Conference Highlights
The women's tennis team at King's has been a highly competitive program for many years with a number of players challenging for MAC honors. The team has been a frequent playoff qualifier and sports a solid winning tradition.
In 1994, King's standout Maria Adonizio became the first Lady Monarch player to win the MAC Individual Championships. Several other players have reached the semi-finals in either singles or doubles over the years.
In 2004, Megan Michael was the MAC runner-up and was also named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American First-Team.
In 2007-08, King's posted a school-record 15-7 mark and placed second in the MAC Freedom Conference Team Tournament. Kristen Hunter and Sarah Guza finished second in the 2007 MAC doubles tournament, earning all-conference honors along with Jillian Tallarico. In 2009, junior Lauren Breen finished second in the conference championship tournament.
The Lady Monarchs traditionally will play a minimum 15-match schedule, as well as the MAC team and individual championship tournaments.
Women's tennis in the MAC underwent a significant series of changes in 2010-11 as the conference schedule moved from the fall to the spring for the first time since 1993. The MAC Individual Championships are now held in the fall with the conference team tournament taking place in the spring. The team prepares for the individual tournament with a series of fall matches
Emily Biffen
The MAC initially started holding its team tournament in the spring during the 2007-08 campaign when the NCAA began awarding conference champions automatic berths into the Division III National Tournament. With the national event held in May, the MAC moved the conference team tournament to the spring to allow teams to schedule matches in preparation for the tournament. Now, the MAC has moved the conference match schedule to the spring to give teams a full slate to better prepare for the post-season.
King's also supplements its second semester schedule by traveling to Florida for a series of matches during Spring Break.
The team also has a proven track record for tremendous academic success, as evidenced by the 85 players who have been named to MAC All-Academic teams since 1993.
King's plays its home matches at Kirby Park, a 10-court facility, which underwent a facelift in August 2008, as the courts were resurfaced while the overhead lights were replaced. Kirby Park has served as host site of the MAC Championships for both the women's and men's tournaments over the years.
