ENFIELD, Conn.- Four out of the five New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's tennis programs headed into the finals matches today with the Bay Path College Wildcats, the Becker College Hawks and the Newbury College Nighthawks coming away with top honors from their student-athletes. NECC medallions were awarded to all six singles flights and all three doubles flights champions.

The 2009 New England Collegiate Conference Women's Tennis Championship Tournament concluded today at the Enfield Tennis Club in Enfield, Connecticut hosted by Bay Path. The championships were an individual flighted tournament that was based upon student-athletes' singles and doubles conference records. Players were seeded as individual players while seeds were not based on a team's finish.

Starting off the day, in the #1 flight doubles finals, the #2 seeded Becker's sophomore Shauna McNally (Worcester, Mass.) and junior Danielle Stryker (Ledyard, Conn.) overtook the #1 seed Bay Path pair of senior Julia Bendzin (Poestenkill, N.Y.), NECC Player of the Year, and senior Kara Fox (Biddeford, Maine) 8-2. 

In the #2 flight, Becker again took the title with their sophomore tandem Laura Mimms (Ashland, Mass.), NECC Rookie of the Year, and Megan Nessen (Levittown, Penn.) defeating Bay Path's sophomore Sarah Costa (Tiverton, R.I.) and senior Cristina Ruiz (Waterbury, Conn.) in a heated battle 8-8 with the tie breaker set finishing at 14-12.

The #3 flight saw Newbury's freshman tandem Alexandra Derderian (North Providence, R.I.) and Julie McLeod (Buffalo, N.Y.) winning 8-3 over Bay Path's sophomore Lianna Loveitt (Gorham, Maine) and junior Carolina Ynguanzo (Springfield, Mass.).

In the #1 flight and #4 flight singles, the Wildcats' Bendzin nabbed the title defeating Nessen 6-1, 6-1, while Bay Path's Ynguanzo also defeated her opponent  McNally 6-4, 6-2.

Becker took the #2, #3 and #6 flight honors with Mimms defeating the Nighthawks' Kristen Connors 6-0, 6-1. The Hawks' Stryker took the title 6-2, 6-0 from Wildcats' Costa, while in a tough fought battle to end the day, Ryzewski overcame a rough start and defeated Fox 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in a tie-breaker set.

Newbury's Jennifer Swafford (Merrimack, N.H.) grabbed the #5 flight title, beating Lesley's freshman Brenna Donovan (Hingham, Mass.) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in another tie-breaker match.

The 2009 NECC Women's Tennis Team Championship title will be decided on Wednesday, October 21^st when Bay Path will travel back to Becker to finish the "title deciding" match that was halted previously during regular season play due to a daylight issue.

To View Updated Brackets: http://www.neccathletics.com/sports/wten/2009-10/files/2009_NECC_Women-s_Tennis_Brackets.pdf

Tournament Stats: http://www.neccathletics.com/sports/wten/2009-10/stats/necc.htm

 2009 New England Collegiate Conference Women's Tennis Championships
Hosted by Bay Path College, Enfield, Conn. (Enfield Tennis Club)
Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, 2009

Bay Path (BPC), Becker (BC), Lesley (LU), Mitchell (MC) and Newbury (NC)

4:20 p.m./10:30 p.m.
DOUBLES

Flight One:
1. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Julia Bendzin/Kara Fox (BPC, 7-0) vs. Erica Fazio/Julie Felts (MC, 0-7) BPC 8-5
2. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles:  Shauna McNally/Danielle Stryker (BC, 6-0) vs. Kristen Connors/Jillian Wojtowicz (NC, 4-4) BC 8-6
19. #1 Doubles vs. #2 Doubles: Julia Bendzin/Kara Fox vs. Shauna McNally/Danielle Stryker BC 8-2

Flight Two:
3. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Laura Mimms/Megan Nessen (BC, 6-0) vs. Carly Crozer/Miah Manning (MC, 1-3) BC 8-1
4. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Sarah Costa/Cristina Ruiz (BPC, 5-2) vs. Jennifer Swafford/Stephanie Valentine (NC, 2-2) BPC 8-3
20. #1 Doubles vs. #2 Doubles: Laura Mimms/Megan Nessen vs. Sarah Costa/Cristina Ruiz BC 8-8 (14-12)

Flight Three:
5. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Alexandra Derderian/Julie McLeod (NC, 4-0) vs. Brenna Donovan/Nicole Smith (LU, 2-1) NC 8-5
6. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles:  Lianna Loveitt/Carolina Ynguanzo (BPC, 6-1) vs. Jessica Burdick/Sarah Ryzewski (BC, 2-5) BPC 8-6
21.  #1 Doubles vs. #2 Doubles: Alexandra Derderian/Julie McLeod vs. Lianna Loveitt/Carolina Ynguanzo NC 8-3

6:00 p.m./12:30 p.m.
SINGLES

Flight One:
7. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Julia Bendzin (BPC, 7-0) vs. Julie Felts (MC, 1-6) BPC 6-3, 6-2
8. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Courtney Mullen (LU, 6-2) vs. Megan Nessen (BC, 4-3) BC 6-1, 6-3
22. #1 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Julia Bendzin vs. Megan Nessen BPC 6-1, 6-1

Flight Two:
9. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles:  Laura Mimms (BC, 6-1) vs. Erica Fazio (MC, 3-4) BC 6-0, 6-0
10. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Michelle Side (LU, 4-2) vs. Kristen Connors (NC, 4-3) NC 6-0, wf
23. #1 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Laura Mimms vs. Kristen Connors BC 6-0, 6-1

Flight Three:
11. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Danielle Stryker (BC, 7-0) vs. Nicole Smith (LU, 1-2) BC 6-0, 6-0
12. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Sarah Costa (BPC, 6-1) vs. Alexandra Derderian (NC, 4-3) BPC 6-3, 6-1
24. #1 Singles vs. #2 Singles: Danielle Stryker vs. Sarah Costa BC 6-2, 6-0

Flight Four:
13. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Carolina Ynguanzo (BPC, 7-0) vs. Ilana Papernick (MC, 0-4) BPC 6-1, 6-1
14. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Shauna McNally (BC, 5-1) vs. Stephanie Valentine (NC, 3-4) BC 6-3, 6-0
25. #1 Singles vs. #2 Singles: Carolina Ynguanzo vs. Shauna McNally BPC 6-4, 6-2

Flight Five:
15. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Jennifer Swafford (NC, 5-1) vs. Lianna Loveitt (BPC, 3-4) NC 6-2, 6-2
16. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Jessica Burdick (BC, 3-3) vs. Brenna Donovan (LU, 0-4) LU 6-2, 6-2
26. #1 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Jennifer Swafford vs. Brenna Donovan NC 1-6, 6-4, 6-1

Flight Six:
17. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Sarah Ryzewski (BC, 6-1) vs. Julie MacLeod (NC, 2-3) BC 6-2, 6-3
18. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Kara Fox (BPC, 5-2) vs. Kelly Walsh (MC, 2-2) BPC 6-1, 6-2
27. #1 Singles vs. #2 Singles: Sarah Ryzewski vs. Kara Fox BC 1-6, 7-6, 6-4

(Records shown are based on their play at that particular position)
*All seeding are based on amount of play at particular position during conference play with 50% rule followed.

LINKS:
To View Full Conference Statistics: http://www.neccathletics.com/sports/wten/2009-10/stats/confstat.htm

To View NECC Conference Only Statistics: http://www.neccathletics.com/sports/wten/2009-10/stats/2009_NECC_Conf_Records.pdf

Tournament Handbook & Directions: http://www.neccathletics.com/sports/wten/2009-10/files/2009_NECC_TENNIS_CHAMPIONSHIPS_HANDBOOK.pdf

NECC Tennis & Championship Guidelines: http://www.neccathletics.com/sports/wten/WTENNISguidelines.pdf

To View the All-Conference Release: http://www.neccathletics.com/sports/wten/2009-10/releases/2009NECCWTENNISALLCONF