2008 - Tennis schedule/results

10-3 Overall, 6-2 GPAC

Women

MARCH
March 11	Hastings College	Seward, Neb.	W 7-2
March 8	Seward County C.C.	Kearney, Neb.	L 6-3
March 8	Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney	Kearney, Neb.	L 8-1
March 28	Webster	St. Louis, Mo.	W 9-0
March 29	Maryville	Chesterfield, Mo.	W 9-0
APRIL
April 2	Doane College*	Crete, Neb.	W 9-0
April 4	Bethel College	Seward, Neb.	W 5-4
April 7	Midland Lutheran*	Seward, Neb.	W 8-1
April 12	Briar Cliff Univ.*	Fremont, Neb.	W 9-0
April 15	Hastings College*	Hastings, Neb.	W 6-3
April 19	Univ. of Sioux Falls*	Omaha, Neb.	W 5-4
April 19	Morningside College*	Omaha, Neb.	W 9-0
April 22	Nebraska Wesleyan Univ.*	Seward, Neb.	L 5-4
April 25	Dordt College*	Seward, Neb.	L 5-4
MAY
May 2-3	GPAC Championships	Fremont, Neb.	TBA
May 12-16	NAIA Championships	Mobile, Ala.	TBA

* denotes GPAC contest

All Home Matches in BOLD

2008 - Tennis roster

Women
Name	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Faith Ahlman	FR	Arvada, Colo.	Denver Lutheran
Erinn Beckman	JR	Springfield, Mo.	Kickapoo High
Taylor Cook	FR	Belleville, Ill.	Belleville West
Kim Francis	FR	Overland Park, Kan.	Kansas City Christian
Alicia Fulton	FR	Waverly, Neb.	Waverly
Heather Jackson	SO	Oak Creek, Wisc.	Martin Luther High
Leah Koopman	JR	Hastings, Neb.	Hastings
Hannah Krueger	SO	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Martin Luther High
Jess Svajhart	SR	Lewisville, Texas	Flower Mound

Bulldogs dominate Tigers in GPAC opener

2 APR 2008

The Concordia University, Nebraska women's tennis team opened up Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) play Wednesday night with a 9-0 victory over rival Doane College.

The Bulldogs had the match secured after sweeping through the singles matches with six straight victories. The only close match was in the number two singles in which Erinn Beckman defeated Doane's Jenna Monter 6-3, 6-4. The other matches the Bulldogs won handily.

Concordia then finished off the Tigers with three straight victories in doubles play. The Bulldogs didn't lose more than two games in any of the three matches, cruising to the 9-0 victory.

The Bulldogs rode the momentum into the weekend in which the they defeated two NCAA Div. III schools in dominating fashion. The Bulldogs took 9-0 victories over both Webster and Mayville to move their record to 4-1 overall.

The next action for the Bulldogs comes Friday, April 4 as Concordia welcomes Bethel College to Seward, Neb., with the match beginning at 4 p.m.

Bulldog women win in dramatic fashion, men defeated by Bethel

4 APR 2008

The Concordia University women's tennis team picked up a dramatic victory, 5-4 over Bethel College while the men couldn't find a rhythm dropping their match with Bethel 8-1.

The women gained much needed momentum by picking up victories in the number two (Erinn Beckman and Heather Jackson) and number three (Leah Koopman and Jess Svajhart) doubles teams, 8-5 and 8-6 respectively. The number one doubles team of Hannah Kruger and Taylor Cook were defeated 8-3.

Kruger was then quickly defeated in the number one singles, 6-2, 6-0 to tie the match at 2-2. The Bulldogs picked a big victory early when number six single, Kim Francis, won in a tie break, 3-6, 6-3, 10-4. Bethel tied the match when number five single, Koopman, was defeated 6-4, 6-3. After Beckman won in number two singles and Jackson lost in number three singles the match came down to freshman Cook in number four singles.

In the closest match of the afternoon Cook dropped the first set 7-6 in a tie break that went to Bethel's advantage 7-4. Cook regained her composer and took the second set 6-1. The last and final super set came down to who would make the last mistake. Cook twice fought off a match point to tie the match. Cook was able to win her match on a powerful backhand that the Bethel player could not reach giving Cook the final advantage, 19-17.

On the men's side the Bulldogs fell behind quickly and were not able to recover dropping the match 8-1. The duo of Tim Meyer and Scott Schlesinger was the only doubles team to pick up a victory, 8-6. The only other close match of the afternoon came in number one doubles where the team of Jon Schliecher and Marcus Herring were defeated 8-5.

The next action for both the men (3-3, 1-0 GPAC) and the women (5-1, 1-0 GPAC) comes as Midland Lutheran come to Seward for a 4 p.m. duel.

Bulldogs use tie breaks to move past Broncos

15 APR 2008

The Concordia University women's tennis team took a big step towards establishing themselves among the elite in the GPAC with a 6-3 victory over the Hastings College Broncos Tuesday night in Hastings, Neb.

The Bulldogs came into the match ranked number one in the region and sitting atop the GPAC standings with a 3-0 record but the Broncos gained early momentum by winning the number one and two singles, 8-4 and 8-3 respectively.

The Bulldogs number three singles team of veterans Leah Koopman and Jess Svajhart stopped the bleeding by winning their match 8-4.

Concordia took complete control of the match in singles play as the only Bulldog loss came in the number one singles as Alexia Spencer defeated Hannah Krueger 6-3, 6-2. The Bulldogs picked up victories in the number two, three, and six singles by winning super tie breaks as Erinn Beckman, Heather Jackson and Kim Francis all were able to hold on for victories. Concordia cruised in the number four and five singles as Taylor Cook and Koopman each won in convincing fashion.

The next action for the Bulldogs come April 19 as the Bulldogs will take on the University of Sioux Falls and Morningside in games that will be played in Omaha, Neb. beginning at 10 a.m.

Bulldogs cruise past Chargers

12 APR 2008

The Concordia University women's tennis team pushed their winning streak to six matches, defeating Briar Cliff University 9-0.

Concordia (7-1, 3-0 GPAC) cruised right through the Chargers as the Bulldogs have now only lost one match in their last two GPAC meetings. The Bulldogs were relatively untested throughout the day as Hannah Krueger cruised in number one singles, winning in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.

Erinn Beckman had the closest singles match of the day in number two doubles but still won easily 6-3 and 6-3. The Bulldogs dominated the Chargers in the remaining singles matches as Heather Jackson, Taylor Cook, Leah Koopman, and Kim Francis all won their matches easily.

The Bulldogs also had the Chargers numbers in the doubles play as Concordia swept through the tandem play with wins of 8-1, 8-5 and 8-0.

The next action for the Bulldogs comes April 15 as the Bulldogs head to Hastings, Neb. to take on the Hastings College Broncos. The Bulldogs defeated the Broncos in the first match of the season, a non conference match, 7-2.

Krueger earns GPAC honor

Concordia's Hannah Krueger is the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women's Tennis Player-of-the-Week. Krueger, a sophomore from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, went 2-0 in number one singles play and 2-0 in number one doubles play with wins over Midland Lutheran and Briar Cliff. Her doubles partner is Taylor Cook.

8 Bulldogs earn honors, Harms named Coach-of-the-Year

Eight members of the Concordia University, Nebraska tennis teams were honored on the 2008 Great Plains Athletic Conference All-Conference teams. In addition, Head Coach Amy Harms was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women's Tennis Coach-of-the-Year.

Four women's singles players earned first-team all-conference honors for the Bulldogs. Three singles players as well as all three women's doubles teams and a men's doubles team were named honorable mention.

Those receiving first-team honors include:
Women (*denotes repeat selection)
No. 1 Singles - Hannah Krueger, So., (Milwaukee, Wis.)*
No. 3 Singles - Heather Jackson, So., (Oak Creek, Wis.)*
No. 4 Singles - Taylor Cook, Fr. (Belleville, Ill.)
No. 5 Singles - Leah Koopman, Jr., (Hastings, Neb.)*

Those receiving honorable mention include:
Women
No. 2 Singles - Erinn Beckman, Jr., (Springfield, Mo.)
No. 1 Doubles - Hannah Krueger and Taylor Cook
No. 2 Doubles - Erinn Beckman and Heather Jackson
No. 3 Doubles - Leah Koopman and Jess Svajhart

Men
No. 5 Singles - Kyle Winter (Omaha, Neb.)
No. 6 Singles - Travis Sherman (Greeley, Colo.)
No. 3 Doubles - Kyle Winter and Travis Sherman

Cook ended the season undefeated with a 9-0 record in conference play and an overall record of 14-1, the best of any Bulldog. In doubles action she went 10-3 when teamed up with Krueger.

Coach Harms guided the women to one of their best finishes in history, third place in the GPAC and a runner up finish in NAIA Region III, with a record of 10-5 overall and 6-2 in GPAC play.

Men
No. 5 Singles - Kyle Winter (Omaha, Neb.)
No. 6 Singles - Travis Sherman (Greeley, Colo.)
No. 3 Doubles - Kyle Winter and Travis Sherman

Cook ended the season undefeated with a 9-0 record in conference play and an overall record of 14-1, the best of any Bulldog. In doubles action she went 10-3 when teamed up with Krueger.

Coach Harms guided the women to one of their best finishes in history, third place in the GPAC and a runner up finish in NAIA Region III, with a record of 10-5 overall and 6-2 in GPAC play.