2006 Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional - Complete Results
22-7 (.759) Overall
7-1 (.875) American Mideast Conference South Division
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CU honored as NAIA scholar-team
OLATHE, Kansas (6-20-2006) - The Yellow Jacket men's tennis squad has been tabbed an NAIA Scholar-Team. The group of Dan Ballard, Jake Bezeck, Tim Hartman, Derek Hostetter, and Mike Rhoads ranked 7th with a 3.49 combined GPA. AMC member Roberts Wesleyan topped a list of 19 schools with a 3.79 GPA. [NAIA SCHOLAR-TEAMS]
Tim Hartman
Three Jackets are NAIA scholars
OLATHE, Kansas (5-19-2006) - Seniors Tim Hartman, Emanuel Dolph, and Jared Michonski earned spots on the NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete Team for the 2006 campaign. It's the second straight year that all three players have been honored in the program which recognizes juniors and seniors who maintain a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade point average.
Hartman, a mechanical engineering major from Leo, Ind., was CU's #1 player during all four years of his career. He posted a 17-5 singles record this spring and finished 67-27 for his career. Dolph, a pre-medicine major from Springfield, Ohio, was 2-0 in limited singles action and played three years for the Jackets. Michonski, a psychology major from Maytown, Pa., had a 2-2 singles mark and was 20-15 throughout his four-year career. [NAIA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES]
Shorthanded Jackets lose at NAIA Nationals
MOBILE, Ala. (5-15-2006) - Playing without two of their top five players, Cedarville ended the season with a 9-0 setback to Vanguard in the first round of the NAIA National Tournament. The Yellow Jackets complete the campaign with a 22-7 record.
CU, making it's first NAIA appearance since 1993, was missing the services of four-year #1 singles and doubles player Tim Hartman, who was attending an engineering competition. Also unavailable was #5 singles and #3 doubles player Mike Rhoads, who was married since the Jackets won the NAIA Region IX title. [RESULTS]
Jared Michonski
CU quartet receive NCCAA honors
GREER, S.C. (5-10-2006) - Tim Hartman was selected an NCCAA All-American for the fourth straight year to lead four CU players in post-season honors. The Jackets' #1 player was named to the All-America first teams in both singles and doubles. Hartman's partner, Jake Bezeck, was chosen to the All-America first team in doubles and to the second team in singles.
Jared Michonski was one of three athletes selected as an NCCAA Ministry Athlete. Hartman, Michonski, and Emanuel Dolph were tabbed NCCAA All-America Scholar-Athletes which features juniors and seniors with a minimum 3.40 cumulative grade point average. [NCCAA AWARDS]
Cedarville claims NAIA region crown
CANTON, Ohio (5-5-2006) - Cedarville will return to the NAIA National Tournament for the first time in 13 years after blanking defending champion Walsh, 5-0, in the Region IX final. It was the 16th consecutive win for the Yellow Jackets, 20-4 overall, who have not lost since a 5-4 setback to the Cavaliers, 15-6, back on March 31.
Head coach Alan Edlund had never won the region in his previous 11 years as head coach and he has had to watch his squad lose to Walsh in the title match in each of the past five seasons. This time, CU took immediate command after sweeping the doubles. The #1 duo of Tim Hartman and Jake Bezeck set the pace with an 8-4 win. Jacob Rogers and Dan Ballard were 8-5 victors at the #2 position while #3 Mike Rhoads and Kevin Furst held on for an 8-6 decision.
The Jackets clinched the championship after their top two singles players posted victories. Hartman's numbers were 6-4, 6-1 and Bezeck's were 6-1, 6-4. Cedarville held the lead in three of the remaining four matches that were not completed.
Cedarville used to make an annual trip to the NAIA Nationals when the teams of NAIA Hall of Fame coach Murray Murdoch dominated the scene in the 60's, 70's, 80's, and early 90's. Edlund was part of the program as a player from 1972 to 1975. The Jackets' last NAIA appearance was in 1993 in which they won their 23rd NAIA District 22 title in a span of 26 years. [RESULTS and TOURNAMENT BRACKET]
Head Coach
Alan Edlund
Assistant Coaches
Jamie Hand
Tennis Facts
- 24 Conference Championships
- 23 NAIA District 22 Championships
- 5 Undefeated Seasons
- .798 All-Time Winning Percentage
- 17 NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes
