The University of Minnesota Duluth tennis team will finish up the regular season road portion of the 2006 season with a trip to Vermillion, S.D. The Bulldogs will face Emporia State University on Saturday, April 1 at 5 p.m., and then volley with North Central Conference rival the University of South Dakota on Sunday, April 2 at 9 a.m.

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UMD Bulldog Tennis Match Notes April 1-2, 2006

THE RECORDS: UMD is 8-2 overall and 3-1 in NCC play after last weekends trip to St. Peter, Minn. The Hornets are 5-3 overall and have a 1-2 record in the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The Coyotes are 7-8 overall and are 0-2 in the league.

THE COACH: The two-time Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Coach of the Year, Dan Doyle (University of Minnesota, 1996), is in his sixth season with the Bulldogs. He has directed UMD to a 45-37 overall record, two NSIC championships (2003 and 2004) and two runner-up league finishes. A native of Duluth, Doyle served a two-year head coaching stint with both the Denfeld High School girl's and boy's tennis programs (1996-97). He later spent one season as the head girl's hockey coach at Red Wing High School.

BULLDOG BITS: In her first year with UMD, junior Anna Hockett has emerged as a key player for the Bulldogs...Hockett is 9-1 at the No. 1 singles position and has gone 8-2 at the No. 1 doubles with senior Kara Skildum...rookie Kelly Rosengren saw her first action on the court last weekend...Rosengren earned a win at the No. 6 singles position against Southwest Minnesota State University.

UP NEXT: Next weekend will be the final regular season of play for UMD...the Bulldogs will return home on Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9 to face NCC opponent the University of Nebraska-Omaha and then Minnesota State University-Crookston.