BEVERLY, Mass. — Six members of the Endicott women's tennis team have earned Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) postseason honors, as announced by the league office earlier today.
Lejla Guster (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Anthony D'Angelo highlighted the list of award winners by receiving Co-CCC Player of the Year and CCC Coach of the Year honors, respectively. Both accolades are career firsts.
The remaining award winners for the Gulls included:
ALL-CCC FIRST TEAM SINGLES
Lejla Guster (Wethersfield, Conn.)
Ripley Uyeda (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)
ALL-CCC SECOND TEAM SINGLES
Shelby Henry (Lincoln, Neb.)
Ashley Keaveney (Exeter, N.H.)
Olivia Martinelli (Coral Springs, Fla.)
ALL-CCC FIRST TEAM DOUBLES
Uyeda/Guster
ALL-CCC SECOND TEAM DOUBLES
Keaveney/Martinelli
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
LEJLA GUSTER | JR.
Guster went 5-2 overall (2-0 CCC) in singles dual matches during the regular season.
Her marquee wins came against Roger Williams, Nichols, Springfield, Colby-Sawyer, and Stonehill (Division I), all at the No. 1 position.
In doubles, Guster and Uyeda produced a 5-3 record (2-1 CCC) as the Gulls' top duo.
Noteworthy victories for Endicott's No. 1 pairing included Stonehill, Nichols, Roger Williams, and Springfield.
Guster and Uyeda also went 2-0 in the CCC Playoffs against Gordon (8-3) and Nichols (8-3).
Additionally, Guster is the sixth student-athlete in program history to earn CCC Player of the Year honors, and the first since 2015.
ANTHONY D'ANGELO | HEAD COACH
D'Angelo guided the Gulls to their fourth straight CCC Championship behind a 10-3 overall record and a perfect 6-0 mark in league play.
D'Angelo has compiled a 60-30 overall record (.667) and a 29-3 conference record (.906) in six seasons (four CCC titles, five appearances) at the helm of the program since he arrived in the spring of 2019.
He also has taken the program to new heights outside of the conference, highlighted by the team garnering their first-ever Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) regional ranking on March 29, 2023, and UTR ITA Team of the Month accolades on April 27, 2021.
Aside from the wins and losses, D'Angelo has the team heavily involved in community service efforts, team-bonding initiatives, and mental health and wellness programming.
WHAT'S NEXT
Endicott (10-3) earned the league's automatic qualifier to the 2023-24 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship Tournament later this spring with its 5-4 victory over Nichols in the CCC Championship on October 24, 2023.
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