristenko helped the Kohawks to an Iowa Conference Championship and berth in the NCAA Championships. After defeating Luther 5-4 in the Iowa Conference Tournament Championships, the Kohawks earned a first round win in the NCAA Tournament, as they beat Grinnell 5-1. Coe lost in the second round to 15th-ranked Washington University in St. Louis.  Khristenko is a three-time Academic All-Iowa Conference selection.
Lucero finished the season with a 26-2 record in singles and a 29-3 record in doubles play in the top spot. Lucero helped the Kohawks to an Iowa Conference Championship and a berth in the NCAA Championships. Coe opened the NCAA Tournament with a 5-4 win over Hope before falling to sixth-ranked Carnegie Mellon in the second round.  Lucero is a two-time All-Iowa Conference selection in singles and doubles. She was the 2011 Iowa Conference MVP and two-time Flight A Doubles Champion at the Iowa Conference Tournament. Lucero was named to the 2011-12 Academic All-Iowa Conference team.
Khristenko was a Physics major, while Lucero is a Biology major.

So......my tournament recap

Well, yes, I did enter and play a "road" tournament for the 1st time in 10 years....new age group being the reason. 

Things I learned:

1) even at 55, nerves are present
2) 55 year olds....well, they play like 55 year olds, not college players
3) my fancy "new" underspin BH does not work against players who do not hit topspin
4) my fancy "new" slingshot FH does not work if I won't use it, because I am scared to miss
5) my fancy "new" serve DOES work....at least until the legs are gone
6) I am not any faster now that I am in the 55's
7) "choking" is still something I am very capable of accomplishing
8) my good volleys are rather useless when I go to the net 3X in 5 sets
9) my surgically repaired elbow, knee and shoulder held up
10) had I managed to not lose yesterday.....not sure I could have played today,
      five sets on hardcourts is a lot!

Things I will try and do better:

1) HIT my FH...no matter what
2) change my return grip away from a semi-western FH
3) try and re-locate my "old" slice BH
4) go to the net......OFTEN
5) play aggressively at end of sets
6) have an improved Shot Tolerance
7) improve my Shot Quality
8) establish some Self Tolerance. I must deal with my own ineptitude!

Will try (since I have already paid) again next week. On clay!

Kohawk Thoughts of the Week! Free T-Shirt!

Match the Kohawk with the thought.  First submission with all answers correct will win a Kohawk Tennis t-shirt!  Good luck!  Kohawks chiming in this week include:  Victor Khristenko (VK), Michelle Schupbach (MS), Sara Ohlman (SO), Alex Leovic (Leo), Michael Janssen (MJ), Elizabeth Hoffmann (Hoff), Noah Sprinkel (NS), Jeff Damisch (JD), Jackie Pedersen (JP), Tai Lucero (Tai).

1. I have spent the last week sliding around on red clay in Europe, and I never want to go back to hard courts.....or the States!
2. Love means nothing in tennis.
3. The more I work out, the more sore I seem to be!  Come on six pack abs!
4. It's State Tournament time, brings back old memories!
5. Wondering if the Russian is back up to 200 lbs yet?
6. I hate insanity.
7. I have yet to complete my academic year (May term ends next week) and I already received an email welcoming me to the 2012-2013 tennis season.  I love Kohawk Tennis!
8. I hate when people ride their bikes in the middle of the road and I get stuck behind them at 10 mph. It's like, you're not a car, why are you driving on the road like you're a car, that's what sidewalks are for.
9. I watched an episode of 24 right before bed and dreamt I was working undercover to thwart the plans of terrorists.
10. 178 b*^$#.  No, you can't put that on the blog.  178, Monfils....fighting weight!

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