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NEC Men's Player of the Month: Charlton Boyd, WC
NEC Men's Rookie of the Month: Philip Belmatch, BRY
NEC Women's Player of the Month: Anna Grigoryan, LIU
NEC Women's Rookie of the Month: No Nominations
Previous Release: October 3

NEC MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Charlton Boyd, Wagner
Sr., Shreveport, LA/Loyola College Prep
Boyd comes off a strong month that saw him post a 7-2 singles record and 6-1 mark in doubles action. The Shreveport, LA native won his second tournament of the season at the Fordham Four-In-The-Fall, capturing the “C” bracket. He won a pair of three-setters, including a 6-1, 2-6, 11-9 victory over FDU’s Maciej Autuch in the final. In that same event, Boyd teamed with Allen Wang to win the “B” flight doubles crown. The senior has now won 59 singles matches over the course of his career at Wagner.

NEC MEN’S TENNIS ROOKIE OF THE MONTH
Philip Belmatch, Bryant
Fr., Staten Island, NY/Tottenville
Belmatch joined teammate Trent Massam as Bryant players to claim NEC Rookie of the Month accolades this fall. He posted a 4-1 record in October, winning the “D” flight title at the Farnsworth Invitational. Belmatch downed FDU’s William Bourne (6-3, 6-1), Temple’s Michael Haelen (0-6, 6-1, 10-3) and Lehigh’s Bryant Born (6-4, 7-6 (0), before recording a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) victory in the title match over Federico Ruiz Acevedo from St. John’s. The Staten Island product also reached the “B” flight doubles final teaming with Luke Lorenz en-route to a 5-1 doubles mark for the month.         

NEC WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Anna Grigoryan, LIU Brooklyn
Jr., Moscow, Russia
Grigoryan made it back-to-back NEC Player of the Month honors after advancing to the quarterfinals of the ITA Regional Championships earlier this month. Along the way, the reigning NEC Player of the Year knocked off three Ivy League opponents, highlighted by a 6-3, 6-1 win over #3 seed Alyza Benotto of Brown, a three-time All-Ivy performer. She also beat Yale’s Amy Yang (6-1, 6-1) and Cornell’s Priyanka Shah (0-6, 6-2, 6-4) before falling 6-4, 7-6 (3) to eventual finalist Stephanie Schrage of Princeton.

NEC WOMEN’S TENNIS ROOKIE OF THE MONTH
No Nominations

NEC PRIME PERFORMER
Bryant senior Luke Lorenz (Colorado Springs, CO/Discovery Canyon Campus) posted a 5-3 singles record in October. He won the back draw at the Farnsworth Invitational, defeating opponents from NJIT, Temple, Fairleigh Dickinson and St. John's. Lorenz also teamed with Philip Belmatch to reach the "B" flight doubles final at Farnsworth.