All-NECC Men’s Tennis Teams Announced with Carmona, Engleberg and Carmona Taking Top Honors
ATTLEBORO, Mass.- The Mitchell College men's tennis program
was well represented as the New England Collegiate Conference
(NECC) All-Conference awards were announced today. Mariner
freshman Kyle Carmona (Norwich,
Conn.) received top honors, as he was named NECC Player of
the Year.
Carmona is a first-year student-athlete from Norwich Free Academy.
He is majoring in Psychology. Carmona finished regular
season play with a perfect 8-0 singles record in the NECC
and 8-0 in conference doubles action. Overall he finished the
year with a perfect 10-0 #1 singles record and 10-0 #1
doubles record.
The NECC Rookie of the Year went to fellow freshman Mariner
Tyler Engleberg (Shrewsbury, Mass.), a
graduate of East Lyme High School. Mitchell's first year
student-athlete is a Hospitality and Tourism major.
Engleberg finished regular season play with a 9-0 overall
record and 6-0 in conference play at the #2 singles positions. In
doubles play, he was 8-1 overall at the #1, #2 and #3 spots.
Mitchell College's Rick Carmona was honored as
NECC Coach of the Year. This is Carmona's second NECC honor as he
was also named the 2008 NECC Women's Tennis Coach of the
year. The Mariners finished the season with a perfect
11-0 record playing their final regular season match against Anna
Maria to a 7-2 victory. For their undefeated 8-0 conference
record, Mitchell was awarded the 2009 NECC Men's Tennis
Championship Title.
The NECC Team Sportsmanship Award was presented to the Lynx of
Lesley University. The Lynx are led by second year head coach
Paul Vasconcelos. Currently the Lynx are 5-6
overall and 4-3 in the NECC with a final match against Lesley being
played later today.
Voting for the All-NECC team and each of the major awards was
conducted among NECC men's tennis coaches.
Joining Carmona and Engleberg on the first team for singles were
fellow Mariner senior Samuel Mahar (Hoosick,
N.Y.), Lesley's senior Fran Cusick (Lexington,
Mass.) and freshman David Newton (Hamden, Conn.)
and Becker's sophomore Snjezan Telbak (Chicago,
Ill.).
Three doubles teams were also chosen to the NECC first team.
Mitchell's Carmona and senior Dan Dworetsky
(Glastonbury, Conn.) along with Engleberg and freshman
Adam Samuels (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and
Lesley's Newton and freshman Sonny Ljutica
(Rexford, N.Y.) all were honored.
ALL NECC First
Team
SINGLES
Kyle Carmona Mitchell FR Norwich, Conn.
Tyler Engleberg Mitchell FR Niantic, Conn.
Snjezan Telbak Becker SO Chicago, Ill.
David Newton Lesley FR Hamden, Conn.
Francis Cusick Lesley SR Lexington, Mass.
Samuel Mahar Mitchell SR Hoosick, N.Y.
ALL NECC First
Team
DOUBLES
Kyle Carmona/Dan Dworetsky Mitchell FR/SR Norwich,
Conn./Glastonbury, Conn.
Tyler Engleberg/Adam Samuels Mitchell FR/FR Shrewsbury, Mass./New
Rochelle, N.Y.
David Newton/Sonny Ljutica Lesley FR/FR Hamden, Conn./Rexford,
N.Y.
ALL NECC Honorable
Mention
SINGLES
Nick Sehovich Newbury JR Pelham, N.H.
Matt O'Donnell Newbury FR Vernon, Conn.
Sonny Ljutica Lesley FR Rexford, N.Y.
ALL NECC Honorable
Mention
DOUBLES
Fran Cusick/Alejandro Lazo Lesley SR/SO Lexington, Mass./Boston,
Mass.
2009 Men's Tennis Honors
2009 NECC Player of the Year: Kyle
Carmona, Mitchell
2009 NECC Rookie of the Year: Tyler
Engleberg, Mitchell
2009 NECC Coach of the Year: Rick
Carmona, Mitchell
2009 NECC Team Sportsmanship Award:
Lesley Lynx
