2011-12 LIU Tennis Record Book

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1Long Island Blackbirds • 2011-12 Women’s Tennis • www.liuathletics.com

CreditsThe 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.

Table of Contents

Quick Facts ............................................................................................................. 1Head Coach Asi Phillips ...................................................................................... 2Player Information ............................................................................................... 2Roster ....................................................................................................................... 3Northeast Conference Season Review .......................................................... 3Season-by-Season Results .................................................................................. 4

General InformationFounded ........................................................................................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

Coaching StaffHead Coach .......................................................................Asi Phillips

Alma Mater, Year ..................................... Mount St. Mary’s, 2000

Overall Record .................................................. 61-51 (six seasons)

Record at LIU ...............................................................................same

E-mail ................................................................... [email protected]

Women’s Tennis Office Phone ..........................(718) 488-3497

Team Information2010-11 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 RelationsAssistant Director of Media Relations ....................................TBA

................................................................... Women’s Tennis Contact

Phone .........................................................................(718) 488-1420

E-mail ............................................................................... [email protected]

Assistant AD/Director of Media Relations ....Shawn Sweeney

Phone .........................................................................(718) 488-1307

E-mail ....................................................... [email protected]

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

Quick Facts

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Via Subway: Take the M,R (local) or B, Q (express) to DeKalb Avenue or take the 2, 3, 4 or 5 to Nevins Street. Also, A, C can be taken to Jay St./Borough Hall.From Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge: Proceed along Flatbush Avenue Extension to Myrtle Avenue and turn left at light. Take Myrtle Avenue to Ashland Place. Turn right onto Ashland Place and proceed to DeKalb Avenue, turning right. Parking garage is first brick building on the right.From Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge: Proceed along Adams Street, making a left onto Tillary St. Turn right onto Flatbush Avenue Extension and make first left at Myrtle Avenue. Turn right onto Ashland Place and proceed to DeKalb Avenue and make a right. Parking garage is first brick building on the right.From Brooklyn: Belt Parkway to BQE. Take BQE to Cadman Plaza West and proceed to Tillary Street. Turn left on Tillary Street and turn right onto Flatbush Avenue Extension. Make immediate left at light onto Myrtle Avenue. Turn right onto Ashland Place and proceed to DeKalb Ave. and make a right. Parking garage is first brick building on the right. From Queens/Long Island: Long Island Expressway (495 West) to BQE (278 West) to Tillary Street exit. Turn right onto Flatbush Avenue Extension and make first left at Myrtle Avenue. Turn right onto Ashland Place and proceed to DeKalb Avenue, turning right.From Staten Island: Take Verrazano Bridge to BQE. See above.From Northern New Jersey: Take New Jersey Turnpike south to Holland Tunnel to Canal Street East and follow to Manhattan Bridge. See above.From Southern New Jersey: New Jersey Turnpike north to Exit 10 (Outerbridge Crossing) to 278 East Verrazano Bridge to BQE. Follow directions from Brooklyn.From New England/Westchester County: Merritt Parkway South or 95 South to the Hutchinson Parkway South and over the Whitestone Bridge. Take 678 South (Van Wyck Expressway) to 495 West (Long Island Expressway). Follow directions from Queens.

Directions to LIU

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Asi Phillips Head Coach•Seventh Season

Mount St. Mary’s, 2000

2005-06 Long Island1 ................................12-10 .................. 4-0 NEC2006-07 Long Island1 ................................10-12 .................. 4-0 NEC2007-08 Long Island .................................11-4 .................... 4-0 NEC2008-09 Long Island1 2 ..............................10-8 .................... 3-0 NEC2009-10 Long Island1 2 ..............................14-4 .................... 2-1 NEC2010-11 Long Island .................................4-11 ..................... 2-2 NECTotals (six seasons) .........................61-51 ......... 19-3 NEC

1 NEC Coach of the Year2 NEC Champions

The Phillips File

Meet The Blackbirds

SinglesYear Overall Dual Tournaments NEC2009-10 14-13 12-6 2-7 3-0 2010-11 7-16 5-10 2-6 3-3Total 21-29 17-16 4-13 6-3

DoublesYear Overall Dual Tournaments NEC2009-10 13-6 11-4 2-2 1-22010-11 8-11 8-7 0-4 4-2Total 21-17 19-11 2-6 5-4

Taysha Blessington•Career Records

Taysha Blessington 5-5•Junior

Sydney, Australia Roseville College

Aleksandra Pavlovic 5-10•JuniorUzice, Serbia

Sports Gimnazium

SinglesYear Overall Dual Tournaments NEC2009-10 15-13 10-7 5-6 2-1 2010-11 5-17 3-11 2-6 2-3Total 20-30 13-14 7-12 4-4

DoublesYear Overall Dual Tournaments NEC2009-10 16-4 14-3 2-1 3-02010-11 9-11 8-7 1-4 4-2 Total 25-15 22-10 3-5 7-2

Aleksandra Pavlovic•Career Records

Brittany Thompson 5-2•FreshmanAddison, Texas

Frisco

Jacqueline Varnyan 5-9•FreshmanBrooklyn, N.Y.

Leon M. Goldstein

Nancy Zonneveld 5-3•Freshman

Frankfurt, Germany European School Frankfurt

Josephine Mancini 5-6•FreshmanBrooklyn, N.Y.

Roseville College

Lisa Maas 5-7•Sophomore

Nordeu, GermanyMiddle Tennessee State Univ.

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Opening Round: #8 Saint Francis (PA) 4, #9 Wagner 0 #7 Monmouth 4, #10 St. Francis (N.Y.) 0Quarterfinals: #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: #10 St. Francis (N.Y.) 4, #9 Wagner 0 Seventh Place: Cancelled - rainFifth Place: Cancelled - rainSemifinals: #1 Quinnipiac 5, #4 Sacred Heart 1 #2 Fairleigh Dickinson 4, #3 Long Island 0Championship: #1 Quinnipiac 4, #2 Fairleigh Dickinson 3

2011 NEC Championship Results

2011 All-NEC Teams

First Team Singles#1 Claudia Hidalgo Bryant#2 Julia Prantl Fairleigh Dickinson#3 Juliet Labarthe Quinnipiac#4 Sarah Viebrock Quinnipiac#5 Valeria Couto Cuervo Bryant #6 Lavinia Cristescu Quinnipiac

Second Team Singles#1 Elmine Botes Fairleigh Dickinson #2 Adrienne Markison Quinnipiac #3 Irina Dementyeva Fairleigh Dickinson #4 Egzona Morina Fairleigh Dickinson #5 Lisanne Steinert Quinnipiac #6 Emily Napier Fairleigh Dickinson

Player of the YearClaudia Hidalgo Bryant

Rookie of the YearJuliet Labarthe Quinnipiac

First Team Doubles#1 Elmine Botes Fairleigh Dickinson Irina Dementyeva Fairleigh Dickinson#2 Julia Prantl Fairleigh Dickinson Egzona Morina Fairleigh Dickinson#3 Delaney Downing Sacred Heart Kate Donnelly Sacred Heart

Second Team Doubles#1 Lucy Bird Bryant Claudia Hidalgo Bryant #2 Rachel Cantor Quinnipiac Adrienne Markison Quinnipiac #3 Emma Haley Mount St. Mary’s t Carly Landini Mount St. Mary’s

Coach of the YearMike Quitko Quinnipiac

Northeast Conference Season Review

Name Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous SchoolTaysha Blessington 5-5 Jr. Sydney, Australia/Roseville College Lisa Maas 5-7 So. Nordeu, Germany/Middle Tennessee State Univ. Josephine Mancini 5-6 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall AcademyAleksandra Pavlovic 5-10 Jr. Uzice, Serbia/Sports Gimnazium Brittany Thompson 5-2 Fr. Addison, Texas/Frisco Jacqueline Varnyan 5-9 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Leon M. GoldsteinNancy Zonneveld 5-3 Fr. Frankfurt, Germany/European School Frankfurt

Roster

For more information on the Northeast Conference, including schedules and statistics please go towww.northeastconference.org


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2010-11 Singles/Doubles Results

Singles1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tourn. NEC Overall

Taysha Blessington 3-4 2-3 0-3 --- --- --- 5-10 2-6 3-3 7-16Dara Lahens --- --- 0-2 1-4 2-3 2-0 5-9 1-6 4-1 6-15Fatima Ouattara --- --- 4-3 0-2 1-4 --- 5-9 0-3 3-2 5-12Aleksandra Pavlovic 1-6 2-5 --- --- --- --- 3-11 2-6 2-3 5-17Zelie Pfeiffer --- --- --- --- 2-1 1-0 3-1 3-4 3-0 6-5Linn Sjogren 0-1 0-2 1-1 1-6 --- --- 2-10 1-3 1-4 3-13Total 4-11 4-10 5-9 2-12 5-9 3-11 23-62 9-28 16-15 32-90

Doubles1 2 3 Dual Tourn. NEC Overall

Lahens/Sjogren --- 4-0 --- 4-0 1-1 1-0 5-1Blessington/Pavlovic 8-7 --- --- 8-7 0-1 4-2 8-8Ouattara/Pfeiffer --- --- --- --- 0-4 --- 0-4Ouattara/Sjogren --- --- --- --- 1-1 --- 1-1Blessington/Sjogren --- --- --- --- 0-3 --- 0-3Lahens/Pavlovic --- --- --- --- 1-3 --- 1-3Lahens/Ouattara --- 2-9 --- 2-9 --- 1-4 2-9Pfeiffer/Sjogren --- --- 1-2 1-2 --- 1-2 1-2Totals 8-7 6-9 1-14 15-30 3-13 7-11 18-43

Overall: 4-11 Northeast Conference: 2-2

Date Opponent ResultSept. 17 Stony Brook Invitational Completed Sept. 24 Eastern Championships CompletedOct. 9 USTA Invitational CompletedOct. 22 ITA Regionals CompletedFeb. 13 vs. Howard1 L 6-1 Feb. 19 at St. John’s L 7-0Feb. 26 at Saint Peter’s W 5-2March 14 vs. Navy2 L 5-2March 15 vs. Quinnipiac2* L 6-1March 17 vs. Buffalo2 L 7-0March 18 vs. Florida Atlantic2 L 7-0March 25 at Columbia L 7-0April 2 at Stony Brook L 7-0April 3 Monmouth* W 7-0April 6 at Sacred Heart* W 5-2April 7 Fairleigh Dickinson* L 1-6April 10 at Army L 1-6April 16 vs. Robert Morris3 W 4-1April 17 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson3 L 4-0

* Northeast Conferernce match1 Queens, N.Y.2 Orlando, Fla.3 Northeast Conference Tournament (West Windsor, N.J.)

2010-11 Team Results

Linn Sjogren

Aleksandra Pavlovic

Taysha Blessington

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Selma Babic 14-1 --- --- --- --- --- 14-1 5-1 3-0 19-2Taysha Blessington --- 1-0 --- 11-6 --- --- 12-6 2-7 3-0 14-13Stephanie Elie --- --- 1-0 --- 4-5 2-2 7-7 0-4 2-1 7-11H’Ann Johnson --- --- --- --- 1-2 6-0 7-2 --- 2-1 7-2Dara Lahens --- --- --- --- 1-3 3-1 4-4 1-4 --- 5-8Aleksandra Pavlovic 1-0 2-0 7-7 --- --- --- 10-7 5-6 2-1 15-13Linn Sjogren --- 6-7 2-0 --- --- --- 8-7 2-4 1-2 10-11Total 15-1 9-7 10-7 11-6 6-10 11-3 62-34 15-26 13-5 77-60


Blessington/Sjogren --- 3-1 --- 3-1 2-2 --- 5-3Elie/Lahens --- --- 12-5 12-5 6-3 2-1 18-8Pavlovic/mixed --- --- --- --- 2-1 --- 2-1Babic/Pavlovic 14-3 --- --- 14-3 --- 3-0 14-3Blessington/Johnson --- 8-3 --- 8-3 --- 1-2 8-3Babic/Johnson 1-0 --- --- 1-0 --- --- 1-0Totals 15-3 11-4 12-5 38-12 10-6 6-3 48-18


Date Opponent ResultSept. 20 Stony Brook Invitational Completed Sept. 25 Eastern Championships CompletedOct. 10 USTA Invitational CompletedOct. 24 ITA Regionals CompletedFeb. 5 Albany W 4-3 Feb. 16 Massachusetts L 5-1Feb. 27 at Columbia L 4-3March 14 vs. Southern Utah1 W 6-1March 16 vs. CSU-Bakersfield1 W 7-0March 17 vs. Oral Roberts1 W 5-2March 24 Sacred Heart* W 5-2March 27 at Saint Peter’s W 4-0March 27 vs. St. John’s2 W 4-3April 1 at Fordham W 7-0April 2 at Monmouth* W 7-0April 5 at Fairleigh Dickinson* L 4-3April 9 Rhode Island W 4-3April 10 at Army W 4-3April 16 vs. Monmouth4 W 5-0April 17 vs. Quinnipiac4 W 4-1April 18 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson4 W 4-2May 14 vs. No. 10 Duke5 L 4-0

* Northeast Conferernce match1 Las Vegas, Nev.2 Jersey City, N.J.3 West Point, N.Y.4 Northeast Conference Tournament (West Windsor, N.J.)5 NCAA Tournament (Charlottesville, Va.)


Stephanie Elie

Selma Babic

2010 Northeast Conference Champions


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Selma Babic 16-1 --- --- --- --- --- 16-1 5-3 3-0 21-4Liliana Cortes --- --- 0-1 --- --- --- 0-1 0-1 --- 0-2Stephanie Elie --- 0-1 1-1 4-2 2-2 --- 7-6 2-4 3-0 9-10Ashley Harvey --- 11-3 0-1 --- --- --- 11-4 4-3 3-0 15-7Amy Hosotsuji --- --- --- 0-1 1-2 7-6 8-9 1-3 1-1 9-12H’Ann Johnson --- 1-0 3-8 1-2 --- --- 5-10 2-2 1-2 7-12Dara Lahens --- --- 1-0 2-2 4-4 0-1 7-7 0-4 3-0 7-11

Total 16-1 12-4 5-12 7-8 7-8 8-10 55-43 14-20 15-3 69-63


Cortes/Johnson --- --- --- --- 3-7 --- 3-7Babic/Lahens 1-2 --- --- 1-2 3-1 --- 4-3Elie/Hosotsuji --- 1-6 1-0 2-6 1-2 1-1 3-8Elie/Lahens --- 1-0 2-1 3-1 0-1 1-0 3-2Harvey/Hosotsuji 0-1 2-4 0-1 2-6 0-2 0-1 2-8Elie/Johnson --- 0-1 0-2 0-3 --- --- 0-3Babic/Johnson 12-1 --- --- 12-1 --- 2-0 12-1Harvey/Lahens --- 1-0 1-4 2-4 --- 0-1 2-4Elie/Harvey --- 0-1 --- 0-1 --- --- 0-1Hosotsuji/Lahens --- --- 0-1 0-1 --- --- 0-1Totals 13-4 5-12 5-10 23-26 7-13 5-3 30-39


Date Opponent ResultSept. 19 Stony Brook Invitational Completed Sept. 26 Eastern Championships CompletedOct. 11 USTA Women’s College Invitational CompletedOct. 25 Wilson/ITA East Region Championships CompletedJan. 31 at Albany L 6-1Feb. 5 at Massachusetts L 6-1 Feb. 21 at Columbia L 7-0March 7 at Saint Peter’s W 7-0March 16 vs. Cleveland State1 L 5-2March 17 vs. North Dakota1 W 6-1March 18 vs. Rhode Island1 L 5-2March 19 at Rollins L 5-2March 21 vs. Coastal Carolina1 L 5-2March 26 at Sacred Heart* W 4-3March 27 Bryant W 5-2March 30 Monmouth* W 7-0April 5 Fairleigh Dickinson* W 6-1April 11 at Army W 4-3April 17 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)2 W 5-0April 18 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson2 W 4-0April 19 vs. Quinnipiac2 W 4-1May 8 at No. 9 California3 L 4-0

* Northeast Conferernce match1 Orlando, Fla.2 Northeast Conference Tournament (West Windsor, N.J.)3 NCAA Tournament (Berkeley, Calif.)


Amy Hosotsuji

Ashley Harvey

2009 Northeast Conference Champions

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H’Ann Johnson

Liliana Cortes

Dara Lahens


Singles 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tourn. NEC OverallSelma Babic 10-3 --- --- --- --- --- 10-3 7-2 4-0 17-5Liliana Cortes --- --- --- --- 5-1 --- 5-1 0-2 2-0 5-3Stephanie Elie --- --- 1-4 5-4 --- --- 5-8 0-4 0-4 6-12Ashley Harvey 0-1 12-2 --- --- --- --- 12-3 4-4 4-0 16-7Amy Hosotsuji --- --- --- --- 2-1 7-3 9-4 0-3 3-1 9-7H’Ann Johnson --- 0-1 7-3 3-0 --- --- 10-4 3-2 3-0 13-6Dara Lahens --- --- --- 1-0 4-2 1-0 6-2 0-2 2-0 6-4

Total 10-4 12-3 8-7 9-4 11-4 10-3 46-52 14-19 12-16 60-71

Doubles 1 2 3 Dual Tourn. NEC OverallCortes/Hosotsuji --- --- --- --- 1-1 --- 1-1Elie/Lahens --- --- 4-1 4-1 3-2 1-0 7-3Babic/Cortes 1-0 --- --- 1-0 5-1 1-0 6-1Johnson/Lahens --- 0-1 --- 0-1 0-2 --- 0-3Harvey/Hosotsuji --- 6-1 6-0 12-1 0-2 4-0 12-3Harvey/Johnson --- --- --- --- 2-1 --- 2-1Hosotsuji/Lahens --- --- --- --- 0-1 --- 0-1Babic/Harvey 0-1 --- --- 0-1 --- --- 0-1Elie/Hosotsuji --- --- 0-1 0-1 --- --- 0-1Babic/Johnson 9-1 --- --- 9-1 --- 3-0 9-1Cortes/Lahens --- 2-5 --- 2-5 --- 1-1 2-5Babic/Johnson 0-2 --- --- 0-2 --- --- 0-2Totals 10-4 8-7 10-2 28-13 11-10 10-1 39-23


Date Opponent ResultSept. 16 Eastern Championships CompletedSept. 29 Stony Brook Invitational CompletedOct. 6 USTA Invitational CompletedMarch 2 at Army L 2-5March 9 at Saint Peter’s W 6-1March 15 vs. Adelphi W 7-0March 16 vs. Siena W 7-0March 17 vs. Dayton W 4-3March 18 vs. Hamilton W 6-1March 19 vs. Wagner* W 7-0March 29 at Massachusetts L 1-6April 5 Sacred Heart* W 5-2April 6 at St. John’s L 2-4April 9 at Monmouth* W 7-0April 11 at Fairleigh Dickinson* W 6-1April 18 vs. Wagner1 W 4-0April 19 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson1 W 4-3April 20 vs. Quinnipiac1 L 2-4

* Northeast Conferernce match1 Orlando, Fla.2 Northeast Conference Tournament (West Windsor, N.J.)


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