More: How Iowa State women's tennis made two NCAA Tournaments after 50 years of futility We’re never going to bow down to anybody.” “We’re going to believe in ourselves, and we’re never going to play against a ranking or a logo. “We had to implement a certain level of culture and expectations. “Your vision has to be stronger than your limitations,” Saia once told me.
It’s about the right people – like assistant Kenna Kilgo, and like the players (mostly international) they recruit. “What Boomer has done is proven it’s about people.” “There’s a valuable lesson there, probably, that nothing’s impossible. “If you would have asked me 18 years ago, ‘What’s impossible?’ - that might have been on the list,” athletics director Jamie Pollard said recently about the success of Iowa State women’s tennis.
Ranked fourth nationally at one point during the indoor season.Quarterfinal round of the most recent NCAA Tournament.Saia led the program to levels never reached by Cyclone tennis, and if you thought schools across the country hadn't noticed, you found out otherwise on Thursday. Clemson announced Thursday that it had hired the five-season Iowa State coach. We figured it’d be just a matter of time before one of the powers swept away the likable Saia, which is exactly what happened. Inability to turn down what was probably a nice offer from one of the nation’s top southern programs? More: Iowa State women's tennis heading to NCAA Super Regional for first time in program history Stability in a program that darn near made the national semifinals this spring? Boomer Saia is leaving Iowa State women’s tennis in a wonderful place – a better place than it’s ever been in the 50-year history of the program.įirst NCAA Tournament appearance in Cyclones women’s tennis history?
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