For the second straight year, Queens College senior Sharvill Nawghre was named the East Coast Conference (ECC) Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Photo Credit/Queens College Athletics Nawghre was the Player of the Year in the conference while earning a 3.65 GPA, leading the Knights to its first ECC title since 2012. He compiled a…
Oracle Corp., in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), announced it is strengthening its ongoing commitment to collegiate tennis with the creation of the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at Indian Wells. “Oracle is committed to tennis, both at the professional and collegiate level,’’ said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd. “While the top professionals get well-deserved…
St. John’s Roberto Livi, Alan Nunez Aguilera, Jessica Livianu and Anna Morozova were named to All-BIG EAST teams on Friday. St. John’s senior Roberto Livi wrapped up a memorable Red Storm career with his fourth-straight selection to the All-BIG EAST Team while sophomore Alan Nunez Aguilera joined Livi on the All-Conference squad, which is voted on by the coaches,…
Queens College head women's tennis coach Alan Nagel and men's and women's assistant coach Fabio Minami have been honored with regional awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Nagel was named Wilson/ITA East Region Coach of the Year, while Minami earned East Region ITA Assistant Coach of the Year for both men and women. This past fall, Nagel won…
Both men and women from Columbia’s tennis programs were honored with All-Ivy League selections, as voted upon by the league’s eight head coaches. On the women’s side, junior Alexandra Solovyev was named to the All-Ivy League First Team and the Second Team in doubles. Adi Milstein, also a junior, earned second team honors in doubles….
St. John’s freshman Jessica Livianu becomes the first player in program history to be selected to compete in the NCAA Division I Women’s Singles Championship, the NCAA announced on Wednesday. “We are thrilled to have Jessica represent St. John's University at the 2017 NCAA Women's Tennis Championships,” Head Coach Lauren Leo told RedStormSports.com. “It's a great…
The St. John’s women’s tennis team came up one win shy of a BIG EAST title and an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, losing a tough 4-3 contest to Depaul in Cayce, South Carolina. The No. 1-seeded Johnnies battled tough against the Blue Demons in a back and forth affair that…
The St. John’s men’s tennis team lost its first BIG EAST Championship match in more than four years on Friday morning, falling to Georgetown 4-2 at the Cayce Tennis & Fitness Center in Cayce, S.C. St. John’s was seeking its fourth consecutive BIG EAST tournament title this weekend. Georgetown got on top in doubles action with…
via St. John's University Athletics: After closing out the regular season with one of its most dominant wins of the year, the St. John’s men’s tennis team (10-14) aims to win its fourth-consecutive BIG EAST championship as the No. 2 seed at the conference tournament this weekend. Play kicks off on Thursday, April 27, and continues…
The Queens College men’s tennis team captured the East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship on Saturday, downing four-time defending champions New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) 5-1 for its first conference title since 2012. As a result, the Knights will enter the NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Championships as the top-seed in East Region. It receives…