Merel Ann van Zanten Named CACC Women’s Tennis Rookie of the Year

Women's Tennis | 10/20/2015 12:00:00 AM

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An outstanding debut campaign for Goldey-Beacom's Merel Ann van Zanten (Velserbroek, Netherlands) received a well-deserved honor as she was picked Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women's Tennis Rookie of the Year.

Van Zanten's two months on campus already has produced one of the top seasons in program history. She already has amassed a 12-2 singles record, including a 6-1 mark in the conference, and a 6-3 doubles record that includes 5-2 in the league.

The 12 singles victories is just one outside the top 10 for the most in one season in GBC history.

Van Zanten's career began with eight straight victories that included a trip to the ITA East Regional "B" Flight final. Her loss in the final on September 19 was the first set she dropped all season.

She presently is on a four-match winning streak and only has dropped one set in that time. That run has helped the Lightning (5-3, 4-3 CACC) reach the league tournament for an eighth straight season.

In doubles, all of her matches except one has been in the top spot and she won her first three of the campaign. She has captured three of her last four matches overall.

Van Zanten becomes the Lightning's first Rookie of the Year since Stephanie Puentes Robinson in 2011. She has this three times this fall been named CACC Rookie of Week, once the Player of the Week and once to the weekly Honor Roll.

Goldey-Beacom is the number four seed for the conference tournament and will battle top-seeded Concordia (NY) in the semifinals on Saturday at 10:00 am. The tournament will take place on the campus of Chestnut Hill College.

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Players Mentioned

Stephanie Puentes Robinson: 5' 1"; Senior

Merel Ann van Zanten: 5' 7"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Stephanie Puentes Robinson
: 5' 1"; Senior

Merel Ann van Zanten
: 5' 7"; Freshman