August 26, 2010
Simmons Ranks First in Women’s Tennis Pre-Season Poll
Simmons College leads the 2010-2011 pre-season polls for women’s tennis based on vote from all GNAC coaches. The Simmons Sharks were coming from a GNAC Women’s Tennis Championship and also advancing to the second round before falling to the #1 seeded Amherst in the NCAA Division III National Tournament. MORE>>
Simmons Ranks First in Women’s Tennis Pre-Season Poll
Simmons College leads the 2010-2011 pre-season polls for women’s tennis based on vote from all GNAC coaches. The Simmons Sharks were coming from a GNAC Women’s Tennis Championship and also advancing to the second round before falling to the #1 seeded Amherst in the NCAA Division III National Tournament. MORE>>
Simmons Tennis Advances in NCAA Tournament
AMHERST, MA – Simmons Tennis earned a 5-0 win over Colby-Sawyer College Friday afternoon in the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Regional Championship First Round, which was held indoors at the Hampshire College Bay Road Tennis Club. The Chargers end their season at 17-6, while the Sharks improve to 15-7 and will take on regional host Amherst College Saturday at 1 p.m.
Simmons to play Colby-Sawyer in NCAA First Round of Women's Tennis
Simmons Tennis will face off with Colby-Sawyer College in Friday’s NCAA Division III Tournament, held at Amherst College. The Sharks earned an automatic bid to nationals after winning the 2009 Great Northeast Athletic Conference tournament, and have won two of three spring season matches while training for the NCAA, including one 7-2 victory over Colby-Sawyer.
Simmons Wins 2009 GNAC Women's Tennis Championship
Simmons Tennis captured the 2009 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship on Sunday, besting #2 seed Suffolk University 6-0 to take the title for the fifth time in six years. The GNAC Championship caps a perfect 8-0 conference record for the Sharks in 2009.
GNAC Players of the Week
Sabrina Salmela (Women’s Tennis, Simmons) has been named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tennis Player of the Week.
2009 GNAC Women's Tennis Championship Bracket
Simmons College and Suffolk University go into the 2009 GNAC Women's Tennis tournament as the #1 and #2 seeds, respectively.
Simmons Picked To Win GNAC Women's Tennis Title
Simmons earned the top spot in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Preseason Women's Tennis Coaches Poll, the conference office announced on Wednesday. The Sharks captured the 2008 GNAC championship after posting an 11-5 overall record and 7-0 GNAC record.
Steve Counihan Named Suffolk University Men's and Women's Tennis Head Coach
The Suffolk University Athletic Department has announced that Steve Counihan will return as Head Coach for both Women’s and Men’s Tennis in 2009-2010. Counihan returns after leading Women’s Tennis to a 2007 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship.
Simmons Tennis Set for NCAA Tournament
The Simmons College women’s tennis team, ranked 25th among Northeast Division III programs, will head to Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts where they will face Vassar College on Friday at 11:00AM. Simmons went 12-6 this season, receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship by winning the Great Northeast Athletic Conference title with a 7-0 record. Vassar went 17-4 and won the Liberty League Championship. The winner of the Vassar-Simmons match will move on to play host and defending National Champion Williams on Saturday.
Simmons Women's Tennis Wins 2008 GNAC Championship
WEYMOUTH, Mass. - The Simmons College women’s tennis team earned the 2008 GNAC Women’s Tennis title with a 6-3 victory over Johnson & Wales University. Johnson & Wales’ No.1 doubles team of sophomore Melissa Engel (Traverse City, Mich.) and junior all-tournament selection Erienne Gale (Temecula, Calif.) earned the first points with a 8-1 win. Simmons went into singles play leading 2-1 after the No. 2 doubles team of freshman all-tournament selection Maggie Taylor (Yarmouth, Maine) and freshman Liza Pope (West Newbury, Mass.) and the No. 3 doubles of junior Jordan Borash (Marblehead, Mass.) and freshmen Athena Lynch (Andover, Mass.) earned wins.
2008 GNAC Women's Tennis Championship Bracket
Simmons goes into the 2008 GNAC Women's Tennis tournament as the #1 seed. The 2007 GNAC Champions, Suffolk University, enter the tournament as the #2 seed.
Suffolk University Women's Tennis Tabbed Preseason Favorite
The Suffolk Rams came out on top of the 2008 Great Northeast Athletic Conference women’s tennis coaches’ preseason poll. The Rams earned seven first place votes for a total of 56 points to outdistance themselves from the rest of the field.
Suffolk Women's Tennis Wins GNAC Championship
WEYMOUTH, Mass.-- A come-from-behind 9-7 win by senior Jen Nelson (Newburyport, Mass.) and freshman Alex Hernandez (Newton, Mass.) provided the deciding point at number two doubles that lifted top-seeded Suffolk to its first-ever Great Northeast Athletic Conference women’s tennis tournament championship with a 5-4 dual-match victory over second-seeded Simmons in the 2007 league title match played late Sunday evening at the Weymouth Club.
