Record Book Quick Facts General Information Founded........................................................................................1926 Enrollment ................................................................................ 11,000 Nickname ............................................................................ Blackbirds Colors .........................................................................Black and Silver Conference ......................................................................... Northeast Home Court .................................................... USTA Tennis Center Capacity ........................................................................................2,500 Athletics Web Site ......................................www.liuathletics.com President .......................................................Dr. David J. Steinberg Provost ............................................................ Gale Stevens Haynes Director of Athletics..................................................... John Suarez Senior Associate AD/SWA ................................Margaret Alaimo Head Athletic Trainer ........................................ Danny O’Connor Athletic Department Phone................................(718) 488-1030 Athletic Department Fax .....................................(718) 488-1669
Table of Contents Quick Facts ............................................................................................................. 1 Head Coach Asi Phillips...................................................................................... 2 Player Information ............................................................................................... 2 Roster ....................................................................................................................... 3 Northeast Conference Season Review .......................................................... 3 Season-by-Season Results .................................................................................. 4
Coaching Staff Head Coach .......................................................................Asi Phillips Alma Mater, Year ..................................... Mount St. Mary’s, 2000 Overall Record.................................................. 61-51 (six seasons) Record at LIU ...............................................................................same E-mail ................................................................... asi.phillips@liu.edu Women’s Tennis Office Phone ..........................(718) 488-3497
Team Information 2010-11 Overall Record ............................................................ 4-11 2011 Conference Record/Finish ...................................... 2-2/3rd 2011 NEC Tournament Finish ......................................Semifinals Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................................................... 2/4 Newcomers ......................................................................................... 4
Athletics Media Relations
Credits The 2011-12 Long Island University Women’s Tennis Record Book was designed, written and edited by Shawn Sweeney. Editorial assistance by Jeff Mead and Anna Pawlaczyk. Photography by Gene Boyars.
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Assistant Director of Media Relations ....................................TBA ................................................................... Women’s Tennis Contact Phone .........................................................................(718) 488-1420 E-mail ............................................................................... TBA@liu.edu Assistant AD/Director of Media Relations ....Shawn Sweeney Phone .........................................................................(718) 488-1307 E-mail ....................................................... shawn.sweeney@liu.edu Media Relations Graduate Assistant .............Anna Pawlaczyk Phone ..................................................... (718) 488-1000 ext. 3026 E-mail .................................................anna.pawlaczyk@my.liu.edu Media Relations Fax .............................................(718) 488-3302 Mailing Address ............................................One University Plaza ......................................................Wellness Center/Room 214-216 ........................................................................... Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
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Record Book Meet The Blackbirds
Asi Phillips
Lisa Maas
Head Coach•Seventh Season Mount St. Mary’s, 2000
5-7•Sophomore Nordeu, Germany Middle Tennessee State Univ.
The Phillips File 2005-06 Long Island1 ................................ 12-10 .................. 4-0 NEC 2006-07 Long Island1 ................................ 10-12 .................. 4-0 NEC 2007-08 Long Island ................................. 11-4 .................... 4-0 NEC 2008-09 Long Island1 2 .............................. 10-8 .................... 3-0 NEC 2009-10 Long Island1 2 .............................. 14-4 .................... 2-1 NEC 2010-11 Long Island ................................. 4-11 ..................... 2-2 NEC Totals (six seasons) .........................61-51 ......... 19-3 NEC
Josephine Mancini 5-6•Freshman Brooklyn, N.Y. Roseville College
1 NEC Coach of the Year 2 NEC Champions
Taysha Blessington 5-5•Junior Sydney, Australia Roseville College
Brittany Thompson 5-2•Freshman Addison, Texas Frisco
Taysha Blessington•Career Records
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Singles Year 2009-10 2010-11 Total Doubles Year 2009-10 2010-11 Total
Overall 14-13 7-16 21-29
Dual 12-6 5-10 17-16
Tournaments 2-7 2-6 4-13
NEC 3-0 3-3 6-3
Overall 13-6 8-11 21-17
Dual 11-4 8-7 19-11
Tournaments 2-2 0-4 2-6
NEC 1-2 4-2 5-4
Aleksandra Pavlovic 5-10•Junior Uzice, Serbia Sports Gimnazium
Jacqueline Varnyan 5-9•Freshman Brooklyn, N.Y. Leon M. Goldstein
Nancy Zonneveld 5-3•Freshman Frankfurt, Germany European School Frankfurt
Aleksandra Pavlovic•Career Records Singles Year 2009-10 2010-11 Total Doubles Year 2009-10 2010-11 Total
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Overall 15-13 5-17 20-30
Dual 10-7 3-11 13-14
Tournaments 5-6 2-6 7-12
NEC 2-1 2-3 4-4
Overall 16-4 9-11 25-15
Dual 14-3 8-7 22-10
Tournaments 2-1 1-4 3-5
NEC 3-0 4-2 7-2
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Record Book Roster Name Taysha Blessington Lisa Maas Josephine Mancini Aleksandra Pavlovic Brittany Thompson Jacqueline Varnyan Nancy Zonneveld
Ht. 5-5 5-7 5-6 5-10 5-2 5-9 5-3
Yr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr.
Hometown/Previous School Sydney, Australia/Roseville College Nordeu, Germany/Middle Tennessee State Univ. Brooklyn, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall Academy Uzice, Serbia/Sports Gimnazium Addison, Texas/Frisco Brooklyn, N.Y./Leon M. Goldstein Frankfurt, Germany/European School Frankfurt
Northeast Conference Season Review 2011 NEC Championship Results Opening Round: #8 Saint Francis (PA) 4, #9 Wagner 0 #7 Monmouth 4, #10 St. Francis (N.Y.) 0 Quarterfinals: #1 Quinnipiac 4, #8 Saint Francis (Pa.) 0 #2 Long Island 5, #7 Monmouth 0 #2 Fairleigh Dickinson 4, #7 Monmouth 0 #4 Sacred Heart 4 #5 Mount St. Mary’s 0
Ninth Place: Seventh Place: Fifth Place: Semifinals: Championship:
#10 St. Francis (N.Y.) 4, #9 Wagner 0 Cancelled - rain Cancelled - rain #1 Quinnipiac 5, #4 Sacred Heart 1 #2 Fairleigh Dickinson 4, #3 Long Island 0 #1 Quinnipiac 4, #2 Fairleigh Dickinson 3
2011 All-NEC Teams First Team Doubles
First Team Singles #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Claudia Hidalgo Julia Prantl Juliet Labarthe Sarah Viebrock Valeria Couto Cuervo Lavinia Cristescu
Bryant Fairleigh Dickinson Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Bryant Quinnipiac
Fairleigh Dickinson Quinnipiac Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson Quinnipiac Fairleigh Dickinson
#1 #2 #3
Lucy Bird Claudia Hidalgo Rachel Cantor Adrienne Markison Emma Haley Carly Landini
Bryant Bryant Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Mount St. Mary’s t Mount St. Mary’s
Coach of the Year
Player of the Year Claudia Hidalgo
#3
Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson Sacred Heart Sacred Heart
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Elmine Botes Adrienne Markison Irina Dementyeva Egzona Morina Lisanne Steinert Emily Napier
#2
Elmine Botes Irina Dementyeva Julia Prantl Egzona Morina Delaney Downing Kate Donnelly
Second Team Doubles
Second Team Singles #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
#1
Bryant
Mike Quitko
Quinnipiac
Rookie of the Year Juliet Labarthe
Quinnipiac
For more information on the Northeast Conference, including schedules and statistics please go to www.northeastconference.org
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2010-11 Team Results
Taysha Blessington
Overall: 4-11 Northeast Conference: 2-2 Date Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 9 Oct. 22 Feb. 13 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 March 14 March 15 March 17 March 18 March 25 April 2 April 3 April 6 April 7 April 10 April 16 April 17 * 1 2 3
Opponent Stony Brook Invitational Eastern Championships USTA Invitational ITA Regionals vs. Howard1 at St. John’s at Saint Peter’s vs. Navy2 vs. Quinnipiac2* vs. Buffalo2 vs. Florida Atlantic2 at Columbia at Stony Brook Monmouth* at Sacred Heart* Fairleigh Dickinson* at Army vs. Robert Morris3 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson3
Result Completed Completed Completed Completed L 6-1 L 7-0 W 5-2 L 5-2 L 6-1 L 7-0 L 7-0 L 7-0 L 7-0 W 7-0 W 5-2 L 1-6 L 1-6 W 4-1 L 4-0
Northeast Conferernce match Queens, N.Y. Orlando, Fla. Northeast Conference Tournament (West Windsor, N.J.)
2010-11 Singles/Doubles Results Singles
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1 2 3 4 Taysha Blessington 3-4 2-3 0-3 --Dara Lahens ----- 0-2 1-4 Fatima Ouattara ----- 4-3 0-2 Aleksandra Pavlovic 1-6 2-5 ----Zelie Pfeiffer --------Linn Sjogren 0-1 0-2 1-1 1-6 Total 4-11 4-10 5-9 2-12
5 6 Dual Tourn. NEC Overall ----5-10 2-6 3-3 7-16 2-3 2-0 5-9 1-6 4-1 6-15 1-4 --5-9 0-3 3-2 5-12 ----3-11 2-6 2-3 5-17 2-1 1-0 3-1 3-4 3-0 6-5 ----2-10 1-3 1-4 3-13 5-9 3-11 23-62 9-28 16-15 32-90
Aleksandra Pavlovic
Doubles 1 Lahens/Sjogren --Blessington/Pavlovic 8-7 Ouattara/Pfeiffer --Ouattara/Sjogren --Blessington/Sjogren --Lahens/Pavlovic --Lahens/Ouattara --Pfeiffer/Sjogren --Totals 8-7
2 3 4-0 ----------------------2-9 ----- 1-2 6-9 1-14
Dual Tourn. 4-0 1-1 8-7 0-1 --0-4 --1-1 --0-3 --1-3 2-9 --1-2 --15-30 3-13
NEC Overall 1-0 5-1 4-2 8-8 --0-4 --1-1 --0-3 --1-3 1-4 2-9 1-2 1-2 7-11 18-43
Linn Sjogren
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2009-10 Team Results Overall: 14-4 Northeast Conference: 2-1 Date Sept. 20 Sept. 25 Oct. 10 Oct. 24 Feb. 5 Feb. 16 Feb. 27 March 14 March 16 March 17 March 24 March 27 March 27 April 1 April 2 April 5 April 9 April 10 April 16 April 17 April 18 May 14 * 1 2 3 4 5
Opponent Stony Brook Invitational Eastern Championships USTA Invitational ITA Regionals Albany Massachusetts at Columbia vs. Southern Utah1 vs. CSU-Bakersfield1 vs. Oral Roberts1 Sacred Heart* at Saint Peter’s vs. St. John’s2 at Fordham at Monmouth* at Fairleigh Dickinson* Rhode Island at Army vs. Monmouth4 vs. Quinnipiac4 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson4 vs. No. 10 Duke5
Result Completed Completed Completed Completed W 4-3 L 5-1 L 4-3 W 6-1 W 7-0 W 5-2 W 5-2 W 4-0 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 7-0 L 4-3 W 4-3 W 4-3 W 5-0 W 4-1 W 4-2 L 4-0
2010 Northeast Conference Champions Selma Babic
Northeast Conferernce match Las Vegas, Nev. Jersey City, N.J. West Point, N.Y. Northeast Conference Tournament (West Windsor, N.J.) NCAA Tournament (Charlottesville, Va.)
2009-10 Singles/Doubles Results Singles 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tourn. ----------14-1 5-1 1-0 --- 11-6 ----12-6 2-7 --- 1-0 --- 4-5 2-2 7-7 0-4 ------- 1-2 6-0 7-2 --------- 1-3 3-1 4-4 1-4 2-0 7-7 ------10-7 5-6 6-7 2-0 ------8-7 2-4 9-7 10-7 11-6 6-10 11-3 62-34 15-26
NEC Overall 3-0 19-2 3-0 14-13 2-1 7-11 2-1 7-2 --5-8 2-1 15-13 1-2 10-11 13-5 77-60
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1 Selma Babic 14-1 Taysha Blessington --Stephanie Elie --H’Ann Johnson --Dara Lahens --Aleksandra Pavlovic 1-0 Linn Sjogren --Total 15-1
Stephanie Elie
Doubles 1 2 3 Blessington/Sjogren --- 3-1 --Elie/Lahens ----- 12-5 Pavlovic/mixed ------Babic/Pavlovic 14-3 ----Blessington/Johnson --- 8-3 --Babic/Johnson 1-0 ----Totals 15-3 11-4 12-5
Dual Tourn. 3-1 2-2 12-5 6-3 --2-1 14-3 --8-3 --1-0 --38-12 10-6
NEC Overall --5-3 2-1 18-8 --2-1 3-0 14-3 1-2 8-3 --1-0 6-3 48-18
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Record Book 2008-09 Team Results
2009 Northeast Conference Champions
Overall: 10-8 Northeast Conference: 3-0 Date Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 11 Oct. 25 Jan. 31 Feb. 5 Feb. 21 March 7 March 16 March 17 March 18 March 19 March 21 March 26 March 27 March 30 April 5 April 11 April 17 April 18 April 19 May 8 * 1 2 3
Opponent Stony Brook Invitational Eastern Championships USTA Women’s College Invitational Wilson/ITA East Region Championships at Albany at Massachusetts at Columbia at Saint Peter’s vs. Cleveland State1 vs. North Dakota1 vs. Rhode Island1 at Rollins vs. Coastal Carolina1 at Sacred Heart* Bryant Monmouth* Fairleigh Dickinson* at Army vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)2 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson2 vs. Quinnipiac2 at No. 9 California3
Result Completed Completed Completed Completed L 6-1 L 6-1 L 7-0 W 7-0 L 5-2 W 6-1 L 5-2 L 5-2 L 5-2 W 4-3 W 5-2 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 4-3 W 5-0 W 4-0 W 4-1 L 4-0
Northeast Conferernce match Orlando, Fla. Northeast Conference Tournament (West Windsor, N.J.) NCAA Tournament (Berkeley, Calif.)
2008-09 Singles/Doubles Results Singles
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Selma Babic Liliana Cortes Stephanie Elie Ashley Harvey Amy Hosotsuji H’Ann Johnson Dara Lahens Total
1 2 3 16-1 --------- 0-1 --- 0-1 1-1 --- 11-3 0-1 --------- 1-0 3-8 ----- 1-0 16-1 12-4 5-12
4 ----4-2 --0-1 1-2 2-2 7-8
5 6 Dual Tourn. ----16-1 5-3 ----0-1 0-1 2-2 --7-6 2-4 ----11-4 4-3 1-2 7-6 8-9 1-3 ----5-10 2-2 4-4 0-1 7-7 0-4 7-8 8-10 55-43 14-20
NEC Overall 3-0 21-4 --0-2 3-0 9-10 3-0 15-7 1-1 9-12 1-2 7-12 3-0 7-11 15-3 69-63
Dual Tourn. --3-7 1-2 3-1 2-6 1-2 3-1 0-1 2-6 0-2 0-3 --12-1 --2-4 --0-1 --0-1 --23-26 7-13
NEC Overall --3-7 --4-3 1-1 3-8 1-0 3-2 0-1 2-8 --0-3 2-0 12-1 0-1 2-4 --0-1 --0-1 5-3 30-39
Amy Hosotsuji
Ashley Harvey
Doubles 1 2 3 Cortes/Johnson ------Babic/Lahens 1-2 ----Elie/Hosotsuji --- 1-6 1-0 Elie/Lahens --- 1-0 2-1 Harvey/Hosotsuji 0-1 2-4 0-1 Elie/Johnson --- 0-1 0-2 Babic/Johnson 12-1 ----Harvey/Lahens --- 1-0 1-4 Elie/Harvey --- 0-1 --Hosotsuji/Lahens ----- 0-1 Totals 13-4 5-12 5-10
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Record Book 2007-08 Team Results
Liliana Cortes
Overall: 10-8 Northeast Conference: 3-0 Date Sept. 16 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 March 2 March 9 March 15 March 16 March 17 March 18 March 19 March 29 April 5 April 6 April 9 April 11 April 18 April 19 April 20 * 1 2
Opponent Eastern Championships Stony Brook Invitational USTA Invitational at Army at Saint Peter’s vs. Adelphi vs. Siena vs. Dayton vs. Hamilton vs. Wagner* at Massachusetts Sacred Heart* at St. John’s at Monmouth* at Fairleigh Dickinson* vs. Wagner1 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson1 vs. Quinnipiac1
Result Completed Completed Completed L 2-5 W 6-1 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 4-3 W 6-1 W 7-0 L 1-6 W 5-2 L 2-4 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 4-0 W 4-3 L 2-4
Northeast Conferernce match Orlando, Fla. Northeast Conference Tournament (West Windsor, N.J.)
2007-08 Singles/Doubles Results Singles 1 2 3 10-3 --------------- 1-4 0-1 12-2 ----------- 0-1 7-3 ------10-4 12-3 8-7
4 5 6 Dual Tourn. NEC Overall ------10-3 7-2 4-0 17-5 --- 5-1 --5-1 0-2 2-0 5-3 5-4 ----5-8 0-4 0-4 6-12 ------12-3 4-4 4-0 16-7 --- 2-1 7-3 9-4 0-3 3-1 9-7 3-0 ----10-4 3-2 3-0 13-6 1-0 4-2 1-0 6-2 0-2 2-0 6-4 9-4 11-4 10-3 46-52 14-19 12-16 60-71
H’Ann Johnson
Doubles 1 Cortes/Hosotsuji --Elie/Lahens --Babic/Cortes 1-0 Johnson/Lahens --Harvey/Hosotsuji --Harvey/Johnson --Hosotsuji/Lahens --Babic/Harvey 0-1 Elie/Hosotsuji --Babic/Johnson 9-1 Cortes/Lahens --Babic/Johnson 0-2 Totals 10-4
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Selma Babic Liliana Cortes Stephanie Elie Ashley Harvey Amy Hosotsuji H’Ann Johnson Dara Lahens Total
2 3 ------- 4-1 ----0-1 --6-1 6-0 --------------- 0-1 ----2-5 ------8-7 10-2
Dual Tourn. --1-1 4-1 3-2 1-0 5-1 0-1 0-2 12-1 0-2 --2-1 --0-1 0-1 --0-1 --9-1 --2-5 --0-2 --28-13 11-10
NEC Overall --1-1 1-0 7-3 1-0 6-1 --0-3 4-0 12-3 --2-1 --0-1 --0-1 --0-1 3-0 9-1 1-1 2-5 --0-2 10-1 39-23
Dara Lahens
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