Alessia Cahoon (Dedham, Mass.), junior captain for the Roger Williams University Women's Tennis team, joined host Bryce Johnson on Hawk Talk this week. They discussed things like the culture of the tennis team, the differences between singles and doubles play, and what it meant to her being named a team captain.

https://rwuhawktalk.podbean.com/e/hawk-talk-season-2-episode-6-alessia-cahoon-women-s-tennis/

 https://youtu.be/2mv-ImrFyQ8



Cahoon enters her third year with theHawks after graduating from Ursuline Academy. As a freshman, she burst onto the scene for RWU and was named the Commonwealth Coast Conference Rookie of the Year while earning a spot on the All-CCC First Team in both singles and doubles. Last spring, she repeated her success and once again was selected to the All-CCC First Team in singles and doubles.
 
On top of the accolades, Cahoon finds herself all over the program record books and she currently holds the highest winning percentage in program history in doubles play (minimum 25 wins) at .909, while also ranking second in career winning percentage (minimum 25 wins) in singles with an .848 mark.
 
This fall, Cahoon has been dominant going 11-1 in singles play while also posting an 11-1 record in doubles playing primarily alongside Emma Place (Francestown, N.H.).