Montana Wilson, Freshman #2 singles

The weekend of September 11 saw the team compete in SUNYAC pool play up at the Drumlins Tennis Center, Syracuse. This was the first time pool play has been incorporated into our tennis schedule. We had a tough 4 matches in 3 days, playing the West Division of our

Ingrid Maryansky, Sophmore #5 singles

conference, Brockport, Geneseo, Oswego and Fredonia, in which the team went 3-1. Overall the team effort and performance was of a very high level and the highlight of the weekend was the 3 half hour match with conference rivals Geneseo, which saw both teams play some outstanding tennis. Congratulations to all our players for a

Stephanie Schara & Lindsey Garyn, Juniors #1 doubles

great weekend of tennis especially to Montana at #2 singles, Ingrid at #5 singles and our number one doubles team of Stephanie and Lindsey who all went 4-0 over the weekend. I know this weekend really fired up the team for the remainder of our conference matches and we are all looking forward to the conference championships scheduled for weekend of October 9. Keep up the good work!

Singles champions left to right, Lindsey Garyn, Ingrid Maryansky, Alli Esposito

Our 2009 fall season begun very successfully over the weekend of September 4. We traveled to SUNY Plattsburgh to begin our dual match season and recorded a very impressive 9-0 win. Congratulations to our freshmen, Montana Wilson, Kayla DiPaulo and Alli Esposito who started their freshmen careers at New Paltz with victories.

We carried on our winning ways at the RPI Invitational Tournament Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September. In the singles flight junior Lindsey Garyn 3^rd singles, sophomore Ingrid Maryansky, 5^th singles and freshman Alli Esposito, 6^th singles all won their individual singles flights, while in the doubles tournament

2nd Doubles Champions left Kayla DiPaulo and Montana Wilson

doubles team of Montana Wilson and Kayla DiPaulo, both freshmen won the 2^nd doubles flight. The team went on to win the team tournament accumulating 21 points, 7 points in front of second placed St John Fisher and 11 points ahead of both RPI and Hartwick who tied for 3rd position.

2009 RPI Invitational Team Champions

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Lindsay Trifiletti Heinz Ahlmeyer Award winner 2008/09

Congratulations to Lindsay Trifiletti who won the Heinz Ahlmeyer Award 2008/09. This award is the highest award given out by the athletic department at SUNY New Paltz and was voted on by New Paltz athletic coaches and athletic department administrators. This award is given to an athlete whose dedication, perseverance and service beyond self throughout her athletic career at New Paltz has been an inspiration to both her teammates and fellow students.

Dana Lim 2008/09 Female Athlete of the Year

Congratulations to Dana who won the SUNY New Paltz Female Athlete of the Year 2008/09. The award is given to the #1 female athlete voted on by fellow athletic department coaches and administrators.

2008/09 Tennis MVP Kerri Serkes

Congratulations to Kerri Serkes who was awarded the tennis MVP for 2008/09. Kerri will be returning to the team next fall as our senior co-captain.

Gina Ciccarelli class of 2003

A new feature we will be continually updating is our “Where are they now” section. This follows and updates where our alumni are based, what they are up to and giving other alumni a chance to reconnect.

Our first player in this feature is Gina Ciccarelli class of 2003. Gina was a major player throughout her senior year anchoring the bottom half of our line up. Gina played #6 singles on our historic record-breaking SUNYAC Conference Championship winning team of 2002. She narrowly lost in the final of the #6 singles conference championships, but her points tally over the championship weekend help our program and the college to win its first ever SUNYAC Conference Championship. Gina also spent the 2005 season as assistant coach to the New Paltz Tennis program.

Gina is currently living in Arizona and works as a Guidance Counselor at Safford High School, Safford, Arizona. “I have been here since July of 2008. I love my job and I am currently helping coach the girl’s and boy’s JV and varsity tennis team at the high school.  I am engaged and going to be married in June of 2010”.

Gina’s Email:

ciccareg@yahoo.com

Last Saturday we completed our spring schedule by winning the New Paltz Invitational Tournament. The tournament comprised of two divisions of 3 teams playing round robin format with the top team from each division playing in the final. This was a team event and was contested by 5 other strong tennis programs: Cortland, Oneonta, Hunter, Mt St Mary, Hunter College and RIT. Two successive 6-1 wins against RIT and Mt St Mary saw New Paltz advance to the final to meet Cortland, winner of the other bracket. A very hotly contested final saw New Paltz finish as 6-1 winners to win the Invitational Tournament for the 2^nd year in a row.

The day before our tournament was our senior day and we had a dual match with Hunter College who after winning their CUNY Conference will be competing for the 3^rd successive year at the NCAA Tennis Championships. After getting off to a great start winning all 3 double matches we went on to win 5 out of 6 single matches to win the match 8-1, our only lose on the day was at #1 singles where our senior Dana lost a very close match 6-4, 6-4 to one of the top Div III players in the Northeast.

Overall our spring season was a success. Our playing schedule in the spring has the team competing against 4 teams looking to advance to the NCAA Tennis Championships, St Lawrence, Skidmore, Ithaca and Hunter College and very strong opposition in Steven’s Tech and Union College. Overall I was pleased the way the spring season went and how the program stayed very competitive against strong opposition. These types of strong matches will help us maintain our competitive edge as we enter the fall of 2009.

Kerri Serkes Class 2010, Elementary Ed Major

Lyndsey Lovinger Class 2010, Communication Major

I would like to announce that our captains for 2009/10 season will be our two seniors, Lyndsey Lovinger, Miller Place and Kerri Serkes, Massapequa. Both players played a major part in our back-to-back SUNYAC Conference Championship winning seasons of 2006 & 2007. Both Lyndsey and Kerri will bring plenty of experience to their role as captains both on and off the court and have both enjoyed SUNYAC Conference success, Lyndsey winning #4 SUNYAC singles title, #2 SUNYAC doubles title in 2007 and in 2006 #3 SUNYAC doubles title, Kerri has was the 2008 #5 SUNYAC singles championship and in 2006 the #6 SUNYAC singles championship. Kerri was also awarded back-to-back SUNYAC Scholar Athlete awards in 2007 & 2008. We look forward to their continued success on the program and to their leadership qualities. Both Kerri and Lyndsey teamed up as our #2 doubles team this spring and formed a very successful partnership over our 6 match schedule. We look forward to them renewing their doubles partnership in the fall.