Thursday, November 15, 2001

KLEINSMITH & GENEVESE NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH ALL-STAR TEAM;
DERINGER ROOKIE OF THE YEAR; BENNER COACH OF THE YEAR

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior Corinne Kleinsmith (Shillington/Governor Mifflin HS) and junior Jen Genevese (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) of the Moravian College women's tennis team has been named to the 2000 Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth All-Star Team while freshman Becky Deringer (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) was named the MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year and Greyhound head coach Dawn Benner, a native of Lititz, PA, has been tabbed as the Commonwealth Coach of the Year for the third consecutive year.

The trio of players and Benner helped lead Moravian to an overall record of 16-0 record and the squad's fifth MAC Team Championship in six seasons this fall.  Since 1994, the Greyhounds have posted a record of 117-11 and won five Commonwealth titles in addition to the five MAC Championships.  The undefeated season was Moravian's second in the last four years.

Benner has a career record of 138-63 in 15 seasons as Moravian's head coach.  She has led the program to the MAC Championship match each year since 1994.

Kleinsmith and Genevese combined to win the 2001 MAC Doubles Championships a year after finishing as the runner-up.  The duo had a 15-2 doubles mark and won the title as the second seeded team in the tournament.  Kleinsmith posted a 6-7 record at first singles during the season while finishing her career with a 41-17 singles record.  Genevese was undefeated in singles action with a 13-0 mark at second singles.

Deringer completed her first season at Moravian with an undefeated record of 14-0.  She finished the year with a 15-1 record after falling in the quarterfinals of the MAC Individual Tournament.  Deringer only played in one doubles match this past fall and she won that match.