NCAA Tourament Media Guide - May 8, 2008 - Quinnipiac University

Under Quitko’s tutelage, the doubles team of Stephanie
Petrycki/Cristin Arahovites earned the school’s first-ever
ITA Northeast Regional ranking in the 2001-02 season,
checking in at No. 15. In 2001-02, Quitko had a combined
10 players from the two teams earn All-Northeast Conference
honors.
In 2000-01, the women’s team posted a 14-3 record and
made the NEC championship match for the second straight
year.
In 1999-2000, the women’s team recorded a school record
20-4 mark and advanced to the NEC championship
match. As a result, Quitko earned NEC “Coach of the Year
accolades. In 1998-99, the Bobcats finished with an overall
record of 15-7 and a third place finish in the Northeast
Conference.
On the men’s side, Quinnipiac was 9-8 in 2000-2001 and
finished with a respectable 11-8-1 record during the 1999-
2000 season.
Named the Northeast-10 Women’s Tennis Coach of the
Year in 1992, 1993 and 1996. Quitko was also named
the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year in 2000 and
2004.
Quitko led the Bobcats to a 10-2 record and a secondplace
finish in the NE-10 Championships in 1992. It was
then that the Bobcats began a 42 dual-match undefeated
streak in conference play that spanned four seasons from
1993-1996.
The squad established a then-school record of 12 victories
in 1993 and won four consecutive NE-10 Championship
crowns from 1993 through 1996.
Quitko captured national recognition following the 1994-
95 season as he was honored as the ITA/Wilson Division II
Women’s Tennis National Coach of the Year. The award followed
yet another 12-victory season and the team’s firstever
NCAA Division II regional Tournament appearance.
The 1995 season was highlighted by a top-20 national
ranking, the NE-10 regular season and tournament titles,
and the squad’s second NCAA Division II East regional appearance.
Quitko has enjoyed similar success as the leader of the
men’s tennis program. He led the team to two straight
Northeast-10 regular season and tournament titles in their
final two seasons in Division II. For his efforts, Quitko was
voted the NE-10 Men’s Coach of the Year in 1993, 1997
and 1998.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Quitko is a 1973 graduate of
Southern Connecticut, earning a B.A. in communications.
He is the current U.S.P.T.A./New England president and
certified tester, as well as a National Board of Directors
member. He is also on staff at the North Haven Health &
Racquet Club. Summers, Quitko is the Head Tennis Professional
at the Ridgetop Club in North Haven.
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THE MICHAEL QUITKO FILE
• Guided the women’s tennis team to five consecutive
NCAA Tournament appearances (2004-08)
• Led the men’s tennis team to three consecutive NCAA
Tournament appearances (2004-06)
• 2008 NEC Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year
• Earned his 400th win, April 8, 2008
• One of five Division I tennis coaches to guide both
men’s and women’s tennis teams to the 2006 NCAA
Tournament
• One of three Division I tennis coaches to guide both
men’s and women’s tennis teams to the 2005 NCAA
Tournament
• 2004 and 2005 NEC Coach of the Year (Men’s and
Women’s Tennis)
• One of two Division I tennis coaches to guide both
men’s and women’s teams to the 2004 NCAA Tournament
(along with Winthrop’s Cid Carvalho)
• 2004 USA Tennis New England College Coach of the
Year
• All-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac tennis history
(408)
• Second all-time among active New England tennis
coaches in career wins
• ITA Wilson Division II Women’s National Tennis Coach
of the Year (1994-95)
• Six-time Northeast Conference Coach of the Year
• Six-time Northeast-10 Coach of the Year
• Two NCAA Division II East Regional appearances
COLLEGE DEGREE
• BA, Southern Connecticut, 1973
ACTIVE NEW ENGLAND DIVISION I COACHING LEADERS
Name (School) Wins
Dave Fish (Harvard men) 501
Michael Quitko (Quinnipiac men/women) 408
Judy Dixon (UMass men/women)^ 325
Lesley Sheehan (Boston University women) 291
Chuck Kinyon (Dartmouth) 263
^coaching stint at Yale
Quitko resides in North Haven with his wife, Betsy. The
couple has a daughter, Megan, a 2000 Quinnipiac graduate.