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Nadine Fahoum Named CAA Rookie Of The Year For Women's Tennis

April 17, 2008

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Newport News, Va. - Old Dominion University freshman Nadine Fahoum was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Co-Rookie of the Year in women's tennis the league announced today, an honor shared by VCU's Kateryna Yergina.  Fahoum is the first ODU player to earn CAA Rookie of the Year honors since current Lady Monarch assistant coach Nataly Cahana did it in 2001.  Joining Fahoum on the all-conference team were fellow Lady Monarchs Charleen Haarhoff and Joanna Dobrowolska.

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A first team selection in doubles and a second team honoree in singles, Fahoum quickly established herself as one of the Lady Monarchs top players after joining the team in January.  She opened the spring season with 11 consecutive victories and eventually finished the regular season 20-2 overall, 11-1 at the No. 2 position.  In doubles action she teamed up with Haarhoff to post a 13-5 record at No. 1 doubles.

 

In addition to her first team selection in doubles where she teamed with Fahoum, Haarhoff was also a first team All-CAA honoree in singles.  After earning second team honors in doubles and singles in 2007, Haarhoff played at the No. 1 spot for ODU all season, registering a mark of 13-7 at the position.

 

Dobrowolska was named to the All-CAA third team for her singles play where she was 17-5 overall, playing primarily at No. 3.

 

William & Mary senior Megan Moulton-Levy was selected as the 2008 CAA Women's Tennis Player of the Year for the fourth straight season, while William & Mary's Kevin Epley was honored as the CAA Coach of the Year.

 

 

2008 ALL-CAA WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM

 

First Team

Singles

Ragini Acharya, William & Mary                                   So.                   Pulaski, Va.

Charleen Haarhoff, Old Dominion                          Jr.                    Durban, South Africa

Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary                        Sr.                    Monroe, Mich.

Martina Nitkova, Georgia State                                Jr.                    Vratimov, Czech Republic

Tatsiana Uvarova, VCU                                               Sr.                    Minsk, Belarus

Katarina Zoricic, William & Mary                                 Jr.                    Etobicoke, Ontario

 

Doubles

Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary                        Sr.                    Monroe, Mich.

Katarina Zoricic, William & Mary                                 Jr.                    Etobicoke, Ontario

Charleen Haarhoff, Old Dominion                          Jr.                    Durban, South Africa

Nadine Fahoum, Old Dominion                                 Fr.                   Haifa, Israel

Ragini Acharya, William & Mary                                   So.                   Pulaski, Va.

Katarina Zoricic, William & Mary                     Jr.                    Etobicoke, Ontario                  

 

Second Team

Singles

Nadine Fahoum, Old Dominion                                 Fr.                   Haifa, Israel

Christie Gattelaro, Hofstra                                            Fr.                    Delray Beach, Fla.

Klaudyna Kasztelaniec, William & Mary                       Jr.                    Krakow, Poland

Dariana Kozmina, Georgia State                                   Jr.                    Kharkiv, Ukraine

Susan Pollack, Delaware                                              Sr.                    Wyomissing, Pa.

Kateryna Yergina, VCU                                              Fr.                    Kiev, Ukraine              

 

Doubles

Martina Nitkova, Georgia State                                 Jr.                    Vratimov, Czech Republic

Katerina Gresova, Georgia State                                Fr.                    Havirov, Czech Republic

Klaudyna Kasztelaniec, William & Mary                       Jr.                    Krakow, Poland

Ragini Acharya, William & Mary                                   So.                   Pulaski, Va.

Susan Pollack, Delaware                                              Sr.                    Wyomissing, Pa.

Courtney Fenimore, Delaware                                      Fr.                    Ardmore, Pa.

 

Third Team

Singles

Laura Burns, VCU                                                       So.                   Hertford, England

Lauren Clifton, Hofstra                                                 Fr.                    Woodstock Ga.

Johanna Dobrowolska, Old Dominion                      Fr.                   Warsaw, Poland

Courtney Fenimore, Delaware                                      Fr.                    Ardmore, Pa.

Lauren Isenhour, UNC Wilmington                               Jr.                    Newton, N.C.

Viktoria Konstantinova, VCU                                       Sr.                    Hanskovo, Bulgaria

 

Doubles

Lauren Isenhour, UNC Wilmington                               Jr.                    Newton, N.C.

Kayla Schwenk, UNC Wilmington                                So.                   Coconut Creek, Fla.

Laura Burns, VCU                                                       So.                   Hertford, England

Vera Petrashevitch, VCU                                             Sr.                    St. Petersburg, Russia

Kristin Nimitz, James Madison                                      Fr.                    Richmond, Va.

Rebecca Erickson, James Madison                               So.                   Rye, N.Y.

 

 

2008 CAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR:                         Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary

2008 CAA Co-ROOKIES OF THE YEAR:             Nadine Fahoum, Old Dominion

                                                                                    Kateryna Yergina, VCU

2008 CAA COACH OF THE YEAR:                         Kevin Epley, William & Mary