The Edgewood College women's tennis left for Chicago on Wednesday to prepare for their fourth NCAA Division III Tournament appearance in the last five years. NBC-15 of Madison caught up with head coach Ben Oestreich and the team on their last practice before the trip. Special thanks to Robb Vogel and Hobie Artigue for the coverage...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
2012 Women's Tennis Review
2012 Women's Tennis Fall Review:
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Women's Tennis 2011 Fall Season Review
Head women's tennis coach Ben Oestreich talks about the Eagles fourth consecutive Northern Athletics Conference title and preparations for the spring season.Women's Tennis Fall Review:
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Beckwith featured on Edgewood.edu
Edgewood College women's basketball and women's tennis student-athlete Shae Beckwith was recently profiled on Edgewood College's main website. Beckwith recently completed an intense internship with toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc. Read about it here:Student Profile - Shae Beckwith
(Pictured: Shae Beckwith with Edgewood College President Dan Carey)
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Men's Tennis spring trip #7: The Double Blog edition
Rexford Shield of the men's tennis team is keeping a running diary of the Eagle men's and women's tennis team trip to Hilton Head, S.C...
On the fourth day, we rested. Everything was extremely laid back after an exhausting week of intense college tennis. Everyone pretty much had their own schedule and did as they pleased. The guys went to a local restaurant, grabbed some food, and watched some of the NCAA tournament games while the women went to the beach and the shops around noon time.
As a team, we then relaxed by the pool and soaked up the Hilton Head sun. What should come as a surprise is that we didn't do that much eating today due to the fact that we weren't in the house much. In the afternoon, Clint, Hannah, Cody, and Coach hit at the local tennis courts when everyone else went to little shops to buy some souvenirs; Tim, Vince, and I got some pretty sweet watches at a surf shop.
Then, the three of us came back and watched the Badgers beat Belmont while the others stayed in the town to eat dinner. It was a great day here in Hilton Head because we were able to clear our minds from tennis and enjoy our spring break for what it's worth. Most of us have avoided doing school work except Max and I, surprisingly. Tomorrow is our last day in great weather, then it's back to reality in Wisconsin. Go Eagles!
It was our last day in Hilton Head and we relaxed, once again. Like yesterday, everyone were on their own schedules with what they wanted to do. In the morning, everyone went to the outlet mall where they had tons of selections just like the one in Johnson Creek. It seemed that everyone found something that they were interested in. Vince and I then went to the shops again and picked out more souvenirs while others went for a sushi lunch.
Coach, Cody, and Max went to hit while everyone else stayed back and either took a nap, read, watched TV, or completed a puzzle. As a team, we went to Fuddruckers for dinner and that was absolutely delicious. Of course, we ate way too much but you only live once so it's okay to splurge. We packed up, cleaned the house, and laid around the rest of the night.
Personally, I had a blast on the trip because it was extremely warm weather, I was able to experience another part of the country, and I got to spend my spring break with my great teammates. We won't remember what the final scores were; we will remember the memories and the laughs that we had on the trip and those are priceless. I hope everyone appreciated the spring break blog and I hope it gave everyone a glimpse of how great our team is. We have a very early morning tomorrow with our flight leaving at 7 am which means we have to leave the house at 3:30 am. It's the end of paradise and back to reality of the college life. Go Eagles!
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On the fourth day, we rested. Everything was extremely laid back after an exhausting week of intense college tennis. Everyone pretty much had their own schedule and did as they pleased. The guys went to a local restaurant, grabbed some food, and watched some of the NCAA tournament games while the women went to the beach and the shops around noon time.
As a team, we then relaxed by the pool and soaked up the Hilton Head sun. What should come as a surprise is that we didn't do that much eating today due to the fact that we weren't in the house much. In the afternoon, Clint, Hannah, Cody, and Coach hit at the local tennis courts when everyone else went to little shops to buy some souvenirs; Tim, Vince, and I got some pretty sweet watches at a surf shop.
Then, the three of us came back and watched the Badgers beat Belmont while the others stayed in the town to eat dinner. It was a great day here in Hilton Head because we were able to clear our minds from tennis and enjoy our spring break for what it's worth. Most of us have avoided doing school work except Max and I, surprisingly. Tomorrow is our last day in great weather, then it's back to reality in Wisconsin. Go Eagles!
It was our last day in Hilton Head and we relaxed, once again. Like yesterday, everyone were on their own schedules with what they wanted to do. In the morning, everyone went to the outlet mall where they had tons of selections just like the one in Johnson Creek. It seemed that everyone found something that they were interested in. Vince and I then went to the shops again and picked out more souvenirs while others went for a sushi lunch.
Coach, Cody, and Max went to hit while everyone else stayed back and either took a nap, read, watched TV, or completed a puzzle. As a team, we went to Fuddruckers for dinner and that was absolutely delicious. Of course, we ate way too much but you only live once so it's okay to splurge. We packed up, cleaned the house, and laid around the rest of the night.
Personally, I had a blast on the trip because it was extremely warm weather, I was able to experience another part of the country, and I got to spend my spring break with my great teammates. We won't remember what the final scores were; we will remember the memories and the laughs that we had on the trip and those are priceless. I hope everyone appreciated the spring break blog and I hope it gave everyone a glimpse of how great our team is. We have a very early morning tomorrow with our flight leaving at 7 am which means we have to leave the house at 3:30 am. It's the end of paradise and back to reality of the college life. Go Eagles!
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Men's Tennis spring trip #6: Throw Vince in the Pool edition
Rexford Shield of the men's tennis team is keeping a running diary of the Eagle men's and women's tennis team trip to Hilton Head, S.C...
It calls for a celebration. Vince, the senior walk-on, won his first match of the season 6-4, 6-2 against FDU-Florham in the nightcap of our matches today.
We had a 7:15 am wake-up call and traveled to Hilton Head High school where we played Heidelberg. The men lost 1-8 and the women won 8-1. John and Tim collected our lone victory on the men's side where they absolutely dominated.
We had some time off between our early match and the late match so we enjoyed the sunlight by the pool, took naps, read, and ate, once again. It was pretty neat when we played under the lights against FDU-Florham (men's opponent) and Illinois at Springfield (women's opponent). It was a great challenge for the women playing against a Division II opponent and they held their own pretty well by only losing 3-6. The men had a tough, close match against Florham but lost 3-6. Like always, Max won at both singles and doubles because he just hates to lose, plain and simple.
We didn't have an epic dinner like the night before but everyone made their own food including chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, and breakfast burritos. Vince was by far the man of the night because of his epic performance. We celebrated his victory by throwing his 215 pound frame into the pool and watching Super Troopers.
No matches tomorrow or the rest of the trip. Life is good in Hilton Head. Go Eagles!
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It calls for a celebration. Vince, the senior walk-on, won his first match of the season 6-4, 6-2 against FDU-Florham in the nightcap of our matches today.
We had a 7:15 am wake-up call and traveled to Hilton Head High school where we played Heidelberg. The men lost 1-8 and the women won 8-1. John and Tim collected our lone victory on the men's side where they absolutely dominated.
We had some time off between our early match and the late match so we enjoyed the sunlight by the pool, took naps, read, and ate, once again. It was pretty neat when we played under the lights against FDU-Florham (men's opponent) and Illinois at Springfield (women's opponent). It was a great challenge for the women playing against a Division II opponent and they held their own pretty well by only losing 3-6. The men had a tough, close match against Florham but lost 3-6. Like always, Max won at both singles and doubles because he just hates to lose, plain and simple.
We didn't have an epic dinner like the night before but everyone made their own food including chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, and breakfast burritos. Vince was by far the man of the night because of his epic performance. We celebrated his victory by throwing his 215 pound frame into the pool and watching Super Troopers.
No matches tomorrow or the rest of the trip. Life is good in Hilton Head. Go Eagles!
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Men's Tennis spring trip #5: Extreme Taco edition
Rexford Shield of the men's tennis team is keeping a running diary of the Eagle men's and women's tennis team trip to Hilton Head, S.C...
Taco Tuesday here at the tennis house. Our matches weren't till later in the day so we were able to sleep in. A handful of us went shopping at the small shops down the street from our house and Tim and I printed out some NCAA tournament brackets, which was awesome to say the least. Before our match, we lounged around and some of us went to the beach and threw the football around while Max took pictures.
The men lost their match against Messiah, 3-6, and the women won their match against Messiah, 6-3. On the men's side, John won his first singles match of the year in a 3rd set tiebreaker. Max won at 3 singles like he always does and won his doubles match with Cody in dominant fashion.
However, the highlight of the day was our dinner: Taco Tuesday. Pretty sure, we had around 10 pounds of ground beef to feed a team of 15 so hopefully that paints enough of a picture in your head. You would think that the tacos would be the highlight but Hannah surprised the team with Sweet Caroline's cupcakes. If you haven't got the hint, we eat a lot. After dinner, everyone was way too full to even move so we were all pretty lazy and went to bed early. We added a match to our schedule for Wednesday so both the men and women will have a match at 8 am and 6:30 pm. It should be an awesome day of tennis. Go Eagles!
Taco Tuesday here at the tennis house. Our matches weren't till later in the day so we were able to sleep in. A handful of us went shopping at the small shops down the street from our house and Tim and I printed out some NCAA tournament brackets, which was awesome to say the least. Before our match, we lounged around and some of us went to the beach and threw the football around while Max took pictures.
The men lost their match against Messiah, 3-6, and the women won their match against Messiah, 6-3. On the men's side, John won his first singles match of the year in a 3rd set tiebreaker. Max won at 3 singles like he always does and won his doubles match with Cody in dominant fashion.
However, the highlight of the day was our dinner: Taco Tuesday. Pretty sure, we had around 10 pounds of ground beef to feed a team of 15 so hopefully that paints enough of a picture in your head. You would think that the tacos would be the highlight but Hannah surprised the team with Sweet Caroline's cupcakes. If you haven't got the hint, we eat a lot. After dinner, everyone was way too full to even move so we were all pretty lazy and went to bed early. We added a match to our schedule for Wednesday so both the men and women will have a match at 8 am and 6:30 pm. It should be an awesome day of tennis. Go Eagles!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Men's Tennis spring trip #4
Rexford Shield of the men's tennis team is keeping a running diary of the Eagle men's and women's tennis team trip to Hilton Head, S.C...
Wake-up call was at 7:00 am for the women and 7:30 am for the men. The women had their first match of the trip at 8 am against the College of Wooster. After the women took 2 out of the 3 doubles matches, they came up short in the singles matches with 4 of them being decided in the 3rd set tiebreaker and lost the overall match 5-4. The men played Gordon College at 1 pm and lost 8-1. No. 3 singles player, Max Divelbiss, registered the lone win for the men by dominating 6-1, 6-0.
A lot of us were too tough to put on sun tan lotion and we paid for it by being sun burnt. For dinner, Cody, Max, Clint, and Vince cooked the traditional American barbeque of burgers, hot dogs, and grilled chicken. We pretty much stuffed our face with as much food as we could tolerate and it ended up successful. The men then tossed the football around at the beach while Coach and the women stayed at the house and watched Iron Chef.
Tomorrow, both the women and the men don't play until 3 pm so we will be able to sleep in, get a good breakfast, and come out ready to go. Weather forecast for tomorrow will be a high of 79. I definitely don't miss the Wisconsin weather. Go Eagles!
Wake-up call was at 7:00 am for the women and 7:30 am for the men. The women had their first match of the trip at 8 am against the College of Wooster. After the women took 2 out of the 3 doubles matches, they came up short in the singles matches with 4 of them being decided in the 3rd set tiebreaker and lost the overall match 5-4. The men played Gordon College at 1 pm and lost 8-1. No. 3 singles player, Max Divelbiss, registered the lone win for the men by dominating 6-1, 6-0.
A lot of us were too tough to put on sun tan lotion and we paid for it by being sun burnt. For dinner, Cody, Max, Clint, and Vince cooked the traditional American barbeque of burgers, hot dogs, and grilled chicken. We pretty much stuffed our face with as much food as we could tolerate and it ended up successful. The men then tossed the football around at the beach while Coach and the women stayed at the house and watched Iron Chef.
Tomorrow, both the women and the men don't play until 3 pm so we will be able to sleep in, get a good breakfast, and come out ready to go. Weather forecast for tomorrow will be a high of 79. I definitely don't miss the Wisconsin weather. Go Eagles!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Men's Tennis spring trip #3
Rexford Shield of the men's tennis team is keeping a running diary of the Eagle men's and women's tennis team trip to Hilton Head, S.C...
Day 2 in Hilton Head and the weather is absolutely amazing. I'm not sure about the exact temperature, but I couldn't see my breath and I was wearing shorts with a t-shirt so it was warm enough.
To kick off our trip, the men were faced against a very good team, Illinois Wesleyan. Overall, we lost the match 9-0. John and Tim were faced up against the number four ranked team in the country so they had their hands full but were competitive in a 8-1 loss. Max and Cody battled like they always do, but came up short in a 8-5 loss. Vince and Clint keep on improving even though the results may not show it as they lost 8-1.
The interesting and even frustrating part of tennis is that the final score doesn't show how the match actually went and it doesn't show how much progress we are making as a team. We are definitely making sufficient progress as a team and these tough matches will prepare us for our conference season. After our match, we came back to the house and the guys jumped in a freezing pool.
The women had practice on the clay courts which is something that they obviously aren't accustomed to. Also, the women made a great pasta dinner with a side of salad and garlic bread and to top it all off, we had birthday cake to celebrate Vince's 22nd birthday. Tomorrow will be a busy tennis day with the women playing at 8 am and the men playing 12 pm. Hopefully, tomorrow will result in victories on both sides. Go Eagles!
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Day 2 in Hilton Head and the weather is absolutely amazing. I'm not sure about the exact temperature, but I couldn't see my breath and I was wearing shorts with a t-shirt so it was warm enough.
To kick off our trip, the men were faced against a very good team, Illinois Wesleyan. Overall, we lost the match 9-0. John and Tim were faced up against the number four ranked team in the country so they had their hands full but were competitive in a 8-1 loss. Max and Cody battled like they always do, but came up short in a 8-5 loss. Vince and Clint keep on improving even though the results may not show it as they lost 8-1.
The interesting and even frustrating part of tennis is that the final score doesn't show how the match actually went and it doesn't show how much progress we are making as a team. We are definitely making sufficient progress as a team and these tough matches will prepare us for our conference season. After our match, we came back to the house and the guys jumped in a freezing pool.
The women had practice on the clay courts which is something that they obviously aren't accustomed to. Also, the women made a great pasta dinner with a side of salad and garlic bread and to top it all off, we had birthday cake to celebrate Vince's 22nd birthday. Tomorrow will be a busy tennis day with the women playing at 8 am and the men playing 12 pm. Hopefully, tomorrow will result in victories on both sides. Go Eagles!
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Men's tennis spring trip #2
Rexford Shield of the men's tennis team is keeping a running diary of the Eagle men's and women's tennis team trip to Hilton Head, S.C.
The men and women's tennis teams have finally arrived in Hilton Head! We had a very long day of traveling going from Edgewood College to Milwaukee, Milwaukee to Chicago, Chicago to Charleston, and Charleston to Hilton Head. We pulled up to the house at 10 pm local time and were immediately blown away by the size of the house. To say to the least, it's pretty massive. It sleeps twenty, but Vince and I were still confined to the pull-out couch. We ordered some quality Domino's pizza and relaxed by watching ESPN.
From my previous blog post, I forgot to mention the women's schedule of opponents for the week. Unlike the men, they only play three matches that include The College of Wooster (3/14), Messiah College, Pa (3/15), and Heidelberg University, Ohio (3/16). You would think there would be no complaints during Spring Break, but Vince, Tim, and I experienced some problems in the airport that were rather ironic. All three of us chose to share a large suitcase in order to save money and it backfired on us. To make a long story short, instead of paying $25 to check our suitcase, we had to pay $100. Other than that, it's smooth sailing and couldn't ask for anything better.
I will check in again tomorrow night to review our match and the activities we have lined up. Go Eagles!
The men and women's tennis teams have finally arrived in Hilton Head! We had a very long day of traveling going from Edgewood College to Milwaukee, Milwaukee to Chicago, Chicago to Charleston, and Charleston to Hilton Head. We pulled up to the house at 10 pm local time and were immediately blown away by the size of the house. To say to the least, it's pretty massive. It sleeps twenty, but Vince and I were still confined to the pull-out couch. We ordered some quality Domino's pizza and relaxed by watching ESPN.
From my previous blog post, I forgot to mention the women's schedule of opponents for the week. Unlike the men, they only play three matches that include The College of Wooster (3/14), Messiah College, Pa (3/15), and Heidelberg University, Ohio (3/16). You would think there would be no complaints during Spring Break, but Vince, Tim, and I experienced some problems in the airport that were rather ironic. All three of us chose to share a large suitcase in order to save money and it backfired on us. To make a long story short, instead of paying $25 to check our suitcase, we had to pay $100. Other than that, it's smooth sailing and couldn't ask for anything better.
I will check in again tomorrow night to review our match and the activities we have lined up. Go Eagles!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Women's Tennis Fall 2010 Recap: Ben Oestreich
Head women's tennis coach Ben Oestreich discusses the Eagles' third straight Northern Athletics Conference title as he recaps the fall portion of the 2010-11 women's tennis season:###
Monday, September 13, 2010
IronEagle! Oestreich completes first Ironman Triathlon
Edgewood College men's and women's tennis coach Ben Oestreich competed and completed his first Ironman Triathlon on September 12, 2010 in Madison. Oestreich stopped to talk for a few moments when he was just 15 minutes or so from the finish line.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Eat your heart out, Curt Schilling
Playing collegiate tennis demands that student-athlete sacrifice blood, sweat and tears. Well, in this case, mostly blood. Brittany Storhoff didn't let a little (OK, a lot) of blood coming from her foot stand in the way of a victory at the Warhawk Invitational.Ewwwwww.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Coach Oestreich serves up new singles player!
Head tennis coach Ben Oestriech and his wife Stephanie are happy to introduce his first women's tennis recruit in the Class of 2032. Hard to tell from the pictures, but those shoulders would indicate a strong backhand and quick reflexes at the net.Here's Coach Oestriech's announcement in his very typical style....
"Meet 7 lb, 2oz, 20" long Olivia Claire Oestreich. Born 7:37 pm on Friday, May 28th, "OO" was quickly named cutest baby of all time. That win pushes a Utah baby born in 1996 to number six, leaving an all Oestreich top five.
Her hobbies include sleeping, eating, and looking at people with one eye open."
"Meet 7 lb, 2oz, 20" long Olivia Claire Oestreich. Born 7:37 pm on Friday, May 28th, "OO" was quickly named cutest baby of all time. That win pushes a Utah baby born in 1996 to number six, leaving an all Oestreich top five.
Her hobbies include sleeping, eating, and looking at people with one eye open."
Congratulations Coach! Welcome to the world of not sleeping. Ever.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Women's Tennis Spring Trip Gallery
It sure is difficult to get our women's tennis team to loosen up and have a good time. They're just so darn serious all the time. Here's a photo gallery of the Eagles not having any fun what-so-ever on their Spring Trip.
Edgewood College Women's Tennis Spring Trip photo gallery
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Edgewood College Women's Tennis Spring Trip photo gallery
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Fall Season Recap with Ben Oestreich
Head women's tennis coach Ben Oestreich speaks with Sports Information Director David Petroff about the 2009 fall tennis season which resulted in the Eagles' second straight Northern Athletics Conference Championship. He also takes a sneak peek toward the spring and the NCAA Championships slated for May 2010.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Interview: Ben Oestreich, Women's Tennis Coach
Edgewood College Head Women's Tennis Coach Ben Oestreich talks about his team's success through the first half of their schedule and what fans can look forward to heading into second half of the season.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tennis pictures posted!
Hey, I finally got some new action pictures in for the tennis team, (thanks to Dennis Hemp). Check out the whole gallery at the link below. Coach Oestreich would like you to notice that those are new uniforms.
Women's Tennis vs. Dominican and Wisconsin Lutheran Photo Gallery
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Women's Tennis vs. Dominican and Wisconsin Lutheran Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Capital Times: Edgewood hires Thousand
Coverage from the Capital Times on Edgewood College hiring Casey Thousand as the Eagles' new women's basketball coach:
Edgewood College hires Barneveld's Thousand (by Adam Mertz, courtesy of The Capital Times and Madison.com)
Below is the story that aired on WMTV NBC-15 Tuesday night featuring footage from the introductory press conference with new hires Thousand and women's tennis coach Ben Oestreich.
The complete press conference can be found here.
And here's the coverage from D3Hoops.com.
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Edgewood College hires Barneveld's Thousand (by Adam Mertz, courtesy of The Capital Times and Madison.com)
Below is the story that aired on WMTV NBC-15 Tuesday night featuring footage from the introductory press conference with new hires Thousand and women's tennis coach Ben Oestreich.
The complete press conference can be found here.
And here's the coverage from D3Hoops.com.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
New tennis coach profiled in his hometown paper
New Edgewood College women's tennis coach Ben Oestreich was the subject of a featured interview in the Portage Daily Register. Oestreich, a native of Portage and a graduate of Portage High School, talks about the new challenges in front of him as he takes over the Eagle tennis program.Home Court Advantage (by Kevin Morales, Portage Daily Register)
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