Women’s Tennis: Three Named to All-Centennial Team
Swarthmore, PA - Swarthmore College junior Sonya Reynolds (Victoria, Canada - Quartz Hill [Ca.] ) and freshman Jennie Park (Rockford, IL - Guilford) earned All-Centennial Conference Women's Tennis honors in singles' play, as voted on by the league's head coaches. Reynolds and junior Marissa Matthews (McLean, VA - Langley) also earned All-Centennial honors in doubles.
Reynolds, an All-American selection in 2005, established a record of 15-7 at No. 1 singles in 2005-06, including a record of 3-1 in Centennial regular season dual matches. Reynolds, an economics major, is currently ranked fifth in the Atlantic South region.
Reynolds paired with Matthews to record an overall record of 18-2 at No. 1 doubles in 2005-06, including a 6-0 mark in Centennial regular season dual matches. The duo currently ranks fifth in the Atlantic South region in doubles.
It is the second All-Centennial singles' honor for Reynolds and her fifth overall; she earned doubles' honors in 2004 and 2005. It is the second All-Centennial honor for Matthews, her first coming in 2005 for doubles play.
Park, currently ranked 19th in the region, posted an overall record of 16-10 in 2005-06. Playing primarily at No. 2, Park had a record of 6-1 in Centennial play. Park is the third Swarthmore freshman to be named All-Centennial in singles, following Jennifer Pao in 1998 and Anjani Reddy in 2001.
Swarthmore, ranked 18th in Division III, won its second consecutive Centennial Conference championship this past week, finishing 2005-06 with an overall record of 16-2 and 10-0 in the regular season conference play. The Garnet also earned a berth in the 2006 NCAA Division III Tennis Championship tournament, beginning May 6-7.