Bendzin Named 2009 NECC Women's Tennis Player of the Year
All-NECC Women's Tennis Teams Announced with Bendzin, Mimms and Bostick Taking Top Honors
ATTLEBORO, Mass.- Four out of the five New England Collegiate
Conference (NECC) women's tennis programs were represented on the
2009 All-NECC Women's Tennis Team and NECC major
awards, announced today by Commissioner Del Malloy. In addition to
the all-conference team, three major individual award winners and
the team sportsmanship award winner will be recognized at the first
day of the 2009 NECC Championships.
Bay Path College senior Julia Bendzin
(Poestenkill, N.Y.) received top honors, as she was named NECC
Player of the Year. Bendzin is a four-year member of the
Wildcats' tennis team and is set to graduate this spring with a
degree in Forensic Science. Bendzin was named NECC Player of
the Week twice for Bay Path. She currently has a 7-0 singles
record in the NECC and 7-0 in conference doubles action. Overall
Bendzin has a perfect 11-0 #1 singles record and 9-2 #1
doubles record.
The NECC Rookie of the Year went to sophomore Laura Mimms (Ashland, Mass.) from Becker College. The Hawks' first year student-athlete is a Psychology major. Mimms has a 12-4 overall record and 6-1 in conference play at the #2 singles position. In doubles play, she is 11-3 overall and 6-1 in the NECC at the #1 and #2 doubles positions.
Becker College's David Bostick was honored as 2009 NECC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year. The Hawks are currently 12-5 on the season and 6-1 in the NECC. They are vying for the 2009 NECC Women's Tennis Champion Title upon completion of their final NECC match against Bay Path to determine the current tie-break for the top position.
The Newbury College Nighthawks led by first year head coach
Jeremy Glenn were named the 2009 NECC Women's Tennis Team
Sportsmanship recipients. The Nighthawks finished third in the
conference standings with a 4-4 overall record and are 7-8 overall
for the 2009 campaign.
Voting for the All-NECC team and each of the major awards was
conducted among NECC women's tennis coaches.
Joining Bendzin and Mimms on the first team for singles was
Becker's junior Danielle Stryker (Ledyard, Conn.), Path's sophomore
Sarah Costa (Tiverton, R.I.), Bay Path's junior
Caroline Ynguanzo (Springfield, Mass.) and
Lesley's sophomore Courtney Mullen (Springfield, Ore.).
Two doubles teams' were also chosen to the first team for the NECC; Becker's Stryker and sophomore Shauna McNally (Worcester, Mass.) and Bendzin and junior Kara Fox (Biddeford, Maine) .
Four student-athletes received honorable mention including; Newbury's sophomore Kristen Connors (Riverside, R.I.), Bay Path's Fox, Becker's senior Sarah Ryzewski (Spencer, Mass.) and Lesley's junior Michelle Side (Miller Place, N.Y.).
The Lynx' freshman tandem Brenna Donovan (Hingham, Mass.) and Nicole Smith (Rindge, N.H.) were honored as honorable mention doubles.
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