Women’s Tennis Placed Seventh in the ITA East Region Rankings

Women's Tennis | 1/17/2019 12:00:00 AM

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Goldey-Beacom's Women's Tennis squad has been placed seventh in the first calendar-year ranking of the East Region, conducted by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

The Lightning (8-2, 7-1 CACC) once again enjoyed a tremendous fall in which they won the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference regular-season crown for a third straight year. The squad competed in the semifinals for an 11th time in as many tournament appearances and has won 24 of its last 25 CACC regular-season matches.

One of the keys this season for the Lightning has been sophomore Lotte Lesscher y Post (Arnhem, Netherlands), named the league's Player of the Year. She has had yet another solid campaign in which she has teamed with sophomore Catarina Zheng (Oporto, Portugal) at first doubles for a 13-2 record. This includes the duo going 7-1 in conference play and reaching the final of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association East Regional. The two started the year with a five-match winning streak and later enjoyed a six-match winning streak.

Lesscher y Post also is 8-3 in singles this season, including 7-2 at first singles. She made it to the third round of the ITA East Regional and late in the fall posted a victory over Karla Miletic from University of the Sciences, the league's Player of the Year each of the two previous seasons.

Zheng, also named first team all-league, and Lesscher y Post are eighth in school history with 29 doubles wins. Lesscher y Post also has 20 singles triumphs.

Zheng also has recorded another formidable season, going 10-2 in singles and 9-1 at second singles. She made the third round of the ITA East Regional and all of her victories this season have come in straight sets.

Zheng is 10th in school history with 28 singles wins.

Freshman Maria Bruno (Maracay, Venezuela) has had a smashing debut campaign in which she is 10-4 at singles that includes a six-match winning streak, along with a 7-1 doubles mark. Freshman Andrea Fresneda (Valencia, Spain) is 11-2 in singles and senior Anna Hortelano Pey (Castelldefels, Spain) is 8-1 in doubles.

Hortelano Pey enters the spring ninth in team history with 31 singles wins and 10th with 28 doubles triumphs. Her twin sister, Silvia Hortelano Pey (Castelldefels, Spain), is seventh with 30 doubles victories.

ITA East Region Rankings (as of January 17, 2019)
1. New York Tech
2. Queens (NY)
3. Stonehill
4. District of Columbia
5. Wilmington (DE)
6. Concordia (NY)
7. Goldey-Beacom
8. Merrimack
9. Adelphi
10. Le Moyne

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Players Mentioned

Anna Hortelano Pey: 5' 8"; Junior

Silvia Hortelano Pey: 5' 8"; Junior

Lotte Lesscher y Post: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Catarina Zheng: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Andrea Fresneda: 5' 3"; Freshman

Maria Bruno: 5' 2"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Anna Hortelano Pey
: 5' 8"; Junior

Silvia Hortelano Pey
: 5' 8"; Junior

Lotte Lesscher y Post
: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Catarina Zheng
: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Andrea Fresneda
: 5' 3"; Freshman

Maria Bruno
: 5' 2"; Freshman