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1. Women's Tennis Athlete of the Year

Tennis (W) :: Francesca Fusinato :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 6 Iss. 11

Francesca Fusinato | Freshman | Feltre, Italy It didn’t take long for freshman Francesca Fusinato to make an impact on the Virginia Tech women’s tennis program. In her first collegiate season, she spent the majority of her p…

2. News & Notes

Tennis (W) :: News & Notes :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 6 Iss. 10

Wolff and staff add two more Tech women’s basketball coach Dennis Wolff and his staff signed two prospects to letters-of-intent during the spring signing period, adding 6-foot-3 forward Regan Magarity and 6-3 forward Dominique Pow…

3. News & Notes

Tennis (W) :: News & Notes :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 6 Iss. 8

Hokies land transfer QB Michael Brewer, a quarterback from Lake Travis, Texas, will be transferring to Virginia Tech after spending the previous three years at Texas Tech. He plans to graduate from Texas Tech in May and then t…

4. Women's Tennis Athlete of the Year

Tennis (W) :: Ilinca Stoica :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 5 Iss. 11

Ilinca Stoica | Freshman | Piatra Neamt, Romania Illinca Stoica’s overall singles record wasn’t above .500, but she played all except two of her 59 matches – singles and doubles – at the No. 1 flight, and for what she what s…

5. The 2012-13 athletics year ranks as one of the best ever for Tech

Tennis (W) :: From the Editor's Desk :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 5 Iss. 11

The NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships marked the end of the 2012-13 sports year for Virginia Tech athletics, and it rounded out arguably the greatest athletics year in the history of the university. That may seem like…

6. Women's Tennis Athlete of the Year

Tennis (W) :: Shannon Betts :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 11

Shannon Betts | Senior | Newnan, Ga. Shannon Betts was one of the more consistent performers for the Tech women’s tennis team this past season, and that was one reason why she and teammate Martha Blakely shared team MVP honors as an…

7. PROUD OF HER PEOPLE - Despite being 6,000 miles away, Tech tennis player Yasmin Hamza felt pride at the revolution that ended an oppressive regime in her native Egypt

Tennis (W) :: Women's Tennis Spotlight :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 9

Yasmin Hamza is not an American – in fact, she’s an Egyptian – but she certainly resembles any other normal American college student. She carries around a Blackberry and is an incessant texter. She loves to randomly surf the Inte…

8. Athlete of the Year - Queen Harrison

Tennis (W) :: Sport-by-sport Athletes of the year :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 2 Iss. 11

QUEEN HARRISON - Overall Athlete of the Year Senior, Hurdler, Women's Track and Field, Richmond, Virginia Queen Harrison For all her crowning glory during her first three years at Virginia Tech – from school records to ACC champio…

9. Six to be inducted into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame

Tennis (W) :: VT News and Notes :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 2 Iss. 2

Six to be inducted into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame A former head coach and former student-athletes from five different sports make up the 2009 class selected for the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame. The six inductees include: …

10. Marcel Lomnicky is Virginia Tech's Athlete of the Year

Tennis (W) :: Athlete of the Year :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 11

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - Marcel Lomnicky (men's track and field) Nitra, Slovakia Freshman - Thrower Marcel Lomnicky has recorded a career’s worth of accomplishments in less than six months. The freshman from Slovakia enrolle…

11. Track and field squads highlight 'championship month' for Hokies

Tennis (W) :: Olympic Sports Beat :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 10

April was unofficially ‘championship month’ in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with league titles up for grabs in the sports of men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’ tennis, golf and lacrosse. Here’s a look at …

12. Game, set, match - Inga Beermann recently concluded an impressive tennis career at Virginia Tech

Tennis (W) :: Women's Tennis Spotlight :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 10

Inga BeermannWhen Inga Beermann went up on stage to accept her strength and conditioning athlete of the year award at the Virginia Tech All-Sports Banquet on May 4, she spontaneously and jokingly flexed her biceps as she posed for the ph…

13. Olympic Sports Report - Taking a look at some of Tech's other athletics teams

Tennis (W) :: Olympic Sports Beat :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 9

BASEBALL Steve Domecus ended the month of March on a 19-game hitting streak. The Tech baseball team concluded the month of March by playing a pair of games at completely different ends of the spectrum. A March 29 loss at N.C. …

14. Men's swimming and diving places fifth at ACC Championships

Tennis (W) :: Olympic Sports Beat :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 8

SWIMMING AND DIVING We already touched on the women’s team’s success in the piece about Sara Smith, but the H2Okie men fared pretty well at the ACC Championships, taking fifth place in the meet that ended on February 28. Tech b…

15. Tech student-athletes remain active in local communities

Tennis (W) :: Student Life :: :: Vol. 1 Iss. 7

This past fall, members of the men’s basketball team read to children at local elementary schools. Practice, class, rehabilitating injuries, film review, training room, study hall and tutoring sessions – it’s all in a day’s wo…

16. New Year's Resolutions

Tennis (W) :: New Years Resolution :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 6

My New Year’s Resolution is … To have my best year ever academically and baseball-wise. Also, to win the ACC Championship. - Rhett Ballard, Baseball To learn how to dance. - Martha Blakely, Women’s Tennis To become an a…

17. Tech AD provides answers on a wide array of topics

Tennis (W) :: Jim Weaver Q&A :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 1 Iss. 1

Virginia Tech is entering its fifth season in the ACC and there is a lot of going on within the athletics program. We sat down with Jim Weaver, director of athletics, as part of our annual Q&A to get his thoughts on a wide range of topic…