Plymouth State University Women's Tennis

Kathy Peverly Year-By-Year Results Year Overall Record LEC Record 2024 6-6 4-4 2023 6-7 4-4 2022 6-7 4-4 Totals 18-20 12-12 Kathy Peverly took over the Plymouth State women's tennis program as head coach starting in June 2022. In each of her three seasons atop the program she has guided the team to six wins and three-straight appearances in the LEC Tournament.   Last fall, the Panthers went an even 6-6 overall and posted a 4-4 record in LEC play for the third consecutive season. PSU closed out the regular season with a 5-4 win over Salem State, using a straight sets win at No. 6 singles to secure the victory. Peverly's squad finished in a three-way tie for fourth in the final standings and was awarded the #4 seed for the LEC Tournament. The two teams would meet again in the first round, with PSU earning a 5-2 win to advance to the semifinals for the first time under Peverly's direction. The Panthers fell to top-seeded UMass Boston, which would go on to win its third straight title.   Plymouth State went 6-7 overall (4-4 LEC) in 2023 to earn the fifth seed for the LEC Tournament. The Panthers fell to fourth-seeded UMass Dartmouth, 5-0, though Plymouth State was leading a pair of remaining singles matches and No. 2 doubles came up just short in an 8-6 decision. It was PSU’s tenth-straight postseason appearance.   The Panthers rolled past Salem State, 7-2, in Peverly’s first game as head coach in 2022-23. PSU picked up a pair of conference wins at the end of the regular season, 7-2 over WestConn and 6-3 over VTSU Castleton, to lock up the fifth seed. Plymouth State was again paired with UMass Dartmouth in the opening round of the LEC Tournament, falling by a narrow 5-3 margin. The Panthers led 2-1 at the conclusion of doubles play and held a 3-2 advantage after the first two singles matches ended, but the Corsairs pulled even with a win at No. 6 singles and squeaked out two highly competitive, three-set matches at No. 4 and No. 5 to secure the win.   Peverly has been around the sport of tennis since her childhood, spending time as head coach at a pair of nearby high schools - Moultonborough Academy and Inter-Lakes High School - while remaining an active player herself.   Peverly served as girls' varsity tennis coach at Inter-Lakes from 2007-12, earning the first banner for the program after finishing as runner-up in the 2008 NHIAA Tournament for Class M-S. The Lakers came up just short in the finals, falling to Derryfield by a narrow, 5-4 margin.   Prior to her stint at ILHS, Peverly spent three years leading the Moultonborough Academy girls' program as head varsity coach from 2004-06.   Peverly has served as a club representative to the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) and New Hampshire Women's Interclub Tennis League (NHWITL) since 2004, more than doubling participation in indoor women's tennis and introducing and mentoring countless players to the USTA/NHWITL competitive travel tennis league during that time. She also spent 11 years as a captain at the 3.0 and 3.5 USTA ratings, advancing to districts and sectionals.   Peverly has a decade of experience assisting the local tennis pro in both Meredith and Gilford and within local club youth tennis programs. She spent five years as the Tennis Instructor with the Meredith Parks & Recreation Department, working with both youth and adults, and served as the Director of the Rockbottom Annual Invitational Tennis Tournament from 2007-19.   Peverly has held a seat on the board of Advantage Kids, a non-profit with a mission to introduce New Hampshire youth to the benefits of tennis and yoga, since 2019, and has spent two years as a tennis volunteer with the non-profit group ACEing Autism, a program for children with autism to grow, develop and benefit from the social connections and fitness through affordable tennis programming.   Additionally, Peverly has been the Social Tennis Mixed Doubles Coordinator at Gilford Hills Tennis and Fitness Club for 20 years.   Peverly also works for PSU's Office of Residential Life as the Housing Coordinator.

Indoor Track Year-By-Year Results Year LECs (Men) LECs (Women) 2024-25 5th of 9 6th of 9 Outdoor Track Year-By-Year Results Year LECs (Men) LECs (Women) 2025 6th of 9 7th of 9 Will Tifft completed his first season as head track & field coach in 2024-25 after spending the previous eight seasons as the throws coach.   Under his guidance, Dylan Flewelling '25 was named LEC Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year last winter after winning conference titles in the 3,000m and mile run. The Panthers finished fifth at the LEC Championships, with Eli Roth '25 also claiming an individual title (800m). PSU's men combined for five individual medals and three relay medals, while the team set six new program records.    Tifft led a trio of women to LEC titles during indoor season, as Paige Hurst '25, Rose Karow '27, and Ani Flynn '28 claimed victories in the 400m, 800m, and high jump, respectively. The threesome anchored the squad to a sixth place team finish, also helping the Panthers to silver medals in the 4x200m and 4x400m relays. Karow was part of three of the four program records the team set during the winter in the 800m, 4x400m relay, and 1600m SMR.   Flewelling continued his success during outdoor season, claiming the LEC title in the 5,000m as the Panthers finished sixth as a team. Eleven athletes combined for 15 postseason honors. PSU set program records in the 100m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay, and 1600m SMR last spring.   Karow and Flynn took home gold medals at the LEC Outdoor Championships, winning the 800m and high jump, respectively. Tifft's squad combined for eight medals, including a silver medal from Kylie Taylor '25 in the hammer throw. Taylor would go on to set the program record in the event at the New England Regional Championship - one of six program records established by the women last spring.   Since he has been with the program, Plymouth State throwers have combined for eight Little East Conference titles and six All-New England honors, while Jacob Rigoli ’23 appeared at three NCAA Division III National Championships becoming the first PSU thrower to both qualify for NCAAs and attain All-America status.   Rigoli demolished the school record in the weight throw at the 2021-22 NCAA Indoor Championships when his heave of 19.28 meters launched him into the lead, a spot he held until the fifth round before he slipped to third after the sixth and final throw. Tifft guided Rigoli back to indoor championships again the following winter where his throw of 19.00 meters was good enough for fifth place and another All-America honor. Rigoli also appeared at the outdoor championships that spring where he competed in the hammer throw.   Tifft helped Selena Baillargeon capture the first individual LEC title for the women’s program, when she won the shot put at the 2016-17 LEC Championships. Baillargeon would repeat the effort during the LEC Outdoor Championships that spring, while Jillian Edwards would win the conference title in the discus throw the following year.   Baillargeon still owns the program records for the shot put in both indoor and outdoor season, while Tifft mentored Libby McIntyre ’24 to a school-best mark in the weight throw during the 2023-24 season. In fact, every Plymouth State track & field throws record for both genders has been sent under Tifft’s watchful eye.   Tifft also served on the Panthers’ cross country coaching staff in 2022, helping the men’s team to its first LEC title while being honored as Coaching Staff of the Year. All five of Plymouth State’s point-scorers would place in the top 15 at the championship meet, with three finishers in the top six including the race winner.   Tifft, a 2014 graduate of Hamilton College, was a three-year letter winner for the Continentals’ indoor track & field team and competed in the hammer throw and discus during outdoor season. He claimed New York State Collegiate Track Conference (NYSCTC) Outdoor All-Conference honors as a junior and finished seventh in the weight throw at the NYSCTC Indoor Championships his senior year. Tifft eclipsed the 15-meter mark in the weight throw in three separate meets that winter, nearly reaching the then-25-year-old school record mark of 15.31 meters. He served as a captain for both indoor and outdoor seasons as a senior, also earning the team’s Most Valuable Athlete and Coaches Award that year.

Education: Bates College – BA, Religion (2003) Experience: PSU, assistant, sprints/relays coach (2015-present) LEC Relay Champions: Men's 4x400-meter relay (Indoor; 2022-23) Men's 4x800-meter relay (Indoor; 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23) Men's 4x800-meter relay (Outdoor; 2017, 2018, 2023) Women's 4x200-meter relay (Indoor; 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Women's 4x800-meter relay (Indoor; 2021-22) LEC Sprint Champions: Men's 400-meters (Outdoor; 2017) AWARDS AND RECOGNITION As a Player: Bates College, Football (1999-02) Personal Information: Spouse: Jessica Dutille Children: Noah, Caleb, Emma and Alana Residence: Plymouth, N.H.