UMBC Retrievers Tennis

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.

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4/27/2008
Men's Tennis Drops Heartbreaking 4-3 Decision to Binghamton in America East Finals

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4/23/2008
Men's, Women's Tennis Both Seeded Second in This Weekend's America East Championships

Tennis

4/16/2008
Voorman, Cette Named America East Tennis Performers of Week; Teams Continue Winning Ways With 5-2 Triumphs at FDU

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.

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4/23/2008
Men's, Women's Tennis Both Seeded Second in This Weekend's America East Championships

Tennis

4/16/2008
Voorman, Cette Named America East Tennis Performers of Week; Teams Continue Winning Ways With 5-2 Triumphs at FDU

Tennis

5/8/2008
Nine Retriever Tennis Players Earn All America East Conference Honors

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.

Tennis

4/16/2008
Voorman, Cette Named America East Tennis Performers of Week; Teams Continue Winning Ways With 5-2 Triumphs at FDU

Tennis

5/8/2008
Nine Retriever Tennis Players Earn All America East Conference Honors

Tennis

4/27/2008
Men's Tennis Drops Heartbreaking 4-3 Decision to Binghamton in America East Finals

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.

Tennis

5/8/2008
Nine Retriever Tennis Players Earn All America East Conference Honors

Tennis

4/27/2008
Men's Tennis Drops Heartbreaking 4-3 Decision to Binghamton in America East Finals

Tennis

4/23/2008
Men's, Women's Tennis Both Seeded Second in This Weekend's America East Championships

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.

4/7/2008

Women's Tennis Wins Eighth Straight; Retrievers Edge West Virginia, 4-3

Baltimore, Md.—The UMBC women’s tennis team won four of six singles matches and defeated visiting West Virginia, 4-3 at the UMBC Tennis Complex. It was the eighth consecutive victory for the Retrievers who improved to 9-3 this spring.

4/1/2008

UMBC Tennis Sweeps America East Performers of the Week Awards; Jackson, Mungo Honored

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- UMBC has swept this week's America East tennis honors as David Jackson (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) and Ana Mungo (Summit, N.J./Summit) have been named the Men's and Women's Tennis Performers of the Week, respectively. The awards for the week ending March 31 were announced on April 1.

3/31/2008

Weekend Tennis Round-Up: Women Extend Winning Streak to Six; Men Edge Bucknell and GW

The women’s tennis team blanked Bucknell, 7-0 to extend their winning streak to six matches (7-3), while the men defeated both Bucknell (4-3) and George Washington (5-2) and improved to 9-4 on the spring campaign. Both squads return to action on Wednesday as they host Howard in a dual match competition.

3/27/2008

Tennis Splits at Georgtown; Women Triumph, 5-2 to Capture Fourth Straight Match

Washington, D.C.—The tennis teams split with Georgetown University, as the women came away with a 5-2 victory, while the men fell by the same score to the Hoyas. Junior Cornelia Carapcea, sophomore Alice Chen and freshman Ana Mungo led UMBC to the win. The Retrievers improved to 5-3 on the season and earned their fourth consecutive victory.

4/23/2008
Former Marshall Forward Robbie Jackson Transfers to UMBC; Retrievers Sign Philadelphia-Area Post Jacob Wasco
UMBC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Randy Monroe has announced that former Marshall University forward Robbie Jackson has signed a grant-in-aid and will attend UMBC in the fall of 2008. In addition, Jacob Wasco (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Learning Center) has signed a national letter-of-intent and will attend UMBC in the fall of 2008.
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4/15/2008
UMBC Men's Basketball Post-Season Notes: Retrievers Are Nation's Best in Assist-to-Turnover Ratio
UMBC received a great number of post-season accolades from collegeinside.com and finished the year as the nation's top team in assist-to-turnover ratio. Read about those accomplishments and others in our first post-season notebook.
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3/21/2008
"A Season to Remember" Ends in NCAA Tournament Setback to Second-Seeded Georgetown, 66-47
Raleigh, N.C—It was a basketball season like none other before at UMBC. But all good things must come to an end, and this memorable campaign did for the Retrievers today. They fought valiantly but fell to the second-seeded Georgetown Hoyas, 66-47, in the first round of the Midwest regional of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. The sold out crowd of 19,477 and a national televised audience witnessed the scrappy and beloved Retrievers (24-9) pester the Hoyas (28-5) into 15 turnovers. However, UMBC could not crack the top defense in the nation and scored a season-low 47 points in the defeat.
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