Central Islip, N.Y. - Senior Sara Burinato
(Barcelona, Spain) from New York Institute of Technology has been
named the ECC Women’s Tennis Player of Year, while University
of the District of Columbia's Laura Dimante (Riga, Latvia) took
home the Rookie of the Year honor, as voted upon by the
conference’s coaches.
Burinato, a four-time ECC All-Conference First Team selection and
Preseason Player of the Year, earns the second major honor of her
career after winning the Rookie of the Year award as a freshman.
For the season, she has posted a combined overall record of 24-3
between singles and doubles play. Her record in ECC play is even
more impressive, tallying a perfect 8-0 mark in both singles and
doubles mostly at the No. 1 position.
Dimante earns the honor of the conference's top rookie after
putting together a standout debut season in the nation's capital.
She was the only freshman in the ECC who played more than five
matches to post a winning record, compiling a 7-3 overall
record in both singles and doubles against Division II competition.
In ECC play, she accumulated an identical record of 6-2 in both
singles at the No. 3 flight and doubles split between the No. 1 and
No. 2 flights.
Alan Nagel of Queens College has been tabbed as the ECC
Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year by his peers. This marks the
10th time in his 36th seasons leading the Knights and second
straight season that he has been named the conference's Coach of
the Year. Nagel led the squad to the second seed in the ECC
Women’s Tennis Championship with a 7-1 conference record and
a 9-1 overall mark in dual matches.
2014 ECC
Women’s Tennis All-Conference
First Team
Sara Burinato, NYIT (Sr., Barcelona, Spain)
Didi Fatchikova, LIU Post (Jr., Sofia, Bulgaria)
Peerada Looareesuwan, District of Columbia (Jr, Bangkok,
Thailand)
Yevgeniya Plevako, Queens (Sr., Astana, Kazakhstan)
Alessia Rossetti, NYIT (So., Minusio, Switzerland)
Gabriela Siembab, NYIT (So., Chrzanow, Poland)
Second Team
Cami Abdallah, Queens (So., Rabat, Morocco)
Melanie Benyadi, NYIT (So., Saint Etienne, France)
Alexandra Borgenhoff, NYIT (Jr., Alingsas, Switzerland)
Laura Dimante, District of Columbia (Riga, Latvia)
Andrea Samson, Queens (Jr., Key Biscayne, Fla.)
Angelika Sobiecka, Queens (So., Mwani, Poland)
Player of the Year: Sara Burinato, NYIT
Rookie of the Year: Laura Dimante, District of
Columbia
Coach of the Year: Alan Nagel, Queens
Burinato and Dimante Headline ECC Women’s Tennis All-Conference Awards
Posted: Oct 23, 2014