Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis at Colorado State Invite on September 12, 2025
Women's Tennis
at Colorado State Invite
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Women's Tennis
Iandolo, Mat
Mat Iandolo
- Title:
- Women's Tennis Head Coach
- Email:
- miandolo@huntsman.utah.edu
- Phone:
- 801-608-4675
Mat Iandolo is entering his 12th season as head coach of the University of Utah women’s tennis program.
It was another strong season for the Utes in 2017-18 as they won 10 dual matches, finishing the season with a Pac-12 all-conference performer in Alexia Petrovic, six Pac-12 all-academic selections and three ITA Scholar-Athletes. He coached Petrovic in her final season to ITA Mountain Region Most Improved Player honors after she came away with huge ranked wins, including knocking off the No. 11 singles player in the country from UCLA.
Iandolo also continued to stress the importance of off the court work as the Utes earned the ITA Mountain Region Community Service Award with Brianna Chisholm receiving the ITA Mountain Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award.
During the 2016-17 season, the Utes finished with nine dual wins, advancing to the second round of the Pac-12 Tournament. He coached Margo Pletcher to her second straight Pac-12 honorable mention selection along with seeing Alexia Petrovic being named the ITA Mountain Region Most Improved Player.
In 2015-16, Utah came away with a 13-10 dual record, finishing the season ranked in the top-50 in the country. They ended Pac-12 play 3-7 overall with Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley taking down the No. 2 doubles team in the country at the Pac-12 Tournament. He coached senior Sarah Richter to being named the Mountain Region ITA Senior Player of the Year along with five athletes earning Pac-12 academic recognition.
Utah won 10 dual matches in 2014-15 with a 5-3 mark at home. Tereza Bekerova was honored by the Pac-12 as an all-conference and all-academic team selection for the third consecutive season. Bekerova competed at No. 1 singles the entire season for the Utes and was 62nd in the nation in the latest ITA rankings and won 22 singles matches. She finished the season in impressive fashion by advancing to the quarterfinals of both the doubles and singles draws at the Pac-12 Championships.
Bekerova teamed with freshman Margo Pletcher as Utah’s No. 1 doubles duo all season and the pair is currently ranked 47th in the latest ITA rankings. Bekerova and Pletcher defeated No. 17 Lina Lileikite and Stephanie Wagner of Miami and No. 27 Briar Preston and Shayne Austin of Arizona.
Bekerova, a Prague native, finished the season in impressive fashion by advancing to the quarterfinals of both the doubles and singles draws at the Pac-12 Championships.
In 2014, the Utes compiled a 12-9 overall record with a 3-7 Pac-12 clip. The Utes recorded five wins against ranked opponents and ended the season ranked 36th in the country. Bekerova was recognized as a Pac-12 Honorable Mention for the second straight season. The Utes also performed well in the classroom,matching last seasons’ record for the most in program history with five student-athletes receiving the honor. Iandolo led the Utes to a sixth-place Pac-12 finish (5-5). For the first time since joining the new conference, two Utes earned All-Pac-12 accolades as Sarah Pham and Bekerova each garnered Honorable Mention recognition.
The Utes fared well in their inagural Pac-12 season, going 12-11 overall and 3-7 against conference competition. Anastasia Putalina earned Utah’s first women’s tennis All-Pac-12 Honors.
In 2010-11 Iandolo was named the Mountain West Conference Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season after leading the Utes to back-to-back conference titles and NCAA Championship appearances. With a 16-10 overall record, including a 7-1 mark in MWC play, Utah made its second straight trip to the NCAA tournament after earning the MWC’s automatic bid by winning the conference tournament championship. Iandolo also placed four players on the all-MWC team for the first time since Utah joined the conference.
Iandolo has 135 dual wins since taking the helm at Utah. He has also produced five All-Pac-12 selections and 13 All-MWC selections, including 2011 MWC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year Anastasia Putilina and 2008 MWC Freshman of the Year Evgenia Kryuchkova. In addition, Iandolo received Utah’s 2009-10 Don B. Reddish Coach of
the Year award.
In his inaugural season at the helm, the Utes finished the 2007-08 season ranked No. 54, earning their first national rating in the year’s final poll since the 2004 campaign, and finished the 2008-09 season ranked No. 63.
An experienced coach, Iandolo has been working with collegiate players for more than 25 years, since his graduation from Weber State in 1983. He came to Utah prior to the 2007-08 season after spending 16 years at Purdue.
“I came to the University of Utah because of Harry James,” Iandolo said of the former Utah coach. “He is one of my coaching idols. I am very proud to be a tennis coach at his university.”
After taking on the Purdue program in 1991, Iandolo started building it from the ground up. Purdue totaled just nine wins in Iandolo’s first three seasons, but made a major turnaround in 1995, winning 14 overall matches and six Big Ten contests en route to a fourth-place conference finish. Purdue had never finished higher than fifth (1982) in the Big Ten prior to Iandolo’s appointment.
In 1998, the Boilermakers enjoyed their most successful year under Iandolo, winning 14 overall matches while posting a program-best 8-2 record in Big Ten play, good enough for a second-place regular-season finish. During the 1998 spring season, Purdue collected two upsets over Top 30-ranked opponents, won matches against Northwestern and Indiana for the first time ever, and earned a final national ranking of 44th.
For his efforts in that memorable season, Iandolo garnered Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. Iandolo guided the Boilermakers to another winning campaign and yet another NCAA Championship appearance in 2003.
Iandolo again was honored for his work in leading Purdue to a 6-4 Big Ten record, as he received Big Ten Coach of the Year recognition at season’s end. In 2006, the Boilermakers made the NCAA regional finals and posted a big win over No. 17 Harvard along the way.
It was another strong season for the Utes in 2017-18 as they won 10 dual matches, finishing the season with a Pac-12 all-conference performer in Alexia Petrovic, six Pac-12 all-academic selections and three ITA Scholar-Athletes. He coached Petrovic in her final season to ITA Mountain Region Most Improved Player honors after she came away with huge ranked wins, including knocking off the No. 11 singles player in the country from UCLA.
Iandolo also continued to stress the importance of off the court work as the Utes earned the ITA Mountain Region Community Service Award with Brianna Chisholm receiving the ITA Mountain Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award.
During the 2016-17 season, the Utes finished with nine dual wins, advancing to the second round of the Pac-12 Tournament. He coached Margo Pletcher to her second straight Pac-12 honorable mention selection along with seeing Alexia Petrovic being named the ITA Mountain Region Most Improved Player.
In 2015-16, Utah came away with a 13-10 dual record, finishing the season ranked in the top-50 in the country. They ended Pac-12 play 3-7 overall with Margo Pletcher and Brianna Turley taking down the No. 2 doubles team in the country at the Pac-12 Tournament. He coached senior Sarah Richter to being named the Mountain Region ITA Senior Player of the Year along with five athletes earning Pac-12 academic recognition.
Utah won 10 dual matches in 2014-15 with a 5-3 mark at home. Tereza Bekerova was honored by the Pac-12 as an all-conference and all-academic team selection for the third consecutive season. Bekerova competed at No. 1 singles the entire season for the Utes and was 62nd in the nation in the latest ITA rankings and won 22 singles matches. She finished the season in impressive fashion by advancing to the quarterfinals of both the doubles and singles draws at the Pac-12 Championships.
Bekerova teamed with freshman Margo Pletcher as Utah’s No. 1 doubles duo all season and the pair is currently ranked 47th in the latest ITA rankings. Bekerova and Pletcher defeated No. 17 Lina Lileikite and Stephanie Wagner of Miami and No. 27 Briar Preston and Shayne Austin of Arizona.
Bekerova, a Prague native, finished the season in impressive fashion by advancing to the quarterfinals of both the doubles and singles draws at the Pac-12 Championships.
In 2014, the Utes compiled a 12-9 overall record with a 3-7 Pac-12 clip. The Utes recorded five wins against ranked opponents and ended the season ranked 36th in the country. Bekerova was recognized as a Pac-12 Honorable Mention for the second straight season. The Utes also performed well in the classroom,matching last seasons’ record for the most in program history with five student-athletes receiving the honor. Iandolo led the Utes to a sixth-place Pac-12 finish (5-5). For the first time since joining the new conference, two Utes earned All-Pac-12 accolades as Sarah Pham and Bekerova each garnered Honorable Mention recognition.
The Utes fared well in their inagural Pac-12 season, going 12-11 overall and 3-7 against conference competition. Anastasia Putalina earned Utah’s first women’s tennis All-Pac-12 Honors.
In 2010-11 Iandolo was named the Mountain West Conference Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season after leading the Utes to back-to-back conference titles and NCAA Championship appearances. With a 16-10 overall record, including a 7-1 mark in MWC play, Utah made its second straight trip to the NCAA tournament after earning the MWC’s automatic bid by winning the conference tournament championship. Iandolo also placed four players on the all-MWC team for the first time since Utah joined the conference.
Iandolo has 135 dual wins since taking the helm at Utah. He has also produced five All-Pac-12 selections and 13 All-MWC selections, including 2011 MWC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year Anastasia Putilina and 2008 MWC Freshman of the Year Evgenia Kryuchkova. In addition, Iandolo received Utah’s 2009-10 Don B. Reddish Coach of
the Year award.
In his inaugural season at the helm, the Utes finished the 2007-08 season ranked No. 54, earning their first national rating in the year’s final poll since the 2004 campaign, and finished the 2008-09 season ranked No. 63.
An experienced coach, Iandolo has been working with collegiate players for more than 25 years, since his graduation from Weber State in 1983. He came to Utah prior to the 2007-08 season after spending 16 years at Purdue.
“I came to the University of Utah because of Harry James,” Iandolo said of the former Utah coach. “He is one of my coaching idols. I am very proud to be a tennis coach at his university.”
After taking on the Purdue program in 1991, Iandolo started building it from the ground up. Purdue totaled just nine wins in Iandolo’s first three seasons, but made a major turnaround in 1995, winning 14 overall matches and six Big Ten contests en route to a fourth-place conference finish. Purdue had never finished higher than fifth (1982) in the Big Ten prior to Iandolo’s appointment.
In 1998, the Boilermakers enjoyed their most successful year under Iandolo, winning 14 overall matches while posting a program-best 8-2 record in Big Ten play, good enough for a second-place regular-season finish. During the 1998 spring season, Purdue collected two upsets over Top 30-ranked opponents, won matches against Northwestern and Indiana for the first time ever, and earned a final national ranking of 44th.
For his efforts in that memorable season, Iandolo garnered Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. Iandolo guided the Boilermakers to another winning campaign and yet another NCAA Championship appearance in 2003.
Iandolo again was honored for his work in leading Purdue to a 6-4 Big Ten record, as he received Big Ten Coach of the Year recognition at season’s end. In 2006, the Boilermakers made the NCAA regional finals and posted a big win over No. 17 Harvard along the way.
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