BIDDEFORD, Maine — The All-Commonwealth Coast Conference Team has been announced, and the Roger Williams Women's Tennis team had seven student-athletes receive all-conference honors in addition to one major awards.
Three Hawks were chosen to the All-CCC First Team – Singles, including
Emma Place (Francestown, N.H.),
Alessia Cahoon (Dedham, Mass.), and
Gianna Ferraro (Westerly, R.I.). On the All-CCC Second Team – Singles is
Gracie McCarthy (Marion, Mass.), while
Olivia Santoro (Cheshire, Conn.) and
Alexa DiCesare (Norwood, Mass.) were selected to the All-CCC Third Team – Singles. In doubles honors, Place and Cahoon received All-CCC First Team – Doubles recognition, with Ferraro and Santoro making the All-CCC Third Team – Doubles. Joining them on the all-conference third team were McCarthy and
Kate Hardy (Southington, Conn.). Most notably, Head Coach
Barry Gorman was chosen as CCC Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season.
Gorman collects his third consecutive CCC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year honor after leading the Hawks to a 6-1 conference record and a share of the CCC Regular-Season title. Overall, the Hawks went 11-1. Aside for its loss to for Nichols, the Hawks were dominant. Seven of their 11 wins were complete 9-0 sweeps with three others being 8-1 decisions. Outside of their one loss, the Hawks did not lose one more than two matches in any single dual match. They will be the No. 3 seed due to tiebreakers in the upcoming CCC Women's Tennis Championship Tournament.
Place put together a 7-4 record at singles play during the regular season, compiling all of her wins at the #1 flight. Three of her wins have come in Commonwealth Coast Conference play, including two over All-CCC honorees. With Cahoon, they have logged 10 doubles wins on the season, the most by a Hawks pair this year.
Cahoon has been fairly dominant at singles play, going 11-1 overall with a 10-1 record at #2 singles with one win at #1. She began the season dropping only eight games over her first four matches and is currently on a six-match win streak. She also holds a 6-1 record in conference singles matches. With Place, they have logged a 5-1 record in CCC play, tied for the most on the team.
Ferraro has given the Hawks tremendous depth at the #3 flight, as she sports a perfect 11-0 record in singles play overall, with ten of those coming at #3 and one at #2. In CCC matches, she is 6-0 overall with four of her matches coming in wins without dropping a set. At doubles, she has collected nine wins in doubles play with Santoro, tied for second-most on the team.
McCarthy is another crucial depth piece for the Hawks and enters the CCC Tournament unblemished in all her matches. McCarthy is a perfect 12-0 in singles matches, going 10-0 at #4 and 2-0 at #3. She leads the team and is tied for the conference lead in overall singles wins and leads the Hawks and the conference in CCC singles wins with 7. At doubles, she sports a 9-0 record with Hardy, tied for second-most on the team.
Santoro has primarily anchored the #6 singles spot for the Hawks and has performed admirably, going 9-1 at the flight. Overall, she is 11-1 in singles play, with her other two wins coming at #5. Her six CCC singles wins also tie her for second on the team. At doubles, she has put together a 4-1 record in CCC matches with Ferraro.
The senior captain DiCesare has held down the #4 singles slot with a 9-1 record at the flight on the season, including one win in her lone #3 match. Overall her ten singles wins are a new career-high, surpassing her previous total of five. She has also compiled a 5-1 singles record in CCC matches on the year.
Hardy paired with McCarthy as the primary #3 doubles pairing for the Hawks. As a result, they have gone undefeated on the year with a 9-0 record. In Commonwealth Coast Conference matches, they have logged a 5-0 record, the only duo in the conference with a perfect CCC record with at least three CCC matches played.
