April 29, 2008
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Women’s Tennis Falls to Wheaton (Ill.) in CCIW AQ Title Match;
Lady Reds Finish the 2007-08 Season with 11-12 Record
2008 CCIW Automatic Qualifying Tournament: The Carthage College women’s tennis team (11-12, 5-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), seeded second, lost to top-seeded and No. 22 Wheaton College (Ill., 21-3), 8-1, on Saturday, April 26 in the title match of the CCIW Women’s Tennis Automatic Qualifying Tournament at the Evergreen Racquet Club in Bloomington, Ill. With the win, the Thunder received the league’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championship. Carthage won its Friday, April 25 semifinal match with a 9-0 win over third-seeded Augustana College (Ill., 13-10). Wheaton College (Ill.) blanked fourth-seeded North Central College (10-8), 9-0 in the other semifinal contest.
2007-08 CCIW Championship: Carthage finished second at the Oct. 5-6 CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship at the Evergreen Racquet Club in Bloomington, Ill. Wheaton College (Ill.) won its 12th CCIW title and its third in a row with 69 points, followed by Carthage second at 59, Augustana College (Ill.) third at 37, North Central College fourth at 27, Illinois Wesleyan University fifth at 23 and Elmhurst College tied with Millikin University for sixth place with five points each.
2008 NCAA Championship: Wheaton College (Ill.), with the CCIW’s automatic qualifier, was shipped to St. Peter, Minn., for the opening rounds of the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championship at Gustavus Adolphus College. The Thunder received a first-round bye and defeated Coe College (23-4), 5-1, on Friday, May 2 in the second round. Wheaton (Ill., 22-4) lost to Gustavus Adolphus College (24-8), 5-2, on Saturday, May 3 in third-round action.
Three Lady Reds Named All-CCIW: Three Carthage players were named to the 2008 All-CCIW team. Beth Kaufman (So., Barrington, Ill., 19-9 final season record) was named first-team All-CCIW, as well as the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship tournament MVP. Gina Klein (So., Darien, Ill./Hinsdale-South, 11-14) was also named first-team all-conference. Taylor Gustafson (Jr., Riverwoods, Ill./Deerfield, 18-11) earned second-team All-CCIW honors.
The Coach: Brady Lindsley is in his 11th season as head coach for both women’s and men’s tennis in 2007-08 (183-65 women’s record, 11 years). Lindsley was named CCIW “Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year” in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05. Kelly Mikkila serves as a part-time assistant coach.
The Conference: The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, in its 62nd year in 2007-08, first sponsored women’s tennis as a championship sport in 1986, and Wheaton (Ill.) has won a league-leading 12 championships. Carthage has won four titles (1991-92, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05), Augustana (Ill.) four and Illinois Wesleyan has won once. The conference has competed with just seven teams since 2003-04 when North Park University dropped its women’s tennis program.
New CCIW Championship Format for 2006-07: The 2007 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championship will be the first to utilize the same Pool A-C system that many other NCAA Division III sports already have to determine their championship fields. Since the CCIW will have a Pool A automatic qualifier to the championship, the CCIW athletic directors approved, at their September 2006 meeting, a new championship format for CCIW women’s tennis. The CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship, a fall event, will remain a seeded, individual tournament to determine the conference champion. What’s new for 2007 is the CCIW Automatic Qualifier Tournament, a spring team championship to determine the league’s automatic qualifier. The top-four teams from the fall championship advance to the spring team championship, which will be a single-elimination event. The fall tournament will be played on Oct 6-7 at the Evergreen Racquet Club in Bloomington, Ill., with the spring portion being played at the Illinois Wesleyan University outdoor courts, also in Bloomington, on April 27-28.
2007-08 CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship Notes: Carthage’s Gina Klein (So., Darien, Ill./Hinsdale-South, 6-5) advanced to the CCIW number-one singles championship round, where she lost to Jordan Hook from Wheaton (Ill.), 6-2, 6-0. Beth Kaufman (So., Barrington, Ill., 11-3) won the number-two singles championship by defeating the Thunder’s Shannon Hale, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(3). Taylor Gustafson (Jr., Riverwoods, Ill./Deerfield, 12-3) won the number-three singles title with a win over Brooke Parrish from Wheaton (Ill.), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Kathleen Hornick (Fr., Appleton, Wis./Kimberly, 7-6) lost the number-four singles championship to the Thunder’s Brittney Dunn, Dunn winning 6-1, 6-2. Ashley Morgan (So., Afton, Minn./Stillwater Area, 6-6) lost in the number-five singles semifinals and lost her match for third place. Julie Rendino (Jr., McHenry, Ill., 7-6) lost in the number-six singles semifinals, and she won her contest for third place. In doubles, Carthage’s number-one team of Klein/Gustafson (12-1) won the title over Jordan Hook/Lindsey Hallett from Wheaton (Ill.), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Beth Kaufman/Kathleen Hornick (4-1) won the number-two doubles title over Shannon Hale/Brooke Parrish from Wheaton (Ill.), 7-5(5), 6-2. The Lady Reds’ number-three doubles team of Morgan/Kristina Roglin (Fr., Downers Grove, Ill./South, 2-2) lost in the semifinals and lost their third-place match.
CCIW Automatic Qualifying Tournament Semifinal Notes: Carthage’s Gina Klein (So., Darien, Ill./Hinsdale-South, 11-14) lost to Jordan Hook from Wheaton College (Ill.) at number-one singles on April 26 in the title match of the CCIW Women’s Tennis Automatic Qualifying Tournament, Hook winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-0. Beth Kaufman (So., Barrington, Ill., 19-9) lost to the Thunder’s Shannon Hale at number-two singles, Hale winning, 6-1, 6-2. Taylor Gustafson (Jr., Riverwoods, Ill./Deerfield, 18-11) defeated Brooke Parrish at number-three singles, 6-3, 6-7(10-8), 10-5. Katie Hornick (Fr., Appleton, Wis./Kimberly, 14-11) lost to Brittney Dunn at number-four singles, Dunn winning, 6-2, 6-0. Ashley Morgan (So., Afton, Minn./Stillwater Area, 10-14) fell to Sara Federschmidt at number-five singles, Federschmidt winning, 6-2, 6-1, and Kristina Roglin (Fr., Downers Grove, Ill./South, 8-8) lost to Kayli Edwards at number-six singles, Edwards winning, 6-0, 6-1. Carthage’s number-one doubles team of Klein and Gustafson (20-6) lost to Hook/Federschmidt, 8-1. The Lady Reds number-two team of Kaufman/Hornick fell to Hale/Parrish, 8-4, and the number-three tandem of Morgan/Roglin lost to Dunn/Edwards by an 8-3 margin.