Bulldog Season Summaries

2002
Final Record:  19-4;  Final Ranking:  No. 12

TranSouth Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champions;  NAIA Region XI Tournament Runner-up; Advanced to the final sixteen of the national tournament; Philippe Sylvestre was named TranSouth Player of the Year and Gary Johnson was named TranSouth Coach of the Year

2001
Final Record:  16-5;  Final Ranking:  No. 9

TranSouth Conference Regular Season Champions; TranSouth Conference Tournament Champions;  NAIA Region XI Champions; Sweet Sixteen of Naional Tournament

The Bulldogs finished the season ranked #12 in the NAIA...appeared in their third straight National Tournament...won the regular season TranSouth Conference Title...Mario Cobo and Johnathan Lebella were selected NAIA All-Americans...Luis Pozzi was also named an NAIA Academic All-American...Labella, Tilli, and Sylvester were named to the All-Conference team...Head Coach Gary Johnson was named TranSouth Coach of the Year.

1999
Final Record: 17-2

Finished the season ranked # 9 in the nation...Mario Cobo and Balazs Tili were named NAIA All-Americans...Cobo and Balazs finished 17th and 23rd respectively in the singles ratings...Head Coach Gary Johnson was named TranSouth Coach of the Year.

1998
Final Record:  12-4

1997
Final Record:  4-10

1996
Final Record:  15-5

1995
Final Record:  14-6

Finished third in the TCAC...was led by All-Conference performers Eric Gottschalk (singles), Christen Arens (singles and doubles) and Wayne Young (doubles)...Kevin Foxworth was selected TCAC Scholar Athlete...Foxworth was also the first Bulldog to receive a national ranking (#49 in the pre-season poll)...Foxworth and Gottschalk won the Southeast Rolex Doubles Championship and recieved a bid to the Rolex National Championships during the fall. Coach Brice Bishop was voted TCAC Coach of the Year.

1994
Final Record:  14-5

Won the TCAC Championship for the first time in school history with a 10-2 mark...finished third in the District 24 Tournament, the Bulldog's highest finish ever...led by All-District performers Derek Drake (singles), Mark James (doubles), Wayne Young (singles), and Nathan Willingham (doubles)...Drake (singles and doubles), James (singles), and Young (doubles) were All-TCAC...Drake won the District at the #4 singles position.

1993
Final Record:  11-11

Finished fifth in the District 24 Tournament, only one point out of third place...finished fourth in the TCAC with an even 6-6 record...was led by All-District performers Derek Drake, Sam Warner, and Boris Zakic...Drake was runner up at the #3 singles position while Warner and Zakic finished second at the #3 doubles position.

1992
Final Record:  11-14

Finished fifth in the District 24 Tournament after posting an 8-6 record...was led by sophomore John Mole's 18-5 overall record at the top position...Mole became the first Bulldog to earn All-District honors at the #1 position...Mole lost in finals to Trevecca's Carlos Bianchi, ranked #2 nationally...Gary Johnson was honored as a TCAC Scholar Athlete...the Bulldogs played the toughest schedule ever with seven opponents being nationally ranked.

1990
Final Record:  6-13

Despite a lineup that included three walk-on players and no seniors, Union's netters posted a 5-6 league mark and placed 7th out of 15 at the District 24 Tournament...junior Bart Whitnell posted the team's top singles record and teamed with junior Gary Bailey to compile the top doubles mark as well...Bailey received the honor of being named an NAIA Scholar Athlete.

1988
Final Record:  11-11

Finished with a 6-8 record in the TCAC (5th place)...finished 8th in the NAIA District 24 Tournament...Bo Bankston reached the semifinals in singles...Bart Whitnell had the team's best singles record at 13-10...Whitnell and Robert Johnson had the top doubles mark at 15-9 and defeated the nation's number four team in dual match play...four freshman were in the starting lineup.

1987
Final Record:  8-17

Despite fielding a team with 3 players without previous tennis experience, Union finished in the upper division of the NAIA District 24 Tournament and placed two players on the All-District team...Gunnar Adalberth and Robert Johnson reached the finals at #1 doubles and Adalberth and Marty Steinmetz were singles semifinalists...Adalberth was named to the NAIA Academic All-American team for the 2nd straight year, defeated four nationally ranked players and became the first #1 singles player to win 20 matches at that position in a season for Union.

1986
Final Record:  13-13

Won 8 of the last 11 matches and then palced fifth in the District 24 Tournament...Dusty Doddridge became only the second Union player to achieve 20 victories in singles and doubles in the same season...Doddridge and Greg McCloud reached the tournament semifinals in singles...Gunnar Adalberth defeated the nation's #5 ranked player in dual match play.