Bay Path Takes Inaugural New England Collegiate Conference Women’s Tennis Championship Title
ATTLEBORO, Mass.-The Wildcats of Bay Path grabbed the first-ever New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's tennis championship title for the 2008 season. The Wildcats (13-2 overall) claimed the top spot after posting a perfect 6-0 NECC record in conference play.
The Wildcats are led by fifth year Head Coach Steve Morneau. Senior and junior co-captains Raquel Babeu (North Adams, Mass.) and Julia Bendzin (Poestenkill, N.Y.) have led the way all season for the maroon and white net women. Along with Babeu and Bendzin, junior Cristina Ruiz (Waterbury, Conn.) and freshman Sarah Costa (Tiverton, R.I.) produced perfect 6-0 records in conference competition.
The Becker Hawks (10-5, 4-2), the NECC pre-season favorite, finished the conference season as the 2008 NECC women's tennis runners-up. At the helm for the Hawks was first year head coach David Bostick. Becker's captain senior Allison Flynn (Wilmington, Mass.) finished 3-2 in #1 singles conference action. Freshman Shauna McNally (Shrewsbury, Mass.) completed her NECC record undefeated going 6-0 across two separate positions.
Becker's two losses came at the hands of Bay Path on September 17th (5-4) and most recently on October 15th (6-3). The Nighthawks of Newbury (5-10 overall) finished third in the NECC with a 2-4 record, defeating the Mitchell Mariners twice in their 2008 campaign. The Nighthawks two conference victories came on September 22nd (9-0) and October 4th (7-2).
Rounding out the year were the Mariners (2-10, 0-6) finishing in fourth place in the New England Collegiate Conference.
The 2008 NECC Women's Tennis Championship is determined solely on regular season conference matches.
The 2008 New England Collegiate Conference Women's Tennis Championship Tournament will be an individual flighted tournament that is based upon student-athletes' singles and doubles conference records. Players are seeded as individual players and seeds are not based on a team's finish.
Championship play will begin this weekend on Saturday, October 18th at the Blinn Tennis Courts in East Longmeadow hosted by Bay Path. Semi-finals doubles action will begin at 10:30 a.m. The semi-finals singles flights will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The championships will conclude on Sunday, October 19th with the finals winners will be awarded to all six singles flights and all three doubles flights.
2008 New England Collegiate Conference Women's Tennis Championships
Hosted by Bay Path College,
East Longmeadow, Mass. (Blinn Tennis Courts)
Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19, 2008
Bay Path (BPC), Becker (BC), Mitchell (MC), Newbury (NC)
10:30 p.m.
DOUBLES
Flight One:
1. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles : Raquel Babeu/Carolina Ynguanzo
(BPC, 3-0) vs. Lauren Rowley/Jennifer Travella (MC, 1-2)
2. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Allison Flynn/Catherine Sivret
(BC, 3-1) vs. Kristen Connors/Jillian Wojtowicz (NC, 2-4)
Flight Two:
3. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles : Shauna McNally/Danielle Stryker
(BC, 5-0) vs. Tania Gee/Miah Manning (MC, 0-4)
4. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Anna Collins/Stephanie Valentine (NC,
3-2) vs. Julia Bendzin/Kara Fox (BPC, 2-2)
Flight Three:
5. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles : Sarah Costa/Cristina Ruiz (BPC,
5-0) vs. Ilana Papernick/Sarah Webster (MC, 0-0 )
6. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Megan Nessan/Stephanie Sabolik
(BC, 2-1) vs. Alysha LaVigna/Elizabeth Valcourt (NC, 1-1)
12:30 p.m.
SINGLES
Flight One:
7. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Raquel Babeu (BPC, 6-0) vs. Jennifer
Travella (MC, 0-5)
8. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Allison Flynn (BC, 3-2) vs. Jillian Wojtowicz (NC, 2-3)
Flight Two:
9. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Julia Bendzin (BPC, 3-0) vs. Lauren Rowley (MC, 2-1)
10. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Catherine Sivret (BC, 4-1) vs. Kristen Connors (NC, 1-4)
Flight Three:
11. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Megan Nessan (BC, 4-1) vs. Ilana Papernick (MC, 0-4)
12. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Kara Fox (BPC, 2-1) vs. Anna Collins (NC, 2-3)
Flight Four:
13. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Sarah Costa (BPC, 6-0) vs. Miah Manning (MC, 0-4)
14. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Danielle Stryker (BC, 3-2) vs. Stephanie Valentine (NC, 1-3)
Flight Five:
15. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Shauna McNally (BC, 5-0) vs. Tania Gee (MC, 0-1)
16. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Carolina Ynguanzo (BPC, 2-1) vs. Elizabeth Valcourt (NC, 1-1)
Flight Six:
17. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Cristina Ruiz (BPC, 6-0) vs. Alysha LaVigne (NC, 0-2)
18. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Stephanie Sabolik (BC, 2-2) vs. Sarah Webster (MC, 0-1)
(Records shown are based on their play at that particular position)
*All seeding are based on amount of play at particular position during conference play with 50% rule followed.
To View Full Conference Statistics: http://www.neccathletics.com/sports/wten/2008-09/stats/Women-s_Tennis_Stats
