2000-01 Season In Review

2000-01 Season In Review
Tulane celebrates another year of athletic success.

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July 13, 2001

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	Overall	C-USA	C-USA Finish	Postseason/National Ranking
Men's Cross Country	--	--	2nd	NCAA Regional - 6th
Women's Cross Country	--	--	3rd	NCAA Regional - DNF (Injuries)
Football	6-5	3-4	T5th	--
Women's Soccer	8-11	5-6	7th	--
Volleyball	17-17	8-8	6th	--

Men's Basketball	9-21	2-14	12th	--
Women's Basketball	22-10	12-4	2nd (RS)	NCAA 1st Round
			1st (Tourney)
Men's Indoor Track & Field	--	--	6th	2 NCAA Qualifiers
Women's Indoor Track & Field	--	--	2nd	2 NCAA All-Americans

Baseball	45-9	21-6	1st (RS)	NCAA Tie 5th
			1st (Tourney)	(College World Series)
Men's Golf	--	--	11th	--
Women's Golf	--	--	4th	--
Men's Tennis	16-9	--	1st	NCAA 2nd Round/2 All-Americans
Women's Tennis	14-12	--	1st	NCAA 2nd Round/No. 39
Men's Outdoor Track & Field	--	--	8th	1 NCAA All-Americans
Women's Outdoor Track & Field	--	--	1st	3 NCAA Qualifiers

*RS indicates Regular Season.

Summary Led by the unprecedented success of the 2001 Tulane Baseball team, the Tulane Athletics program reached some of its greatest heights -- individually and collectively -- over the last year. Tulane won a school -record tying six Conference USA Championships in 2000-01, 11 student-athletes were named All-Americans and Green Wave teams made 10 NCAA appearances. Tulane placed as one of the top 70 programs in the nation according to the Sears' Director's Cup point standings - despite fielding only 16 programs. In addition to their success on the fields and courts, more than 40 Green Wave student-athletes earned their degrees from Tulane this spring, including 17 members of the TU football team. Green Wave teams participated in numerous community service projects during the year, including "Shadow A Student Athlete Day", the Special Olympics and school visits. At the first "Varsity Ball" honoring senior student-athletes from all sports, tennis player Anna Monhartova and track and field's Nathan Junius were honored as the 2000-01 Scholar Athletes of the Year. Monhartova was ranked as high as No. 9 in the nation while recording a 3.85 cumulative grade point average in a double major of Political Science International Relations and Russian. Junius has a 3.42 grade point average in Civil Engineering and was an NCAA All-American, placing third in the javelin in 2001.

Men's Cross Country Coach Ron Bazil Tulane's Solomon Kandie won the individual title at the Conference USA Championship and finished sixth at the NCAA Central Regional to qualify for the NCAA Championships as an individual. Kandie, Anthony Lagat and Peter Rotich led Tulane to a runner-up finish at the C-USA Meet and to a sixth place finish at Regionals. As a team, Tulane won five of seven meets during the season.

Women's Cross Country Coach Ron Bazil Green Wave sophomore Teresa Maru won the C-USA individual title to lead Tulane to a third place finish at the league meet. Senior Hanne Lyngstad completed her stellar career with a third place finish at C-USA and was 10th at the NCAA Central Regional meet to lead Tulane. The Green Wave won a pair of meets during the regular season and finished second in two others.

Football Coach Chris Scelfo Green Wave Football posted its third winning season in the last four years, the first time that has been accomplished since 1981. Two players were named All-American, three earned first team All-Conference honors and Mewelde Moore was the league's Freshman of the Year. Tulane's offense was ranked No. 7 in the nation while the passing offense was No. 3.

Women's Soccer Coach Betsy Anderson Tulane's eight victories tied for the most in school history while the 5-6 record was TU's best-ever in Conference USA. Colleen Lake was named third team All-Conference USA while Tiffany Lawson was a C-USA All-Freshman team choice. Former N.C. State player and coach Betsy Anderson was hired as the program's new coach in December and signed four recruits.

Volleyball Coach Betsy Becker Tulane recorded its most wins since 1994 and its first .500 or better season since that year. Kim Sentmore became the first player in Tulane history to earn first team All-Conference USA honors. The Green Wave's 8-8 conference record was its best in school history.

Men's Basketball Coach Shawn Finney Ledaryl Billingsley, the lone senior on the team, was a second team All-Conference USA choice. With a roster of just nine players, including a pair of walk-ons and five freshmen, the young Green Wave picked up league wins over South Florida and Southern Miss while extending Louisville and Charlotte to overtime. In addition to signing five new players, Finney has upgraded next year's schedule. Possible opponents include Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech.

Women's Basketball Coach Lisa Stockton Tulane recorded its sixth straight 20-win season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh straight year. Tulane won its third consecutive, and fourth in the last five years, Conference USA Tournament title. Senior Janell Burse was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Year for the third time. She also picked up All-C-USA honors for the second year in a row and was drafted in the second round of the WNBA draft.

Men's Indoor Track Coach Ron Bazil Freshman Carl White finished 10th overall at the C-USA Championships, he won the long jump and was fifth in the triple jump. At the C-USA meet, junior Solomon Kandie was third in the 3,000 and fourth in the mile run. Junior Delando Davis took second place in the 60-meter high hurdles. Kandie and White both qualified for the NCAA Championships, with White taking 16th in the triple jump.

Women's Indoor Track Coach Ron Bazil The Green Wave earned second place at the C-USA Championships. TU was led by senior Nikelola Balogun, who tallied 15.5 points (fifth overall). Sophomores Nadja Petersen and Marie Ahlander won the 400-meter dash and the triple jump, respectively. That duo went on to the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors in their events. Other first place finishers for the Wave at the C-USA meet were senior Angie Milner (800) and junior Katrina Gemmell (mile).

Men's Golf Coach Tom Shaw Tulane won its first tournament in at least 10 seasons when it claimed the Hal Sutton Intercollegiate title this fall. The men's golf team posted the highest cumulative GPA of any Tulane men's team for the fall 2000 semester as six of eight student-athletes qualified for the 3.0 Club. Lone senior Justin Strausbaugh posted five top 10 finishes while sophomore Byron Shultz claimed the individual title at the Hal Sutton.

Women's Golf Coach Sue Bower The team posted its best finish of the season, third place, at the Green Wave Women's Golf Classic. Senior co-captain Bonnie Hanlin recorded three top-30 finishes with a best of 13th at the C-USA Championship. As a team, Tulane finished fourth at the C-USA Championship Tournament.

Men's Tennis Coach Robert Klein The men's tennis team won its second C-USA Championship as head coach Robert Klein earned Coach of the Year honors. Michael Kogan was named the league's Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, while Victor Romero and Mikko Viljanen joined him on the all-conference teams. The Wave won its second NCAA Tournament match in the last three years with an upset win over Baylor last Saturday. Tulane finished the year ranked No. 34. Kogan earned All-America honors in singles and in doubles along with Viljanen at the NCAA Championships.

Women's Tennis Coach David Schumacher The Green Wave advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the last three seasons after winning its first-ever Conference USA Tournament title by upsetting No. 1 seed UAB. Coach David Schumacher was named C-USA Coach of the Year while Anna Monhartova was selected first team All-Conference USA for the third time. Tulane claimed its first NCAA Tournament win, the biggest in the history of the program, with a 4-3 victory over No. 14 Texas A&M in South Bend, Ind.

Baseball Coach Rick Jones Tulane made its first-ever trip to the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb. where they beat Nebraska to finish tied for 5th, after defeating defending national champ LSU in a three-game Super Regional before 36,000 fans at Zephyr Field. The Wave's Michael Aubrey was named national Freshman of the Year and a pair of players - Jake Gautreau and Andy Cannizaro - earned All-America honors. Jones, Aubrey and Gautreau were named Conference USA's Coach, Freshman and Player of the Year honors, respectively, while seven other players were named first team All-C-USA. Tulane played host to the Conference USA, NCAA Regional and NCAA Super Regional Tournaments, drawing nearly 70,000 fans over the three weekends.

Men's Outdoor Track Coach Ron Bazil Solomon Kandie was named the Conference USA Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row after winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 5,000-meter run and finishing second in the 1,500 at the C-USA meet. Nathan Junius won the javelin for the third year in a row at the Conference Championship, while Noel Comrie was the winner in the long jump. Clement Abai won the 800-meter run. Junius claimed All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the javelin. His third-place finish matches Tulane's best performance at the NCAA's.

Women's Outdoor Track Coach Ron Bazil The women's track team won its second C-USA Outdoor Championship in three years last weekend. Nadja Petersen won the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, as well as the 400-meter dash, to lead the Wave. Katrina Gemmell (1500), Jenny Isgren (High Jump) and Catherine Betz (Javelin) also won their individual events. Petersen, Ahlander, Betz competed at Nationals for Tulane and Ahlander was named the LA Field Athlete of the Year and Petersen earned LA Newcomer of the Year accolades.

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