UMBC Retrievers Tennis

8/12/2008
"Advantage Retriever" Set for Saturday, Sept. 6

"Advantage Retriever" is the fundraising event for the UMBC men’s & women’s tennis teams. "Advantage Retriever" has raised close to $4,000 in its first 2 years. The funds raised enable UMBC Tennis the ability to improve the newly renovated UMBC Tennis complex. We hope you will be able to join us for a fun and wonderful event on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 at the complex.

Tennis

7/23/2008
Carapcea Named America East Conference Scholar-Athlete in Women's Tennis

Tennis

6/12/2008
Cornelia Carapcea Named Third Team Academic All-American

Tennis

5/22/2008
Tennis Standout Cornelia Carapcea Earns ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District II Women's At-Large First Team Honors

7/23/2008
Carapcea Named America East Conference Scholar-Athlete in Women's Tennis

Cambridge, Mass.-Rising senior tennis standout Cornelia Carapcea was selected as the America East Conference Scholar-Athlete in the sport of women’s tennis for the 2008 season. Carapcea, a junior, was a third-team Academic All-America selection by ESPN The Magazine and CoSIDA.

Tennis

6/12/2008
Cornelia Carapcea Named Third Team Academic All-American

Tennis

5/22/2008
Tennis Standout Cornelia Carapcea Earns ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District II Women's At-Large First Team Honors

Tennis

8/12/2008
"Advantage Retriever" Set for Saturday, Sept. 6

6/12/2008
Cornelia Carapcea Named Third Team Academic All-American

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - UMBC's Cornelia Carapcea has been named an Academic All-American by ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced today. Carapcea, who previously received first-team All-District II honors, was a third-team Women's At-Large selection. Carapcea becomes the fourth honoree in the sport of women's tennis, making that program the most honored in UMBC's Division I history. She is the 15th Academic All-American at the Division I level for UMBC, all of which have occurred since 1991.

Tennis

5/22/2008
Tennis Standout Cornelia Carapcea Earns ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District II Women's At-Large First Team Honors

Tennis

8/12/2008
"Advantage Retriever" Set for Saturday, Sept. 6

Tennis

7/23/2008
Carapcea Named America East Conference Scholar-Athlete in Women's Tennis

5/22/2008
Tennis Standout Cornelia Carapcea Earns ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District II Women's At-Large First Team Honors

Baltimore—UMBC junior tennis standout Cornelia Carapcea (Constanta, Romania) has been named to ESPN The Magazine’s Academic All-District II women's at-large first team. Carapcea posted a record of 12-3 this spring at No. 4 singles and had a total of 30 match victories (30-13, singles/doubles) throughout the 2007-08 season. The Financial Economics/Information Systems double major has 77 match wins in her career, in addition to maintaining a perfect 4.00 grade-point average.

Tennis

8/12/2008
"Advantage Retriever" Set for Saturday, Sept. 6

Tennis

7/23/2008
Carapcea Named America East Conference Scholar-Athlete in Women's Tennis

Tennis

6/12/2008
Cornelia Carapcea Named Third Team Academic All-American

5/8/2008

Nine Retriever Tennis Players Earn All America East Conference Honors

Cambridge, Mass.--Six UMBC men’s tennis players and three women’s players earned America East Conference all-league honors. Sophomores Chris Meyer (New Market, Md.) and Fredi Voorman (Talinn, Estonia) each earned Second Team All America East honors in singles and doubles and were both named to the six-member All Academic squad.

4/27/2008

Men's Tennis Drops Heartbreaking 4-3 Decision to Binghamton in America East Finals

New Haven, Conn.—The second-seeded UMBC men’s tennis team lost a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to No. 1 seed Binghamton in the title match of the America East Championship at the Yale Tennis Center. UMBC (15-5) had advanced with a 4-3 decision over Stony Brook in the semifinals. The second-seeded UMBC women’s team (13-4) fell in the semifinals to third-seeded Binghamton.

4/23/2008

Men's, Women's Tennis Both Seeded Second in This Weekend's America East Championships

Baltimore, Md.—The UMBC men’s and women’s tennis teams head to New Haven, Conn. for this weekend’s America East Championships. The men will be trying to defend their title, while the women attempt to better last year’s runner-up finish. Both teams are seeded No. 2 as the tournament opens on Friday, April 25. The men open defense of the title vs. No. 3 Stony Brook on Sat., April 26 at 11:00 a.m., while the women take on the winner of the No. 3 Binghamton vs. No. 6 Hartford match on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

4/16/2008

Voorman, Cette Named America East Tennis Performers of Week; Teams Continue Winning Ways With 5-2 Triumphs at FDU

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - UMBC has swept America East Tennis Performer of the Week honors for the week ending April 14. The Retrievers' Fredi Voorman (Tallinn, Estonia) and Pascaline Cette (Menton, France/St. Joseph) were tabbed the week's top players on the men's and women's side, respectively. UMBC finished the regular seasons in tennis on extended victory streaks as both the men’s and women’s teams defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 5-2 in matches played in Teaneck, N.J. on Tuesday. The women won their final 12 matches of the season to finish the campaign at 13-3, while the men have taken seven straight matches and head into the America East Tournament at 14-4.

4/14/2008

Men's and Women's Tennis Edge America East Rival Stony Brook by 4-3 Counts

Vestal,N.Y.—Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams pulled out 4-3 victories over conference rival Stony Brook in matches played at Binghamton University on Sat., April 12. The men have now won six straight matches to improve to 13-4, while the women are on a 10-match winning streak and improved to 11-3. Matches scheduled between UMBC and Binghamton on Friday were postponed due to rain.

4/9/2008

Men's Tennis Records First-Ever Victory Over Navy; Retrievers Nip Mids, 4-3 in Annapolis

Annapolis, Md.--Senior David Jackson won a grueling three-set decision at No. 4 singles as the UMBC men’s tennis team defeated host Navy, 4-3 at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis, Md. It was UMBC’s first ever victory over the Midshipmen (15-8) in men’s tennis and the Retrievers improved to 11-4 on the season.

8/14/2008
Defending America East Champion Retrievers Release 2008 Non-Conference Schedule
Baltimore--UMBC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Randy Monroe has announced the 2008 non-conference portion of the Retrievers’ 2008-09 schedule. The slate features five home games, including a date vs. 2008 NCAA participant American (Dec. 20) and a renewal of the local rivalry between UMBC and Towson (Dec. 3).
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6/10/2008
Cavell Johnson Earns 2008 Male America East Conference Sportmanship Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- The America East Conference named UMBC men's basketball player Cavell Johnson (Fort Washington, Md.) and Hartford track & field athlete Latasha Jarrett (Ellington, Conn.) its 2008 Male and Female Sportsmanship Award winners on Monday, June 9. Johnson and Jarrett are now automatically eligible for the NCAA Male and Female Sportsmanship Awards to be determined by the NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct in July. To be nominated, an individual or team must have demonstrated consistently the values of caring, fairness, civility, honesty, integrity and responsibility in his or her daily participation in intercollegiate athletics.
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6/2/2008
Guard Chris De La Rosa To Transfer to UMBC
Baltimore--UMBC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Randy Monroe has announced that Chris De La Rosa has signed a grant-in-aid letter and will transfer to UMBC from Siena (N.Y.) College this fall. De La Rosa is as 5’9”, 165-lb. guard who competed in 33 of 34 games in his freshman season with the Saints in the 2007-08 campaign. He averaged 2.5 points per game for the 23-11 Saints, the 2007-08 champions of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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