Four Lady Colonels were named to the 2013 All-Freedom Conference Team

FOUR LADY COLONELS NAMED TO ALL-FREEDOM WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAMS; NOLT NAMED POY, LEICHT COY

5/16/2013 1:16:00 PM

FOUR LADY COLONELS NAMED TO ALL-FREEDOM WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAMS; NOLT NAMED POY, LEICHT COY

ANNVILLE, PA – Four members of the Wilkes University women's tennis team have been named to the 2013 All-Freedom Conference team as announced by the Middle Atlantic Conference office on Thursday afternoon.

Melanie Nolt (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central), Ally Kristofco (Hollidaysburg, PA/Bishop Guilfoyle), and Katie Lynn (Berwick, PA/Berwick) were tabbed first team selections, while Anastasia English (Columbia, MD/Wilde Lake) garnered a spot on the second team. Nolt was also named the Freedom Conference Player of the Year, her fourth straight POY award. Head coach Chris Leicht was tabbed Freedom Coach of the Year for the eighth time in his nine seasons at the helm of the Wilkes women's program.

Nolt earns her fourth straight Freedom Player of the Year honor and fourth All-Freedom first teams election after going 17-2 overall and 6-0 in conference matches during her senior campaign from Wilkes' top singles spot. All six of her league match wins came in straight sets allowing just 11 total games in the process. Arguably the most decorated player in Wilkes women's history, Nolt finishes her career in the Navy and Gold with a 60-15 (80.0 win percentage) singles record all coming from the No. 1 position and a 61-21 mark from the No. 1 doubles spot in the Wilkes lineup. Her 60 singles wins ranks second all-time in Wilkes program history, just two wins behind all-time leader Alison McDonald (62) in 2008.

Kristofco, a three-time All-Freedom selection, earned her second straight first team nod as a junior this season. She finished with a 20-2 overall mark at No. 2 singles going a perfect 6-0 in league matches on way to being named the Freedom Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player. Kristofco teamed with English to go 18-1 at No. 2 doubles, going unbeaten in conference matches (6-0). She enters her senior season with a 56-8 career singles record, standing just seven wins shy of becoming the school's all-time wins leader.

Lynn, a four-time All-Freedom performer, posted a 19-5 singles mark primarily from the No. 3 position in the Wilkes lineup. She went 6-0 in league matches during her senior season including straight sets wins in the semifinals against Stevenson (6-0, 6-0) and finals against Misericordia (6-0, 6-1) as the Lady Colonels clinched their seventh conference title. For her career, Lynn finished sixth all-time in singles wins (49) while holding the top spot with Nolt in doubles victories (61).

English rounded out the Lady Colonels chosen to the All-Freedom squads being named to the second team as a sophomore this season. She finished with a 15-6 overall record at No. 5 singles going 4-1 in league matches. English teamed with Kristofco to go 18-1 at No. 2 pairs throughout the Lady Colonels 19-3 campaign.

Leicht collects his eighth Freedom Coach of the Year award after guiding the women's team to a 19-3 mark remaining unbeaten in Freedom play at 6-0. The squad captured its seventh straight Freedom title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the third time in school history.

2013 Freedom Women's Tennis All-Conference Team

Player of the Year:        M. Nolt              Wilkes
Rookie of the Year:       Maddie Griffin   King's
Coach or the Year:       C. Leicht         Wilkes


1st Team All-Conference
Michelle Cameron           Misericordia
A. Kristofco                    Wilkes
Jenna Laubach              Eastern
K. Lynn                          Wilkes
Sara Lynn                       King's
M. Nolt                           Wilkes

2nd Team All-Conference
Emily Delp                     Arcadia
A. English                    Wilkes
Cassie Foy                    Misericordia
Maddie Griffin                King's
Megan Scherer             FDU-Florham
Svetlana Widell              Stevenson

Honorable Mention
Emily Biffen                    King's
Nicole Molino                  King's

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