NORTHEAST-10 MEN’S TENNIS ALL CONFERENCE TEAMS ANNOUNCED

-Assumption’s Recalde Named Player of the Year; Stonehill’s Mashkevich Earns Freshman of the Year; Bentley’s Greg Maloomian Earns Sportsmanship Award: Assumption’s Ippolito Selected Coach of the Year-

Sunday, April 22, 2007

For Immediate Release

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South Easton, Mass. – Junior Antonio Recalde of Assumption College has been named the 2007 Northeast-10 Men’s Tennis Vern Cox Player of the Year. Recalde posted an 11-0 record at number one singles in conference play and 13-1 overall. He also has an 11-1 record at number 1 doubles. Recalde also earned All Conferene First-Team Singles and Doubles honors.

Stonehill College’s freshman Michael Mashkevich posted a 10-1 record in conference play this year for the Skyhawks. He is 14-5 overall and 12-5 at number two singles. Mashkevich also earned All Conference Second-Team Singles and Doubles honors.

Greg Maloomian of Bentley College earned the F. Paul Bogan Memorial Sportsmanship Award. Maloomian is 8-8 overall at number one singles. He also was selected to the All Conference Second-Team Doubles.

Assumption’s head coach John Ippolito was named the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year for the fifth time (2000, 01, 03, 05, 07), as selected by the 11 Northeast-10 coaches. Ippolito has led the Greyhounds to a 15-0 record this season and a conference record 116 match-winning streak.

Joining Recalde on the All Conference First-Team Singles teammates Matt Stopp and Jared Dorfman. From Bentley Mike McCrillis, Bryant University’s Kevin Levinson and Stonehill’s Will Herchel.

The Northeast-10 All Conference Second-Team Singles included Mashkevich and teammates Matt Grabala and Dustin Marshall. The team also included Assumption’s Dave Marshall, Bentley’s Mike Dolan and Miles Holman and Merrimack College’s Dan Hrobak.

Named to the All Conference Third-Team Singles are Bentley’s Greg Avola, Bryant’s Ben Caisse, Merrimack’s Steve Viglione, Saint Michael’s College’s Craig Lindaberry, Southern New Hampshire University’s Pedro De Paula and Stonehill’s Mike Leone.

The Northeast-10 All Conference First-Team Doubles was comprised of Assumptions Dorfman, Marshall, Recalde and Stopp and Stonehill’s Andy DeVita and Leone.

The All Conference Second-Team Doubles included Bentley’s Avola and Maloomian, Merrimack’s Brian Reilly and Viglione and Stonehill’s Grabala and Mashkevich.

Third-Team Doubles honors included Bentley’s Dolan and McCrillis and Merrimack’s John Seaward and Adam Wilding.
The Vern Cox Player of the Year Award is named in honor of the former longtime Springfield College head coach Vern Cox, while the Bogan Mermorial Sportsmanship Award is named in honor of the late F. Paul Bogan, Commissioner of the Northeast-10 from 1995-1997.