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Providence Tennis Places Five Student-Athletes On Division I All-Independent Teams
May 16, 2006 Fort Wayne, Ind. - A total of five different Providence College tennis players have earned All-Independent recognition, as the Friars placed three student-athletes on the Division I Independent Women's Tennis All-Academic Team, two on the All-Newcomer Team and one on the All-Independent Team. Providence's senior captain Sara Bitetti (Norwell, Mass.) was the only Friar to earn a spot on multiple teams as she was named to the All-Independent Second Team as well as the Independent All-Academic Team. Freshmen Meghan Gilroy (Southport, Conn.) and Ashley Rissolo (Southport, Conn.) earned two of the six spots on the All-Newcomer Team while sophomores Erin Kenaga (Norwalk, Conn.) and Kate Lyons (Barrington, R.I.) also earned All-Academic recognition. Bitetti, a four-year standout and two-time captain for PC, posted a 15-15 doubles record this year and was 13-14 in singles play. She finished her career at Providence with 48 doubles wins and 35 singles victories, as well as two appearances in the Wilson/ITA Eastern Regionals. She will graduate from Providence College with a degree in Applied Physics and had a cumulative GPA of 3.649 at the time of the All-Academic Team selection. Gilroy, who took the third spot on the All-Newcomer Team, posted the Friars' best doubles record this year (16-13) and paired with junior Kerry Schulz (Fairfield, Conn.) for a second-place finish (at No. 3) at the New England Championships. She played mostly at No. 3, where she complied a 14-9 record, including a season-ending streak of 5-0. In singles, Gilroy finished her rookie year with an overall record of 10-15. Rissolo, who took the fifth spot on the All-Newcomer Team, posted a 14-14 doubles record. She was 9-9 at No. 3 and 1-3 at No. 2, before moving up to the No. 1 position in the spring season - where she teamed with Sara Bitetti to post a 4-2 record. In singles competition, she started the year at No. 4 before finishing her rookie campaign at No. 2 and turned in an overall record of 9-16. Kenaga, who finished the year with consecutive wins over Hartford and Holy Cross, is majoring in Education and had a cumulative GPA of 3.4481 at the time of the All-Academic Team selection. Lyons was the only Friar to go undefeated (3-0) in Providence's fall dual matches. Despite battling through injury for a significant part of the season, she went on win five of her final six singles matches and posted an overall record of 10-11. She is an English major and had a cumulative GPA of 3.2233 at the time of the All-Academic Team selection. The ten members making up the Independent Conference for Division I women's tennis are: Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.), Indiana University-Purdue Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Longwood (Farmville, Va.), Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colo.), Providence (Providence, R.I.), Savannah State (Savannah, Ga.), South Dakota State (Brookings, S.D.), Texas A&M Corpus Chrisi (Corpus Christi, Texas), Texas Pan American (Edinburg, Texas) and UC Davis (Davis, Calif.). 2005-06 Division I Independent Women's Tennis All-Independent First Team Romana Bucur Jr. Longwood Carmen Abeaboeru So. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Ashley Coulson So. IPFW Robin Guier So. UC Davis Beth Miller Sr. IPFW Karen Groll So. Northern Colorado All-Independent Second Team Filipa Figueiredo Sr. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Elena Triebskorn So. Longwood Lisa Bartelheim Jr. IPFW Erika Iriate Fr. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Hanna Hager So. IPFW Sara Bitetti Sr. Providence All-Newcomer Team Erika Iriate Fr. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Sachi Janek Fr. IPFW Meghan Gilroy Fr. Providence Nicole Garcia So. Texas Pan American Ashley Rissolo Fr. Providence Jenna Kappel Fr. UC Davis All-Academic Team Carmen Abeaboeru So. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 3.43 Sports Management Lisa Bartelheim Jr. IPFW 3.5 Elementary Education Sara Bitetti Sr. Providence 3.649 Applied Physics Amanda Brahim Jr. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 3.72 Chemistry Chantasia Bridges So. Savannah State 3.22 Statistics Romana Bucur Jr. Longwood 3.224 Business Lana Burton Sr. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 3.51 Excercise Science Kellie Crail Jr. Northern Colorado 3.71 Accounting Filipa Figueiredo Sr. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 3.91 General Business Karen Groll So. Northern Colorado 4.0 Math Education Kristine Hagedorn Jr. SDSU 3.283 Pre-Dentistry Hanna Hager So. IPFW 4.0 Psychology Erin Kenaga So. Providence 3.4481 Education Meredith Krystofik Jr. Northern Colorado 3.9 Engineering Physics Neikelle Lashley Sr. Savannah State 3.97 Accounting Kate Lyons So. Providence 3.2233 English Beth Miller Sr. IPFW 3.93 Math Education Tracey Modeste Sr. Savannah State 3.98 Biology Ally Muller Sr. US Davis 3.66 International Relations Renee Nuccio Jr. Northern Colorado 3.45 Business Yuka Otaka Jr. UC Davis 3.32 Human Development Lauren Schmidt Sr. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 3.59 Interdisciplinary Science Nicole Siebrasse So. SDSU 3.882 Geography Elysa Sloan Sr. UTPA 3.508 Finance Elena Triebskorn So. Longwood 3.786 Business Jessica Vervyncky Jr. IPFW 3.94 Radiography
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