YORK, Pa. - Mary Washington senior Lindsay Raulston became
the second player in conference history to win the CAC
Women’s Tennis Player of the Year award three consecutive
years and led an Eagles’ sweep of first team all-star nods in
both singles and doubles.
Raulston, who was the
CAC Rookie of the Year in 2011 prior to winning the Player of the
Year award in 2012 and 2013, also picked up her fourth-straight
first-team all-star singles and doubles awards after leading the
Eagles to their 11th-straight championship and 22nd title in the
24-year history of CAC women’s tennis.
Six teammates joined
Raulston on the 2014 All-CAC squad, including sophomore Shelby
Harris (2nd singles, 1st doubles), sophomore Mackenzie Smith (3rd
singles, 3rd doubles), junior Alexandra Ritter (4th singles, 2nd
doubles), sophomore Chrissy Gaul (5th singles), sophomore Berri
Flood (6th singles), sophomore Alina Sumaya (2nd doubles) and
freshman Ashley Barrow (3rd doubles).
Ritter, the 2012 Rookie
of the Year, is making her third-straight All-CAC team
appearance. Harris, Gaul and Smith were all named first-team
all-stars for the second-straight season.
Patrick Catullo, the
archetict of the UMW program that is perennially nationally-ranked,
was selected by his peers as the Dr. Edward Hegmann CAC Coach of
the Year award winner. It is the ninth-straight year Catullo
was honored by his peers. He is one of three Eagle coaches to
be honored by the CAC coaches, along with Hegmann (eight times from
1991 to 1999) and Cindy Vander Berg (three times from 2000 to
2004).
The award was named by
the CAC Board of Directors to honor former UMW women’s tennis
coach and retiring Athletic Director Dr. Edward Hegmann, who won
eight CAC Coach of the Year awards and led the Eagles to three
national championships and nine straight CAC championships after
the league was formed in 1990 through his retirement as coach in
1999. He was named the NCAA Div. III National Coach of the Year in
1988 and 1999 and recently had the outdoor courts at the UMW Tennis
Complex named in his honor.
Six Salisbury players
were named to the 2014 All-CAC Women’s Tennis squad,
including sophomore Natalie Savage and juniors Allison Lutz and
Katie Youlios as first-team honorees.
Savage, the CAC Rookie
of the Year in 2013, earned first-team honors with Raulston at No.
1 singles and second-team doubles recognition. Lutz and
Youlios were picked as first-team all-stars at No. 2 doubles, and
both were second-team singles all-star choices.
Sea Gull juniors Roxy
Alban (2nd singles, 1st doubles), Sam Babo (3rd doubles) and
freshman Claudia Lohn (3rd doubles) also earned berths on the 2014
All-CAC squad.
Christopher Newport had
four players honored on the All-CAC team, led by freshman Logan
Eldridge, who was picked by the coaches as a second-team all-star
at No. 2 singles and 2014 Rookie of the Year. Eldridge
is the first player to be selected as the CAC Women’s Tennis
Rookie of the Year for CNU, which is in its first year as a member
of the CAC.
She was joined on the
second-team singles squad by classmates Katie Carlson (3rd
singles), Brook Boyd (6th singles) and senior Kelsey Clark (5th
singles).
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2014 All-CAC Women’s Tennis Team
SINGLES
First Team
Yr. Pos
Team Hometown/High School
Previous Singles Honors
Lindsay Raulston
Sr. 1st Mary
Washington Franklin, Va./Southampton Acad. 1st & POY in
‘13,
1st & POY in ‘12,
1st & ROY in ‘11
Natalie Savage So.
1st
Salisbury Port Murray,
N.J./Warren Hills 2nd & ROY in ‘13
Shelby Harris So.
2nd Mary Washington Newport News,
Va./Hampton Roads Acad. 1st in ‘13
Mackenzie Smith So.
3rd Mary Washington Landisville,
Pa./Hempfield
Alexandra Ritter
So. 4th Mary
Washington Virginia Beach, Va./First
Colonial 2nd in ‘13, 1st and
ROY in ‘12
Chrissy Gaul So.
5th Mary Washington Newtown, Pa./Council
Rock 1st in ‘13
Berri Flood So.
6th Mary Washington Charlotte,
N.C./Charlotte Country Day
Second Team
Yr. Pos
Team Hometown/High School
Previous Singles Honors
Roxy Alban
Jr. 2nd
Salisbury Annapolis,
Md./Annapolis 2nd in
‘13, 1st in ‘12
Logan Eldridge Fr.
2nd Christopher
Newport Richmond, Va./Deep Run
Katie Carlson Fr.
3rd Christopher
Newport Omaha, Neb./Ducheshe Acad. Sacred
Heart
Allison Lutz Jr.
4th
Salisbury Salisbury,
Md./Parkside
Kelsey Clark Sr.
5th Christopher
Newport Arlington, Va./Washington-Lee
Brook Byrd
Fr. 6th Christopher
Newport Toano, Va./Warhill
DOUBLES
First Team
Yr. Pos
Team Hometown/High School
Previous Doubles Honors
Lindsay Raulston
Sr. 1st Mary
Washington Franklin, Va./Southampton Acad. 1st & POY in
‘13,
1st & POY in ‘12,
1st & ROY in ‘11
Shelby Harris So.
1st Mary Washington Newport News,
Va./Hampton Roads Acad. 1st in ‘13
Alexandra Ritter
So. 2nd Mary
Washington Virginia Beach, Va./First
Colonial 2nd in ‘13, 1st and
ROY in ‘12
Alina Sumaya So.
2nd Mary Washington Oakton, Va./Oakton
Allison Lutz Jr.
2nd
Salisbury Salisbury,
Md./Parkside 2nd in ‘12
Katie Youlios Jr.
2nd
Salisbury Wayne, N.J./Wayne
Hills 2nd in ‘13, 2nd in ‘12
Ashley Barrow Fr.
3rd Mary Washington Alexandria, Va./Mount
Vernon
Mackenzie Smith So.
3rd Mary Washington Landisville,
Pa./Hempfield 1st in ‘13
Second Team
Yr. Pos
Team Hometown/High School
Previous Doubles Honors
Roxy Alban
Jr. 1st
Salisbury Annapolis,
Md./Annapolis 2nd in
‘13, 2nd in ‘12
Natalie Savage So.
1st
Salisbury Port Murray,
N.J./Warren Hills 2nd & ROY in ‘13
Sam Babo
Jr. 3rd
Salisbury Bricktown, N.J./Brick
Memorial
Claudia Lohn Fr.
3rd
Salisbury Madison, Conn./Daniel
Hand
2014 CAC Player of the
Year:
Lindsay Raulston, Mary Washington (third-straight year)
2014 CAC Rookie of the
Year:
Logan Eldridge, Christopher Newport
2014 Dr. Edward Hegmann CAC Coach of the Year: Patrick
Catullo, Mary Washington (9th-straight year - 2006-13)