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2016-17 Tennis Notes

Iowa State (6-2, 0-0 Big 12)

v. Stetson (0-4, 0-0 Atlantic Sun)
Sunday, Feb. 17 | 9:00 A.M. Central
St. Augustine, FL

2016-17 Schedule

6-2, 0-0 Big 12 (1-0 home, 2-2 away, 3-0 neutral)
September
16-18 Bush’s $50,000 Waco Showdown Wildcard
16-18 Drake Invitational
22-25 Gopher Invitational
October
7-9 FGCU Fall Invite
13-17 ITA Regionals
21-23 Colorado State Invitational
28-29 SIUE Indoor Invite
January
27
at Temple
28
at Villanova
29
at Lehigh
February
4
^vs. Montana
5
!at Iowa
10
@vs. Omaha
10
at Drake
12
Illinois State
19
$vs. Stetson
19
at Flagler
26
at Northern Iowa
March
4
at Sioux Falls
4
at Augustana
10
Wyoming
11
*West Virginia
15
at New Mexico State
18
at UTEP
24
*at Kansas State
26
*at Kansas
31
*Baylor
April
2
*Texas
7
*at Texas Tech
9
*at TCU
21
*Oklahoma
23
*Oklahoma State
27-30 #Big 12 Championships

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W, 7-0
L, 0-4
W, 4-0
W, 4-0
W, 4-0
9 a.m.
2 p.m.
TBD
Noon
6 p.m.
3 p.m.
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
Noon
3 p.m.
Noon
3 p.m.
10 a.m.
3 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
10 a.m.

Home matches in bold
*Big 12 Conference match
^at Iowa City, Iowa
!Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
@at Des Moines, Iowa
$at St. Augustine, Fla.
#Big 12 Championships, Norman, Okla.

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v. 12 Flager (4-1, 0-0 Peach Belt)
Sunday, Feb. 17 | 2:00 P.M. Central
St. Augustine, FL

Cyclones Coming Off Impressive Weekend

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L, 2-4
W, 6-1
W, 6-1

Iowa State (6-2, 0-0 Big 12)

ISU finished last weekend with three 4-0
victories.
On Friday, the Cyclones downed NebraskaOmaha and in-state foe, Drake.
Iowa State capped off the weekend with a
win in their home-opener over the Illinois
State Redbirds.
The Cyclones are on a three match winning
streak and have won 6 of their last 7 duals.

Regina Espindola, Sophomore
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Scouting Stetson
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The Hatters compete in the Atlantic Sun
Conference and are 0-4 on the season.
Stetson will have a home dual with Charleston
Southern on Saturday, before their dual with
Iowa State on Sunday.
The Hatters are led by Arijana Korac at No.
1. Korac is 2-2 in singles play on the season.
Head coach Travis Sandlant is in his first year
with the Hatters, after spending 9 seasons
with East Tennessee State.

Armando Espinosa, Head Coach
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Scouting Flagler

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The sophomore out
of Tabasco, Mexico
will look to continue
her undefeated
streak in singles
play.
Espindola is 7-0 this
dual season.
She has also seen
success in doubles,
going 4-1 in her last
five matches with
her partner, Karen
Alvarez.

The Saints are ranked #12 by the ITA in
Division II.
Flagler is coming off a win on Tueday over
#38 in Division II, Rollins, 6-3.
Lizanne Jinkertz leads the Saints in the No.
1 spot. Jinkertz is ranked #44 in singles play
by the ITA in Division II.

Espinosa is a graduate of Drury in 2000.
He is in his 9th season as head coach
of Iowa State.
Espinosa has
compilled a record
of 79-166.
Five of the top-10
Cyclones in career
wins have been
coached by the
Mexico City native.

2016-17 IOWA STATE CYCLONES
Name
Karen Alvarez

Ht. Yr. Hometown (Last School)
Doubles/Singles
5-8 Fr. Huixquilucan, Mex. (Instituto Ciencias de la Comunicacion) 6-2/2-1

Liera Bender

Annabella Bonadonna

Samantha Budai

Maty Cancini

Regina Espindola

5-5 So.# Urbandale, Iowa (Johnston)

0-0/0-0

5-3 So. Caracas, Venezuela. (Santiago de Leon de Caracas) 6-1/6-1
6-0 Sr. London, Ontario (Sir Frederick Banting)

3-0/6-2

5-7 Fr. Valencia, Venezuela (Colegio La Fe)

3-3/6-2

5-6 So. Tabasco, Mexico (Niagara Academy of Sports)

7-0/6-2

Erin Freeman
5-5 So. Downey, California (Downey)

Natalie Phippen
5-9 Sr. Lakeland, Minnesota (Stillwater)

Margarita Timakova
5-7 Fr. Togliatty, Russia (Gymnasium #9)

HC: Armando Espinosa (Drury, 2000) Record at ISU: 79-116/10
Assistant: Olga Elkin (West Virginia, 2010)

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