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Retriever Tennis Dominates All America East Conference Tennis Awards

5/10/2007

UMBC's David Jackson and Binghamton's Zeynep Altinay were named America East Men's and Women's Tennis Players of the Year, respectively, to highlight the conference's annual award winners.

Binghamton freshman Pierre Clavel garnered Rookie of the Year honors on the men's side, while Stony Brook's Paola Rodolfi earned the honor for the women. UMBC, led by head coach Keith Puryear, was tabbed the men's and women's Coaching Staff of the Year.

A complete list of the 2007 award winners is below.

Player of the Year
David Jackson, UMBC

Rookie of the Year
Pierre Clavel, Binghamton

Coaching Staff of Year
UMBC

WOMEN'S TENNIS AWARD WINNERS

Singles First Team All-Conference
#1 Zeynep Altinay, Binghamton
#2 Yana Sadovskaya, Boston U.
#3 Rebecca Row, Boston U.
#4 Francine Whu, Boston U.
#5 Cori Lefkowith, Boston U.
#6 Elizabeth Corrao, Boston U.
 
Singles Second Team All-Conference
#1 Erin Katims, Boston U.
#2 Lya Kushnirovich, Binghamton
#3 Pascaline Cette, UMBC
#4 Cornelia Carapcea, UMBC
#5 Adriana Fonseca, UMBC
#6 Erica Rosenblum, Binghamton
 
Doubles First Team All-Conference
#1 Erin Katims/Francine Whu, Boston U.
#2 Zeynep Altinay/Erica Rosenblum, Binghamton
#3 Rebecca Row/Yana Sadovskaya, Boston U.
 
Doubles Second Team All-Conference
#1 Alice Chen/Pascaline Cette, UMBC
#2 Katie Draganova/Elizabeth Corrao, Boston U.
#3 Cornelia Carapcea/Joy Adewumi, UMBC

Player of the Year
Zeynep Altinay, Binghamton

Rookie of the Year
Paola Rodolfi, Stony Brook

Coaching Staff of Year
UMBC

MEN'S TENNIS AWARD WINNERS

Singles First Team All-Conference
#1 Quirijn Van Veen, Stony Brook
#2 Chris Meyer, UMBC
#3 David Jackson, UMBC
#4 Fredi Voorman, UMBC
#5 Nick Savage-Pollock, UMBC
#6 Fernando Ferreira, UMBC
 
Singles Second Team All-Conference
#1 Irfan Shamasdin, UMBC
#2 Youssef Fassi-Fehri, Stony Brook
#3 Pierre Clavel, Binghamton
#4 Ilan Shvartz, Stony Brook
#5 Jeff Chudacoff, Boston U.
#6 Alex Markovich, Stony Brook
 
Doubles First Team  All-Conference
#1 Fredi Voorman/Nick Savage-Pollock, UMBC
#2 David Jackson/Irfan Shamasdin, UMBC
#3 Fernando Ferreira/Chris Meyer, UMBC
 
Doubles Second Team All-Conference
#1 Barrett Wolf/Giulio Gallarotti, Boston U.
#2 Quirijn Van Veen/Ilan Shvartz, Stony Brook
#3 Moshe Levy/Pierre Clavel, Binghamton

Player of the Year
David Jackson, UMBC

Rookie of the Year
Pierre Clavel, Binghamton

Coaching Staff of Year
UMBC