Women’s Tennis Heads North This Weekend Looking for a CACC Three-Peat

Women's Tennis | 10/18/2018 12:00:00 AM

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Goldey-Beacom's Women's Tennis team looks to continue making more magic as it is headed to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament for an 11th straight time.

GBC (8-1, 7-1 CACC) won the regular-season crown a third straight year and is the number two seed in the six-team tournament, thus earning a first-round bye. The Lightning play in the semifinals on Saturday at 1:00 pm in Middlebury, CT against third-seeded Concordia (NY), which upended sixth-seeded Jefferson in the first round.

The final is Sunday at noon with the champion earning the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Goldey-Beacom has won the last two CACC championships and in its history has competed in the NCAA Tournament seven times.

Goldey-Beacom, Wilmington (DE) and Concordia (NY) all finished 7-1 to share first place, so the seeding came down to point differential among the teams in league matches. Wilmington was first at plus-40 to get the top seed, GBC was next at plus-35 and Concordia (NY) followed with plus-32.

Goldey-Beacom has won 24 of its last 25 CACC regular-season matches and all 11 of its conference tournament appearances have resulted in a semifinals berth.

One of the keys this season for the Lightning has been sophomore Lotte Lesscher y Post (Arnhem, Netherlands), named the league's Player of the Year. She has had yet another solid campaign in which she has teamed with sophomore Catarina Zheng (Oporto, Portugal) at first doubles for a 12-2 record. This includes the duo going 7-1 in conference play and reaching the final of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association East Regional. The two started the year with a five-match winning streak and later enjoyed a six-match winning streak.

Lesscher y Post also is 8-2 in singles this season, including 7-1 at first singles. She made it to the third round of the ITA East Regional and just posted a victory Sunday over Karla Miletic from University of the Sciences, the league's Player of the Year each of the two previous seasons.

Zheng, also named first team all-league, and Lesscher y Post are tied for eighth in school history with 28 doubles wins. Lesscher y Post also has 20 singles triumphs.

Zheng also has recorded another formidable season, going 9-2 so far in singles and 8-1 at second singles. She made the third round of the ITA East Regional and all of her victories this fall have come in straight sets.

Zheng is 10th in school history with 27 singles wins.

Freshman Maria Bruno (Maracay, Venezuela) has had a smashing debut campaign in which she is 10-3 at singles that includes a six-match winning streak, along with a 7-1 doubles mark. Freshman Andrea Fresneda (Valencia, Spain) is 10-2 in singles and senior Anna Hortelano Pey (Castelldefels, Spain) is 8-1 in doubles.

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