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Lamar Cardinals tennis

Lamar Cardinals

University	Lamar University
Athletic director	Jeff O'Malley
Head coach	Scott Shankles (12th season)
Conference	Southland
Location	Beaumont, TX
Home Court	Thompson Family Tennis Center (Capacity: 400)
Nickname	Cardinals
Colors	Red and white^[1]
NCAA Tournament championships
1967 (NCAA College Division Doubles Championship)
NCAA Tournament appearances
1962, 1967, 2016, 2017, 2018 *NCAA College Division
Conference Tournament championships
Southland 2016, 2017, 2018
Conference regular season champions
Lone Star 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 Southland 1967, 1973, 1974*, 1975, 1976, 2016, 2017 Western Athletic Conference 2022 NAIA* **NCAA College Division ***NCAA Division II

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.^[2]

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^[3]
Filip Kanczula – 2008^[3]
Michael Feucht – 2016^[4]

Western Athletic Conofernce Player of the Year

Sancho Arbizu – 2022

Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year

Filip Kanczula – 2006^[3]

Southland Conference Freshman of the Year

Jakob Paulsen – 2002^[3]
Benny Scheiwzer – 2015^[3]

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year

Sancho Arbizu – 2022

Southland Conference Coach of the Year

Ron Westbrooks – 1973, '75, '76, '82^[3]
Scott Shankles – 2016^[4]

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	Notes
NCAA 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^[5]
2013	4–17	2–3	4th
2014	14–13	2–4	5th
2015	13–11	4–1	2nd		53rd doubles^[5]
2016	17–5	5–0	1st	NCAA Division I first round	58th team,^[6] 69th doubles^[7]	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^[8]
2018	10–14	2–3	4th	NCAA Division I first round		SLC tournament champions, NCAA Division I first round, 10th ITA Team Regional ranking^[9]
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:^[10] ^[11]

Head coaching history

#	Name	Years	Record
Won-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:^[11]

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
Results
2016	First Round	Texas	L 0–4^[12]
2017	First Round	Baylor	L 0–4^[13]
2018	First Round	Texas A&M	L 0–4^[14]

Lamar Lady Cardinals tennis

Lamar Lady Cardinals

University	Lamar University
Athletic director	Jeff O'Malley
Head coach	David Wong (17th season)
Conference	Southland
Location	Beaumont, TX
Home Court	Thompson Family Tennis Center (Capacity: 400)
Nickname	Cardinals
Colors	Red and white^[15]
NCAA Tournament championships
NAIAW Doubles Championship - 1973 TAIAW Doubles Championship - 1972, 1973 *TAIAW Singles Championship - 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
NCAA Tournament appearances
NAIAW 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973* NCAA 2008
Conference Tournament championships
Southland 2008
Conference regular season champions
American South 1988 Southland 1983, 1985

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.^[16] 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.^[17]

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^[18]
Mariaryeni Gutiérrez – 2010^[18]
Katya Lapayeva – 2016^[18]

Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year

Pamela Martinez – 2006^[18]
Carolina Salas – 2012^[18]

Southland Conference Freshman of the Year

Kaltrina Harbuzi – 2007^[18]
Mariaryeni Gutiérrez – 2008^[18]

Southland Conference Coach of the Year

Ron Westbrooks – 1973, '75, '76, '82^[18]
Scott Shankles – 2016^[4]

Lamar Lady Cardinal Career Coaching Records

Coach	Seasons	Overall record	Winning Percentage
Career 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	.531
Overall	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

Thompson Family Tennis Center
Construction

Former names	Lamar Tennis Facility (pre 2009)
Location	E Virginia Street, Beaumont, Texas
Coordinates	30°02′32.3″N 94°04′42.3″W / 30.042306°N 94.078417°W / 30.042306; -94.078417
Owner	Lamar University
Operator	Lamar University
Type	Stadium
Genre(s)	Tennis matches
Seating type	bleacher, bench
Capacity	Stadium courts: 400 Remaining courts 600 plus
Scoreboard	electronic, digital
Renovated	2009
Tenants
Lamar Cardinals tennis Lamar Lady Cardinals tennis

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.

Thompson Family Tennis Center

Tennis Courts toward the grandstands
Tennis Courts – View of the grandstands

References

^ Lamar University Athletics Visual Standards Manual (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.
^ "2017-18 Men's Tennis Coaching Staff". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Southland Conference 2016 Men's Tennis" (PDF). Southland Conference. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c James Dixon (April 21, 2016). "Feucht Lands SLC Player of the Year Honors". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Oracle/ITA Division I Men's National Collegiate Doubles Rankings - June 3". Intercollegiate Tennis Association. June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ "Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings Division I Men's National Team - May 25th". Intercollegiate Tennis Association. May 25, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ "Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings Division I Men's National Doubles - June 1". Intercollegiate Tennis Association. June 1, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ "Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Texas Regional Rankings - June 7". Intercollegiate Tennis Association. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ "Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Texas Regional Rankings - June 6". Intercollegiate Tennis Association. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ "2018 Tennis Record Book" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "2017 Tennis Information Guide". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ James Dixon (May 13, 2016). "Texas Tops Cards at NCAA Opening Round". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ James Dixon (May 12, 2017). "Cards Fall to Bears at NCAA Championships". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ James Dixon (May 11, 2018). "Cards Drop NCAA Opener at Texas A&M". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
^ Lamar University Athletics Visual Standards Manual (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.
^ Pat Murray (January 29, 2016). "Former LU coach Pat Park to be honored". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2018. Park... came to LU in 1968 as the women's tennis coach (1968-75).
^ "David Wong - 2018-19 Women's Tennis Coaching Staff - Lamar University". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Lamar University Women's Media Tennis Guide". Lamar University Athletics. p. 29. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

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