Wells Patten, Head Coach
The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave.
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 723-7050
RPatten@css.edu
Assistants: Pat Greehan, Colby Carlson
The Saints women have made four NAIA National Championship appearances (2006, 2004, 2002, 1999), and has made the NCAA Division III National Tournament the last three seasons.
Under Patten’s direction, the women’s tennis team owns a .658 winning percentage. In addition, the team has not lost an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference competition since Patten took over as head coach in 1997. Patten’s Saints have won 13 straight UMAC regular season and postseason titles.
This past season the Saints captured their first NCAA Tournament victory with a 5-2 triumph over Luther College. The CSS women’s team also had its first player qualify for the NCAA Division III Singles Tournament in 2009. Ploy Suthijindawong advanced all the way to the championship match before falling.
Coach Patten has produced six UMAC Player of the Year athletes in the past five years in Emily Jackola, Steph Miettenun, Stephanie Sparby, Jessica Rich, Paula Beckermann, and Ploy Suthijindawong.
A 1989 graduate of the University of Minn.-Duluth, Patten was a three-time singles and doubles champion in the NSIC conference while playing tennis for the Bulldogs. He also participated in two NAIA national tournaments in Kansas City, Mo.
Patten was the head women’s tennis coach at the University of Minn.-Duluth from 1990-1994, leading them to their first NSIC Championship. Patten is also involved in USTA league play throughout Minnesota as a state rater. In 1996, he received his USTA P1 Level as a professional tennis instructor, the highest level obtainable.
A Duluth, Minn., native, Patten earned his M.A. in Athletic Administration from Idaho State University in 1995. He currently resides in Duluth with his wife Gretchen; they have two children, Reece (7) and Dane (5).
Patrick Greehan, Assistant Coach
Fourth Season
Assistant coach Pat Greehan returns for his fourth year with the Saints. He moved to Duluth from Houston, Texas where he taught social studies and coached tennis at Memorial High School.
Greehan graduated from Assumption (Mass.) College in 1997, where he played on the men’s tennis team. He continued his education at Northeastern (Mass.) University to earn his M.A. in political science in 2001.
Coach Greehan currently works in the Duluth Public Schools system and will be working with the juniors program at Longview Tennis Center in Duluth.
Colby Carlson, Assistant Coach
Third Season
Third-year assistant Colby Carlson, from Los Gatos, California, graduated from Carleton (Minn.) College in 1997 with a B.A. in Political Science. He moved on after graduation to Western Illinois University where he earned his M.A. in Sports Management in 1999. While at WIU Carlson played 6-singles and 3-doubles for the Leathernecks.
After earning his Master’s degree he worked in the Athletic Department at Carleton from 1999-2000 and served as the men’s tennis coach before joining the tennis professional staff at White Bear Racquet and Swim in 2000 where he worked until 2005, also serving during that span as the assistant head tennis pro at White Bear Yacht Club during the summer months.
Carlson, a certified USPTA tennis professional, returned to Carleton as the interim head coach for the 2004-05 season then took over as the women’s interim coach for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 season’s, also serving as a Visiting Professor of Physical Education, Athletics and Recreation.
Colby his wife Amy, and son Luke then moved to Duluth in 2007 where he took over as the Girl’s head tennis coach at The Marshall School.
Colby his wife Amy, and son Luke then moved to Duluth in 2007 where he took over as the Girl’s head tennis coach at The Marshall School.
Program Coaching Records
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YEAR
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COACH
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RECORD
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CAREER
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1986
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Annette Carruso
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5-1
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5-1-0 (.833)
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1987
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Joe Lombardo
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NA
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1988
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Joe Lombardo
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NA
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1989
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Joe Lombardo
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NA
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|
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1990
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Joe Lombardo
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NA
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1991
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Joe Lombardo
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NA
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|
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1992
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Joe Lombardo
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0-6-1
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NA
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1993
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Leon Hanka
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0-10
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1994
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Leon Hanka
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1-5-1
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1-15-1 (.088)
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1995
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Kendall Larson
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0-13-1
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1996
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Kendall Larson
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3-11
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3-24-1 (.125)
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1997
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Wells Patten
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4-9
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1998
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Wells Patten
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3-10
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1999
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Wells Patten
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13-5
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2000
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Wells Patten
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11-7
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2001
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Wells Patten
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9-9
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2002
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Wells Patten
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13-7
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2003
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Wells Patten
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18-7
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2004
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Wells Patten
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19-5
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2005
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Wells Patten
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24-7
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2006
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Wells Patten
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25-6
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2007
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Wells Patten
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12-9
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2008
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Wells Patten
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18-7
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2009
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Wells Patten
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18-10
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2010
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Wells Patten
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16-8
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203-106 (.657)
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25 SEASONS
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212-152-3 (.582)
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