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Erin Ness is in her fourth year as the UCSC Slug Women's Head Tennis Coach and has led the team to consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. The Slugs finished the 2007-2008 season ranked #22 in the nation and #4 in the West Region. She produced an All-American with her top player finishing with a #20 national ranking in singles. The team became an ITA All-Academic Team and had two ITA Scholar-Athletes. In her first year, she led the team to the second round of the NCAA tournament, which has happened only one other time in the program's history. UCSC finished the 2006-2007 season ranked #24 in the nation, #5 in the west region, and had one player become an ITA Scholar-Athlete. During the summer she is an Assistant Director for the Nike Tennis Camps at UCSC.

Erin graduated in June 2006 with a B.A. in psychology from UCSC and played all four years for the Slugs. She was an assistant coach her junior year after ending her season early because of a shoulder injury, and team captain for her last two years. During her last two years on the team, she led the Slugs to consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament.

Jessica enters her second season as the UCSC women’s assistant coach. Prior to her collegiate coaching debut, Jessica played three years for the women’s Slug program after transferring from Division I UC Irvine. In her junior and senior year, she played back-to-back seasons at number one singles and doubles. In 2008, she qualified for the singles NCAA championship. She ended her career, ranked #20 nationally. Jessica became the third singles all-American in the program. She was honored with UCSC’s Rita Walker award given to the female student-athlete of the year. Jessica graduate with a B.A in Neuroscience and Behavior.