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TENNIS TAKES ANOTHER TITLE


When the women’s tennis team captured its 21st Big South title in April, it extended an unprecedented record. No other league member, current or former, has won more than three tournament titles. Te season also ended with the retirement of long-time Coach Cid Carvalho ’81, ’89.


Te 2019 team – a small group known for its focus, determination and grit - went unbeaten in conference play for the second consecutive season. Four Eagles ended this spring’s regular season undefeated in conference singles: Ellie Burns, Lauren Proctor, Rafaela Santos and Alisa Soloveva.


Proctor earned her fourth consecutive Big South Player of the Year accolade, finishing with a 20-2 record and reaching the 20-win mark every year of her Winthrop career. Playing at the number two position, Soloveva also was dominant, putting up a 17-match winning streak in her 18-1 overall record.


Proctor called being a member of the women’s tennis team an incredible journey. “Winning the Big South all four years was by far one of the biggest accomplishments,” said Proctor, who earned her exercise science degree in May. “I believe a lot of our success was due to the fine coaching by Cid.”


Carvalho called this 2019 team one of his best.


“It's always prestigious and an honor to win the Big South title, then to advance and represent Winthrop and the Big South in the NCAA tournament,” said Carvalho, who scheduled non-conference matches with nearby tennis powerhouse schools. “Our girls really believe we can do well.”


Winthrop made program history in 2018 with its first


win in the NCAA Tournament, defeating No. 20 Auburn 4-3 to advance to the second round. In this year’s NCAA Tournament, the No. 32 ranked Oklahoma team escaped with a narrow 4-3 win over the Eagles in the first round.


Te doubles combo of Megan Kauffman and Proctor represented Winthrop in May at the NCAA Division I Tennis Championships for the second consecutive year. Kauffman and Proctor finished the season with a No. 48 ranking. Proctor finished ranked No. 52 in singles.


Kauffman said it was an honor to play under a legendary coach. “He has created a culture where Winthrop Eagles play with heart and tenacity. It’s because of this heart we were able to beat such accomplished teams like Auburn in 2018. It’s for moments like those that you play college sports,” said Kauffman, who graduated in May in exercise science. “My time as an Eagle was filled with momentous triumphs, nail-biting matches and incredible people. It has been a life- changing experience.”


Big South awards followed: Carvalho was named 2019 Coach of the Year, four Eagles (Proctor, Soloveva, Santos and Burns) earned All-Conference in singles, and all three Winthrop doubles duos earned All-Conference honors (Proctor/ Kauffman, Soloveva/Santos, Burns/Tayla Van Eck).


Carvalho called his coaching career at Winthrop “a great ride.”


Te Sao Paulo, Brazil, native took the reins of the men's and women's tennis programs in 1985, coaching both teams for 26 seasons. Te duties of the two positions were divided in 2011, and Carvalho led the women's team for the next eight seasons.


“I’m very grateful and blessed to have been the head tennis coach for all these years. I think once an Eagle, always an Eagle, so although I'm retiring I'm hoping to stay involved with the program and help the coaches and the tennis programs and athletics department as I move forward,” Carvalho said. “I’m forever thankful to all the people that played, coached, helped or supported the tennis programs throughout the years. Go Eagles!”


Opposite page top to bottom: Tennis players celebrated the team's second round win over Campbell University and the team posed with the Big South Conference championship trophy. Left: Head Coach Cid Carvalho was given the honor of placing Winthrop in the champion bracket after the team won the program's 21st Big South title.


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