NORTHEAST-10 WOMEN’S TENNIS ALL CONFERENCE TEAMS ANNOUNCED
Sunday, April 22, 2007
For Immediate Release
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South Easton, Mass. – Freshman Tirzah Walrath of Le Moyne
College has been named the 2007 Northeast-10 Women’s Tennis
Vern Cox Player of the Year as well as being selected Women’s
Tennis Freshman of the Year. Walrath wrapped up the season with a
perfect 16-0 overall record at number one singles. She also earned
All Conference First-Team Singles honors.
Cailie Burn’s of Saint Michael’s College was selected
the F. Paul Bogan Memorial Sportsmanship Award. Burns was also
selected All Conference Second-Team Singles and Doubles.
Bryant University’s Barbara Cilli was named the 2007
Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year, as selected by a vote by
the 12 Northeast-10 coaches. Cilli led the Bulldogs to a 13-5
overall record (11-1 NE-10) and a share of the Northeast-10 Regular
Season title.
Joining Walrath on First-Team Singles is Bentley’s Marcia
Gilbride, Rachel Harbert and Kelly Nugent, Bryant’s Annette
Jervasi and Saint Michael’s Catherine Dalton.
All Conference Second-Team Singles include Bryant’s Heather
Fedesco, Pace University’s Natalija Subotic, Saint Anselm
College’s Laura Nason, Saint Michael’s Burns and Liz
Clemente and Stonehill College’s Allison Bleakney.
Named to the All Conference Third-Team Singles were
Assumption’s Shannon Steele, Bryant’s Sacha Solomon,
Saint Michael’s Lindsay Horne, Southern New Hampshire
University’s Melissa Ramos and Stonehill’s Samantha
Dircks and Lauren Rowinski.
The Northeast-10 All Conference First-Team Doubles was comprised
of Bentley’s Kelly Fleszar, Gilbride, Harbert and Nugent
along with Bryant’s Solomon and Jervasi.
All Conference Second-Team Doubles included Bryant’s
Michelle Burke and Lauren Mullen, Saint Michael’s Burns and
Michelle Wood and Southern New Hampshire’s Amanda Nason and
Ramos.
Third-Team Doubles included Bryant’s Fedesco and Kristen
Swanson, Saint Anselm’s Lauren Koloski and Nason as well as
Stonehill’s Elise Clark and Rowinski.
The Vern Cox Player of the Year Award is named in honor of the
former longtime Springfield College head coach Vern Cox, while the
Bogan Mermorial Sportsmanship Award is named in honor of the late
F. Paul Bogan, Commissioner of the Northeast-10 from 1995-1997.