Christopher Martinez of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the fall season for the women's tennis team with a look at what the spring will bring. Head coach Judy Dixon says the fall allows the program to gauge where they are at technically and figure line-ups for the spring run leading up to the Atlantic 10 Championship.
Christopher Martinez of the Daily Collegian has a preview of the upcoming women's tennis season which starts this weekend at the Brown Invitational. Head coach Judy Dixon says expectations are high with the bulk of last year's roster returning from its Atlantic 10 runner-up finish last spring.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian had a season recap of the UMass tennis season and the success the Minutewomen had. Judy Dixon talks about how special the group was and how the program has now set higher expectations for 2015-16 after the past season.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette led off its Weekend College Round-Up section with a recap of the UMass women's tennis team's hard-luck loss in the Atlantic 10 Championship match on Sunday afternoon. Down 3-0, it looked as if the Minutewomen were in the midst of a terrific come-back rally holding leads in the four remaining singles matches. An injury to senior Chanel Glasper, however, ended her match pre-maturely to give the fourth, and championship-winning, point to VCU.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a preview of the Atlantic 10 Tennis Championships and the momentum the Minutewomen have built going into postseason. Head coach Judy Dixon says the key to a good performance for UMass will be its play at doubles along with the team's overall depth in singles.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the tennis team's wins over Bryant and Sacred Heart over the weekend. He focuses on the importance of Chanel Glasper's role as team captain and what Senior Day on Sunday meant to her. Head coach Judy Dixon said the team is confident heading into the Atlantic 10 Championship tournament after the successful regular season.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a preview of the UMass tennis team's three matches this week starting Wednesday at Atlantic 10 foe Rhode Island. Head coach Judy Dixon says this stretch will be a good test heading into the Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the Fairleigh Dickinson match where Chanel Glasper tied the UMass tennis program record for career singles victories. Hayden also writes about the domination in doubles play from Ana Yrazusta and Carol Benito during this year as the pair close in on the single-season record for wins as well.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a feature story on UMass tennis senior Chanel Glasper who is on the verge of setting the program's career singles wins record. Glasper needs just two wins to break the current record of 74 wins set by Jessica Podlofsky last season.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the UMass tennis team's 5-2 win over Albany on Saturday. The win keeps UMass unbeaten at home (6-0) this year, was the Minutewomen's 10th win of the year, and moved senior Chanel Glasper one win away from tying the program's record for career singles victories.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a preview of the UMass tennis team's home match this Saturday against Albany which officially kicks off the 'stretch-run' before the Atlantic 10 Championships. Head coach Judy Dixon spotlights senior Chanel Glasper who needs just three wins to become the program's all-time leader in singles victories.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the UMass tennis team's 2-1 week down in Charleston, S.C. over Spring Break. UMass picked up wins over host-school College of Charleston and Atlantic 10 newcomer Davidson.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the UMass tennis team's wins over Providence and Saint Louis last weekend as the Minutewomen improved to 7-3 this year. The Minutewomen will be off this week as they prep for a spring break trip to Charleston, S.C., where UMass will play Samford, College of Charleston and Davidson.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a preview of this weekend's matches for the women's tennis team. The Minutewomen head to Providence on Friday night before returning home to the Bay Road Tennis Club to host Saint Louis on Sunday afternoon (12:30 PM).
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a preview of Thursday's women's tennis match at No. 22 Dartmouth and then a home match at the Bay Road Tennis Center on Sunday against Atlantic 10 foe Fordham. Head coach Judy Dixon says the key to the weekend will be for the players to focus on what they do and to be aggressive.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a feature story on UMass tennis newcomers Ana Yrazusta and Carol Benito who have made an instant impact on the Minutewomen's line-up. The duo entered the spring season ranked as the No. 10 doubles pair in the Northeast according to the ITA.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a recap of UMass tennis' win over Quinnipiac on Saturday and the loss at Boston College on Friday. Head coach Judy Dixon says she was impressed with the team's turn-around from Friday to Saturday as several members of the team could not compete due to having the flu.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a look at the UMass tennis team's path to the Atlantic 10 Championship this year and what head coach Judy Dixon thinks it will take for her team to reach the championship match again in 2015.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a preview of the spring schedule for the UMass tennis team after what head coach Judy Dixon called a strong fall campaign. The Minutewomen are looking to keep their status as one of the elite programs in the Atlantic 10 after reaching the semifinals of the championship tournament in each of the last three seasons.
Philip Sanzo of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the UMass tennis team's strong showing at the Dartmouth Big Green Invitational last weekend to wrap up the fall campaign. The Minutewomen will now have a break over the bulk of the winter before starting the Spring season at the end of January.
Adam Aucoin of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the ITA Northeast Regional and the success Anna Woosely had over the weekend reaching the Round of 32. Overall, the Minutewomen had four players reach the Main Draw with Woosley leading the way going 4-1 over the weekend in singles play.
Victor Pusateri of the Daily Collegian has a feature on freshman tennis player Ana Yrazusta who is off to a strong start for the Minutewomen. Yrazusta admits that the transition from Las Palmas, Spain to Massachusetts has been a challenge, but that having several international teammates has helped in her first few months away from home.
Victor Pusateri of the Daily Collegian has a preview of the UMass tennis team's match on Thursday at Connecticut. This will be the first dual match of the fall season for the Minutewomen who have been very impressive in a pair of opening tournaments.
Jamie Cushman of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the tennis team's strong performance at the West Point Invitational. UMass had several players reach flight finals and again had solid doubles play throughout the weekend.
We hope you enjoyed our coaches sharing some of their favorite motivational quotes this week as part of #UMassCoachQuotes. We'll have another round of those coming next week as well. For now, let's look back at what our coaches submitted this past week.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of UMass tennis' performance at the Atlantic 10 Championships last weekend. The Minutewomen advanced to the semifinals for the third straight year before falling to eventual champion VCU.
"Everyone feels really strong coming home from this tournament," she said. "If we're going to lose, I want to lose to the eventual champion. ...The match was well-contested. (VCU) was obviously the best team there and we competed the best against them."
For the third consecutive year, the UMass tennis team has advance to the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 championship. Overall, Saturday's match against the defending Atlantic 10 Champions, VCU, marks the 16th time since 1995 that UMass has advanced to the league semi-final match. The route to this year's semifinal was also significant in that the Minutewomen defeated Richmond for the first time ever in program history.
Matt Vautour of the Daily Hampshire Gazette has an extensive notebook in today's paper which covers all of Friday's results from lacrosse to tennis. Vautour also highlights Saturday's jersey retirement for Brianna Scurry and April Kater and gives mention to a pair of academic award winners from rowing and women's lacrosse.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of UMass tennis' 6-1 win over Rhode Island on Saturday. The match was the regular-season finale and also represented Senior Day. Yuliana Motyl, Jessica Podlofsky, Sonia Bokhari and Bianca Drabek were all honored prior to the match at the Mullins Center Tennis Courts.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the UMass tennis team's weekend versus Fairleigh Dickinson and Sacred Heart. Hayden states that several nagging injuries have forced adjustments to the lineups throughout the season and came into play during the 4-3 loss at FDU last Thursday.
UMass tennis senior Yuliana Motyl contributed a piece to the Amherst Wire, a student-run online magazine by the journalism department, where she gives an insider's view of the conflict involving Ukraine, Russia and Crimea. Motyl was born in Ukraine before moving to Toronto when she was nine.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a story on Jessica Podlofsky who recently set the UMass tennis program's career record for singles victories. According to Hayden, it was an unorthodox route that led Podlofsky to UMass, but says that her goal from day one was to break the record.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of UMass' spring break trip to Charleston, S.C., where the Minutewomen won two of three matches and senior Jessica Podlofsky broke the all-time career singles victories record for the program.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the tennis team's 5-2 loss at Columbia last weekend. Head coach Judy Dixon thinks the tough schedule early is preparing the team for the second half of the season and the A-10 Tournament.
"Sometimes we lose a match where we played our absolute best" she said. "I have a lot of hope for us as we head into the last half of our season. We have now a team that believes that they can play with the best teams in the country...I'm still trying to figure out our doubles combinations...but I think our singles line-up is pretty well-established."
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of tennis' split week against Fordham and George Washington last week.
Arthur Hayden of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the tennis team's performance at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships. The Minutewomen were led by freshman Aarzoo Malik who advanced to the Round of 32.
Judy Dixon previews the 2013-14 tennis season and this weekend's season-opener at the Brown Invitational.
UMass tennis head coach Judy Dixon previews the Minutewomen's upcoming matches against Army, St. Bonaventure, and Fairleigh Dickinson in West Point, N.Y.
The UMass tennis team starts the 2013 spring campaign this Friday at Brown and Sunday at home against Saint Joseph's. Head coach Judy Dixon sits down with UMassAthletics to talk about the progress from the fall and what she expects to see this spring.
WIth the help of SAAC, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, five representatives of the whole of UMass athletics sat down with the students at Crocker Farm Elementary School prior to the start of classes this morning. In addition to just interacting with the youngsters, each student-athlete took the opportunity to discuss the importance of eating healthy, staying active and working hard in school. Minutemen Joe Snyder (men's lacrosse) and baseball's Billy Jones and
Alex Tuneski, as well as Minutewomen
Katie Bettencourt (softball) and
Jocelyn Providence (women's tennis) all participated in the day's activity.
For more information about SAAC can be found through the UMass Athletics website
here.
Jeffrey Okerman of the Daily Collegian has a recap of the tennis team's fall finale last weekend, the Big Green Invitational at Dartmouth. Sophomore Jessica Podlofsky continued her season-long strong play, while freshman Chanel Glasper was also very impressive. As usual, UMass' doubles teams were superb, winning several matches. Judy Dixon's squad begins its spring season on Jan. 28 when it hosts Boston College at the Bay Road Tennis Club at 12:30 p.m.
Minutewomen face strong competition at Big Green Invitational - Daily Collegian Cameron McDonough of the Massachusetts Daily Collegian takes a look at the UMass Women's tennis team as they prepare for an invitational despite the major snow storm. The Minutewomen will be participating in the three-day Big Green Invitational over the weekend in Hanover, N.H. This will be their first time competing as a team since the match at Fordham on Oct. 9.
Despite snow, Minutewomen prepare for Big Green Invitational - Daily Collegian Cameron McDonough of the Massachusetts Daily Collegian has a story in Wednesday's edition on the UMass women's tennis players that have been invited to compete at the prestigious Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional this weekend at Yale. The doubles team of Yuliana Motyl and Chantal Swiszcz will compete in addition to singles draw players Julia Comas, Sonia Bokhari, and Jessica Podlofsky. The tournament begins on Friday and runs through Oct. 25.
"These are the best players in the region and they are excited to go," said head coach Judy Dixon.
Cameron McDonough of the
Massachusetts Daily Collegian has a recap in Tuesday's edition of the UMass tennis team's stellar weekend at the Eastern Collegiate Invitational at Army. Against some of the top programs in the Northeast, UMass placed five of its eight players in the semfinal round of flights and had two flight champions, Jessica Podlofsky and Chanel Glasper, who is 7-1 in her freshman campaign.
Podlofsky is now a perfect 8-0 on the season and was named UMass Athlete of the Week. She will be honored, along with Head Coach Judy Dixon, at Wednesday's UMass Sports Luncheon, at noon at the Cape Cod Room of the Student Union.
"I was very pleased with the effort from everyone on the team," said UMass coach Judy Dixon. "I have felt like the last two weeks have been very positive and what coaches need this time of year is to take a look at their players and see what we need to work on," she said.
Nick Canelas of the
Massachusetts Daily Collegian has a good preview of the women's tennis team's trip to the Eastern Collegiate Invitational this weekend at Army:
Just one week after what UMass coach Judy Dixon called a, "successful weekend," in the Harvard Fall Classic, her squad is trying to repeat its formula when the Eastern Collegiate Invitational begins in West Point, NY. on Friday.
The tournament is a popular one early in the season, and serves as another tune-up for not only the Minutewomen, but also other Atlantic 10 foes the team will face later in the season. Other A-10 teams attending the Invitational include Rhode Island and Fordham.
The UMass tennis team kicks off its fall schedule this weekend at the Harvard Fall Classic on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Check out the video below in which Head Coach Judy Dixon previews the 2011-12 tennis team!
Due to unforeseen technical issues at the Bay Road Tennis Center, the UMass tennis match against Fairfield cannot be shown live on CBS3 Now as originally scheduled. Fans can
watch the match live on UMass All-Access through their computers. The match will be shown on a tape-delay basis on CBS3 Now. Check back later for a date and air time.
The UMass tennis team played its first home match of the spring semester on Sunday, defeating NJIT in dominating fashion, 6-1. The Minutewomen won two out of three doubles matches to take the doubles point before winning five out of the six singles matches.
Happy Birthday to this trio, celebrating on Dec. 10: tennis freshman
Jessica Podlofsky, soccer senior
Chris Vaccaro and junior track jumper
Daniel Wu.
Scott Cournoyer of the
Daily Collegian has a story on the UMass tennis team's trip to the ITA Northeast Regional last weekend at Dartmouth. As the headline states, the Minutewomen came away with mixed results, but among the bright spots has been the early season play of sophomore Julia Comas.
Click Here for the complete recap of the ITA Regionals.
The Daily Collegian has a preview of the UMass tennis team's home-opening match on Friday at noon vs. Fordham at the Mullins Courts.
"All of these girls are coming together quickly in a real positive way, and that will be necessary to compete against some of the schools we have coming up," Head Coach Judy Dixon said.
The Minutewomen were supposed to open the season on Thursday afternoon vs. Holy Cross, but weather forced a postponement of that match. The make-up date has yet to be set.
The Daily Collegian has a recap of the tennis team's successful season-opening performance at the Eastern Collegiate Invitational at Army. Sophomore Julia Comas won the Flight B singles title and was named UMass Athlete of the Week, while freshman Jessica Podlofsky won the Flight D title.
The Minutewomen open their home season on Thursday against Holy Cross (1:30 p.m.) and then Friday they host Fordham (noon). Both matches are at the Mullins Courts.
The UMass tennis team will be taking part today in a community service project in conjunction with the
Amherst Survival Center. The event, to be held on the Amherst town common from 9-1:30, is a furniture sale. So be sure to stop by and give your support to the ASC and UMass Tennis!
Since 1976, the Amherst Survival Center has promoted the health and well being of residents of Franklin and Hampshire counties with a wide variety of programs designed to help people meet their basic needs. The Center serves over three thousand people each year. Our services, all of which are free, include a Food Pantry, Soup Kitchen, Drop-In Health Clinic, Free Store, and a variety of other supports.
On Friday, Sept. 10, we wish Happy Birthday to lacrosse player
Ryan Hantverk and tennis player
Tanisha Hodgson.
The
Greenwich Time has a nice feature story on tennis alum Lauren MacKay. After working at Stanford last year, MacKay was named head coach at Endicott College for both the men's and women's teams earlier this summer.
"I definitely feel very fortunate because I'm young and this is a great opportunity," said the 23-year-old MacKay. "Being the head coach of both programs is a big deal.
Endicott College has announced the hiring of former UMass tennis player Lauren MacKay as its new head coach for men's and women's tennis. MacKay, a four-year player and captain as a senior for head coach Judy Dixon, played at UMass from 2005-09.
The Examiner also has a story on MacKay taking over as coach of the Gulls.
