Simmons Tennis athletes Katy Hallinan (Lakeville, Mass.) and Athena Lynch (Andover, Mass.) received 2009 Scholar-Athlete honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Among the Division III Women to receive the Scholar-Athlete award, Hallinan and Lynch were the only Great Northeast Athletic Conference athletes to earn the honors.
In the final week before Simmons Tennis competes in the NCAA Division III Tournament, the Sharks have been ranked 25th among Northeast Division III programs. The May 1 ranking, administered by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, is the highest-ever for Simmons this late in the spring season.
Simmons Tennis hosted Endicott College on Saturday in a preparation match for the NCAA Division III Tournament in May. The Sharks bested the Gulls, 6-3, in a strong showing after finishing the fall season undefeated in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
Simmons Tennis finished the 2008 campaign with an 11-5 overall record, and a 7-0 run against Great Northeast Athletic Conference opponents. The Sharks captured the GNAC Championship for the fourth time in five years. Head Coach Bob Rauseo received GNAC Coach of the Year honors for the third time in four years. Katy Hallinan (Lakeville, Mass.), Maile Macloed (Carlsbad, Calif.), Maggie Taylor (Yarmouth, Maine) and Stacey Kohan (Milford, Conn.) each received GNAC All-Conference honors at the close of the 2008 season. Simmons is now the 10th-ranked Division III team in Massachusetts, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Simmons sophomore Maile Macleod (Carlsbad, Calif.) was named GNAC Player of the Week and freshman Maggie Taylor (Yarmouth, Maine) was named the GNAC Rookie of the Week for outstanding performances in Simmons’ GNAC Tournament victory, the conference announced on Monday.
Four Simmons tennis players garnered GNAC Conference honors as announced by the GNAC Conference on Monday afternoon. Sophomore Katy Hallinan (Lakeville, Mass.) was awarded First Team honors, while sophomore Maile Macleod (Carlsbad, Calif) and freshman Maggie Taylor (Yarmouth, Maine) were named to the Second Team. Senior Stacey Kohan (Milford, Conn.) was a conference Sportsmanship Team selection.
Simmons’ Bob Rauseo was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year for the third time in his four-year tenure with the Sharks. His three GNAC Coach of the Year awards are first all-time among conference coaches.
The No. 1-seeded Simmons tennis team knocked off third-seeded Johnson and Wales, 6-3, on Sunday evening at the Weymouth Club to claim it’s fourth Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tennis Championship in the last five years. The Sharks, the best team in the conference all season long, enjoyed a successful start to the tournament with a 7-2 win over fifth seed Emerson on Saturday in the tournament semifinals.
The Simmons tennis team was awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2008 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tennis Tournament. The Sharks completed the regular season with a 9-5 overall record, and first place finish in the GNAC Conference with a 7-0 league mark.
Simmons College sophomore Katy Hallinan (Lakeville, Mass.) was named the GNAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week, and freshman Athena Lynch (Andover, Mass.) was named GNAC Women's Tennis Rookie of the Week, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference announced on Monday.
On October 17 -18, 2008 the Simmons College tennis team traveled to Western Massachusetts to participate in the New England Women’s Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament (NEWITT). The team played very well, winning in both singles and doubles competition.
Freshman Liza Pope (West Newbury, Mass.) was named the Greater Northeast Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Week, after going a perfect 4-0 in her matches against Emmanuel and Emerson last week.
Simmons College sophomore Maile Macleod (Carlsbad, CA) has been named the GNAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference announced Tuesday.
Simmons freshman Maggie Taylor (Yarmouth, Maine) was named to Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Weekly Honor Roll on Tuesday morning after her performance last week.
Simmons College freshman Maggie Taylor (Yarmouth, Maine) was named the GNAC Women’s Tennis Rookie of the Week as announced by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference on Tuesday.
The Simmons College tennis team traveled to Providence, R.I. to take on Johnson & Wales University in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference match up. The Sharks defeated Johnson & Wales 6-3, improving to 4-3 overall (GNAC 3-0). Johnson & Wales is now 2-2 overall (GNAC 2-1).
After defeating one opponent in singles play and three in doubles last week, freshman Athena Lynch (Andover, MA) has been named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Rookie of the Week.
Simmons Tennis added another victory to their season on Saturday, dominating Saint Joseph College Connecticut 8-1. The Sharks are now 3-3 overall and 2-0 in GNAC play.
Simmons Tennis improved their overall record to 2-3-0 yesterday, after a 6-3 victory over Suffolk University. The Sharks swept all three doubles matches and took three of the six singles matches. Simmons is now undefeated in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play for 2008 (1-0), and maintains their 21-match home winning streak.
Simmons Tennis finished with an overall loss to Babson Tuesday night, 8-1. The bright spot for the Sharks was the Victory of Doubles pair Jordan Borash (Marblehead, MA) and Athena Lynch (Andover, MA) over Babson’s Brittany Whitenack (Pittsford, NY) and Ashley Lake (Brockton, MA) in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (7-4).
Simmons Tennis took a tough loss to Mount Holyoke on Saturday, with the Lyons winning four of the six singles matches, and all three of the doubles matches.
Simmons Tennis is preparing to open the 2008 season riding on the momentum of last season’s successes. The Sharks finished the year ranked 25th in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Northeast fall rankings, a program best. In addition, the Simmons Tennis program was selected as a 2008 All-Academic Team, another program first.