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Cypress College Chargers Women’s Tennis 1
2011 Women’s Tennis
CypressCHARGERS
Back Row (L-R): Coach Michelle Esquivel, Trish Tran, Jamee Biadora, Chelsea Logan, Theresa Roque, Nicole El-Ali, Head Coach Jeff Benito.Front Row (L-R): Jessica Zarate, Candie Aquino, Gianelle Cruz, Desiree JC Delon Barlis, Sharnen Chorn.
2011 Cypress Women’s Tennis RosterName Ht. Yr. Previous School/High School - HometownCandie Aquino 5’3” Fr. Kennedy HS - Angel, PhilippinesDesiree JC Delon Barlis 5’1” Fr. Francis Polytechnic HS - Sun ValleyJamee Biadora 5’4” Fr. Carson HS - CarsonSharnen Chorn 5’5” Fr. Garden Grove HS - Garden GroveGianelle Cruz 4’11” Fr. Connelly HS - CerritosNicole El-Ali 5’4” So. La Mirada HS - La MiradaChelsea Logan 5’9” Fr. Cerritos HS - CerritosTheresa Roque 5’8” Fr. Centennial HS - CoronaTrish Tran 5’3” Fr. Loara HS - VietnamJessica Zarate 5’4” Fr. El Rancho HS - Pico Rivera
2011 Charger Tennis Roster
Coaching StaffHead Coach Jeff Benito (2nd season)Assistant Coaches Michelle Esquivel (1st season)By ClassSophomores ........................ 1Freshmen ............................. 9Pronunciation GuideCandie Aquino.................. Ah-key-noGianelle Cruz............................ Ja-nellTeresa Roque............................ Ro-kay
2011 Charger Tennis Roster
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2011 CYPRESS WOMEN’S TENNIS
CHARGER FACTSCollege Information
Location.................... 9200 Valley View St......................................... Cypress, CA 90630Founded........................................... 1966Enrollment..................................... 14,000Nickname................................... ChargersColors.................................. Navy & GoldAssociation................................. CCCAAConference...................... Orange EmpirePresident............. Michael J. Kasler, Ed.D.Athletic Director................... Diane HenryWebsite............. www.cypresscollege.eduCollege Phone Number.... 714-484-7352Division Phone Number.... 714-484-7000
Women’s Tennis StaffHead Coach.......................... Jeff Benito....................................................... (2nd year)Email............. [email protected] Alma Mater............ University of La VerneOffice Phone.......................... 714-821-7870w w w. c y p re s s co l l e g e . e d u / mte n n i sTrainer...................................... Scott TuckerEquipment Manager........... Manny VerdugoAcademic Counselor.............. Dana BedardAthletic Secretary................ Yvonne CotaDivision Secretary................. Lu Cayabyab
Sports InformationSports Information Director... Teresa WangE-Mail............. [email protected] Phone............................. 714-484-7356w w w.c y presscol lege .e du/ath le t ic s
Women’s Tennis HistoryFirst Season of Tennis.............................. 1969First Tennis Head Coach........ Marian Dorn
2009 Season Review(Did not field a team in 2010)2009 Record........................................... 1-11Home Record.......................................... 1-5Away Record......................................... 0-6Conference Finish......................... 6th PlacePostseason Finish................................. N/ALast Opponent................ Riverside (L 1-8)
2011 Team InformationLetterwinners Returning........................... 1Newcomers.................................................. 9Sophomores/Freshmen.......................... 1/9First Opponent.......................... Rio Hondo............................................... February 22nd
TABLE OF CONTENTSCredits and Charger Facts.................. 12011 Season Preview.............................. 2 2011 Schedule........................................ 3Coaching Staff........................................ 4Nicole El-Ali.......................................... 6Candie Aquino........................................ 6Desiree JC Delon Barlis..................... 6Jamee Biadora........................................ 7Sharnen Chorn........................................ 7Gianelle Cruz........................................ 7Chelsea Logan........................................ 7Theresa Roque........................................ 8Trish Tran.............................................. 8Jessica Zarate.......................................... 82009 Season Review............................ 9Support Staff......................................... 10Charger Athletics................................. 11Cypress College................................... 12
CREDITSThe 2011 Women’s Tennis Media Guide is a publication of the Cypress College Physical Education/Athletics division. Written and designed by Te-resa Wang. Photos by Teresa Wang. Printed by the North Orange County Community College District.
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2011 SEASON PREVIEW
The 2011 Women’s Tennis program returns after a one year hiatus. This new squad features nine new
faces and one returner from the 2009 team. This team offers much desire and spirit and I’m excited to see how they’ll perform especially in the Orange Empire Conference which has ruled Women’s Tennis in the CCCAA.
Returning to the Chargers is Nicole El-Ali from the 2009 team. El-Ali played in the #1/2 position for Cypress and met with very tough competition. She teamed up with Yvonne Jara to play #1 doubles and had some success in conference play. Her experiencing playing in those posi-tions should provide some solidity to the Charger line up where this year El-Ali looks to play in the #3/4 position. El-Ali is a good player and an even better stu-dent. I’m extremely glad to have her back.
The Chargers welcome nine new
freshman. Looking to make an immedi-ate impact are Jamee Biadora from Car-son, CA. Biadora brings the most playing experience on the team as she success-fully competed in junior tournaments and in high school. Biadora is a tough com-petitor who should make a dent in the always tough Orange Empire Conference. Chelsea Logan comes to us from Cerri-tos, CA. Logan has been named the Cap-tain of team and has displayed exemplary leadership and baking skills. Logan has steadily improved since joining the squad in the fall and looks to test her skills in competition. Also joining the Chargers is Theresa ‘Tree’ Roque from Corona, CA. Roque has a feisty spirit and is a tough player. Roque brings experience from high school play and also from playing in USTA Jr. Team Tennis. The rest of the freshman squad look to bolster and deep-en the Charger line up which is definitely key to winning matches.
Coach Michelle Esquivel will be the key to the Charger Women’s Tennis programs success. Esquivel brings an impressive resume as a former stand-out player for conference rival Orange Coast College where she won Conference, Ojai, and State as an individual and with her team. From OCC Esquivel played under scholarship for Concordia University in Irvine. Michelle is a great role model for these young ladies. They can definitely benefit from her experience as a player because she knows what it takes to be the best and compete at a high level.
The future of the Charger’s Women’s Tennis program looks bring. We look to elevate the team to the high standard of success here at Cypress College especially with our highly touted women’s softball, soccer, basketball and volleyball pro-grams. Thank you to all who support our program and we look forward to seeing you out on the tennis courts.
“This team offers much desire and spirit and I’m excited to see how they’ll perform”
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2011 CHARGER SCHEDULE
2011 Charger Women's Tennis ScheduleDay Date Opponent Location TimeTuesday 2/22 RioHondo RioHondo 2:00pmThursday 2/24 *OrangeCoast OrangeCoast 2:00pm Friday 2/25 SantaBarbara SantaBarbara 2:00pm Tuesday 3/1 *IrvineValley IrvineValley 2:00pm Thursday 3/3 *Riverside Riverside 2:00pm Saturday 3/5 SanDiegoCity SanDiegoCity 9:00am Saturday 3/5 Grossmont Grossmont 2:30pm Tuesday 3/8 *Saddleback Cypress 2:00pm Thursday 3/10 *OrangeCoast Cypress 2:00pm Tuesday 3/15 *Fullerton Fullerton 2:00pm Thursday 3/17 ElCamino ElCamino 2:00pm Tuesday 3/22 *IrvineValley Cypress 2:00pm Thursday 3/24 *Riverside Cypress 2:00pm Tuesday 3/29 *Saddleback Saddleback 2:00pm Tuesday 4/5 *Fullerton Cypress 2:00pm Thu-Fri 4/14-15 *OECTournament Cypress TBA Tuesday 4/19 SoCalRegionals-Round1 TBA TBA Tuesday 4/26 SoCalRegionals-Round2 TBA TBA Wed-Fri 4/28-5/1 OjaiValleyTournament Ojai TBA Wednesday 5/4 SoCalRegionalFinals TBA TBA Sat-Mon 5/5-7 SoCalIndividualRegionals SanDiego TBA Thursday 5/12 StateChampionships Fresno TBA Fri-Sat 5/13-14 IndividualStateChampionships Fresno TBA*indicatesOrangeEmpireConferenceMatches
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COACHING STAFF
JEFF BENITOHead Coach2nd Season
University of La Verne
Benito came to Cypress to take over his first collegiate head coaching job after five sea-sons at conference rival Riverside College.
He immediately made an impact taking over a dilapidated program earning two conference championships and two playoff appearances in just his first three years on the Men’s side. Beni-to’s accomplishments have been recognized by fellow coaches and was named the Orange Em-pire Conference Coach of the Year in each of his first three years. He splits his time between the Men and Women’s program for the Chargers.
At Riverside, Benito served as the Tigers’
men’s and women’s assistant coach. While at Riverside, he was part of the staff that kept the women’s program’s success on track while turn-ing around the men’s program earning a confer-ence championship in 2006 and two top ten fin-ishes in 2006 and 2007.
Benito played at Riverside while earning his associates degree before moving on to University of La Verne to earn his bachelors in kinesiology and then to Cal Baptist where he earned his mas-ters in kinesiology as well. Benito also keeps busy working for the USTA/SCTA as the Area League Commissioner for Junior Team Tennis.
Benito’s Record at CypressOverall OEC OEC Year Record Record Finish Playoffs2009 1-11 1-10 6th Totals 1-11 1-10 Playoff Record: 0-0(1 year) (.083) (.091) (.000)
MICHELLE ESQUIVELAssistant Coach
2nd Season
This is Esquivel’s first season as assistant coach with women’s tennis at Cypress. She has experience instructing at both Tustin Hills Racquet club and Upland Tennis Club as a
teaching pro. As a former collegiate athlete, she attended Santa Ana College her freshman year and became the first woman in California Community College history to win the singles state title while concurrently attending Sunny Hills High School. During her sophomore sea-son at Orange Coast College, she was undefeated in singles and led her team to win the Cali-fornia Community College dual team. Esquivel also won the prestigious Ojai Championship in 2005 and State Championships in singles and doubles with partner Jessica Rice that same year. She finished at Concordia University, Irvine on scholarship and became ranked #17 nationally for women’s singles in NAIA. Currently finishing her degree in Exercise Sport Science with emphasis on teaching and coaching, Esquivel hopes to bring her experience and tennis knowledge to bolster the Cypress College Tennis program.
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2011 Player Prof lesi
FreshmanJAMEE BIADORA
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2011 PLAYER PROFILES
NICOLE EL-ALI5’4” Sophomore
La Mirada HS - La Mirada
Cypress Highlights: Played in fifteen match-es for the Chargers in 2009... finished the year with two doubles wins.High School Highlights: Was the Matadores’ team captain as a junior... was
a part of the number one doubles team for La Mirada as a sophomore and junior... was a varsity letter winner as a fresh-man at El Dorado High School. Personal: Born on Feb-
ruary 23, 1989... parents are Suki and Sam El-Ali... sister is Dannielle... ma-joring in biology... favor-ite quote is, “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
CANDIE AQUINO5’3” Freshman
Kennedy HS - Angel, Philippines
Cypress Highlights: Chose Cypress College because she liked how beautiful the campus is.High School Highlights: Played four years of var-sity tennis… also played varsity basketball, wa-ter polo and volleyball… competed in doubles in tennis as a freshman and sophomore… played sin-
gles and doubles as a ju-nior and senior.Personal: Born on Au-gust 4th, 1989... parents are Samuel and Cynthia Aquino… siblings are Grace and Evan… major-ing in political science and psychology… enjoys scuba diving, surfing and gardening… speaks four languages.
DESIREE JC DELON BARLIS5’1” Freshman
Francis Polytechnic HS - Sun Valley
Cypress Highlights: Chose to play at Cypress College because of the coaches.High School Highlights: Played tennis in high school.
Personal: Born on Oc-tober 16th, 1984... father is Gregorio C. Barlis… brother is Leonard… ma-joring in nursing… enjoys rollerblading, fishing and playing beach volleyball.
According the Coach Benito:“Since this is Nicole’s second sea-son playing collegiate tennis, I believe she’s going to try to be more aggressive in both singles and double. With her being the only sophomore, she sets the tone at practices and helps with team bonding. It will be exciting to watch her in action this season.”
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2011 PLAYER PROFILES
JAMEE BIADORA5’4” Freshman
Carson HS - Carson
Cypress Highlights: Chose to play at Cypress after Michelle Esquivel convinced her to come out for the team.High School Highlights: Three-year varsity letter winner…member of the Key club, Mahar lika, Hu-
manitas and the Carson Student Movement.Personal: Born on May 26th, 1992... parents are Zebedee and Imelda Bia-dora… siblings are John and Jasmine… majoring in nursing.
SHARNEN CHORN5’5” Freshman
Garden Grove HS - Garden Grove
Cypress Highlights: Chose to play for the Chargers because she missed playing tennis from high school.High School Highlights: Earned varsity letter as a senior… also played vol-
leyball and softball.Personal: Born on Sep-tember 26th, 1992... par-ent is Khoeum Yun… sisters are Sharon and Karen… majoring in nurs-ing.
GIANELLE CRUZ4’11” Freshman
Connelly HS - Cerritos
Cypress Highlights: Chose to play at Cypress because she wanted to become a better tennis player and wanted to chal-lenge herself physically to be the best she could be.High School Highlights: Three-year varsity letter winner… was involved in
the Make-a-Wish-Foun-dation.Personal: Born on August 1st, 1991... parents are Efren and Gwen Cruz... brother is Geremy… ma-joring in biology… enjoys playing piano… naturally left handed, but plays ten-nis with her right hand.
CHELSEA LOGAN5’9” Freshman
Cerritos HS - Cerritos
Cypress Highlights: Chose to play for the Chargers because she likes the coaching staff.High School Highlights: Earned varsity letters as a sophomore, junior and se-nior… won league cham-pionship in doubles her final three years.
Personal: Born on De-cember 22nd, 1992... parents are Lynn and J. Douglas Logan… brother is Lee… majoring in busi-ness… enjoys baking… formerly a gymnist… Fa-vorite Quote: “I like be-ing vague instead of doing those other things I like to do.”
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2011 PLAYER PROFILES
THERESA ROQUE5’8” Freshman
Centennial HS - Corona
Cypress Highlights: Chose to play for the Chargers after talking to Michelle Esquivel and hearing about how good the tennis was at Cypress College.High School Highlights: Played two years of varsity tennis… helped team get to the playoffs as a junior… named team captain as a senior and played No. 1 doubles… played on the
USTA Junior Tennis Team (Court Queens)… quarter finalist at the Big 8 Tour-nament as a junior… No. 3 seed at the Big 8 Tourna-ment as a senior.Personal: Born on May 1st, 1992... parents are Antonio and Maritess Roque… siblings are Tim-othy, Nicole and Krystal… majoring in business… nickname is “Tree”… en-joys photography.
TRISH TRAN5’3” Freshman
Loara HS - Vietnam
Cypress Highlights: Chose to play at Cypress because she missed play-ing tennis on a team and decided to join again.High School Highlights: Four-year varsity letter-winner in badminton… two-year letterwinner in tennis and basketball… played No. 3 doubles in tennis as a junior… played
No. 1 singles and No. 2 mixed doubles in badmin-ton as a senior.Personal: Born on No-vember 11th, 1990... par-ents are Nhan Minh Tran and Kim Nong Nguyen… brother is Nathaniel… en-joys playing badminton and surfing… very outgo-ing and open minded.
JESSICA ZARATE5’4” Freshman
El Rancho HS - Pico Rivera
Cypress Highlights: Chose to play at Cypress out of the blue and enjoys her teammates and coach-es.High School Highlights: Earned varsity letters as a junior and senior… also
played volleyball and soft-ballPersonal: Born on June 21st, 1992... parents are Jesse and Kathy Zarate… siblings are Jesse and Jes-tine… major is undecided.
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2009 REVIEW
2009 ResultsDate Opponent Location Result Record2/10 El Camino Cypress L 2-5 0-12/19 *Fullerton Cypress L 0-9 0-2, 0-12/24 *Irvine Valley Irvine Valley L 0-9 0-3, 0-22/26 *Orange Coast Cypress L 0-9 0-4, 0-33/3 *Saddleback Saddleback L 0-9 0-5, 0-43/10 *Riverside Riverside L 0-9 0-6, 0-52/12 *Santa Ana Santa Ana L 3-6 0-7, 0-63/17 *Santa Ana Cypress W 6-3 1-7, 1-63/19 *Fullerton Fullerton L 0-9 1-8, 1-73/24 *Irvine Valley Cypress L 0-9 1-9, 1-83/26 *Orange Coast Orange Coast L 0-9 1-10, 1-94/1 *Riverside Cypress L 1-8 1-11, 1-12*Orange Empire Conference Match
Final 2009Conference Standings
Team Conf. Record Overall Record1. Saddleback 11-1 15-1 2. Fullerton 10-2 16-2 3. Orange Coast 9-3 11-4 4. Riverside 6-6 9-10 5. Irvine Valley 4-8 5-9 6. Cypress 1-11 1-12 6. Santa Ana 1-11 1-11
* Cypress did not field a team in 2010
Final 2010Conference Standings
Team Conf. Record Overall Record1. Saddleback 8-0 14-02. Irvine Valley 5-3 9-33. Orange Coast 5-3 8-34. Fullerton 2-6 8-65. Riverside 0-8 6-9
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SUPPORT STAFFAthletic Director - Diane Henry
Henry has led the Cypress College Physical Education and Athletics department since 1992 as the Department Dean and Athletic Director. Henry began her Cypress Col-
lege career as the women’s athletic trainer in 1978, becoming the trainer for the school in 1980. During her tenure, Henry has served on numerous boards and committees within the campus. She has a Masters in Education from Azusa Pacific University and a B.A. and M.A. in Physical Education from CSU Long Beach.Phone: 714-484-7355 Email: [email protected]
Sports Information Director - Teresa Wang
Wang is in her fifth year as the Charger’s Sports Information Director. She began her stint at Cypress as an assistant for the women’s basketball team where she was part
of the 2004-05 State Championship staff. She has her B.A. from University of California Berkeley in economics, a master’s de-gree in Sport Management from the University of San Francisco, and a masters in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University.Phone: 714-484-7356 Email: [email protected]
Athletic Trainer - Scott Tucker
Tucker is in his 25th year as the head athletic trainer. He is in charge of the health care of all of Cypress’s student athletes. He is known for his commitment to the strength
and conditioning of our student athletes and conducts several on going volunteer pro-grams. He is a graduate from the University of Utah, where he also taught athletic train-ing courses as well as first aid/CPR. Tucker is also an adjunct faculty member - teaching courses in athletic training and First Aid.Phone: 714-484-7381 Email: [email protected]
Academic Counselor - Dana Bedard
Bedard begins his 18th year as a counselor and professor at Cypress College. This will be the tenth year he has been responsible for the athletic counseling component of the
athletic program. Bedard is also the Cypress Men’s Golf coach and is entering his eighth season.Phone: 714-484-7276 Email: [email protected]
Compliance OfficerYvonne Cota
Phone: 714-484-7276Email: [email protected]
EquipmentCoordinatorTeresa Sestito
Phone: 714-484-7376Email:[email protected]
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CYPRESS ATHLETICS
Cypress Community Col-lege boasts a well rounded physical education cur-
riculum along with a successful sports program featuring 13 in-tercollegiate teams and a strong support staff of professionals. The school also has a wheelchair bas-ketball program. Student-athletes are provided quality individual instruction, the chance to de-velop to their full potential and the oppor-tunity to earn a four-year col-lege or univer-sity scholar-ship. C y p r e s s , which offers seven sports for women and six for men, has had a solid line-up of teams and indi-vidual athletes who have excelled since the college first opened its doors in 1966. In recent years, the baseball, softball, women’s soccer and women’s basketball programs
have taken center stage. In 1997 the baseball and softball squads, coached by brothers Scott and Brad Pickler, captured state championships. The baseball crown was the third
of the 1990s under the direction of Scott Pickler who has over 700 wins in his 22 years at the school and captured the state championship again in 2003. Trevor Hoffman of the San Diego Padres, who played at Cypress in 1986 and 1987, is a four-
time Major League all-star and holds the MajorLeague record for career saves. Brad Pickler, has also had a great deal of success. He has led the softball team to a record six state titles while winning over 1,000 games. The Chargers were the first Cali-fornia school to capture three consecutive state championships (1997, 1998, 1999).
Cypress only start-ed playing intercolle-giate women’s soccer in 1991, but the late Ray Haas quickly built the program into a consistent winner. The Chargers won State Championships in 1998, 1999 and 2004.
Cypress’ 27-0 season in 1999 was rewarded with a No. 1 national ranking by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Cypress captured its first women’s basketball championship in 2005. Margaret Mohr’s team set a school record with 28 wins
against five defeats. Cypress enjoys strong support from the community and student body, who are part of the traditionally popular athletic pro-gram.
Cypress College State ChampionshipsArchery - 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982Baseball - 1991, 1994, 1997, 2003
Men’s Basketball - 1977, 1980Women’s Basketball - 2005
Women’s Golf - 1997Women’s Soccer - 1998, 1999, 2004
Softball - 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2010
2003 Baseball State Champions
2010 Softball State Champions
2005 Basketball State Champions
2004 Soccer State Champions
1977 Basketball State Champions
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CYPRESS COLLEGE
Cypress College enriches students’ lives by providing high quality education for transfer to four-year institutions, associate degrees,
career technical education, and certificate coursework, as well as basic skills and opportunities for lifelong learning. The college is committed to promoting student learning and success, embracing diversity, and contributing to both the economic and social development of the sur-rounding community.
Cypress College is a comprehensive two-year, public college. As a member of the 109-campus California Community Col-lege System, we offer the following:
FULL-CREDIT: 58 bachelor’s-degree pro-grams are equivalent to the first two years at Cal State, the University of California, and many private universities
FAST: 141 career-certificate programs, completed in one semester to two years
EARN MORE: Associate’s degrees in 51 areas of study; earning an associate’s de-gree boosts lifetime earnings by $250,000
LOW COST: $78, plus books, for a typical class
FINANCIAL AID: Cypress College ad-ministers more than $12 million annually
FLEXIBLE: Classes available during the day, evening, on the weekend and even online community that embraces diverse individuals, provides an accessible, sup-portive climate and encourages a variety of perspectives and opinions.
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CandieAquino5’3”Freshman
KennedyHS-Angel,Philippines
DesireeJCDelonBarlis5’1”Freshman
FrancisPolytechnicHS-SunValley
JameeBiadora5’4”Freshman
CarsonHS-Carson
SharnenChorn5’5”Freshman
GardenGroveHS-GardenGrove
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GianelleCruz4’11”Freshman
ConnellyHS-CerritosHS
NicoleEl-Ali5’4”Sophomore
LaMiradaHS-LaMirada
ChelseaLogan5’9”Freshman
CerritosHS-Cerritos
TheresaRoque5’8”Freshman
CentennialHS-Corona
TrishTran5’3””Freshman
LoaraHS-Vietnam
JessicaZarate5’4”Freshman
ElRanchoHS-PicoRivera