2005 All-Conference/Division Tennis Awards Announced by the American Southwest Conference

Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2005

    Richardson, TX – ASC West Division Member, Schreiner had two men’s players selected for West Division honors, which were voted on by the 15 ASC head coaches.

   Schreiner freshman Christian Sasam (Pearland, Texas) was selected as one-of-three to receive the Men’s ASC West Division Tri-Freshman of the Year honors. Teammate, Garret Parker (Fredericksburg, Texas) was voted men’s ASC West Division Newcomer of the Year. Schreiner head coach Lee Jennings was also honored as one-of-three chosen to be the ASC West Division Tri-Coach of the Year.

   Complete ASC West Division awards and team lists follow.

ASC Conference/Division Awards

Mountaineer Men’s Tennis Set for 2005 ASC Playoffs as No. 2 Seed

Posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2005

   RICHARDSON, TX – The American Southwest Conference released the official 2005 Tennis Championship bracket today. Representing the West Division on the men’s side will be No. 1 Hardin-Simmons (14-4, 7-0), Schreiner University (9-3, 6-1) and Texas Lutheran (6-5, 5-2).

   The Mountaineers completed their regular season on Saturday in 6-1 loss to Hardin-Simmons, but were previously undefeated in the ASC West. As winner of the regular season, Hardin-Simmons will host both the men’s and women’s championship tournament.

   Head Coach Lee Jennings will be making his 12^th trip into the postseason and sixth appearance in the ASC Tennis Championships.

   Schreiner will meet the University of Texas at Dallas in the quarterfinals on Friday at 2:00 p.m. in Abilene. The final standings are below:

By Tom Kellar
The Daily Times

Published April 08, 2005

   There’s a buzz on the Schreiner University campus this week regarding the men’s drive for a possible American Southwest Conference crown in tennis.

   The Mountaineers are 5-0 in the ASC west, in a first-place tie with Hardin-Simmons University. Results of Thursday night’s match against McMurry were unavailable at press time.

   This is a big week for the Mountaineers, as they first play McMurry State on Thursday, then face Hardin Simmons today in what could be a fight for the ASC’s West Division championship and the opportunity to host the ASC’s post season championship tournament.

   “If we get by McMurry and Hardin Simmons, then we’ll host the tournament,” head coach Lee Jennings said. “It would be a significant advantage if we could host, because then you don’t have to deal with all the pressures of missing class and being on the road.”

   Schreiner is not new to success with its tennis teams. Jennings is in his 12th year at the helm of the Schreiner program.

   “We’ve had teams or individuals reach the national tournament nine of the first 10 years I was here,” Jennings said. “Both the men’s and women’s teams won the conference in 1999, and after that we’ve come in second a couple of times in the west division, and every year but one, we’ve made the conference post season tournament.”

   Last season the Mountaineers finished second to Hardin-Simmons in the West and lost to UT-Tyler in the semifinals of the postseason tourney.

   Jennings, like all current coaches at Schreiner, knows well the challenges inherent in leading a Division III program at a small, private institution that offers no athletic scholarship money. While some of Schreiner’s sports programs have found wins hard to come by in recent years, Jennings has been able to keep his teams playing at a very competitive level.

   “Our success is due partially to Schreiner’s rich tennis tradition, dating back to the days when it was a junior college,” Jennings said. “In the 1970s, Chris Crawford, who is now my assistant, was the head coach, and he took a team to the national tournament. Dudley Rogers also was here during the tennis boom of the 70s and had consistently great programs, recruiting lots of international players.”

   “Schreiner and tennis are synonymous in the tennis community around Texas and even other states. Everywhere you go, people who are knowledgeable about collegiate tennis recognize Schreiner as a force.”

   This year’s squad is made up of singles players Christian Sasam, No. 1; Jay Govan, No. 2; Riley Winterringer, No. 3; Joshua Schumann, No. 4; Garrett Parker, No. 5, and No. 6 starter Brent Colman.

   Sasam and Govan form the squad’s No. 1 doubles team, while Winterringer joins with Colman in the No. 2 spot. Schumann teams up with Parker at No. 3.

   The current crop of Schreiner players appear to be hungry to take an ASC crown.

   “This is my third year here,” Govan said. “I’m ready to win a conference championship. I think we have a really good chance of winning it this year. We have a lot of talent on this team. Winning would mean everything.” Added Sasam, “to win it in my freshman year would be huge. As the year has gone on we’ve been peaking for the right matches, so hopefully we can bring it against Hardin-Simmons.”

   Jennings knows for his team to take an ASC title, everything will have to fall into place.

   “I think we’ve got a chance to win the division and win the conference,” Jennings said. “Realistically to do that, we would have to play right at the top of our potential.”

Posted: Monday, April 4, 2005

   Kerrville, TX - With a 7-0 victory over the Sul Ross State Lobos this weekend the Schreiner Men's Tennis has claimed sole possession of 1st place in the ASC West Division.

   After some close competition in the doubles matches, Schreiner made quick work of the Lobos winning all games in straight sets and losing only seven games all-together.

   After a disappointing loss to Div. II Univ. of Chicago the Mountaineer men's tennis team has gone a tear of the American Southwest Conference defeating Howard Payne on Thursday, 5-2; defeating Mary Hardin-Baylor on Friday, 5-2 and their latest 7-0 victory over Sul Ross puts them at 5-0 in conference heading into the final week on ASC competition.

   This week Schreiner will face No. 3 McMurry on Thursday in Abilene and on Friday they will take on current No. 2 and 2004 ASC Champion Hardin-Simmons at HSU.

Posted: March 24, 2005

   Kerrville, TX - The Mountaineer men's tennis team extended their winning streak to 3 matches, defeating the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire yesterday, 5-2.

   Schreiner is now 5-1 overall and currently have an .833 winning percentage, the best in the American Southwest Conference.

   The Mountaineers took an early lead winning the doubles point in 2-out-of-3 matches heading into singles competition.

   In the singles matches, Schreiner's Christian Sasam had a decisive victory at the No.1 spot defeating Wisconsin's Aaron Nordenskjold 6-0, 6-2.

   Schreiner also picked up wins at the No. 2, 4 and 6 spots to claim an overall team victory.

   Today the Mountaineer men and women will host the University of Chicago with the women's matches starting at 2:30 p.m.

   Schreiner will close out March with an ASC match against Howard Payne next Thursday in Brownwood.

TLU Women Down Schreiner, 9-0

Posted: March 12, 2005

   Kerrville, TX - The Mountaineer men's tennis team moved to 4-1 and picked up its second conference win of the season after defeating Texas Lutheran 4-3 on Saturday at the Schreiner tennis courts.  The Schreiner women dropped their second conference match of the season, losing 9-0 to the Lady Bulldogs.

   In men's action, Texas Lutheran won two of the three doubles matches to take the single team point.  In men's singles competition, TLU was able to pick up a win at the No. 1 position when the Bulldogs Rodney Munoz defeated Schreiner's Jay Govan 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.  Govan is now 3-2 in singles play.  SU's No. 2 Christian Sasam also dropped to TLU's Dante Cage 6-3, 6-4; picking up his first loss of the season.

   The Mountaineers did rally to victory after picking up wins at the No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 spots.

   On the women's side, the Mountaineers were unable to pick up victories in either doubles or singles competition.

   Next up for the Schreiner men will be the Univ. of Wisconsin Eau Claire on Wednesday at the Schreiner tennis courts.  All matches are set to begin at 3:00 p.m.

Posted: March 10, 2005

   The Mountaineer men's tennis team (3-1, 1-0) defeated the University of Findlay this afternoon, 6-1 in team competition.

   Schreiner made quick work of Findlay in the double's competition winning all three matches and going up 1-0 entering singles play.

   In the singles competition, Schreiner's No. 1, Jay Govan defeated Findlay's Langston Ross moving Govan's single's record to 3-1 overall this season.

   Schreiner's No. 2 man Christian Sasam also claimed victory today moving his single's record to 4-0 so far in 2005.

   The Mountaineers would go on to win in the 4, 5  and 6 slots including No. 6, Garrett Parker's 6-2, 6-1 victory moving Parker to 4-0 on the season.

   Schreiner's only loss came with a 10-8 tie breaker after Brent Coleman split sets with Findlay's Mah Thomas, 4-6 & 6-2.

   Next up for Schreiner will be Texas Lutheran this Saturday in Seguin.  All matches are set to begin at 10:00 a.m.

See Full Results

Posted: March 9, 2005

   The Schreiner University men's tennis team (2-1) was defeated by Southwestern University in team action on Tuesday, 5-2.  Schreiner's No. 2 man Christian Sasam defeated Southwestern's Josh Rosenthal in single's action, Sasam is now 3-0 in single's competition this season.

   Schreiner's No. 6, Garrett Parker defeated Southwestern's Nick Shum in single's action with a 10-4 tie breaker after splitting the first two matches: 3-6, 6-3.

   On the women's side, Schreiner (0-2) was defeated by Southwestern, 9-0.

   The Mountaineer men will take on the University of Findlay tomorrow at 3:00 at the Schreiner Tennis Complex.  The women have the day off.

See Full Resutls

Posted: March 8, 2005

   The Schreiner University men's tennis team defeated St. Joseph's University in team action on Monday afternoon.  It was a hard fought victory for Schreiner's No. 2 man Christian Sasam who took his first match in single's competition to a 7-5 win.  Sasam followed that up with a 6-1 victory in his second match.  Schreiner's No. 1 man Jay Govan won convincingly in his single's competition, 6-4 & 6-3.

   Unfortunately however, the double's combination of Govan and Sasam would drop 8-6 to St. Joseph's No. 1 double's team of Andy Dowell and Dru Kichell.

   "This was a very good win for us against a Division II Program.  We played up to our potential in every match and hopefully can carry some momentum into tomorrow's match versus Division III regional opponent Southwestern," said Schreiner Tennis Coach Lee Jennings.

   The Schreiner men are now 2-0 overall in team competition.  They will play Southwestern University today at 2:00 at the Schreiner Tennis Complex.

See Full Resutls

Posted: March 3, 2005

   The Schreiner University men's tennis team defeated Concordia University 7-0 in team action on Wednesday afternoon.  Overall, it was a strong and decisive victory for the Mountaineers who dropped only 5 games in 7 matches.

   This was Schreiner's first victory of the season and are now 1-0 overall.  They will play Trinity University on Saturday at 2:30 in San Antonio.

   On the women's side, senior Patty Santiago and junior Leslie Jones had wins in both singles and doubles competition.  Overall the women lost their first match of the season to Concordia University, 5-4.

See Full Results

Posted: February 12, 2005

   Poor playing conditions due to rain have forced the cancellation of the second day of the H.E.B. Collegiate Tennis Invitational.

   In day one of the Mountaineers Invitational, Schreiner women's team combination of junior Leslie Jones and sophomore Patty Santiago defeated the team from Texas Lutheran, 8-6.  Freshman Melissa Dunlop also had a win in singles competition.

   On the men's side, Schreiner's Brent Coleman and Joshua Schumann both had wins in singles competition.

   Schreiner will play in Abilene, TX on Feb. 25 for the ASC Individual Championships before beginning team competition on March 2nd against Concordia University.

See results from day 1 of the H.E.B. Collegiate Invitational

2005 Season Preview

Posted: 1/13/05

     On the women's side in 2005, the Schreiner women netters lost their number one player to graduation and their number four player to academic interests after the 2004 season.  Returning will be junior Leslie Jones, sophomores Patty Santiago and Emily Cox, and freshmen Melissa Dunlap, Angelica Hernandez and Becky Bonine.  The women’s team finished the 2004 campaign with two wins in the ASC West division and is hoping to improve this year.

     The men’s team lost all but one player to graduation after a second place ASC West division showing in 2004.  Junior Jay Govan made the 2004 All ASC Tournament team as a result of his solid play in the 2004 conference tournament in Mississippi.  Govan should play in the top of the lineup in 2005 and will be joined by freshmen Christian Sasam, Brent Coleman, Riley Winterringer and Josh Schumann.  The men had a very promising fall season, highlighted by a trip to the ITA Regional tournament in Sewanee, Tennessee.  Sasam won two rounds in an extremely tough doubles draw, and were very competitive in a third round loss to a very experienced Emory team.  All team players posted wins either in the main draw or the consolation of the regional event. 

     The team chemistry and work ethic was great this past fall, and the guys were extremely self motivated during the long off season stretch before fall finals.  The spring season will begin with some very high level competition featuring some tough Division II, JUCO and Division III opponents.  ASC West Division matches will begin in March and conclude with the conference tournament on April 15 & 16.  The West Division men’s winner will host the Conference Tournament which will include the top three teams of the East and West