Women's Tennis loses tough match to D-II IUP

The women's tennis team lost a hard fought battle to Division II opponent Indiana University of Pennsylvania by the final score of 6-3. Janna Dickerson won easily at fourth singles by a score of 6-0 6-3 and Meggie Oravec won at sixth singles 6-4 6-3. Third doubles team Margaret Hodgkiss-Lilly and Deb Landau battled back to win by a score of 8-6.

Below is a video clip of senior Meggie Oravec winning her match at sixth singles. Great Job Meggie!

Tennis Team Performs in Athletes' Talent Show

The men's and women's tennis team joined forces on Thursday February 18, 2010 to participate in the student athlete talent show sponsored by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Team Captain and SAAC Co-President Ben Hurtuk opened the team's "Cinematic Journey" with a speech from the movie The Hangover, followed by scenes from Austin Powers, Old School, Night at the Roxbury, and Napoleon Dynamite. The team's performance concluded with a rousing "Gator Tennis" cheer.

Below is a clip of the Austin Powers segment of the show.

Spring Practices Have Officially Started

The men's and women's teams kicked off the spring season with the first week of practice in the David V. Wise Center. In addition to playing matches and doing drills on our four indoor courts, both teams have been doing strength and conditioning workouts in the pool, weight room, and racquetball courts. Below are some video clips that show our on and off court workouts.

The women's team doing a forehand and backhand medicine ball workout in the pool.

Coach Luteran putting Mike Provenzano through a ground stroke drill.

The men's and women's team running "The Beep Test".