Nice Weather!

Looks like we can be hitting outside the next two days!

Missouri

I'm in Springfield, Missouri watching the Girl's State Tennis Tourney.

That's irrelevant. The amazing thing is the Cooper Tennis Complex. A public facility, 18+ outdoor courts AND 12 indoor courts. Just a beautiful facility. Residents of Springfield are very lucky!
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Men's NCAA

I'm in Cleveland, Ohio, assisting with the site visit for the 2010 Men's Tennis Championship. This year I am serving as Chair of the D3 Tennis Committee.

Oberlin College will be the host. Oberlin is located just west of downtown Cleveland.
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Singles

Hannah Jensen ran out of gas in the singles final after a brilliant 1st set. She fell to top-seeded Kelsie Allen of Luther College 06 64 10-6.

Hannah, Andrea, and Michelle all were awarded IIAC All-Conference for their tournament performances.

Doubles

Michelle & Andrea Schupbach just won the doubles championship with an 8-3 win over Fran Fairchild & Katie Lindstrom of Luther College.

Hannah Jensen will attempt to defend her title in a few minutes against top-seeded Kelsie Allen of Luther College.
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Individual Championships

Kohawks put three in A flight quarters and doubles pair in A finals.

Hannah Jensen, Andrea Schupbach, & Michelle Schupbach advanced to the quarterfinals of the very competitive IIAC A Flight singles.

Andrea & Michelle also advanced through three rounds of doubles play to set up a Final with Fran Fairchild & Katie Lindstrom of Luther.

Play begins Saturday at 8am at the courts at Coe College.
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Michelle & Katy in Action!

Michelle Schupbach fires a running FH!



Katy loads up for a topspin serve!

LOST!

Give Luther a lot of credit. They turned our previous sweep of doubles into one of their own. The ensuing 3-0 deficit was too much to overcome.

My take? I cannot wait until May 1st when we do this all over again!
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On to the Finals!

The Kohawks advanced to the finals with wins at #1 & #6 singles to go along with sweep of all three doubles matches.

Match time is 1230pm.
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3-0 Coe after doubles!
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IIAC

Coe vs Cornell @9

Cornell 5 Central 4
Wartburg 5 Loras 0
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Greg Janssen at "work"!

Coach Murphy & Greg Janssen at ITA's

Michelle Schupbach & Coach Rodgers at ITA's

Women's IIAC Team Championship

As expected, by virtue of their unblemished W-L mark, the Kohawks received the unanimous top seed for the IIAC Team Championships. Coe will face the winner of the Central College/Cornell College matchup Saturday morning(10/10) at the Klotz Tennis courts on the West Campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Luther College, Wartburg College, and Loras College are the other schools qualifying for play.

Men's ITA Recap

Greg Janssen's three victories on Friday highlighted the ITA tourney. Greg fell Saturday to Gustavus' #1 in a three and a half hour contest. All three Coe doubles pairs(Janssen/Khristenko, Stegemann/Tucker, King/Newman) won at least one round of doubles in the rain-marred event. Look for the Kohawks to be a factor regionally during the Winter/Spring dual match season, as FB Kicker/Soccer Forward Elliot Rausa rejoins the Team. Over half the Team was in on Monday working on their games on their own!

Men's ITA

Greg Janssen thru to round of 16. For the 3rd time in his career Greg Janssen has advanced to the round of 16 despite never having been seeded in the top 16. Quite an accomplishment! As of this moment Ryan King is on court trying to join Greg in the round of 16. Saturday's ITA schedule? Two rounds of singles and FOUR rounds of doubles.

Ladies Win!

Despite the dreary conditions, the Women's Tennis team was able vanquish the Rams of Cornell by an 8-1 count. The Cornell lineup was full of young and talented players. The Rams will be a factor in IIAC in the years to come.

Coe will be the top seed next Saturday in the Conference Tournament.
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40 degrees

Light drizzle

Rain plan in effect!

Thursday

Well, the guys took off for Minnesota & their ITA. Coach Murphy will be posting as he learns results. Being at five indoor sites will make his job difficult!

Cedar Rapids was very wet today with rain and tomorrow looks to be more of the same. The Women's team journeys to Cornell College to take on the Rams in what promises to be a close match. Coe will be down one starter & the Cornell indoor courts will provide a challenge themselves. Look for a 5-4 result one way or another.

Oh, and I somehow ended up stringing 10 racquets today. Too many!
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Getting ready to leave for Men's ITA today. The weather looks poor and may cause lots of trouble on the largest ITA draw in history. GO KOHAWKS!