UMKC Face Kansas State in Saturday Dual
2/13/2015 11:59:00 PM | Women's Tennis
THIS WEEK
Kansas City (3-4) women's tennis gets back on the road for a match at Kansas State Saturday afternoon. The originally scheduled match vs. Rockhurst on Sunday has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
THE OPPONENT
Kansas State is 3-5 overall, and comes in off a 5-1 win against Missouri State. They are led in wins by Amina St. Hill with an 11-4 record, while Iva Bago has an 11-8 overall mark. UMKC is 0-1 against the Wildcats, falling in 1995.
Who is Competing
All eight eligible players are available for the dual: Dimitra Stavrianakou, Maddie Schulte, Mariam Kurasbediani, Raquel Argenal, Amelie Amsallem, Marina Albert, Allie Schulte, and Linda Ammar Mouhoub.
Last Time Out
The 'Roos came home to take a 7-0 victory over Evangel, moving to 3-0 at home this season.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior Dimitra Stavrianakou went 2-0 in both singles and doubles to start the spring against Baker and WJC, and was rewarded for her efforts out of the No. 1 position, earning WAC Player of the Week for the second time in her career.
THE WAC
The WAC will have a regular season champion crowned this year, as well as a conference tournament champion. The teams will be seeded in the league tournament based on the conference standings. The WAC Tournament will be played April 24-26 in Kansas City, hosted by the 'Roos.
HEAD COACH KENDELL HALE
Kendell Hale is in his eighth season as the head coach of the UMKC men's and women's tennis program. Overall, the 2014-15 season is Hale's 21st as a collegiate head coach, where he has compiled a 385-304 overall combined men's and women's record. On the women's side, he has a record of 63-96 at UMKC, while boasting an 87-74 mark with the men.
Hale has orchestrated an amazing turnaround with the men's and women's tennis programs since joining the department in 2008. He has guided both the men's and women's squads to numerous school-record win totals and has produced four conference regular season titles, four conference tournament crowns and four NCAA Tournament appearances. He was also selected as the 2010 USPTA National Coach of the Year for his turnaround effort, as well as 2009 USPTA Missouri Valley College Coach of the Year, the 2011 Summit League Men's Coach of the Year, and 2013 Summit League Women's Coach of the Year.
In seven seasons at the helm, Hale has coached 25 all-league honorees on the men's side and 14 all-league selections on the women's side. He's also coached three Conference Players of the Year and three League Newcomers of the Year.
He has also coached the five winningest players in school history on the women's side, and four of the five top career win leaders on the men's side.
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