2014 AMCC Women's Tennis News
Pitt-Greensburg tennis player Cayla Ray and Medaille College soccer player Jaime Salcedo are the 2015 recipients of the AMCC Faculty Athletics Representatives Award.
Pitt-Greesburg senior women's tennis player Cayla Ray has been named the 2015 AMCC's nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
Pitt-Greensburg JR Shayla Landman, who won nine conference matches at #1 singles against nine different opponents without dropping a set, has been named the 2014 AMCC Women's Tennis Player of the Year.
Coyne led the Lady Barons to their first-ever AMCC Championship win. Coyne's #2 doubles win, and #5 singles win, led the Lady Baron's to a 5-2 win over Penn State Behrend. Erin was one of 2 Lady Baron's to finish all 4 of her matches in both the semi-final and finals round.
The 2014 AMCC women's tennis championship will feature a rematch of last year's final.
Kirk went 1-0 for the week in both singles and doubles victories over Mt. Aloysius. With her strong play, Kirk helped the Bobcats advance past the first round of the AMCC women's tennis tournament with a team score of 5-0.
The top seeds advanced in the first round of the AMCC women's tennis tournament on Saturday, with Penn St. Altoona defeating Pitt-Bradford and Pitt-Greensburg dismissing Mount Aloysius College.
Franciscan University is aiming for their first ever AMCC women's tennis title, but they'll have to go through 12 time conference champion Penn St. Behrend to do it.
Claherty went 2-0 for the week in both singles (#3) and doubles (#1) with conference wins over Penn St. Behrend and D’Youville.
Sanchez went 3-0 in #2 singles, including two wins against AMCC teams, by defeating her opponents from Frostburg, Penn St. Behrend, and La Roche. She posted a 2-1 record in #1 doubles, winning against Frostburg and La Roche. Her Play kept the match really tight in a 5-4 loss to Behrend.
The Mount Aloysius College women's tennis team recently participated in an outreach program involving local youth.
Landman shined in the AMCC over the weekend, going 3-0 at #1 singles and 3-0 at #1 doubles with victories over D'Youville, Medaille and Mt. Aloysius to propel Pitt-Greensburg to a hot 5-0 start in the conference.
Murray led the Lady Barons to a 2-0 weekend in conference play, beating defending AMCC champs Penn State Behrend 5-4, and sweeping Pitt-Bradford 9-0. Murray went 4-0 in her matches in the #1 spot in singles and doubles. Franciscan improve to 4-0 in conference play, and 5-1 overall on the season.
Laffey went undefeated in both conference matches this weekend in singles and doubles play. She only surrendered nine set points four games.