BRUNSWICK — Three Bowdoin College tennis players have been named All-American in awards handed out by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Wednesday.
For the women’s team, Joulia Likhanskaia and Tiffany Cheng both earned singles recognition.
Luke Trinka was selected as a singles All-American for the Polar Bear men.
Likhanskaia and Cheng mark the first time that two Bowdoin players have been awarded singles All-American recognition in the same campaign. Likhanskaia recorded a 19-3 mark this spring, tying the program record for wins by a firstyear.
Cheng, a sophomore, posted 20 victories this year and moved into a tie for fourth in school history for wins in a single season.
Likhanskaia finished the year ranked 19th nationally in Division III, while Cheng stood 20th. It is the fourth consecutive year — and sixth time in the last seven seasons — that the Polar Bears have landed at least one player on the ITA Division III All-American team.
Trinka posted 16 wins this year, playing primarily at the No. 2 position. A sophomore, the highlight of his 2013-14 campaign came in the fall when he cruised to the ITA New England Men’s Tennis Tournament championship as an unseeded player.
As a result, he garnered his first All-American nod and becomes the first Polar Bear to earn national recognition since Oscar Pena in 2012.
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