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We conclude the 2020-21 Team of the Week features by taking a look at the men’s and women’s tennis programs. Head Coach Ali Flores ’08 breaks down her teams’ performance this spring and the vision and goals she has for both programs. Flores also talks about her own journey as a former student-athlete to coaching at her alma mater.
Watch the video above to get more insight into the tennis programs at Gettysburg College and see below for some highlights from both programs!
Women’s Tennis Program History
The hallmark of Gettysburg women’s tennis has been consistent strong performance over many years of play. The team has won 400 matches over its near-four decades of play.
Gettysburg closed the 2018-19 campaign with its best win total in 21 years, collecting 12 victories. The Bullets made their first postseason appearance of any kind in three decades and scored the program’s first victory with a 5-4 decision over Franklin & Marshall College in the first round of the Centennial Conference Championship.
Women’s tennis won a program-best 19 matches en route to the Centennial Conference team championship in 1996.
Few college tennis programs offer as majestic or historic a setting for tennis. Home matches are played at the courts next to the rolling terrain of the Gettysburg battlefield and within view of Oak Ridge and the Peace Light, a Civil War monument that inspired the Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery.
First Varsity Year: 1973
All-Time Record: 400-238 (.627)
Undefeated Seasons: 1978 (12-0), 1983 (11-0)
Highest National Finish: 6th (1983)
Middle Atlantic Conference Champions: 1981, 1983
Centennial Conference Champions: 1996
Centennial Conference Playoffs: 2019
All-Centennial Conference First Team Selections: 12
Men’s Tennis Program History
Hard work, determined effort and a never-say-die attitude characterize Gettysburg men’s tennis. Few college tennis programs offer as majestic or historic a setting for tennis. Home matches are played on courts next to the rolling terrain of the Gettysburg Battlefield and within view of Oak Ridge and the Peace Light – a Civil War monument that inspired the Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery.
First Varsity Year: 1907
All-Time Record: 535-652-17
Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division West Champions: 1977
Centennial Conference Doubles Champions: Brandon Cutter, Weston Wells (1997)
Centennial Conference Player of the Year: Brandon Cutter (1998)
All-Centennial Conference First Team Selections: 11
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.