May 1, 2003

NESCAC Men's Tennis All-Conference Team Released

Joyner of Bowdoin Recognized with Chaffee Sportsmanship Award and Player of the Year Honors

HARTFORD, Conn. – Colin Joyner was named NESCAC Player of the Year following the 2003 NESCAC Men’s Tennis Championship. Joyner, a senior at Bowdoin College, also received the Clarence Chaffee Award given annually to the player who best combined and displayed a high standard of tennis coupled with the highest levels of sportsmanship. The Polar Bear senior lost in the top singles flight championship match to NESCAC Rookie of the Year William Boe-Wiegaard of Bates. Wesleyan head coach Don Long was recognized by his peers as the NESCAC Coach of the Year.

The All-NESCAC team was determined from action at the tournament. Each singles player who advanced to the semifinals of the first singles flight or the final of the second singles flight earned all-conference honors. In doubles, the two teams who advanced to the final of the first doubles flight and the winning duo in the second doubles flight garnered All-NESCAC honors.

Joyner, an all-conference performer in both singles and doubles in 2002, was the only player this season to earn all-conference honors in singles and doubles. Joyner teamed with Bowdoin senior Nick MacLean to win the "B" doubles flight. Tufts’ Rifat Perahya, last year’s Rookie of the Year, earned all-conference honors for the second straight season by advancing to the "2" singles flight championship. Perahya lost to Middlebury freshman Nathan Edmunds. Justin Ingoglia of Middlebury and John Haywood of Williams earned all-conference honors as top flight singles semifinalists.

The Williams doubles team of junior Andrew Murry and freshman Jeff Kivitz earned all-conference honors by winning the "A" flight over the Trinity tandem of junior Richard Lawrence and freshman and Jonathan Hart. Lawrence, an all-conference singles performer in 2001 and 2002, and Hart also earned 2003 all-conference honors.