Big East News Articles

Sebastian Stiefelmeyer and Britney Sanders honored for September

No. 2 seed Louisville picked up its third-straight BIG EAST Men’s Tennis Championship title today, while No. 1 seed Notre Dame secured its fifth consecutive BIG EAST Women’s Tennis Championship crown.

Two BIG EAST doubles teams and three singles players wrapped up the 2011 campaign over the long Memorial Day weekend at the NCAA Tennis Championships at Stanford.

Three of the four BIG EAST singles players in the 2011 NCAA Tennis Championships at Stanford advance to the second round of tournament play, representing three different conference schools.

Two BIG EAST women’s tennis teams and two men’s teams lost in the first- and second- rounds of the 2011 NCAA Tennis Championships May 13-15 as the Notre Dame women and the Louisville men earned the conference’s automatic bids, while the Irish men and USF women were at-large selections.

Four BIG EAST singles players and two doubles teams, representing three different schools, earned invitations to the NCAA Tennis Championships as announced Wednesday.

Two BIG EAST women’s tennis teams and two men’s teams received bids to the 2011 NCAA Tennis Championships as announced Tuesday.

Louisville senior Simon Childs was named BIG EAST Male Tennis Player of the Week, while Notre Dame senior Kristen Rafael earned BIG EAST Female Tennis Player of the Week honors.

For the second straight week, Louisville senior Austen Childs was named BIG EAST Male Tennis Player of the Week, while Notre Dame junior Shannon Mathews claimed BIG EAST Female Tennis Player of the Week honors.

The 2011 BIG EAST Tennis season is underway.

Notre Dame's Kristy Frilling and Kali Krisik along with Louisville's Austen Childs capped off successful seasons by being named to the 2010 ITA All-America Tennis Team.

Two familiar names were called as 2010 BIG EAST Tennis Players of the Year, as Louisville junior Austen Childs earned his second straight annual recognition, while last season's Freshman of the Year, Notre Dame sophomore Kristy Frilling, also was honored. Frilling's teammate, Irish freshman Chrissie McGaffigan, was named women's Freshman of the Year, while Mike Lampa of St. John's earned the men's honor.

The top-seeded Cardinals bested the second seed Irish 4-0 to earn the program's second men's BIG EAST Tennis Championship title. Louisville earns the league's automatic berth into the 64-team NCAA Championship, marking its seventh NCAA invite.