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Sun Sep 13
Final
4 Trine
5 at Olivet
Fri Sep 18
Final
5 Trine
4 at Calvin
Mon Sep 21
Final
0 Trine
7 at Grace (IN)
Tue Sep 22
Final
9 Trine
0 at Manchester
Sat Sep 26
Final
5 Manchester
4 vs. Trine
Sun Sep 27
Final
1 Adrian
8 vs. Trine
Tue Sep 29
Final
4 Trine
3 at Bethel (IN)
Sat Mar 13
Final
5 Trine
4 at Wabash
Sun Mar 21
Final
7 Trine
2 at Albion
No Outside Spectators
Fri Mar 26
Final
6 Trine
3 at Anderson (Ind.)
Sat Mar 27
Final
7 Trine
2 at Manchester
Tue Mar 30
Final
1 Alma
8 vs. Trine
Tue Apr 06
Final
8 Trine
1 at Adrian
Mon Apr 12
Final
0 Trine
9 at Kalamazoo
See Fan Policy
Wed Apr 14
Final
5 Trine
4 at Albion
No Outside Spectators
Sat Apr 17
Final
9 Hope
0 vs. Trine
Sat Apr 24
Final
0 Olivet
9 vs. Trine
Sat May 01
Final
2 Trine
7 at Calvin
Approved Spectators Only
Thu May 06
Final
0 Trine
5 at Kalamazoo
MIAA Tournament Semifinal
Tue Sep 07
Final
9 Trine
0 at Manchester
Sat Sep 11
Final
2 Franklin
7 vs. Trine
Wed Sep 15
Final
0 Trine
7 at Goshen
Fri Sep 17
Final
4 Trine
5 at Anderson (Ind.)
Tue Sep 28
Final
1 Bethel (IN)
8 vs. Trine
Fri Oct 01
TBA
Trine
vs. ITA Regional Championships
@ Kalamazoo, Mich. through 10/3
Mon Mar 07
Final
4 Trine
5 vs. Northwestern (Minn.)
@ Orlando, Fla.
Tue Mar 08
Final
9 Trine
0 vs. King's (Pa.)
@ Orlando, Fla.
Wed Mar 09
Cancelled
Covenant
vs. Trine
@ Kissimmee, Fla.
Thu Mar 10
Final
1 Trine
8 vs. Judson (IL)
@ Orlando, Fla.
Wed Mar 16
Final
0 Manchester
9 vs. Trine
Fri Mar 18
Cancelled
Trine
at Franklin
Sun Mar 20
Final
6 Wabash
3 vs. Trine
Thu Mar 31
Final
6 Kalamazoo
3 vs. Trine
Sat Apr 02
Final
1 Adrian
8 vs. Trine
Sun Apr 03
Final
9 Trine
0 at Alma
Sat Apr 09
Final
1 Albion
8 vs. Trine
Tue Apr 12
Final
1 Trine
8 at Hope
Sat Apr 16
Final
2 Calvin
7 vs. Trine
Sat Apr 23
Final
9 Trine
0 at Olivet
to be played at Marshall High School
Wed May 04
Final
0 Trine
5 at Hope
MIAA Tournament Semifinal
Thu Sep 08
Final
9 Trine
0 at Manchester
Sat Sep 10
Final
8 Trine
1 at Franklin
Sat Sep 10
Final
7 Trine
2 vs. Webster
@ Franklin College (Franklin, Ind.)
Fri Sep 16
TBA
Trine
vs. Hope College Invite
@ Hope College (Holland, Mich.)
Sat Sep 17
TBA
Trine
vs. Hope College Invite
@ Hope College (Holland, Mich.)
Mon Sep 19
Final
1 Anderson (Ind.)
8 vs. Trine
Thu Sep 22
TBA
Trine
vs. ITA Regional Championships
@ St. Louis, Mo. through 9/25
Mon Mar 06
Final
9 Trine
0 vs. King's (Pa.)
@ Orlando, Fla.
Tue Mar 07
Final
5 Northwestern (Minn.)
4 vs. Trine
@ Orlando, Fla.
Wed Mar 08
Final
3 Trine
6 vs. Piedmont
@ Orlando, Fla.
Thu Mar 09
Final
8 Wheaton (Ill.)
1 vs. Trine
@ Orlando, Fla.
Thu Mar 16
Final
0 Manchester
9 vs. Trine
Sun Mar 19
Final
6 Trine
3 at Rose-Hulman
Wed Mar 22
Final
0 Olivet
9 vs. Trine
Junior Varsity Event Only
Sat Mar 25
Final
5 Trine
4 at Albion
Fri Apr 07
Final
1 Trine
8 at Hope
Mon Apr 10
Final
0 Alma
9 vs. Trine
Sat Apr 15
Final
8 Calvin
1 vs. Trine
Senior Day
Tue Apr 18
Final
7 Trine
2 at Adrian
Wed Apr 19
Final
6 Kalamazoo
3 vs. Trine
Fri Apr 21
Final
1 Trine
8 at Wabash
Thu Apr 27
Final
1 Trine
5 at Kalamazoo
MIAA Tournament Semifinal
Thu Sep 07
Final
9 Trine
0 at Manchester
Sat Sep 09
Final
9 Trine
0 at Franklin
Sat Sep 09
Final
9 Trine
0 vs. Webster
@ Franklin College, Franklin, Ind.
Sun Sep 10
Final
3 Trine
6 at Wooster
Fri Sep 15
TBA
Trine
vs. Hope College Invite
@ Hope College, Holland, Mich.
Sat Sep 16
TBA
Trine
vs. Hope College Invite
@ Hope College, Holland, Mich.
Sun Sep 24
Final
7 Rose-Hulman
2 vs. Trine
Tue Sep 26
Postponed
Trine
at Anderson (Ind.)
Fri Sep 29
TBA
Trine
vs. ITA Regional Championships
@ Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Sat Sep 30
TBA
Trine
vs. ITA Regional Championships
@ Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Sun Oct 01
TBA
Trine
vs. ITA Regional Championships
@ Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mon Mar 04
Final
9 Trine
0 vs. King's (Pa.)
@ Fort Gatlin Tennis Center, Orlando, Fla. Spring Break Trip
Tue Mar 05
Final
2 Trine
7 vs. Wheaton (Ill.)
@ Fort Gatlin Tennis Center, Orlando, Fla. Spring Break Trip
Wed Mar 06
Final
9 Trine
0 vs. St. John Fisher
@ USTA Campus, Orlando, Fla. Spring Break Trip
Wed Mar 06
6:00 PM
Trine
vs. Wabash
@ USTA Campus, Orlando, Fla.
Thu Mar 07
Final
9 Trine
0 vs. Wittenberg
@ USTA Campus, Orlando, Fla. Spring Break Match; USTA National Campus
Thu Mar 14
Postponed
Manchester
vs. Trine
Thu Mar 21
Final
6 Trine
3 at Anderson (Ind.)
Sat Mar 23
Final
0 Olivet
9 vs. Trine
Tue Mar 26
Final
3 Hope
6 vs. Trine
Mon Apr 01
Final
0 Manchester
9 vs. Trine
Wed Apr 03
Final
0 Albion
9 vs. Trine
Wed Apr 10
Final
2 Adrian
7 vs. Trine
Sat Apr 13
Final
9 Trine
0 at Alma
Sat Apr 20
Final
5 Trine
4 at Calvin
Tue Apr 23
Final
2 Trine
7 at Kalamazoo
Wed May 01
TBA
Trine
at Calvin
MIAA Tournament Semifinal
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Erin Kolar
Erin Kolar
Title: Head Coach
Phone: 260.665.4640
Email: kolare@trine.edu

Erin Kolar was named head coach of the women's tennis team at Trine before the 2015-16 season and assumed the lead of both tennis programs when she was named the head coach of the men's tennis team during the summer of 2016. 

During the 2017-18 season, Kolar led the men's team to their first appearance in the MIAA Tournament since 2011. The first time in her coaching career and the first time the team has made the narrowed field of four. The women were just as successful finishing the season 11-10 and also earned a bid to the MIAA Tournament as well, marking the first time since 2007 that they have participated.

Kolar has coached three Thunder athletes to All-MIAA team honors. Victor Flynn became the first player in her tenure to earn a place picking up a Second-Team selection after his senior season in 2018. Two women would pick up honors in 2019 with freshmen Ashley Spirrison being named First-Team and classmate Tatum Matthews picking up Second-Team honors.

The Thunder finished the 2020-21 season 12-7 overall. Those 12 wins represent the winningest season in the program's history in the NCAA Division III. For three consecutive seasons now, Kolar has led both program to double-digit wins and have made the MIAA postseason tournament in all three years on the men's side.

“My vision for the student-athletes is to ‘make a difference’ — on the court, in the classroom and wherever they are present, and to carry that mentality with them after college into their job, their family and their life,” said Kolar. “I’m looking forward to continuing my role as women’s coach, but I am also looking forward to my role as men’s coach. I think the approach to practices and match play will differ slightly, but one thing will remain constant; I want them to ‘make a difference.’ ”

Kolar initially joined the Trine tennis programs as an assistant coach in the spring of 2015. She was named head women's tennis coach in June 2015. Kolar brings a high level of enthusiasm for the game of tennis and a strong instruction and playing pedigree to the Thunder tennis programs.

Kolar was a four-time All-GLIAC performer between 1996-99 while attending Northwood University in Midland, Mich. She was ranked as high as 31st in NCAA Division II in doubles and as high as 62nd in the nation in singles. Kolar played no. 1 singles and was part of the no. 1 doubles pairing all four years of her collegiate career.

Upon graduating, Kolar continued to compete in local USTA tournaments and competed for European clubs in the Czech Republic and Germany. She has been a certified USPTA instructor since 2000.

A native of Union City, Mich. Kolar graduated from Northwood University in 2000 with a B.A. in Marketing and Management. She is married to Marek Kolar, a professor in the Ketner School of Business at Trine. The Kolars have two children- Mikaela (7), and Evan (5).