Nowak Named Elite 20 Winner; Marywood Wins Coaching Staff of the Year

Marywood had two singles and two doubles named all-confernece

Lancaster, Pa. — Marywood University won the Atlantic East Conference Women's Tennis Coaching Staff of the Year, officials announced Tuesday. The Pacers earned the Atlantic East Elite 20 winner and four all-conference awards.

Marywood garnered Coaching Staff of the Year after finishing the season as the conference runner up. The Pacers are coached by Dana Ciccotti and assisted by Lyndsey Medric and Alex Riccio.

Gabriella Nowak earned the Atlantic East Elite 20 award for women's tennis, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average competing at the finals site at each of the Atlantic East's 20 team championships. She senior maintains a cumulative 3.94 GPA in Interior Architecture. Nowak earns the Pacers' first Atlantic East Elite 20 award. For her career, she has an Atlantic East Rookie of the Year, First Team Singles, First Team Doubles, Second Team Singles, and Second Team Doubles.

Marywood had two all-conference singles and two all-conference doubles teams.

Avianna Santarelli and Alex Vitale were named First Team Singles. Santarelli went 7-4 overall and 4-0 in conference play at No. 6 singles. Vitale was 8-6 overall and 4-0 in conference play at No. 4 singles. For both of them, it was their first career all-conference awards.

Kylie Kilgore and Vitale were selected First Team Doubles. They went 6-3 overall and 3-1 in conference play at the No. 2 doubles. Kilgore previously had All-AEC Second Team Doubles in 2023-24.

Faith Kendricks and McKenna Seavey earned Second Team Doubles honors. Together, they went 6-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play at No. 3 doubles. Seavey and Kendricks previously were All-AEC First Team Doubles in 2022-23 doubles. For Kendricks, she completes her five-year career with three All-AEC singles (one First, two Second) and four All-AEC doubles (three First, one Second) honors.

Marywood was conference runner-ups for the 11th time in program history. The Pacers have 11 conference championships.

For the full list of All-Conference teams, check out below...

Player of the Year: Hana Kimmey, Marymount
Rookie of the Year: Kayla Abraham, Pratt
Coaching Staff of the Year: Marywood
Elite 20 Winner: Gabriella Nowak, Marywood

First Team Singles
Kayla Abraham, Pratt
Hana Kimmey, Marymount
Avianna Santarelli, Marywood
Nikhita Simhambhatla, Marymount
Pallavi Verghese, Pratt
Alex Vitale, Marywood

First Team Doubles
Hana Kimmey and Nikhita Simhambhatla, Marymount
Kayla Abraham and Pallavi Verghese, Pratt
Alex Vitale and Kylie Kilgore, Marywood

Second Team Singles
Beatrice Crespo, Pratt
Avery DeFazio, Marymount
Victoria Delgado, Pratt
Alice Li, Pratt
Molly McGee, Neumann
Casey McGee, Neumann

Second Team Doubles
Delaney Brown and Pamela Kontaras, Immaculata
Faith Kendricks and McKenna Seavey, Marywood
Julia Ognibene and Victoria Delgado, Pratt

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Players Mentioned

Faith Kendricks: 5' 5"; Fifth Year

Kylie Kilgore: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Gabriella Nowak: 5' 7"; Senior

McKenna Seavey: 5' 9"; Junior

Avianna Santarelli: Freshman

Alex Vitale: 5' 4"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Faith Kendricks
: 5' 5"; Fifth Year

Kylie Kilgore
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Gabriella Nowak
: 5' 7"; Senior

McKenna Seavey
: 5' 9"; Junior

Avianna Santarelli
: Freshman

Alex Vitale
: 5' 4"; Freshman