2006-07 Review

The 2006-07 Moravian College women’s tennis team continued to dominate opponents as the Greyhounds made it to their seventh straight Commonwealth Conference Team Championship match and their 12th straight conference title match coming out with a 5-4 win over top seeded Elizabethtown. The Greyhounds were also able to make it to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament first round, falling to Johns Hopkins University, 5-0.

The Greyhounds overall record was 14-3 under the direction of head coach Dawn Ketterman-Benner, and the team was 5-1 in Commonwealth Conference action. Moravian also had one of its best-ever showing in the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Individual Championships with four singles players and two doubles teams reaching the finals in their flights.

Leading the Greyhounds was sophomore MaryKate Kelly (Beach Haven, NJ/Southern Regional HS) who had an overall record of 18-4 including a fourth singles record of 13-2. Kelly teamed up with junior Brittany Popaca (Lavallette, NJ/Point Pleasant Beach HS) in doubles and had an overall record of 12-9 on the season. Popaca completed a singles record of 14-5 for the year. Kelly won the 2006 MASCAC Fourth Singles Championship while Popaca captured the 2006 MASCAC Third Singles title.

Junior Rebecca Angstadt (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg HS) had an overall record of 17-1 including a 13-1 record at sixth singles, and Angstadt captured the 2006 MASCAC Sixth Singles Championship.

Senior Margo Kokolus (Orefield, PA/Parkland HS), who was named to the Commonwealth Conference Tennis All-Conference First Team, had a singles record of 9-8, including a 7-6 record at first singles. Kokolus entered doubles with teammate senior Courtney Hall (Denver, PA/Cocalico HS) and completed a 6-10 overall record. Hall had a singles record of 1-5.

Sophomore Dyana Swan (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS), who was also named to the Commonwealth Conference Tennis All-Conference First Team, completed an overall singles record of 10-7, including a 9-7 record at second singles. Swan teamed up with sophomore Kelly Gerbino (Easton, PA/Easton HS) in doubles, and came out with an overall record of 10-2. Gerbino had a singles record of 1-1 on the year.

Junior Jennel Yelito (Tamaqua, PA/Tamaqua HS) contributed an overall singles record of 14-6, including a 12-3 record at fifth singles. Junior Lindsey Hopper (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex HS) completed a 2-0 singles record this season, and teamed up with Hall for a 3-1 doubles record as well.

Senior Kristin Smith (Kunkletown, PA/Pleasant Valley HS), sophomores Juliana Haney (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS), and Monique Shetayh (Walnutport, PA/Northampton HS), and freshmen Deanna Discepola (Millville, NJ/Millville HS), and Lauren Ertel (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing HS), also contributed to the team this season.

Moravian had seven players named to the 2007 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Spring Academic Honor Roll including Angstadt, Yelito, Kokolus, Hall, Smith, Hopper and Swan.

Coach Ketterman-Benner looks to return all but two of her players, and is looking to win the first-ever Landmark Conference Team Championship title next year when the Greyhounds begin competition in the new conference.

Angstadt, Yelito, Kokolus, Hall, Smith, Hopper, and Swan were named to the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Fall Academic Honor Roll.