Women's tennis continues home stand
3/31/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
This week: Air Force continues its Mountain West home stand by hosting a pair of matches this weekend. The Falcons play Boise State on Friday, April 3, at 12:30 p.m. and Utah State on Saturday, April 4, at 10 a.m.
Last week: Air Force dropped its Mountain West opener in women's tennis to defending conference champion Fresno State, 7-0, Sunday morning at the Academy. The Falcons bounced back to defeat Metro State, 7-0, Sunday afternoon in a non-conference match.
Forlini sets new school mark for wins: Sophomore Chloe Forlini split a pair of singles matches and picked up a win in doubles play last weekend to improve to 29-7 overall in singles and 23-11 in doubles. Forlini set a new Air Force Division I record in singles victories with 29 and is now just two off the all-time school record of 31 set by Division II All-American Laura Simmons in 1994. Forlini defeated Haleigh Chobanian of Metro State, 6-1, 6-0, on Sunday to lead the Falcons to a 7-0 win. She teamed with Jocelle Rudico to win in doubles, 7-6, for the lone win for the Falcons in a loss to Fresno State that same day.
Head Coach Kim Gidley: Kim Gidley is in her 17th season as head coach of the women's tennis team at the Air Force Academy. The first civilian head coach in the 37-year history of the program, Gidley became the winningest coach in the history of the program in 2003 with her 76th victory. She recorded her 100th career victory during the 2005-06 season against South Dakota State and her 200th against Seattle University last season. She has a 227-220 career record. Gidley led the Falcons to a 17-9 record last season, the first time since moving to Division I in 1996 that the team has had five straight winning seasons. Gidley belongs to several professional tennis organizations, including the United States Professional Tennis Association. She has been honored twice by the USPTA as the Intermountain College Coach of the Year, most recently in March 2008. Among her other awards, she received the USTA/ITA National Community Outreach Award for 2009 as well as USAFA's Instructor of the Semester for lifetime sports.
Next up: Air Force continues Mountain West play at Colorado State on Friday, April 10, at 10 a.m. and at Wyoming on Saturday, April 11, at 2 p.m.
