Profiles
Erica Dahl
Returnee
Sophomore
Rockford, Ill. (Lutheran)
2008: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Four-year member of the tennis team and coached by Jay Phillip…National Honor Society member, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in German and history…born Dec. 19, 1988.
Kaitlyn Farrell
Returnee
Sophomore
Ottawa, Ill. (Ottawa Township)
2008: Teamed with two different doubles partners to go 1-1.
High School: Part of a doubles team that won two sectional championships and qualified for two state championships…coached by Steve Johnson…four-year member of the softball team and played basketball her freshman year…National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Undecided on major…born Nov. 22, 1988.
Taylor Gustafson
Returnee
Senior
Riverwoods, Ill. (Deerfield)
2008: Second-team All-CCIW…compiled an 18-11 record and won the number-three singles title at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship… teamed with Gina Klein to go 20-6 and won the CCIW number-one doubles title…combined doubles record of 23-7…named CCIW “co-player of the week” on Sept. 4.
2007: Compiled a 15-13 single record…lost to Wheaton’s Brittney Dunn for the CCIW number-five singles championship, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1… teamed with Brooke Braastad in the fall to go 9-3 with a second-place finish for the CCIW number-three doubles title, falling to Wheaton’s Shannon Hale and Brittney Dunn, 4-5, 6-1, 10-5…teamed with Beth Kaufman in the spring to compile an 11-6 doubles mark.
2006: Named second-team All-CCIW…lost in the CCIW number-three singles semifinals before going on to win the third-place match over Greta Kundson from Augustana College (Ill.), 8-3…compiled an 11-21 record at number-three and number-four singles…teamed with Kristin Minkowski to go 17-14 at number-two and number-three doubles.
High School: Named All-North Suburban Conference and all-area both her junior and senior years coached by Geoff Gluck.
Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing...born Sept. 15, 1986.
Bridget Holck
Returnee
Freshman
McHenry, Ill. (West)
2008: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Named Northwest Herald honorable mention all-area her senior year…coached by Matt Condon…member of the badminton team as a senior…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar and high honors student.
Personal: Biology major…born Jan. 23, 1989.
Liz Hood
Returnee
Sophomore
Chelsea, Mich.
2008: Compiled a 1-3 singles record and went 1-0 at doubles.
High School: Lettered three times and coached by Matt Pedlow...honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Music major...born May 24, 1989.
Katie Hornick
Returnee
Sophomore
Appleton, Wis. (Kimberly)
2007: Went 14-11 and was the runner-up in number-four singles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…teamed with Beth Kaufman to go 10-7 and won the CCIW number-two doubles title…overall doubles mark of 14-10.
High School: Earned All-Fox Valley Association honors both her sophomore and senior years¼coached by Melissa Chitko¼three-year letterwinners on the track and field team¼National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Studio art major¼born May 16, 1989.
Beth Kaufman
Returnee
Junior
Barrington, Ill.
2008: First-team All-CCIW and CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship tournament MVP…went 19-9 and won the number-two singles title at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…teamed with Katie Hornick to go 10-7 and won the CCIW number-two doubles title…overall doubles mark of 14-11.
2007: Attended the University of Iowa for fall term but did nor play tennis…transferred to Carthage in January 2007…went 8-8 in singles during the spring portion of the season…teamed with Taylor Gustafson to go 11-6 at doubles.
High School: Won Mid-Suburban League West titles both her junior and senior years and a sectional runner-up as a senior…her junior-year team won a sectional championship and finished sixth at the Illinois High School Association state championship…her senior-year team also won a sectional title and finished third at the state championship…coached by Tracy Waters…played soccer her freshman year…National Honor Society member.
Personal: Undecided on major…named to the spring 2007 Carthage dean’s list…born March 26, 1987
Gina Klein
Returnee
Junior
Darien, Ill. (Hinsdale-South)
2008: First-team All-CCIW…went 11-14 and was the runner-up in number-one singles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…teamed with Taylor Gustafson to go 20-6 and won the CCIW number-one doubles title…overall doubles mark of 22-6.
2007: Compiled a 23-5 singles mark and named second-team All-CCIW…won a CCIW title at number-four singles, defeating Wheaton’s Brooke Parrish, 6-2, 6-1…teamed with Kristin Minkowski to go 22-4 and won a CCIW title at number-two doubles, defeating Wheaton’s Brooke Parrish and Kayli Edwards, 6-1, 6-1…she and Kristin Minkowski were ranked 16th in the final 2007 Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Central Region doubles poll.
High School: Played on four-straight West Suburban League Gold championship teams…coached by Bob Comerford…member of the basketball team her freshmen and sophomore years…four-year honor student.
Personal: Elementary education major…born Feb. 3, 1988.
Angela Kropidlowski
Returnee
Sophomore
Milwaukee, Wis. (St. Francis)
2008: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Four-year member of the tennis team and coached by Mike Sherman¼four-year member of the softball team and three years in basketball.
Personal: Special education major¼born March 16, 1989.
Andrea Leschewski
Returnee
Sophomore
Crest Hill, Ill. (Plainfield-South)
2008: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Part of a number-four doubles team that finished second in the Suburban Prairie Conference her senior year…coached by Tino Vilaflor…four-year member of the badminton team…high honors student.
Personal: Double major in French and international political economy…born Oct. 29, 1988.
Jessica Lorenz
Returnee
Sophomore
Woodville, Wis. (Baldwin-Woodville)
2008: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Lettered twice and coached by Jim Rumple¼four-year member of the soccer team and three years in track and field¼honor student.
Personal: Music major¼born April 30, 1989.
Alex Maniscalo
Returnee
Sophomore
Lemont, Ill.
2008: Went 1-0 in varsity singles.
High School: Named All-Suburban Prairie Conference her junior year as part of league-championship doubles team…both her junior and senior-year squads won conference titles…coached by Chris Hill…member of the softball team her freshman and sophomore years…honor student.
Personal: Double major in biology and social work…born Feb. 27, 1989.
Ashley Morgan
Returnee
Junior
Afton, Minn. (Stillwater Area)
2008: Went 10-14 and finished fourth in number-five singles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…teamed with Kristina Roglin to go 4-7 and finished fourth in CCIW number-three doubles…overall doubles mark of 11-13.
2007: Compiled a 4-2 singles mark
High School: Named All-Suburban East Conference at number-one doubles her senior year…honorable mention all-conference at number-one doubles as a junior…coached by Chuck Anderson…member of the softball team her freshman, sophomore and junior year and played basketball as a freshman…high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Undecided on major…born Sept. 28, 1987.
Julie Rendino
Returnee
Senior
McHenry, Ill.
2008: Went 7-7 and finished third in number-six singles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…overall doubles record of 5-4.
2007: Played on the junior varsity team.
2006: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Named All-Fox Valley conference and Northwest Herald all-area her senior year and qualified for the Illinois High School Association state championship coached by Gary Myers four-year member of the track and field team and a three-time state qualifier in the pole vault…played basketball her freshman and sophomore seasons Spanish National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Athletic training major...pole vaulter and heptathlete on the 2006 Carthage women’s track and field team…a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 4, 1986.
Kristina Roglin
Returnee
Sophomore
Downers Grove, Ill. (South)
2008: Went 8-8 at number-six singles…teamed with Ashley Morgan to go 4-7 and finished fourth in number-three doubles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…overall double record of 9-11.
High School: Named All-West Suburban League Gold both her junior and senior years¼coached by Peter Freischlag¼member of the softball team her freshman year¼high honors student.
Personal: Business administration major¼born Feb. 28, 1989.