Ever since coach Chris Bizot's arrival at UT Tyler in 2005, the Patriots womens tennis team has been a force to be reckoned with.  UT Tyler has won four American Southwest Conference championships in a row, losing just one match in conference play during Bizot's tenure. 

Expectations once again run high as UT Tyler prepares for the 2012 tennis season.  After going 17-8 with a NCAA berth in 2011, the Patriots have a strong nucleus of four returning seniors that will look to keep the championship streak alive.

Seniors:

Ashley Albro (League City, TX)- Albro went 2-0 in singles competion as a junior, but made her mark in doubles, going 20-4 teamed up with the now graduated Lauren Giovannini.  Albro finished 2011 going 5-0 in ASC play in doubles competition.  In her career with the Patriots, Albro has gone 15-5 in singles and 32-13 in doubles competition.

Sydni Hermsdorf (Spring, TX)-  During her career at UT Tyler, Hermsdorf has amassed an impressive 49-23 record in singles competition (sixth most wins all-tome) and 69-16 in doubles competition (second most all-time), including a perfect 28-0 combined record in ASC play.  In 2011, Hermsdorf was named an ITA All-American to go along with her third straight year as an All-Conference performer. 

Morgan Wilkins (Wimberley, TX)- A two-time All-Conference performer, Wilkins looks to build off of a successful 2011 season in which she went 15-5 (3-0) in singles competition.  Wilkins currently ranks eighth all-time in singles wins, with 32.

Brittany Trich (Longview, TX)-  In 2011, Trich went 17-7 (5-0) in singles matches, garnering All-Conference honors for the second straight year.  Trich's 32 wins rank seventh all-time on the UT Tyler career wins list, while her .804 win percentage is the best singles win percentage in school history.

Sophomore:

Jessica Blundell (Rowlett, TX)-  As a freshman, Blundell won 15 matches (5-0 in ASC) in singles competition and 16-8 in doubles matches, garnering All-Conference honors.  Blundell was also named the ASC Freshman of the Year in 2011.

Newcomers:  Emily Evans (FR., Fredericksburg, TX); Amy Friesenhahn (FR., Austin, TX); Jennifer Payne (FR., Transfer from Midwestern State)

The 2012 Spring tennis season gets underway on February 18 at 3 p.m. against McMurry at the Summers Tennis Center in Tyler.