Women’s Tennis Picked to Finish Second in the CACC

Women's Tennis | 8/18/2016 12:00:00 AM

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The prolific history of Goldey-Beacom's women's tennis program once again should take another step forward this season as the squad was picked to end second in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference based on a vote by the league's coaches.

GBC (8-7, 4-3 CACC) has made the CACC Tournament eight straight years, the longest streak of any team in school history, and that includes four trips to the final. The Lightning last season had four singles players close above .500 and the team recorded late-season victories over Philadelphia U. and Caldwell to end in fourth place.

One of those key players was senior Nina Sengl (Puchheim, Germany), who amassed a 9-6 singles record that included 8-5 at the third spot and an 8-7 mark in doubles. Sengl also was presented the league's Women's Tennis Top XV Award for having the best GPA among those participating at the league championship.

Sengl enters the campaign sixth in school history with 33 doubles wins and eighth with 31 singles triumphs.

Senior Francesca Beg (Westbury, England), a key player from the historic 2014-15 squad, posted an 11-3 doubles mark and won a first-round match in the "A" singles flight at the ITA Championship in a year she competed at No. 1 singles. Sophomore Manuela Cornejo (Waldbronn, Germany) had a solid debut campaign last season, closing 8-4 in singles and 6-3 in doubles, and will be one of the players counted on this year.

GBC received a pair of first-place votes and Chestnut Hill got the top spot with six first-place nods. The league once again will have eight teams with Concordia (NY), the seven-time reigning CACC champion, suspending its program and Wilmington (DE) introducing the sport.

The league's top five teams will compete in the CACC Tournament, beginning October 18. The fourth and fifth seeds will battle in a first-round tie with the winner joining the remaining three teams in the semifinals.

Goldey-Beacom opens its season September 1 at LIU Post on the same Brookville, NY courts in which it beat Chestnut Hill, 5-3, in 2015 for the school's first head-to-head NCAA Tournament victory in any sport. The home opener is September 14 vs. Wilmington at the Delcastle Tennis Center.

2016 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women's Tennis Poll
1. Chestnut Hill              61 pts. (6 first-place votes)
2. Goldey-Beacom       53 pts. (2)
3. Post                           46 pts.
4. Philadelphia U.          40 pts.
5. U. of the Sciences     28 pts.
6. Holy Family                26 pts.
7. Caldwell                     21 pts.
8. Wilmington (DE)       13 pts.

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Players Mentioned

Francesca Beg: 5' 10"; Senior

Manuela Cornejo: 5' 3"; Sophomore

Nina Sengl: 5' 7"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Francesca Beg
: 5' 10"; Senior

Manuela Cornejo
: 5' 3"; Sophomore

Nina Sengl
: 5' 7"; Senior