ITA Awards East Region

Men:

Coach of the Year - Neil Tarangioli (5th selection)

Assistant Coach of the Year - Daniel Rockhill (4th selection)

Just the kind of involvement the ITA looks for...

Senior Player of the Year - Andrey Boldarev

Player to Watch (Whatever that is) - Benas Majauskas

Women:

Coach of the Year - Neil Tarangioli (1st selection)

Assistant Coach of the Year - Daniel Rockhill (1st selection)

Rookie Player of the Year - Luisa Candido

National award winners to be announced Tuesday, May 8th.

Congrats to all.  Well deserved.

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Boldarev Wins USTA Indoor...

Keeping busy over the semester break, Andrey Boldarev captured the USTA National Indoor Championship singles title held at the USTA National Tennis Center 12/26 - 12/31 2010.

This was certainly no easy task as the draw (click here for drawsheet) was a rather large 256 and Andrey had to play 8 matches in just a few days to gain the championship. Along the way, Andrey defeated many current and former top ranked college players including the current #1 players from St. John's University, Cornell University and finally Will Boe-Wiegaard, the former #1 ranked player in NCAA III and regular success on the futures tour.


With any luck, Andrey will bring this confidence to the spring season and compete for a top ranking in NCAA II. This is just the kind of move we needed Andrey to make to realize his potential as a player. With continued hard work, dedication to conditioning and improved decision making Andrey has the ability to lead the team to special things in the months to come.

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Boldarev plays future...

In an effort to improve and gain additional match experience Andrey Boldarev has taken to the ITF future circuit this summer. Boasting a national ranking in his home country of Uzbekistan, Andrey is able to sign into qualifying draws.

Andrey was in Rochester, NY (not to be confused with Rochester Minnesota, the town of my grandparents) this week and had some early success (click here for the draw).

Andrey fell to a tough opponent, Evan King, who plays #2 singles for the University of Michigan (NCAA D1) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4). King had been ranked as high as 14 in the world among ITF Juniors.

Next up will be Pittsburgh and F17. Lets all wish Andrey good luck and hope this experience propels him to great achievements for the Clippers next season and beyond.

In other news, Coach Schwartz is playing the doubles main draw (click here for the draw). Good luck Craig, lets get some points!

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