CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. – The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) has announced its 2017-18 Women’s Tennis All-Conference selections, which were determined during the individual tournament that was held at the Birchwood Tennis Club on Thursday and Friday. The 2017-18 women’s tennis individual awards were also announced at the conclusion of the women’s tournament on Friday afternoon.

The individual tournament consisted of the top-four seeded student-athletes for first through sixth singles and first through third doubles. Each flight saw the No. 1 seed take on the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed take on the No. 3 seed. The first-round winners advanced to the championship round, which produced six singles champions and three doubles champions, with those student-athletes also making up the All-Conference First Team. The runners-up from each flight in the championship round made up the All-Conference Second Team, while the All-Conference Third Team consists of the winners of each flight from the consolation bracket. 

Lancaster Bible sophomore Greta Strunk (Lebanon, Pa.) earned NEAC Player of the Year honors for the second-straight season to become the first back-to-back individual champion in Chargers’ history. Strunk, who came in to the tournament as the top-seeded individual player, defeated Bryn Athyn College’s Morgan Phillips (Annville, Pa.) in Thursday’s semifinals by a score of 6-1, 6-2. In the final match of Friday afternoon, Strunk topped Alyssa Miller (Delta, Pa.) from Penn State Berks by a score of 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 1 singles championship. Strunk also earned a spot on the NEAC All-Conference First Team and finished the year with an overall singles record of 12-2, which included a 7-0 mark against NEAC opponents.

Penn State Berks sophomore Alyssa Miller (Delta, Pa.) was named NEAC Rookie of the Year after landing on the All-Conference Second Team at No. 1 singles. Miller defeated Penn State Abington’s Stephanie Jin (Bluebell, Pa.), 6-0, 6-2, in Thursday’s semifinal before dropping the No. 1 singles championship match to Strunk. Miller is the second player from Penn State Berks to receive NEAC Rookie of the Year honors.

Penn State Berks head coach Scott Yarnell was named NEAC Coach of the Year after a vote by the league coaches. In his 14^th year as the women’s coach, Yarnell led the Nittany Lions to their ninth conference title and will take his team to its first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. This year’s award marks the eighth time Yarnell has been Coach of the Year and first time since the 2014-15 season.

Complete results from the women’s tournament can be viewed here. The 2017-18 NEAC Women’s Tennis All-Conference Team can be viewed below.

2017-18 NEAC Women's Tennis All-Conference Team

Flight	Name	Yr.	Hometown	Institution
First Team
No. 1 Singles	Greta Strunk	So.	Lebanon, Pa.	Lancaster Bible
No. 2 Singles	Michelle Mirjani	Fr.	Great Neck, N.Y.	Penn State Abington
No. 3 Singles	Marta Tymchenko	Fr.		Penn State Abington
No. 4 Singles	Violet Tran	Sr.	Palmyra, Pa.	Penn State Berks
No. 5 Singles	Lucrezia Pulcini	So.	Bergamo, Italy	Penn State Berks
No. 6 Singles	Isabella Blackwell	So.	Philadelphia, Pa.	Penn State Abington
No. 1 Doubles	Michelle Mirjani Marta Tymchenko	Fr. Fr.	Great Neck, N.Y.	Penn State Abington
No. 2 Doubles	Fatoumata Cisse Stephanie Jin	So. Sr.	Philadelphia, Pa. Bluebell, Pa.	Penn State Abington
No. 3 Doubles	Lucrezia Pulcini Deismy Jimenez	So. Fr.	Bergamo, Italy Robesonia, Pa,	Penn State Berks
Second Team
No. 1 Singles	Alyssa Miller	So.	Delta, Pa.	Penn State Berks
No. 2 Singles	Caroline Bashore	Jr.	Hamburg, Pa.	Penn State Berks
No. 3 Singles	Laura Youwakim	Sr.	Whitehall, Pa.	Penn State Berks
No. 4 Singles	Fatoumata Cisse	So.	Philadelphia, Pa.	Penn State Abington
No. 5 Singles	Haylee Fishel	Fr.	Jersey Shore, Pa.	Lancaster Bible
No. 6 Singles	Tessa Caltagirone	Jr.	Reading, Pa.	Penn State Berks
No. 1 Doubles	Caroline Bashore Laura Youwakim	Jr. Sr.	Hamburg, Pa. Whitehall, Pa.	Penn State Berks
No. 2 Doubles	Alyssa Miller Violet Tran	So. Sr.	Delta, Pa. Palmyra, Pa.	Penn State Berks
No. 3 Doubles	Haylee Fishel Lydia Dice	Fr. So.	Jersey Shore, Pa. Ocean City, N.J.	Lancaster Bible
Third Team
No. 1 Singles	Stephanie Jin	Sr.	Bluebell, Pa.	Penn State Abington
No. 2 Singles	Marie Daum	Jr.	Bryn Athyn, Pa.	Bryn Athyn College
No. 3 Singles	Michaela Dearborn	Fr.	Maytown, Pa.	Lancaster Bible
No. 4 Singles	Emily Bell	Jr.	Jersey Shore, Pa.	Penn College
No. 5 Singles	Pamela Dayley	So.	Twin Falls, Idaho	Penn State Abington
No. 6 Singles	Lydia Dice	So.	Ocean City, N.J.	Lancaster Bible
No. 1 Doubles	Greta Strunk Michaela Dearborn	So. Fr.	Lebanon, Pa.	Lancaster Bible
No. 2 Doubles	Lynndath Thelemaque Sarah Wetzel	So. Jr.	Berwick, Pa. Reading, Pa.	Lancaster Bible
No. 3 Doubles	Isabella Blackwell Pamela Dayley	So. So.	Philadelphia, Pa. Twin Falls, Idaho	Penn State Abington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) has fourteen NCAA Division III member institutions which include: Bryn Athyn College, Cazenovia College, College of St. Elizabeth, Gallaudet University, Keuka College, Lancaster Bible College, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Pennsylvania State University – Abington, Pennsylvania State University – Berks, SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Morrisville State College, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Wells College, and Wilson College.  Associate members are: Cedar Crest College (W Swimming), D’Youville College (M Volleyball), Hilbert College (M&W Lacrosse), Medaille College (M&W Lacrosse, M Volleyball), Pennsylvania State University – Altoona (M Volleyball), and Rutgers University – Camden (M Golf). The NEAC has partnered with the North Atlantic Conference in the sports of field hockey and men’s tennis. For more information, please visit: www.neacsports.com.