This past year, Campbell led Sacramento State to a 23-3 overall record and its third-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The Hornets are currently ranked 35th in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll and face 16th-ranked Fresno State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, May 15, at 9 a.m. Sacramento State was undefeated against league opponents this year, including a pair of 4-0 victories in the Big Sky Conference Tournament. In fact, in the tournament, Sacramento State won 72 of 77 singles games and did not lose a set.

Individually, four Hornets were named first team all-Big Sky. That quartet is highlighted by sophomore Margarita Karnaukhova who earned her second-straight Big Sky Most Valuable Player Award earlier this week. Karnaukhova (42nd) and freshman Anna Erikson (43rd) are currently ranked among the top 50 players in Div. I and both earned invitations to the NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles Tournament. Junior Roberta Fessenko is also ranked 117th.

A graduate of Sacramento State, Campbell took over the Hornet program in 1999. After going 1-15 and 5-15 in his first two years, he has since produced four winning seasons and a 70-25 record during that span. He becomes just the third coach in Big Sky history to win the award in three-consecutive years joining Weber State’s Keith Cox (1989-91) and Northern Arizona’s Mark Tichenor (1997-99).

Montana State head coach Mike Phillips was named the Big Sky Conference Men’ Tennis Coach of the Year.

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