tiger timeline the second round. Clemson finished the season ranked 19th, which was the highest final national ranking in Tiger history since the 1996 season. October 27, 2003 Clemson’s Maria Brito and Julie Coin won the ITA Southeast Regional Doubles Championship, becoming the first doubles team in program history to claim that title. March 17-May 22, 2004 The Tigers won 15 consecutive matches. April 16-18, 2004 Clemson won the ACC Championships held in Raleigh, NC, after an undefeated regular season. Julie Coin was named the ACC Player-of-the-Year and Alix Lacelarie earned tournament MVP honors. May 15-16, 2004 The Tigers won the NCAA regional tournament. They defeated Troy State and #33 South Carolina to advance to the NCAA Round of 16. May 20-22, 2004 Clemson defeated #13 Texas A&M in the NCAA Sweet 16 and #10 Washington in the round of eight before falling to #8 UCLA in the Final Four of the NCAA Championships. The team finished the season ranked #5, the highest final ranking to date in program history. May 24-28, 2004 Julie Coin reached the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Tournament. She was named an All-American and was a finalist for the 2004 Collegiate Women Sports Award for tennis. In the NCAA doubles competition, Coin and Maria Brito advanced to the second round before falling. May, 2004 Head Coach Nancy Harris was named the 2004 Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Coach-of-the-Year. Assistant coach Sylvain Malroux was selected as the 2004 Wilson/ITA Assistant Coach-ofthe-Year. The committee also named Julie Coin the 2004 Southeast Region Playe- to-Watch. January 11, 2005 Clemson earned the #3 ranking in the first ITA poll of the season, the highest national team ranking in the program’s history. April 17, 2005 The Tigers claimed their 500th total victory with a 5-2 win over #16 Duke at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center in the final regular season match of the season. May 13-14, 2005 Clemson won its second consecutive NCAA Regional title by defeating #58 Furman in the opening round and #20 William & Mary in the second round. May 19-21, 2005 In the NCAA Championships, the Tigers reached the semifinals for the second straight year. They edged sixth-ranked Northwestern in the round of 16 and defeated #13 North Carolina in the Elite Eight before falling to #1 Stanford in the Final Four. The team was ranked #10 in the final ITA poll. May 24-26, 2005 Julie Coin became the first Clemson women’s tennis player to reach the round of 16 in the NCAA singles competition twice in her career as she advanced to the round of eight. She earned her second AllAmerica honor in singles and was also named an All-American in doubles with Alix Lacelarie. Coin and Lacelarie reached the second round in the NCAA Doubles Tournament and were ranked 10th in the final ITA doubles poll. Coin ranked #2 in the final singles poll, the highest for a Tiger women’s tennis player in history. October 17, 2005 Freshman Federica Van Adrichem won the ITA Southeast Regional Championship. She became just the fourth Tiger to make that claim. March 5-31, 2006 The Tigers won eight straight matches during this stretch, defeating six ranked teams to improve their record to 12-4.
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April 9, 2006 Head Coach Nancy Harris recorded her 30th win over a top-25 team while at the helm of the Clemson program when the Tigers defeated fifth-ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. April 21-22, 2006 Clemson earned a bye for the first round of the 2006 ACC Tournament and then defeated #7 North Carolina in the quarterfinals. The Tigers fell to #1-seed Georgia Tech in the semifinals. May 12-13, 2006 The Tigers won a 4-0 decision over Siena in the first round of the NCAA regionals in Clemson, SC. They then fell to Kentucky in the regional finals. June 27, 2006 Freshman Federica Van Adrichem was named to the inaugural ACC All-Academic team. April 15, 2007 With a 6-1 victory over Virginia Tech, the Tigers concluded their ACC schedule with a 10-1 record to earn a share of the conference regular season title. It marked the ninth time Clemson had finished first in program history and the second time under Head Coach Nancy Harris. April 19, 2007 Ani Mijacika was named the 2007 ACC Freshman-of-the-Year, becoming the first Clemson player in history to garner the honor. May 14, 2007 Ani Mijacika added another accolade to her list after being named the ITA Southeast Region Rookie Player-of-the-Year. She is the first Tiger player to earn the award. May 22-27, 2007 Freshman Ani Mijacika and sophomore Federica Van Adrichem completed an historical run at the NCAA Doubles Championships. The duo became the first Tiger team to advance past the quarterfinals of the tournament. They fell to William & Mary’s top-seeded team in the semifinals after posting wins over teams from Notre Dame, UCLA and Stanford. June 1, 2007 The Clemson doubles team of Ani Mijacika and Federica Van Adrichem earned the highest ranking in program history at #4 in the final ITA doubles poll. October - November, 2007 Ani Mijacika completed one of the most impressive falls in history as she reached the finals of the season’s top two tournaments in the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in October and the ITA National Indoors in November. February 22, 2008 Tiger women’s tennis player Ani Mijacika earned the #1 singles ranking in the Fila/ITA Tennis poll. In doing so, she became the first player in Clemson tennis history, men’s or women’s, to be ranked as the best in the nation. April 18-20, 2008 The Tigers won the ACC Championship, held in Altamonte Springs, FA, defeating the top and second-seeded teams en route to the title. Clemson bested North Carolina, 4-2, in the second round before knocking off #1-seed Georgia Tech, 4-1, in the semifinals. The Tigers then defeated second-seeded Duke, 4-3, in the finals for the program’s eighth conference championships. Carol Salge was named the tournament MVP.
March 3, 2009 Clemson moved to #9 of the ITA poll and saw Ani Mijacika hit #1 and Josipa Bek #4 in singles. April 16, 2009 Ani Mijacika was named the 2009 ACC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year May 9, 2009 Clemson advanced to the Sweet 16 for this third consecutive year, defeating North Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. May 22, 2009 Josipa Bek and Ina Hadziselimovic reach the Final 8 of the NCAA doubles championships, giving Clemson four All-American in a season for the first time in school history. October 26, 2009 Josipa Bek won the ITA Carolina Regional Singles Championship and advanced to the finals in the doubles Championship with Ina Hadziselimovic April 22, 2010 Josipa Bek, Ina Hadziselimovic, and Keri Wong earn All-ACC honors after leading Clemson to a third-place finish in the ACCIt was the first time since 2005 that Clemson had three selections May 14-15, 2010 Clemson hosts the NCAA tournament opening rounds for the fifth consecutive season, and earns the #9 overall seed in the tournament. Clemson defeated the College of Charleston, 4-0, and capped a dramatic, 4-2 win over #19 Georgia in the second round to advance to the Sweet 16, where the Tigers would later fall to eventual National Champion Stanford. October 10, 2010 Juniors Josipa Bek and Keri Wong advance to the finals and finish as runners up in the ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, CA November 7, 2010 Bek and Wong again advance to the finals of a major tournament, this time knocking off the nation’s #1 on the way to a runner-up finish at the USTA/ITA Indoor National Championships Feb. 18, 2011 Clemson upsets No. 7 UCLA, 4-3, in the round of 16 of the ITA Team National Indoor Championships to advance to the quaterfinals. Clemson trailed, 3-1 before winning three straight singles matches to clinch, 4-3, in a three-set win by Bek. March 15, 2011 Bek and Wong earn the nation’s No. 1 ranking, and hold it for four weeks, becoming the first doubles team in Clemson history to achieve the top spot. May 20, 2011 Clemson plays in a fifth consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 after winning the Fayetteville, AR regional. The Tigers fell to eventual national champion Florida, 4-1 May 30, 2011 Bek and Wong reached the finals of the NCAA Doubles Championship, defeating two of the top four seed in the nation en route to the finals before fall to Burdette and Barte from Stanford
August 29, 2008 Former player Julie Coin eliminated top-seeded Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. Coin, ranked #188 and playing in her first career Grand Slam, stunned the tennis world with her second-round upset at Arthur Ashe Stadium, making history in the process. Never before in the Open era that began in 1968 had the No. 1 woman lost this early in the tournament. September 19, 2008 Former player Gigi Fernandez was inducted into the ITA Women’s Hall of Fame, which is held on the campus of the College of William and Mary.
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