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ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Kyra Bergmann, Queens
Senior | Forest Hills, NY
Bergmann went 4-0 in Queens’ pair of victories over ECC opponents Daemen on Friday and D’Youville on Saturday. With teammate Regina Ruiz, Bergmann opened the week with a No. 2 doubles victory over Daemen’s Kitsa Scime and Yinett Del Leon, 6-3. The QC senior followed up with a No. 3 singles victory over Del Leon, 6-2, 6-3. Against D’Youville, Bergmann teamed up with Sakura Santo to earn a No. 2 doubles victory over Maria Campisi and Paola Ermina, 6-0. Promoted to No. 2 singles, she then took home a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Yuliia Kashtelian to close an undefeated 4-0 weekend. 

Caroline Hany-Fawzy, Queens
Senior | Alexandria, Egypt
Hany-Fawzy went 2-0 in ECC singles match-ups this weekend, earning a No. 2 victory over Daemen’s Kitsa Scime, 6-2, 6-0, and a No. 3 victory over D’Youville’s Maria Campisi, 6-0, 6-1.

Desire Parn, District of Columbia
Freshman | Parnu, Estonia
Parn went 3-1 in a 2-0 week for the Firebirds at No. 1 singles and doubles. In the Firebirds’ win over Molloy, the UDC freshman teamed up with Polina Zelentsova for a 6-3 win. In the Firebirds’ 7-0 win over Dominican, Parn teamed up with Zelentsova to defeat Dominican and went on to take down Lia Sarjveladze, 3-6, 6-1, 1-0(8).

Sakura Saito, Queens
Freshman | Chiba, Japan
Saito went 2-0 in ECC doubles play this weekend. Against Daemen on Friday, Santo teamed up with Lydia Zafeiri to defeat Carly Armitage and Stephanie Baier at No. 3 doubles, 7-6 (7-3). Promoted to No. 2 doubles against D’Youville on Saturday, Saito and partner Kyra Bergmann earned a 6-0 victory over Maria Campisi and Paola Ermina. 

Lydia Zafeiri, Queens
Junior | Athens, Greece
Zafeiri went 3-0 on the weekend with one doubles victory and two singles wins. Against Daemen on Friday, Zafeiri earned a No. 3 doubles victory with teammate Sakura Santo, taking down Daemen’s Carly Armitage and Stephanie Baier, 7-6 (7-3). She went on to defeat Baier at No. 6 singles, 6-3, 6-1. Promoted to No. 5 singles against D’Youville on Saturday, Zafeiri earned a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Yeli Prokopenko to complete her 3-0 weekend. 

Polina Zelentsova, District of Columbia
Sophomore | Chaiky, Ukraine
Zelentsova went 4-0 in a 2-0 week for UDC. In the 6-1 win over Molloy, Zelentsova teamed up with Desire Parn for a 6-3 win over Erin Sanchez and Elena Baughman-Saunders at No. 1 doubles. She then went on to defeat Sanchez, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 2 singles. In the Firebirds 7-0 non-conference win over Dominican, Zelentsova once again teamed up with Parn to defeat Dominican's Lia Sarjveladze and Ava O'Brien, 6-2, at No. 1 doubles before going on to blank Kyla Fouts at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-0. 

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ECC Women's Tennis Weekly Award Winners

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sept. 9 - Kitsa Scime, Daemen
Sept. 17 - Anaya Brons, St. Thomas Aquinas
Sept. 24 - Polina Zelentsova, District of Columbia
Oct. 1 - Mina Randjelovic, D'Youville
Oct. 8 - Anaya Brons, St. Thomas Aquinas (2x)

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Sept. 9 - Bella Bjerkan, Daemen
Sept. 17 - Anaya Brons, St. Thomas Aquinas
Sept. 24 - Nadja Zmukic, District of Columbia
Oct. 1 - Mina Randjelovic, D'Youville
Oct. 8 - Anaya Brons, St. Thomas Aquinas (2x)

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Previously in the Polls

INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL POLL
(First Rankings Released in Mid-November)

INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION EAST REGION POLL
(First Rankings Released in Mid-November)

NCAA EAST REGION RANKINGS
(Released in April 2025)

ECC PRESEASON POLL
1. Queens (34 points, 4 first-place votes)
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (31 points, 2 first-place votes)
3. District of Columbia (24 points)
4. Daemen (18 points)
5. D'Youville (11 points)
6. Molloy (8 points)