Tracey Prince returns for her 14th season as the head coach of the women’s tennis program at Sonoma State in 2010. Last season, the Seawolves finished win a record of 11-9 overall and 6-4 in the California Collegiate Athletic Asociation, just missing out on an trip to the NCAA West Regionals. The Seawolves have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 11 of Prince's 13 seasons at the helm.
Looking deeper into the Seawolves' 11-9 overall record finds that the Seawolves went 8-5 against NCAA Division II opponents, with four of their losses coming from teams at the Division I level. The Seawolves earned sweeps against three schools and were only shutout by one Division II team, nationally-ranked UC San Diego. Sonoma State went 6-2 against teams in the conference other than UCSD.
Since coming to campus, Prince has regularly had her team ranked in the region and national polls. The 2000 team, which went 15-7 overall, finished ranked fourth in the west region and 14th in the nation - the highest-ever final ranking for a Sonoma State tennis team.
In Prince’s first season in 1997, she resurrected the women’s tennis program at SSU and promptly led them into the NCAA Championships. SSU defeated UC Riverside in the West Regionals before falling to Barry University in the first round of the national tournament. Still, the team finished the year ranked 27th in the country, an impressive debut season for Prince and her players.
Prince established a Division II women’s tennis program at CSU San Bernardino in 1996 after serving as the assistant tennis coach at Cal Poly Pomona for three seasons. At Pomona, Prince helped lead the Broncos to the NCAA Division II championship in 1992, a third place finish in 1993, and the runner-up position the following year.
A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Prince has coached at M.I.T. and taught professionally in Massachusetts and Southern California. Tracey and her husband, Roger, along with their young sons Wesley and Spencer, make their home in Santa Rosa.
