New York Metro Region Collegiate Roundup

August 17, 2015 | By New York Tennis Magazine Staff
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ASA College captures second straight NJCAA Championship
The women’s tennis team at ASA College won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for the second consecutive season, edging out Tyler Junior College in Texas.

In addition to winning the championship, ASA racked up some individual awards as well, as Megane Bianco was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Player to Watch and Macarena Olivares was named ITA Rookie of the Year.

Bianco was a top 10 player in both the ITA Junior/Community Colleges National Singles and Doubles Rankings all season. She is currently ranked ninth nationally in singles and first in doubles for ASA. She owns singles victories over two NCAA Division I and four NCAA Division II opponents this spring.

Olivares, the 2015 ITA Rookie Player of the Year, spent time atop the ITA Junior/Community Colleges National Singles and Doubles Rankings, along with helping ASA remain the number one team in the nation for the entire season. She has compiled a 9-3 singles record this spring, winning six sets by a score of 6-0. Among her victories are wins over NCAA Division I squads Bryant, Buffalo, Duquesne, and Louisiana Tech.


 

Columbia’s Endelman named ITA Assistant of the Year
The Columbia Men’s Tennis team reached the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Men’s Championship, before losing to eventual champions Virginia. In addition, Columbia Athletics Hall of Famer and Associate Head Men’s Tennis Coach Howard Endelman was named the 2015 ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year. Endelman is pictured below (on the left) with ITA Coach of the Year David Roditi of Texas Christian University.



 

New Yorker Loeb wins NCAA Women’s Singles Title
Jamie Loeb of the University of North Carolina captured the NCAA Women’s Singles championship, beating Carl Zhao of Stanford 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 in the final. Loeb, an Ossining, N.Y. native who trains at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) was also named an ITA All-American and was a finalist for the ITA’s Player of the Year Award.New York Metro Region Collegiate Roundup


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