Engdahl named Jackrabbit tennis coach
South Dakota State Director of Athletics Justin Sell announced the hiring of Michael Engdahl as the new head tennis coach on Thursday. “Michael is a great recruiter and teacher of the game of tennis and deserves this opportunity,” SDSU Senior Associate Athletic Director Leon Costello said. “We look forward to watching our tennis program grow [...]
Women’s tennis wins twice in home meet
After moving to Sioux Falls, the Jacks found some success, despite a leaky roof. Sportswriter The South Dakota State women’s tennis team wrapped up their 2011 conference season this past weekend as they hosted a Summit League cluster in Sioux Falls. The Jacks won two of their five matches over the three days with [...]
Chronicling the tennis cluster
April 14th, 2011 Day One Thursday 12:05 p.m. I arrived an hour-and-a-half after the first match of the day between IPFW and Western Illinois and they are about 20 minutes away from an IPFW win. This cluster, as they call it, was originally scheduled to be played in Brookings outside at Hillcrest Park, but was [...]
‘Inches away’ from success
In terms of the win-loss column, the Jackrabbit women’s tennis team appears as struggling. After dropping their first three conference matches last weekend to Oakland, UMKC and Southern Utah, a fan unfamiliar with the program might be asking, “What’s going on?” “I wasn’t disappointed at all because they (Oakland, UMKC, SUU) are three of the [...]
Youth shows strength for struggling men’s tennis team
SDSU has faded since a strong early start but will try to finish the 2011 campaign strong. The Jackrabbit men’s tennis team has started to turn some corners on the Division I stage. Spring season play started out over spring break, where the team played in the Orlando Classic. In Florida, the Jacks posted a [...]
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