Greg Kreitzer Joins Allegheny Staff

8/18/2011 10:26:00 AM
MEADVILLE, Pa - Greg Kreitzer was announced Thursday as the new Allegheny assistant tennis coach by Head Coach Jared Luteran. Kreitzer is beginning his first coaching stint after graduating from Hamilton College in May.
A two-time captain for the Hamilton tennis team, Kreitzer competed in the NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference), one of the toughest conferences in the country. In 2010-11, Kreitzer was selected as part of both the NESCAC All-Academic and All-Sportsmanship teams, as well as being selected an ITA Scholar Athlete. In addition, Kreitzer was also a two-time recipient of the Hamilton Scholar Athlete Award, given to an athlete who has worked to excel in the classroom while contributing significantly to the Hamilton Athletics Program.
“We are very excited with the addition of Coach Kreitzer to the Gator Tennis family,” said Luteran. “His background, having played in the NESCAC for four years, one of the toughest tennis conferences in the country makes him well prepared for the competition in the NCAC.”
In addition to his success on the court, Kreitzer has also been a role model off it, leading his team in numerous off-court events such as Race for the Cure and Relay for Life. He has also served the last five summers as a Camp Counselor and Unit Head at Camp Seneca Lake, located in Penn Yan, N.Y.
Kreitzer earned a Bachelors of Arts degree from Hamilton College, with concentrations in Economics and Communications.

Recruiting at Donovan Showcase 2011

It was a fantastic week of recruiting at the Donovan Showcase last week in New Haven, CT. There were 160 high school boys and girls from all over the world. Other than a brief 5 minute rain shower, the weather was beautiful and there was some great tennis being played on the Yale courts. Tim Donovan always does a stellar job running the showcase and I look forward to being back next year!

~Coach Luteran

Pat Cole Caps Rookie Season With Regional Ranking

6/30/2011 11:00:22 AM
2010-11 Campbell/ITA Central Region Rankings

MEADVILLE, Pa. – Adding to a list of outstanding accomplishments, rising tennis star Patrick Cole is listed in the final 2010-11 Campbell/ITA Regional College men's tennis rankings, ranking No. 22 in the Central Region as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The recently-crowned NCAC Newcomer of the Year, Cole's awards-filled rookie campaign marked the most decorated freshman season in program history.

"I just can't say enough good things about Pat.,” remarked head coach Jared Luteran. “He deserves every accolade that he receives and we couldn't ask for a better person to represent what Allegheny tennis is all about."

Cole finished the year with an 18-4 record in singles play en route to NCAC First Team All-Conference honors. He became just the third player in team history to earn first team plaudits from the league, while also netting All-Conference accolades in doubles the same year. A two-time NCAC Player of the Week selection, Cole finished the slate three wins shy of the Gators' single-season record.

2011 Seniors Graduate

May 14, 2011

Senior tennis players Nick Darrow, Margaret Hodgkiss-Lilly, Lauren Kristofco, and Sara Longo graduated on Saturday with the rest of the class of 2011 in the Wise Center. Congrats seniors and good luck!!!

Five Women's Tennis Players Net All-NCAC Honors

5/10/2011

Conference Release

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Posting the highest single-season winning percentage (.591) since the 2001-02 season, the Allegheny women's tennis team enjoyed an eight-win turnaround from a year ago, a third-place finish in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) for the first time since the 1998-99 season, and earned their first regional ranking under head coach Jared Luteran. In light of the successful year, a program-first came out of the selection of All-NCAC teams as five women's tennis players earned All-NCAC recognition.

Three players, headlined by rookie Carolyn Shetter, were named to All-NCAC teams as singles players, while a pair of doubles teams garnered All-NCAC selections, including first-time doubles recipients Deborah Landau and Elyse Schmitt.

Shetter, who played at flight one singles throughout the entire fall and spring seasons, was selected to the All-NCAC First Team, and becomes the sixth women's tennis player to make the First Team. On the year, Shetter finished 12-10 in singles play with a 10-10 mark in dual matches, and was a perfect 2-0 in tournament play.

Senior Lauren Kristofco earned her fourth All-NCAC honor as a singles player, making her the first four-time All-NCAC singles performer in Allegheny women's tennis history. This year, Kristofco was named to the All-NCAC Second Team after finishing 5-7 in flight two singles play, and was 2-3 in conference play as well.

Rounding out singles honors is senior Sara Longo. Longo makes her second consecutive All-NCAC Honorable Mention Team after playing most of the year at flight three singles, and posting an overall record of 11-11. In her time at flight three singles, Longo compiled a record of 8-6, and ended the season on a four-match winning streak.

For the third time in the past four years, Kristofco and Longo earn all-conference recognition as a doubles paring. In 07-08, and 08-09, the pair landed on the All-NCAC Doubles Second Team. This season, the final one at Allegheny for both, they were named to the All-NCAC Doubles First Team. Paired up the entire spring season at flight one doubles, Kristofco and Longo tallied a doubles record of 11-5 overall, and were 4-2 in conference play.

Landau and Schmitt were named to the All-NCAC Doubles Second Team for the first time as a pairing after they competed across flights two and three in doubles play this season, and put together an impressive 10-3 overall mark. Like Kristofco and Longo, Landau and Schmitt were 4-2 in conference play.