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Lamar Cardinals tennis

The Lamar Cardinals tennis team is the men's team representing Lamar University in the sport of tennis. The team started competition at the four year college level in 1952. The Cardinals compete in NCAA Division I's Southland Conference. Home matches are at the 16 court on campus Thompson Family Tennis Center in Beaumont, Texas. Scott Shankles has been the Cardinals' head coach since the 2010–11 season.

Championships

The Cardinals have won championships ranging from the conference level up to the national level. At the national level, the Cardinals won the NAIA National Championship in Singles and Doubles in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958. The Cardinals also won the NAIA singles championship in 1959, and 1960. At the NCAA College Division level, the Cardinals won the National Singles Championship in 1967. The Cardinals won an NCAA College Division Regional Championship in both Singles and Doubles 1962. At the NCAA Division I level, the Cardinals won three Southland Conference tournament championships and represented the Southland Conference in the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis tournament in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The Cardinals also won the Southland Conference regular season championship at the NCAA Division I level (1975, 1976, 2016, and 2017). The Cardinals won the WAC regular season championship in 2022.

In addition, Lamar won the Southland Conference regular season championship at the NCAA College Division level (1967 and 1973); at the NCAA Division II level (1974); and at the NCAA Division I level (1975, 1976, 2016, and 2017).

Honors

Southland Conference Player of the Year Jakob Paulsen – 2003 Filip Kanczula – 2008 Michael Feucht – 2016

Western Athletic Conofernce Player of the Year Sancho Arbizu – 2022

Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year Filip Kanczula – 2006

Southland Conference Freshman of the Year Jakob Paulsen – 2002 Benny Scheiwzer – 2015

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year Sancho Arbizu – 2022

Southland Conference Coach of the Year Ron Westbrooks – 1973, '75, '76, '82 Scott Shankles – 2016

Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year Scott Shankles – 2022

Year-by-Year Results

Season Overall record Conference record Conference standing Postseason Final nat'l rank NotesNCAA Year-by-Year Results 1952 3-3-1 1953 2-4 1st Lone Star Champions 1954 7-4-1 1st Lone Star Champions 1955 16–1 1st NAIA National Champions Lone Star Champions, NAIA National Champions 1956 13–0 1st NAIA National Champions Lone Star Champions, NAIA National Champions 1957 20-0-1 1st NAIA National Champions Lone Star Champions, NAIA National Champions 1958 20-1 1st NAIA National Champions Lone Star Champions, NAIA National Champions 1959 10-2-1 1st NAIA National Champions Lone Star Champions, NAIA National Champions 1960 15-0 1st NAIA National Champions Lone Star Champions, NAIA National Champions 1961 14–0 1st Lone Star Champions, transitioning to NCAA 1962 17-0 1st NCAA College Division Regional Champions Lone Star Champions, NCAA College Division Regional Champions 1963 10–3–1 1st Lone Star Champions 1964 11–4 2nd 1965 11–3–2 2nd 1966 11–3–1 2nd 1967 7–7–2 1st 1st NCAA College Division Regional Champions Southland Conference Champions, NCAA College Division Regional Champions 1968 14–4–3 3–0–1 2nd 1969 5–11 3–1 3rd 1970 6–7 3–1 2nd 1971 8–8 2nd 1972 10–10 4–1 2nd 1973 9–14 4–0 1st 1974 12–14 2–1 1st 1975 15–10 4–0 1st Southland Conference Champion 1976 13–7 4–0 1st Southland Conference Champion 1977 8–12 2–2 2nd 1978 10–13 2–2 3rd 1979 11–11 2–2 3rd 1980 20–10 – 3rd 1981 19–15 – 3rd 1982 11–8 – 2nd 1983 11–13 – 4th 1984 14–10 – 3rd 1985 13–10 – 3rd 1986 11–9 – 4th 1987 8–12 – 5th 1988 0–7 – No results 1989 – – No results 1990 – – No results 1991 – – No results 1992 – – No results 1993 3–16 – 1994 5–13 – 1995 8–12 – 1996 8–11 – 1997 13–8 – 1998 7–11 – 1999 4–16 0–4 5th 2000 7–18 1–3 4th 2001 4–18 1–5 6th 2002 7–14 2–5 5th 2003 8–12 1–4 5th 2004 5–16 0–5 6th 2005 9–13 2–4 4th 2006 3–18 1–5 5th 2007 9–13 3–3 3rd 2008 7–16 1–5 7th 2009 7–12 0–5 7th 2010 13–11 0–5 6th 2011 9–12 2–3 4th 2012 7–11 1–4 6th 53rd singles 2013 4–17 2–3 4th 2014 14–13 2–4 5th 2015 13–11 4–1 2nd 53rd doubles 2016 17–5 5–0 1st NCAA Division I first round 58th team, 69th doubles SLC regular and tournament champions, NCAA Division I first round, 61st ITA overall team ranking, 8th ITA Team Regional ranking 2017 17–8 4–1 1st NCAA Division I first round SLC regular and tournament champions, NCAA Division I first round, 8th ITA Team Regional ranking 2018 10–14 2–3 4th NCAA Division I first round SLC tournament champions, NCAA Division I first round, 10th ITA Team Regional ranking 2019 6–18 1–4 6th 2020 7–12 0–0 2021 11–9 3–2 3rd 2022 17–8 6–0 1st WAC regular season champion Sources:

Head coaching history

# Name Years RecordWon-Loss Records 1 Lewis Hilley 1952—1962 137–15–4 2 Bill Tipton 1963—1964 21–7–1 3 Dan Mullin 1965—1966 22–6–3 4 Pete Yates 1967—1970 32–29–5 5 Ron Westbrooks 1971—1987 203–186–0 6 Al Driscole * 1988—1991 ?–?–? 7 Tim Calhoun 1992—1994 8–41–0 8 Claire Pollard 1995—1998 36–42–0 9 Tom Lowry 1999—2000 11–34–0 10 David Wong 2001—2006 32–73–0 11 Aldrin Campos 2007 9–13–0 12 Greg Davis 2008—2010 27–39–0 13 Scott Shankles 2011— 133–192–0 Records not available Source:

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

Year Round Opponent Result/ScoreResults 2016 First Round Texas L 0–4 2017 First Round Baylor L 0–4 2018 First Round Texas A&M L 0–4

Lamar Lady Cardinals tennis

The Lamar Lady Cardinals tennis team is the women's team representing Lamar University in the sport of tennis. The team started competition around 1968. The Lady Cardinals compete in NCAA Division I's Southland Conference. Home matches are at the 16 court on campus Thompson Family Tennis Center in Beaumont, Texas. David Wong has been the Lady Cardinals' head coach since the 2001 season.

The team competed with the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women until 1981 when it began competition as an NCAA Division I team. In AIAW competition, the doubles team of Cathy Beene and Linda Rupert won the National AIAW Doubles championship in 1973. Beene and Rupert also captured four Texas AIAW Singles championships (Beene – 1970, 71 and Rupert – 1972, 73) and two Texas AIAW Doubles championships (1972, 73). In NCAA competition, the Lady Cardinals have won two Southland Conference championships (1983 and 1985), one Southland Conference tournament championship (2008), and one American South Conference championship (1988).

Honors

Southland Conference Player of the Year Andrea Martinez – 2006 Mariaryeni Gutiérrez – 2010 Katya Lapayeva – 2016

Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year Pamela Martinez – 2006 Carolina Salas – 2012

Southland Conference Freshman of the Year Kaltrina Harbuzi – 2007 Mariaryeni Gutiérrez – 2008

Southland Conference Coach of the Year Ron Westbrooks – 1973, '75, '76, '82 Scott Shankles – 2016

Lamar Lady Cardinal Career Coaching Records Coach Seasons Overall record WinningPercentageCareer Coaching Records Pat Park 1968–75 not available Raye Holt 1976–77 6–8 .429 Linda Thomas 1978–80 N/A N/A Debbie Gheezi 1981–88 112–93 .546 Carol Gore 1989–91 14–32 .304 Tim Calhoun 1992–93 14–23 .378 Claire Pollard 1994–98 62–39 .613 Tom Lowry 1999–2000 22–28 .440 David Wong 2001–present 205–181 .531Overall 46 Seasons 435–404 .518 Note: Overall is misstated since it is based only on available records. Records for at least seven seasons of the program beginning are unavailable.

Stadium

Thompson Family Tennis Center

The Thompson Family Tennis Center was completely renovated in 2009. The center has 16 outside courts including 5 stadium courts with covered seating for 400. Additional seating for over 600 spectators is provided for the remaining eleven courts. The center features an electronic scoreboard capable of scoring six matches at once. The tennis support building includes a pro shop/meeting room, locker rooms, restrooms, and storage room.

References

External links Lamar Cardinals Tennis official website Thompson Family Tennis Center