Five Sharks Named to GNAC Tennis All-Conference Team

Simmons Tennis returns in 2010 after the most successful season in school history last year. The Sharks captured the 2009 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship title for the fifth time in six years after a dominating 8-0 regular season GNAC performance. Simmons also achieved a #24 Northeast Ranking from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association?their highest ever?and advanced to the round of 32 in the spring 2010 NCAA Tournament. Five Simmons Tennis athletes have been named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, the GNAC announced on Monday. The honors follow Simmons? third straight GNAC Championship and sixth in seven years, following the Sharks? defeat of Emerson College in Sunday?s tournament finals and a perfect 8-0 regular season conference record. Simmons Tennis has been ranked 20th among the NCAA Division III Northeast programs, jumping four spots from the #24 ranking the team achieved in spring 2010. The latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) ranking follows the Sharks? third consecutive Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship in 2010, the team?s sixth title in seven years. Simmons College Tennis will travel to Amherst, Mass. on May 13, 2011 for the first round of the 2011 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships. Simmons will face New Paltz at Amherst College, as announced Monday afternoon by the NCAA. The winner of that match will take on top-ranked Amherst (16-2) in the second round on Saturday. The start time has yet to be announced. Simmons Tennis was named a 2011 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III All-Academic Team for the fourth year in a row, the ITA announced. In addition, seven sharks received Scholar-Athlete honors for maintaining a 3.5 or greater GPA for the 2010-11 academic year.
Posted: Oct 26, 2010

Five Simmons Tennis athletes have been named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, the GNAC announced on Monday. The honors follow Simmons' third straight GNAC Championship and sixth in seven years, following the Sharks' defeat of Emerson College in Sunday's tournament finals and a perfect 8-0 regular season conference record.

Freshman Margaret Teague (Manchester, N.H.) and senior Katy Hallinan (Maynard, Mass.) were named to the First Team Singles, while freshman Andreé Simé (Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadaloupe), senior Maile Macleod (Carlsbad, Calif.) and freshman Allison Bodek (Lynnfield, Mass.) were all named to the Second Team Singles. Macleod also earned a spot on the Sportsmanship Team.

Scoreboard
  • Sat, 04/27 Women's Tennis vs. Lesley W, 7-2 (Final) RC | R
  • Wed, 04/24 Women's Tennis vs. Emerson L, 6-0 (Final) RC | R
  • Fri, 04/19 Women's Tennis vs. Husson L, 6-3 (Final) RC | R
  • Fri, 04/12 Women's Tennis vs. Bentley (Postponed)
  • Sat, 10/14 Women's Tennis vs. Regis (Mass.) L, 5-1 (Final) RC | R | PR