Tuesday, August 5, 2003
MORAVIAN WOMEN’S TENNIS NAMED ITA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM;
FIVE GREYHOUNDS NAMED ITA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
SKILLMAN, NJ --- The 2002 Moravian College women’s tennis team, which won its third
consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference championship last fall, has been named a 2003 Intercollegiate
Tennis Association All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year.
Five of the Greyhounds’ individual players, senior Jennifer Genevese (Whitehall,
PA/Whitehall HS), junior Lauren Castagna (Mt. Bethel, PA/Bangor HS),
sophomores Julie Anderson (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) and Becky
Deringer (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) and freshman Nicole Gruber (Lebanon,
PA/Lebanon HS), earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors for maintaining at least a
3.20 GPA, earning a varsity letter and being enrolled for at least two semesters.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team
grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All eligible student-athletes whose
names appear on the NCAA/NAIA eligibility form and have competed in one or more matches
are averaged into the cumulative grade point average.
A total of 213 NCAA schools earn the ITA All-Academic Award, and 28 NAIA schools were
honored with the largest number, 72 programs, coming from the NCAA Division I women’s
programs.
Moravian was one of 45 NCAA Division III women’s teams to win the ITA All-Academic
award, and one of three from the MAC to earn the honors. Drew University and King’s
College also achieved team accolades.
Genevese, who was named a Verizon Academic All-American this past spring,
had a 15-5 singles record with a 12-2 first singles record. Genevese was
a member of the Commonwealth All-Conference Team for the second straight year. Genevese reached
the semifinals of the 2002 MAC Individual Tournament as the number three seed, and she
finished her career with a 53-13 singles record. Castagna had a 16-2 singles
record and 11-1 at third singles.
Deringer posted a 12-6 singles record and 12-3 at second singles and
was a member of the 2002 All-Conference Team. Deringer and Genevese had
a 14-2 doubles record together with a 12-1 first doubles record. Deringer has
a career mark of 27-7 with two seasons left. Gruber posted a 7-8 singles
record while Anderson was 3-2 in doubles competition last fall.
A total of 980 NCAA student-athletes earn the ITA Scholar-Athlete Award, and 86 NAIA
student-athletes were honored with the largest number, 301 student-athletes, coming from
the NCAA Division I women’s programs. Moravian’s five players were part of
the second largest group honored, 203 student-athletes from NCAA Division III women’s
programs.
Moravian will open its 2003 season on Wednesday, September 3rd in a non-conference home
match with King’s College beginning at 4:00 p.m.
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