WOMEN'S TENNIS: Colby-Sawyer Sweeps Major All-Conference Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WINTHROP, Mass. – League champion Colby-Sawyer College, which won its second-ever GNAC Women's Tennis Championship this past weekend with a 5-0 win over Regis College, has swept the 2021 GNAC major awards while placing four on the All-Conference Teams, as announced on Thursday.

Chargers sophomore Lindsay Macdonald (pictured) was selected as the 2021 GNAC Player of the Year, as voted upon by the league's head coaches, and CSC freshman Grace Carpenter was named the GNAC Rookie of the Year.

The pair of All-GNAC First Teamers also received Doubles honors, with Carpenter named First Team with teammate Emily Hill and Macdonald named Second Team with teammate Elise Hogan. Macdonald went 5-0 in singles and 6-0 in doubles against GNAC competition, while Carpenter was 7-0 in both singles and doubles league action.

Longtime Chargers head coach Barry Schoonmaker was voted the 2021 GNAC Coach of the Year by his peers after guiding Colby-Sawyer to another GNAC Championship. With the tournament victory, CSC earns the GNAC's automatic qualifier and will compete in the 2022 NCAA Division III Tournament next spring.

Joining the Player and Rookie of the Year on the All-GNAC First Team were Albertus Magnus College freshman JuJu Oliver, Colby-Sawyer's Hill, Regis senior Katelyn Mogelnicki, and Simmons University sophomore Olga Zhizhin.

For the complete All-GNAC results, including the All-Sportsmanship Team, please see below. 

FIRST TEAM SINGLES
JuJu Oliver, Albertus Magnus (Fr. - New Britain, Conn.)
Grace Carpenter, Colby-Sawyer (Fr. - Milford, N.H.)
Emily Hill, Colby-Sawyer (Jr. - Wilmington, Mass.)
Lindsay MacDonald, Colby-Sawyer (So. - South Yarmouth, Mass.)
Katelyn Mogelnicki, Regis (Sr. - Wethersfield, Conn.)
Olga Zhizhin, Simmons (So. - Newton, Mass.)

FIRST TEAM DOUBLES
Emily Hill / Grace Carpenter, Colby-Sawyer

SECOND TEAM SINGLES
Elise Hogan, Colby-Sawyer (Fr. - Duxbury, Mass.)
Kaitlyn Colby, Regis  (Sr. - Merrimac, Mass.)
Samantha Gevry, Regis (Fr. - Dudley, Mass.)
Lauren Mogelnicki, Regis (Sr. - Wethersfield, Conn.)
Emily Kerr, USJ (Jr. – Portland, Conn.)
Leah Bonis, Simmons (Jr. - Bath, Maine)

SECOND TEAM DOUBLES
Elise Hogan / Lindsay Macdonald, Colby-Sawyer

PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Lindsay MacDonald, Colby-Sawyer
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – Grace Carpenter, Colby-Sawyer
COACH OF THE YEAR – Barry Schoonmaker, Colby-Sawyer
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD – Lesley University

ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Giana Cagna, Albertus Magnus
Elise Hogan, Colby-Sawyer
Maria Busila, Eastern Nazarene
Morgan Anderson, Lesley
Lauren Mogelnicki, Regis
Elaina Griffiths, USJ
Avery Halloran, Simmons

The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 14 member institutions and over 3,500 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 22 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience. 

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