Purdue University Women's Tennis

Glitz came to Purdue after a three-year run at Cornell, in which she led the Big Red to three straight winning seasons, amassing a 27-23 record. During her final season in Ithaca, New York, Glitz's team received a national ranking of No. 69 en route to a 10-6 record. Three of Glitz's student-athletes, Elizabeth Googe, Kasia Preneta and Nisha Suda, received postseason accolades from the Ivy League. Prior to Cornell, Glitz was an assistant coach at Princeton for four seasons. She assisted Princeton coaching legend Louise Gengler, helping out with all aspects of the program, including customizing drills for team and individual workouts, recruiting student-athletes and organizing the team's training program. During her time with the Tigers, four singles players and one doubles team were named to the All-Ivy first team and the squad finished in the top half of the Ivy standings each year. From 1994 to 2000, Glitz served as the tennis director at the Yorktowne (Pa.) Racquet and Fitness Club, where she worked with numerous college-bound student-athletes. During that time, she also coached national and sectional ranked juniors at the Central Pennsylvania Area Training Center. Glitz competed on the WTA tour from 1990 to 1994 and achieved a top-250 ranking in singles and a top-90 ranking in doubles play. She has competed in all four grand slam events. A four-time winner of the USPTA/MSTA Outstanding Women's Open Player of the Year (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000), Glitz was ranked No. 1 nationally in the United States Professional Tennis Association women's open singles in 1994. Glitz earned All-America honors while playing at Arizona State. She served as team captain during her junior and senior seasons and played at both No. 1 singles and doubles for the Sun Devils. She earned her bachelor's degree in finance in 1990. Women's Tennis Home   Email this article   Printer-friendly format Position: Head Coach