Nina Sengl Named CACC Student-Athlete of the Month

Women's Tennis | 10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM

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Senior Nina Sengl (Puchheim, Germany) has enjoyed one of the most outstanding careers in Goldey-Beacom history and today added to that in being named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Student-Athlete of the Month.

The award is given to only one student-athlete a month, no matter what gender, based on what he or she has done in athletics, academics and within the community.

On the tennis court, Sengl has helped elevate the Lightning to parts unseen in school history. One of the squad's most prolific players, she is tied for fifth in school history with 37 doubles victories and seventh overall with 35 singles triumphs. Sengl's 14 doubles victories in 2014-15 are tied for fourth in school history and her 14 singles wins from the prior season are tied for seventh.

Her historic 2014-15 campaign saw her end 14-5 in doubles and 8-3 in singles. It also was an historic season for the Lightning as they became the first team in school history in any sport to win a head-to-head contest in the NCAA Tournament. The squad went 18-5 for a school record in victories, tied the team mark with 10 shutouts and closed the season ranked 31st in the country according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

For September, Sengl went 3-0 in singles and doubles to help Goldey-Beacom open 3-0 in the CACC for the fourth time in five years.

The academic honors are just another part of Sengl's game. She won the 2015-16 CACC Women's Tennis Top XV Award for having the best GPA among those participating in the league championship. The Marketing Management major also is a three-time member of the league's Fall Academic Honor Roll.

Sengl helped the team participate in Tennithon, assisting 65 junior players with various parts of their game in a five-hour tennis marathon to benefit the Delaware Tennis Foundation. She also helped with Adopt-a-Family, soliciting GBC gear from coaches and student-athletes that was given to a Wilmington family who lose their home in a fire. Sengl also assisted the athletics department last October with Bras for a Cause, which raised money and collected bras during breast cancer awareness month.

GBC is 4-0 overall for the fourth time in five seasons and 4-0 in the league for the first time since opening 6-0 in 2012. It clinched its school-record ninth straight trip to the CACC Tournament by virtue of its 9-0 victory Tuesday over Chestnut Hill.

Sengl is the first for Goldey-Beacom so honored since Lillian Chukwueze from women's basketball was presented in January 2015.

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Players Mentioned

Nina Sengl: 5' 7"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Nina Sengl
: 5' 7"; Senior