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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