BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College freshman women’s tennis player Joulia Likhanskaia has been named the New England Small College Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year to headline All- Conference Awards handed out on Friday.
Likhanskaia was named as a First Team All-NESCAC choice as well, while the doubles team of senior Kate Winingham and freshman Samantha Stalder joined her with First Team recognition.
Winingham and Tiffany Cheng were named as Second Team All-NESCAC selections in singles.
Since pairing up on March 19, Winingham and Stalder went 12-1, including a 12-match winning streak at the No. 2 position. It marks the first doubles all-conference award for Winingham, who was Second Team All- NESCAC in singles in 2012 and received the honor again this year following a 16-11 campaign, playing primarily at the No. 1 and 2 positions for the Polar Bears.
Joining the pair on the NESCAC’s First Team is Likhanskaia, who was selected as the NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Likhanskaia posted an 18-3 singles record at the No. 1 through No. 3 positions to earn a spot on the First Team. She enjoyed lengthy win streaks of six and nine matches in singles play during the regular season and defeated Williams senior Kara Shoemaker (6-3, 2-6, 6-1), 2014 NESCAC Player of the Year, in Bowdoin’s conference semifinal loss to the Ephs.
Sam King
Bowdoin men’s tennis player Sam King has received All-NESCAC honors following his senior campaign.
Earning All-Conference First Team in doubles play last season, the senior landed his first singles recognition with a Second Team selection for 2013-14.
Playing all 19 of his matches in the No. 3 spot, King tallied a 13-5 overall record. Eight of the senior’s spring wins came against nationally-ranked teams, including a (6-1, 6-4) decision against Williams’ Rohan Shastri and a (6-0, 6-0) match against Trinity’s Rutendo Matingo in the opening round of NESCAC playoffs.
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