Stefan Borg Nikola Prpic - Drury University Athletics
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2008 <strong>Drury</strong> Men’s Tennis Schedule<br />
Date Opponent Place Time<br />
February<br />
29 Friday Northwest Missouri State <strong>University</strong> HOME 1 p.m.<br />
March<br />
1 Saturday Saint Edward’s <strong>University</strong> Arkadelphia, Ark. 9 a.m.<br />
2 Sunday Ouachita Baptist <strong>University</strong> Arkadelphia, Ark. 10 a.m.<br />
8 Saturday Ouachita Baptist <strong>University</strong> HOME 10 a.m.<br />
16 Sunday Armstrong Atlantic State <strong>University</strong> Orlando, Fla. 3 p.m<br />
17 Monday Florida Southern College Lakeland, Fla. 3 p.m.<br />
18 Tuesday Embry Riddle <strong>University</strong> Daytona Beach, Fla. 3 p.m.<br />
19 Wednesday Valdosta State <strong>University</strong> Orlando, Fla. 2 p.m.<br />
21 Friday Southern Illinois <strong>University</strong> Edwardsville* HOME 2 p.m.<br />
22 Saturday <strong>University</strong> of Southern Indiana* HOME 10 a.m.<br />
28 Friday Lewis <strong>University</strong>* Romeoville, Ill. 2 p.m.<br />
29<br />
April<br />
Saturday St. Joseph’s College* Rensselaer, Ind. 10 a.m.<br />
4 Friday <strong>University</strong> of Indianapolis* HOME 6 p.m.<br />
5 Saturday Northern Kentucky <strong>University</strong>* HOME 10 a.m.<br />
8 Tuesday Southwest Baptist <strong>University</strong> Bolivar, Mo. 3 p.m.<br />
10 Thursday Abilene Christian <strong>University</strong> HOME 3 p.m.<br />
11 Friday Bellarmine <strong>University</strong>* HOME 2 p.m.<br />
15 Tuesday Rockhurst <strong>University</strong>* Kansas City, Mo. 2 p.m.<br />
18 Friday Quincy <strong>University</strong>* Quincy, Ill. 2 p.m.<br />
19 Saturday <strong>University</strong> of Missouri-St. Louis* St. Louis, Mo. 9 a.m.<br />
25 Friday Great Lakes Valley Conf Tournament Indianapolis, Ind. 9 a.m.<br />
26<br />
May<br />
Saturday Great Lakes Valley Conf Tournament Indianapolis, Ind. 9 a.m.<br />
9 Friday NCAA Regional Tournament 1st Round TBA TBA<br />
10 Saturday NCAA Regional Tournament 2nd Round TBA TBA<br />
14 Wednesday NCAA Regional Tournament Houston, Texas TBA<br />
15 Thursday NCAA Regional Tournament Houston, Texas TBA<br />
16 Friday NCAA Regional Tournament Houston, Texas TBA<br />
17 Saturday NCAA Regional Tournament Houston, Texas TBA<br />
*Indicates Great Lakes Valley Conference Match<br />
Head Coach Amine Boustani<br />
2007-08 <strong>Drury</strong> <strong>University</strong> Men’s Tennis Roster<br />
Name Height Year Hometown/ High School<br />
<strong>Stefan</strong> <strong>Borg</strong> 5-11 Sr. Stockholm, Sweden/Mobila Gymivasiet/Katedralskolan<br />
Antonio Garcia Santos 5-7 So. Barcelona, Spain/Thos I Codina<br />
Anton Khadasevich 6-4 Fr. Minsk, Belarus/College of Olympic Reserve<br />
Federico Levi 6-0 So. Buenos Aires, Argentina/Universal School<br />
Florian Perche 6-0 Jr. Lyon, France/<strong>University</strong> Claude Bernard<br />
<strong>Nikola</strong> <strong>Prpic</strong> 6-0 Sr. Zagreb, Croatia/Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College<br />
Nahom Serekeberhan 6-2 Jr. Stockholm, Sweden/Tyler Junior College<br />
Head Coach Amine Boustani Assistant Coach Andreas Maroldt<br />
DRURY IN THE NCAA-II POSTSEASON<br />
2007 Sweet 16<br />
2006 Elite Eight<br />
2005 Elite Eight<br />
2004 Elite Eight<br />
2003 Elite Eight<br />
2002 National runner-up<br />
2001 Semifinals<br />
2000 Sweet 16<br />
1999 Sweet 16<br />
1998 Round of 64<br />
DRURY RECORD BOOKS<br />
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS<br />
2007 Great Lakes Valley Conference<br />
2006 Great Lakes Valley Conference<br />
2005 Heartland Conference<br />
2004 Heartland Conference<br />
2003 Heartland Conference<br />
2002 Heartland Conference<br />
2001 Heartland Conference<br />
2000 Heartland Conference<br />
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<strong>Stefan</strong><br />
<strong>Borg</strong><br />
<strong>Nikola</strong><br />
<strong>Prpic</strong>
AMINE BOUSTANI,<br />
HEAD COACH<br />
The winningest tennis coach in <strong>Drury</strong><br />
history, Amine Boustani ranks right up<br />
there in the NCAA D-II history books as<br />
well after posting a 246-59 mark entering<br />
his 14th season with the Panthers,<br />
including ten straight trips to the national<br />
tournament.<br />
The former Southwest Missouri State<br />
<strong>University</strong> standout fashioned one of<br />
<strong>Drury</strong>’s best seasons in school history in<br />
2007, as the Panthers compiled a 22-3<br />
mark and made it to the “Sweet 16” at<br />
ANDREAS MAROLDT,<br />
GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH<br />
DRURY UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS<br />
• Location: Springfield, MO<br />
• Enrollment: 1,605<br />
• President: Todd Parnell<br />
• VP For Athletic Affairs: Dr. Edsel Matthews<br />
• Director of <strong>Athletics</strong>: Pat Atwell<br />
• <strong>Athletics</strong> Office Phone: (417) 873-7265<br />
• Head Coach: Amine Boustani (14th season, 246-59)<br />
• Phone number: (417) 873-7439<br />
• E-mail address: aboustan@drury.edu<br />
nationals helping Boustani earn National Coach<br />
of the Year honors for a third time in his career as<br />
<strong>Drury</strong> finished No. 6 in the final poll.<br />
He also guided <strong>Drury</strong> to its second Great Lakes<br />
Valley Conference championship, earning Coach<br />
of the Year honors in the league as well.<br />
It certainly wasn’t the first time Boustani’s<br />
Panthers were knocking on the door of a national<br />
championship. They finished second in the nation<br />
in 2002 and continuing its string to four straight<br />
years of making the national Elite Eight with last<br />
season’s appearance, fueled by a senior standout<br />
in Matias Oddone who not only was named the<br />
national Player of the Year, but captured the ITA<br />
Nationals for D-II players in the fall of 2005.<br />
Boustani served as <strong>Drury</strong>’s graduate assistant<br />
coach from 1992-94 before accepting the head<br />
coaching position of both the men’s and women’s<br />
programs, a double-duty he continued to tackle<br />
until focusing strictly on the men’s program<br />
starting in 2000.<br />
That was also the starting point for <strong>Drury</strong>’s run<br />
through the Heartland Conference, including six<br />
consecutive league titles – and six Coach of the<br />
Year awards for Boustani - before the Panthers<br />
left to join the GLVC.<br />
His teams have finished sixth, fifth, third, second,<br />
fourth, sixth, sixth and third, respectively, the past<br />
eight years in the national rankings.<br />
The 1991 graduate of then-SMS was the Bears’<br />
No. 1 player as a junior and senior after winning<br />
Maroldt, a former professional player, joins<br />
the <strong>Drury</strong> men’s coaching staff this season as<br />
a graduate assistant coach. He comes to <strong>Drury</strong><br />
after working as an intern for the International<br />
Management Group and as a sales trainee for<br />
a German Direct marketing company. Maroldt<br />
graduated from the <strong>University</strong> of South Florida,<br />
where he was an ITA Scholar Athlete awardwinner<br />
with an overall GPA of 3.51.<br />
As a collegiate player, Maroldt reached the<br />
semifinal of the Georgia Tech Invitational and<br />
had a top collegiate win over Franticek Babej<br />
• Graduate Assistant Coach: Andreas Maroldt<br />
• Last year’s records: 22-3 overall, 5-0 in GLVC<br />
• Affiliations: NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference<br />
• NCAA-II Tourney Appearances: 10 (1998-2007)<br />
• Home Facility: Cooper Tennis Complex<br />
• <strong>Athletics</strong> website: www.drurypanthers.com<br />
• Sports Information Contacts:<br />
Scott Puryear, SID (417-873-4097)<br />
Eric Pannell, Asst. SID (417-873-7374)<br />
a national juco title in singles at Midland (Texas)<br />
Community College. He also enjoyed a successful<br />
junior career in his native country of Morocco,<br />
where he was a four-time national champion and<br />
a member of the Davis Cup Team.<br />
Boustani also serves on various NCAA-II<br />
tennis committees. He is currently on the Board<br />
of Directors for the Intercollegiate Tennis<br />
Association (ITA), acting as the chair fo the<br />
NCAA-II men’s division.<br />
Boustani is also the director of tennis and fitness<br />
at Millwood Golf & Racquet Club in southeast<br />
Springfield and serves as the head tennis coach<br />
for the Springfield Community Olympic<br />
Development Program.<br />
Boustani’s Head Coaching Record<br />
1994-95 7-7<br />
1995-96 7-4<br />
1996-97 9-8<br />
1997-98 15-5 (NCAA-II Regional Tournament Qualifier)<br />
1998-99 21-7 (NCAA-II National Tournament Qualifier)<br />
1999-00 25-5 (Finished #5 in NCAA-II)<br />
2000-01 26-5 (Finished #3 in NCAA-II)<br />
2001-02 24-3 (Finished #2 in NCAA-II)<br />
2002-03 25-3 (Finished #4 in NCAA-II)<br />
2003-04 18-5 (Finished #6 in NCAA-II)<br />
2004-05 22-3 (Finished #6 in NCAA-II)<br />
2005-06 25-1 (Finished #3 in NCAA-II)<br />
2006-07 22-3 (Finished #6 in NCAA-II)<br />
Total (13 seasons) 246-59<br />
of South Alabama, ranked No. 7 nationally at<br />
the time. Maroldt also had a perfect dual match<br />
record as a senior at USF as the squad was ranked<br />
as high as #19 in NCAA-I.<br />
As a professional, Maroldt was ranked No.<br />
809 in ATP singles and played several Futures,<br />
Satellite, and Challenger tournaments, reaching<br />
the quarterfinals of the Italy Futures and Egypt<br />
Satellite Masters.<br />
STEFAN BORG<br />
Height: 5-11<br />
Class: Senior<br />
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden<br />
NIKOLA PRPIC<br />
Height: 6-0<br />
Class: Senior<br />
Hometown: Zagreb, Croatia<br />
In regards to expectations, nothing has changed<br />
with the <strong>Drury</strong> men’s tennis Panthers for 2008.<br />
Same ol’ story. Nothing less than competing for<br />
an NCAA-II national championship will do for<br />
coach Amine Boustani and the Panthers, who are<br />
shooting for their 11th consecutive appearance<br />
in the NCAA meet when they kick off the 2008<br />
campaign.<br />
<strong>Drury</strong> is ranked No. 5 in the preseason national<br />
poll, and with the mix of experience and talented<br />
newcomers, Boustani believes it is justified.<br />
“This has a chance to be right there with the top<br />
two or three teams we’ve had over the last eight<br />
years,” says Boustani, who brings a record of<br />
246-59 into his 14th season as the Panthers’ coach.<br />
“It’s a good mix of experience, talent and depth.<br />
Of course, we’ve got <strong>Stefan</strong> at the top, and then the<br />
pack is deep. I also like the fact that we have three<br />
lefties, which should make us better in doubles.<br />
“I think with the combination of experience,<br />
talent and good doubles that we should have, it<br />
definitely makes us one of the horses that can win<br />
the (national title) race.” In fact, an indication of<br />
that depth comes when you ask Boustani to list his<br />
singles order, and his response is, “I think at this<br />
point, anybody can play from 2 to 7 ... that’s how<br />
close they are to each other.”<br />
ANTON KHADESEVICH<br />
Height: 5-7<br />
Class: Sophomore<br />
Hometown: Barcelona, Spain<br />
ANTONIO GARCIA SANTOS<br />
Height: 5-7<br />
Class: Sophomore<br />
Hometown: Barcelona, Spain<br />
SEASON PREVIEW<br />
FEDERICO LEVI<br />
Height: 6-0<br />
Class: Sophomore<br />
Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
The lineup is headed by senior star <strong>Stefan</strong> <strong>Borg</strong>,<br />
who made it to the national singles finals of the<br />
ITA Championships in Mobile, Ala., last fall before<br />
falling to Alex Grubin of Concordia 6-1, 6-4<br />
in the championship match. <strong>Borg</strong> finished 24-2<br />
last season in leading the Panthers to the national<br />
quarterfinals, earning Great Lakes Valley Conference<br />
Player of the Year honors along the way as the<br />
Panthers breezed to the league title for a second<br />
straight year.<br />
<strong>Borg</strong> is one of four returning Panthers from last<br />
season’s squad, joining junior <strong>Nikola</strong> <strong>Prpic</strong> and<br />
sophomores Federico Levi and Antonio Garcia<br />
Santos. Bolstering DU’s hopes of making a strong<br />
showing at nationals in Houston, Texas this May<br />
is the addition of a talented trio of newcomers -<br />
juniors Nahom Serekeberhan and Florian Perche<br />
and freshman Anton Khadasevich, who joined the<br />
squad at the semester.<br />
Serekeberhan, a transfer from Tyler (Texas) Community<br />
College (where he was ranked No. 1 nationally<br />
in doubles), made a strong first impression<br />
in the ITA Great Lakes Regional in the fall when<br />
he teamed with <strong>Borg</strong> to win the doubles title.<br />
While <strong>Prpic</strong> and <strong>Borg</strong> will continue to play doubles<br />
together, Khadasevich will play No. 2 doubles<br />
with Levi, while Serekeberhan and Perche will team<br />
NAHOM SEREKEBERHAN<br />
Height: 6-2<br />
Class: Junior<br />
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden<br />
FLORIAN PERCHE<br />
Height: 6-0<br />
Class: Junior<br />
Hometown: Lyon, France<br />
up for the No. 3 unit ... although Boustani warns<br />
that those spots, like the singles slots, may be<br />
interchangeable.<br />
<strong>Drury</strong>’s schedule has changed from past years with<br />
the GLVC’s move this season to a schedule that requires<br />
each member to play all of the other league<br />
teams. As a result, Boustani says, the Panthers have<br />
had to scale back some of their non-league trips,<br />
but still will make a trek to Florida in mid-March<br />
to play traditional powers Armstrong Atlantic,<br />
Florida Southern, Embry-Riddle and Valdosta<br />
State. “We’ll find out a lot on that trip,” says<br />
Boustani, a threetime<br />
National<br />
Coach of the<br />
Year honoree.<br />
<strong>Drury</strong> had a<br />
string of four<br />
consecutive Elite<br />
Eight appearances<br />
snapped<br />
with last season’s<br />
Sweet 16 loss at<br />
the NCAA-II<br />
nationals.<br />
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Finished the season<br />
ranked #2 in the<br />
nation for singles<br />
where he posted<br />
a 24-2 mark and<br />
went 23-5 in<br />
doubles action in<br />
2006-07 ending<br />
the season ranked<br />
#16…2007<br />
Great Lakes Valley<br />
Conference Player<br />
of the Year.<br />
Was 15-5 in<br />
singles and 22-5 in<br />
doubles action last<br />
season in helping<br />
the Panthers to a<br />
national ranking<br />
of #6.<br />
A reserved player<br />
for the Belarussian<br />
Davis Cup team,<br />
Anton enjoyed a<br />
successful junior<br />
career and was<br />
ranked in the top<br />
five nationally.<br />
Posted a 12-3<br />
singles mark and<br />
was an All-Great<br />
Lakes Valley Conference<br />
honoree<br />
last season.<br />
Posted a 21-3<br />
singles mark and<br />
a 5-7 doubles<br />
record last season<br />
and was ranked<br />
#39 nationally in<br />
singles.<br />
Was an All-<br />
American at Tyler<br />
Junior College<br />
where he was on<br />
the #1 ranked<br />
doubles team and<br />
was #2 in the nation<br />
in singles.<br />
Was ranked #2<br />
in singles and<br />
#6 in doubles<br />
in France.