NCAA Division III Women's Tennis History

All-Time Team Championship Results

Year   Champion                Coach              Score       Runner-Up                  Host/Site
1982   Occidental              Lynn Pacala        18-15       UC San Diego               Jackson, Miss.
1983 Principia Lynn DeLaney 17-13 UNC Greensboro Claremont M-S
1984 Davidson Caroline Brown 15-14 UC San Diego Kalamazoo
1985 UC San Diego Liz LaPlante 8-1 Davidson Haverford
1986 TCNJ Brenda Campbell 6-3 Occidental Kalamazoo
1987 UC San Diego Liz LaPlante 6-3 Occidental Kalamazoo
1988 Mary Washington Ed Hegmann 7-2 Kenyon Emory
1989 UC San Diego Liz LaPlante 8-1 Kenyon Claremont M-S
1990 Gustavus Adolphus Jon Carlson 5-4 UC San Diego TCNJ
1991 Mary Washington Ed Hegmann 5-4 Gustavus Adolphus Emory
1992 Pomona-Pitzer Lisa Beckett 5-4 Kenyon Kalamazoo
1993 Kenyon Paul Wardlaw 7-2 Gustavus Adolphus Carleton
1994 UC San Diego Liz LaPlante 7-2 Williams Kalamazoo
1995 Kenyon Paul Wardlaw 5-4 UC San Diego Sweet Briar
1996 Emory Cathy Benton 5-1 Wash. & Lee Kalamazoo
1997 Kenyon Paul Wardlaw 6-3 Trinity (Tex.) Pomona, Calif.
1998 Skidmore Jeff Segrave 5-1 Kenyon Wash. & Lee
1999 Amherst Jackie Bagwell 5-2 Williams TCNJ
2000 Trinity (Tex.) Butch Newman 5-4 UC San Diego Gustavus Adolphus
2001 Williams Julie Greenwood 6-3 Trinity (Tex.) Trinity (Tex.)
2002 Williams Julie Greenwood 6-3 Emory Sweet Briar
2003 Emory Amy Smith 5-1 Wash. & Lee Redlands
2004 Emory Amy Smith 5-0 Amherst Rhodes
2005 Emory Amy Smith 5-3 Wash. & Lee Kalamazoo
Note: Prior to 1985, individual wins counted in the team's total points.  Beginning in 1985, a dual-match, 
single-elimination team championship was initiated, eliminating the points system.

All-Time Team Championships (Including ties)
UC San Diego, 4; Emory, 4; Kenyon, 3; Mary Washington, 2; Williams, 2; Multiple schools with one.

All-Time Singles Championships
Principia, 3; Amherst, 2; Emory, 2; Menlo, 2; Methodist, 2; Pomona-Pitzer, 2; Rhodes, 2; Multiple schools with one.

All-Time Doubles Championships
Pomona-Pitzer, 5; Emory, 4; Principia, 4; UC San Diego, 2; Williams, 2; Multiple schools with one.

Championship Records

Number of Individual Titles, Career
6       Courtney Allen, Principia (Singles titles 1984, 85, 87; Doubles titles 1984, 86, 87)
         Mary Ellen Gordon, Emory (Singles titles 2003, 04; Doubles titles 2001, 02, 03, 04)

Number of Singles Titles, Career
3      Courtney Allen, Principia

Number of Doubles Titles, Same Partners
2       Courtney Allen and Sue Godfrey, Principia (1986, 1987)
         Shelley Keeler and Erin Hendricks, Pomona-Pitzer (1991, 1992)
         Mary Ellen Gordon and Anusha Natarajan, Emory (2001, 2002)
         Mary Ellen Gordon and Jolyn Taylor, Emory (2003, 2004)

Number of Doubles Titles, Different Partners
4       Mary Ellen Gordon, Emory (2001-Anusha Natarajan; 2002-Anusha Natarajan; 2003-Jolyn Taylor; 2004-Jolyn Taylor)



All-Time NCAA Division III Champions
Singles
1982 Beckie Donecker, Elizabethtown
1983 Jean Marie Sanders, Occidental
1984 Courtney Allen, Principia
1985 Courtney Allen, Principia
1986 Debbie Daniel, TCNJ
1987 Courtney Allen, Principia
1988 Caroline Bodart, Menlo
1989 Caroline Bodart, Menlo
1990 Christine Behrens, UC San Diego
1991 Karyn Cooper, Wellesley
1992 Shelley Keeler, Pomona-Pitzer
1993 Helen Motter, Middlebury
1994 Claire Turchi, Pomona-Pitzer
1995 Nao Kinoshita, Rhodes
1996 Dina Dajani, Redlands
1997 Nao Kinoshita, Rhodes
1998 Jamie Levine, Skidmore
1999 Cornelia Steinberg, Amherst
2000 Jamie Cohen, Amherst
2001 Elena Blanina, Methodist
2002 Elena Blanina, Methodist
2003 Mary Ellen Gordon, Emory
2004 Mary Ellen Gordon, Emory
2005 Lindsay Hagerman, Wash. & Lee
Doubles
1982 Kathleen McFadden/Jean Marie Sanders, Occidental
1983 Kristi Martin/Wendy Clark, Principia
1984 Courtney Allen/Suzy Verheul, Principia
1985 Jessica Vernon/Nadine Akimoto, UC San Diego
1986 Courtney Allen/Sue Godfrey, Principia
1987 Courtney Allen/Sue Godfrey, Principia
1988 Julie Lindberg/Karen Nilsen, Pomona-Pitzer
1989 Christine Behrens/Nancy Calhoun, UC San Diego
1990 Shelley Keeler/Caryn Cranston, Pomona-Pitzer
1991 Shelley Keeler/Erin Hendricks, Pomona-Pitzer
1992 Shelley Keeler/Erin Hendricks, Pomona-Pitzer
1993 Helen Motter/Nancy Olson, Middlebury
1994 Becky Mallory/Julie Greenwood, Williams
1995 Marilyn Baker/Natalia Garcia, Wash. & Lee
1996 Porter Harris/Julie Greenwood, Williams
1997 Nao Kinoshita/Taylor Tarver, Rhodes
1998 Caryn Cuthbert/Erin Hockman, Kenyon
1999 Inke Noel/Lisa Powers, Skidmore
2000 Sheree Schwartz/Meghan Gould, Pomona-Pitzer
2001 Mary Ellen Gordon/Anusha Natarajan, Emory
2002 Mary Ellen Gordon/Anusha Natarajan, Emory
2003 Mary Ellen Gordon/Jolyn Taylor, Emory
2004 Mary Ellen Gordon/Jolyn Taylor, Emory
2005 Tara Houlihan/Lyndsey Palen, Gustavus Adolphus