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first championship 1987

2026 Conference Champion Saint Francis

2026 Conference Championship Dates April 16-18

2026 Conference Championship Site Mercer County Tennis Center
West Windsor, NJ (tentative)


team champions

Year Team Champion

Points

1987 FDU 15
1988 FDU 14
1989 Mount St. Mary's 24
1990 Mount St. Mary's 30
1991 Mount St. Mary's 30
1992 Mount St. Mary's 25.5
1993 Mount St. Mary's 26
1994 Mount St. Mary's 28
1995 Mount St. Mary's 25
1996 Robert Morris 24
1997 Central Connecticut State 54

A change in championship format to a team-flighted
tournament was implemented in 1998.

Year Team Champion Runner-Up Championship Score
1998 UMBC CCSU 5-4
2000 UMBC Quinnipiac 5-0
2001 UMBC Quinnipiac 4-0
2002 UMBC Quinnipiac 4-0
2003 UMBC Quinnipiac 4-0
2004 Quinnipiac LIU 4-0
2005 Quinnipiac LIU 4-0
2006 Quinnipiac LIU 4-3
2007 Quinnipiac LIU 4-3
2008 Quinnipiac LIU 4-2
2009 LIU Quinnipiac 4-1
2010 LIU FDU 4-2
2011 Quinnipiac FDU 4-3
2012 FDU Quinnipiac 4-2
2013 FDU Quinnipiac 4-3
2014 FDU LIU 4-0
2015 Bryant LIU 4-0
2016 FDU Bryant 4-3
2017 LIU FDU 4-0
2018 LIU Bryant 4-1
2019 LIU FDU 4-0
2021 LIU* Bryant 4-1
2022 Bryant FDU 4-1
2023 LIU Sacred Heart 4-0
2024 LIU* FDU 4-2
2025 FDU Saint Francis 4-1
2026 Saint Francis FDU 4-0

* All NEC Championships won by LIU from the 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons were vacated in accordance with NCAA penalties (excluding women's tennis in 2022-23).

singles champions
 
Year Singles "A"
Champion
Singles "B"
Champion
Singles "C"
Champion
Singles
"D"
Champion
Singles "E" Champion Singles "F" Champion
1987 Rachel Gate
FDU
Jeanine Septh
FDU
Not Contested Not
Contested
Not Contested Not Contested
1988 Michell Venditto
FDU
Jeanine Septh
FDU
Not Contested Not
Contested
Not Contested Not Contested
1989 Madelina Voinea
Wagner
Kara Saab
MSM
Not Contested Not
Contested
Not Contested Not Contested
1990 Julie Harel
MSM
Kara Saab
MSM
Not Contested Not
Contested
Not Contested Not Contested
1991 Bronwyn Williams
MSM
Michelle Perry
MSM
Jennifer Sheehe
MSM
Melissa Rothschild
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1992 Maria Vago
LIU
Valeria Topol
MSM
Michelle Perry
MSM
Jennifer Hagan
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1993 Maria Vago
LIU
Michelle Perry
MSM
Valeria Topol
MSM
Jennifer Sheehe
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1994 Maria Vago
LIU
Maria Mood
MSM
Michelle Perry
MSM
Jennifer Sheehe
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1995 Helen Martaus
MSM
Valeria Topol
MSM
Maisha Challenger
MSM
Maria Mood
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1996 Maria Mood
MSM
Jennifer Egan
MON
Jen Stankewicz
RMC
Abbey Hauck
RMC
Not Contested Not Contested
1997 Beth Cullinane
CCSU
Keri Robert
CCSU
Elise Peterson
CCSU
Sunna Zinnert
CCSU
Erin Hill
CCSU
Anna Marie Juhasz
CCSU

With a change in championship format to a team-flighted tournament in 1998, NEC individual champions are no longer recognized.

Instead, an all-conference team is selcted after the conlusion of the tournament by a vote of league coaches.  First team all-NEC selections are listed.

1998 Anixa Almeyda
LIU
Stephanie
Petrycki
Quinnipiac
Linda Hemmes
FDU
Anna Marie
Juhasz
CCSU
Kim Smith
Quinnipiac
Carrie Koncilja
UMBC
1999-
2000
Stephanie
Petrycki
Quinnipiac
Rachel
Berenbaum
Long Island
Karri Biekewicz
UMBC
Anita
Pushpanathan
UMBC
Erica Peltz
Quinnipiac
April Sonon
Quinnipiac
2001 Stephanie
Petrycki
Quinnipiac
Jana Karaskova
UMBC
Kim Piazza
Quinnipiac
Karen Prangley
UMBC
Kathryn Wheatley
UMBC
Nicole Russo
UMBC
2002 Anita
Pushpanathan
UMBC
Jana
Karaskova
UMBC
Cristin
Arahovites
Quinnipiac
Lana
Khvalina
UMBC
Aimee
Lim
UMBC
Kathryn
Wheatley
UMBC
2003 Jana
Karaskova
UMBC
Anita
Pushpanathan
UMBC
Tia
Kaasalainen
UMBC
Alessandra
Pedergnana
UMBC
Lana
Khvalina
UMBC
Aimee
Lim
UMBC
2004 Kim Piazza
Quinnipiac
Gabby Pasternak
Quinnipiac
Danielle
Rautenberg
Quinnipiac
Tina Hoang
Quinnipiac
Liz Axler
Quinnipiac
Katherine
Ehle
Quinnipiac
2005 Gabby Pasternak
Quinnipiac
Tina Hoang
Quinnipiac
Amanda
Petruzzi
Quinnipiac
Liz Axler
Quinnipiac
Katherine
Ehle
Quinnipiac
Danielle
Rodriguez
Quinnipiac
2006 Jessica Loose
LIU
Merve Koksal
LIU
Jackie Herb
Quinnipiac
Ashley Harvey
LIU
Amanda Petruzzi
Quinnipiac
Danielle
Rodriguez
Quinnipiac
2007 Julija
Korsunova
FDU
Mary Wilson
Quinnipiac
Merve Koksal
LIU
Amanda Petruzzi
Quinnipiac
Danielle
Rodriguez
Quinnipiac
Amy
Hosotsuji
LIU
2008 Mary Wilson
Quinnipiac
Ashley Harvey
LIU
Adrienne Markison
Quinnipiac
Jessica DeCarlos
FDU
Liliana
Cortes
LIU
Amy
Hosotsuji
LIU
2009 Selma Babic
LIU
Ashley Harvey
LIU
Natalie
Duckor
Quinnipiac
Stephanie
Elie
Long Island
Kristina Chao
Sacred Heart
Amy
Hosotsuji
LIU
2010 Selma Babic
LIU
Rachel
Cantor
Quinnipiac
Adrienne
Markison
Quinnipiac
Egzona
Morina
FDU
Ksenia
Chernyshova
FDU
H'Ann
Johnson
LIU
2011 Claudio Hidalgo
Bryant
Julia Prantl
FDU
Juliet
Labarthe
Quinnipiac
Sarah
Viebrock
Quinnipiac
Valerie
Couto
Cuervo
Bryant
Lavinia Cristescu
Quinnipiac
2012 Ana Rapoport
FDU
Elmine Botes
FDU
Sarah
Viebrock
Quinnipiac
Irina Dementyeva
FDU
Egzona Morina
FDU
Manuela Leme
FDU
2013 Ana Rapoport
FDU
Jacqueline Raynor
Quinnipiac
Sarah
Viebrock
Quinnipiac
Celine Maier
FDU
Dina Guzairova
FDU
Nancy Zonneveld
LIU
2014 Sanne Louwers
LIU
Ryan Brown
Bryant
Marine Dans
LIU
Gisela Castany
FDU
Mariya Krachok
FDU
Manuela Leme
FDU
2015 Ryan Brown
Bryant
Marine Dans
LIU
Gisela Castany
FDU
Mariya Krachok
FDU
Ashanti Campfield
Bryant
Rosie Bird
Bryant
2016 Nicole Chis
FDU
Linnea Sjoberg
Bryant
Liza Rachenko
FDU
Shreya Pasricha
FDU
Ashanti Campfield
Bryant
Stefanie Arroyo
Bryant
2017 Anna Grigoryan
LIU
Sasha Bollweg
LIU
Jennifer Gogova
LIU
Malin Leysen
LIU
Stefanie Arroyo
Bryant
Patricia Eftenoiu
FDU


doubles champions

Year Doubles "A"
Champion
Doubles "B"
Champion
Doubles "C"
Champion
1987 Lori Flamini
Heather Blackwell
LOY
Not Contested Not Contested
1988 Dawn Septh
Jill Brooks
FDU
Not Contested Not Contested
1989 Kelly McLaughlin
Joan O'Sullivan
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1990 Bronwyn Williams
Kate Ryan
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1991 Jennifer Hagan
Kate Ryan
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1992 Jennifer Sheehe
Maisha Challenger
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1993 Maisha Challenger
Lynn Larimer
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1994 Valeria Topol
Maisha Challenger
MSM
Not Contested Not Contested
1995 Christine Ciufo
Melissa Lockhart
RMC
Not Contested Not Contested
1996 Melissa Lockhart
Melissa Thomas
RMC
Not Contested Not Contested
1997 Beth Cullinane
Elise Peterson
CCSU
Keri Robert
Erin Hill
CCSU
Anna Marie Juhasz
Sunna Zinnert
CCSU

With a change in championship format to a team-flighted tournament in 1998, NEC individual champions are no longer recognized.

Instead, an all-conference team is selcted after the conclusion of the tournament by a vote of league coaches.  FIrst team all-NEC selections are listed.

1998 Keri Robert
Elise Peterson
CCSU
Stephanie Petrycki
Michelle Nagle
Quinnipiac
Jennifer Suda
Tara Puleio
Monmouth
1999-00 Stephanie Petrycki
Cristin Arahovites
Quinnipiac
Rachel Berenbaum
Leslie Harvey
LIU
Erica Peltz
April Sonon
Quinnipiac
2001 Jana Karaskova
Anita Pushpanathan
UMBC
Karri Bielewicz
Karen Prangley
UMBC
Michelle Nagle
Heather Rahm
Quinnipiac
2002 Stephanie Petrycki
Cristin Arahovites
UMBC
Tia Kaasalainen
Lana Khvalina
UMBC
Aimee Lim
Kathryn Wheatley
UMBC
2003 Tia Kaasalainen
Lana Khvalina
UMBC
Jana Karaskova
Alessandra Pedergnana
UMBC
Anita Pushpanathan
Aimee Lim
UMBC
2004 Kim Piazza
Gabby Pasternak
Quinnipiac
Danielle Rautenberg
Tina Hoang
Quinnipiac
Liz Axler
Katherine Ehle
Quinnipiac
2005 Gabby Pasternak
Tina Hoang
Quinnipiac
Liz Axler
Katherine Ehle
Quinnipiac
Danielle Redriguez
Amy Sarazzin
Quinnipiac
2006 Gabby Pasternak
Tina Hoang
Quinnipiac
Jackie Herb
Amanda Petruzzi
Quinnipiac
Ashley Wentzel
Christine Pace
Mount St. Mary's
2007 Gabby Pasternak
Mary Wilson
Quinnipiac
Jackie Herb
Amanda Petruzzi
Quinnipiac
Amy Hosotsuji
Ashley Harvey
LIU
2008 Mary Wilson
Adrienne Markison
Quinnipiac
Jackie Herb
Amanda Petruzzi
Quinnipiac
Amy Hosotsuji
Ashley Harvey
LIU
2009 Selma Babic
H'Ann Johnson
LIU
Julija Korshunova
Jessica DeCarlos

FDU
Kasey Rosenberger
Nicole Adams
Quinnipiac
2010 Mary Wilson
Adrienna Markison
Quinnipiac
Julia Prantl
Egzona Morina

FDU
Dara Lahens
Stephanie Elie
LIU
2011 Elmine Botes
Irina Dementyeva
FDU
Julia Prantl
Egzona Morina
FDU
Delaney Downing
Kate Donnelly
Sacred Heart
2012 Sanne Louwers
Taysha Blessington
LIU
Marcela Brandeo
Claudia Hidalgo
Bryant
Elmine Botes
Manuela Leme
FDU
2013 Nicole Chis
Anna Rapoport
FDU
Michelle Dassa
Jacqueline Raynor
Quinnipiac
Dina Guzairova
Manuela Leme
FDU
2014 Gisela Castany
Ksenija Tihomirova
FDU
Nicole Chis
Mariya Krachok
FDU
Marine Dans
Nancy Zonneveld
LIU
2015 Sanne Louwers
Marine Dans
LIU
Ashanti Campfield
Rosie Bird
Bryant
Briana Leonard
Linnea Sjoberg
Bryant
2016 Gisela Castany
Shreya Pasricha
LIU
Nicole Chis
Katarina Pavlovic
FDU
Stefanie Arroyo
Linnea Sjoberg
Bryant
2017 Anna Grigoryan
Ana Leonte
LIU
Ashanti Campfield
Nina Luiggi
Bryant
Jennifer Gogova
Isabella Wagener
LIU


NEC women's tennis summary

Mount St. Mary's won seven straight title from 1989-1995, the longest consecutive streak of any NEC team.   Robert Morris ended the Mount's run with its first-ever title in 1996. Central Connecticut State won the title in 1997, its first year in the NEC.  1998 was the first year the NEC employed a team-flighted format, and in a thrilling finale, first year-member UMBC wrested the title from Central Connecticut State.  The Retrievers repeated in 2000 and earned the league's first automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.   UMBC lengthened its streak to five  by winning the championship from 2001-03, and did so by defeating Quinnipiac four straight times in the title match.  Quinnipiac finally broke through for its first crown in 2004 and repeated four more times from 2005-08, downing rival Long Island in the championship match on all five occasions.  The 2006 and 2007 titles were won by the Bobcats, 4-3, in the closest championship finales since the first team-flighted event in 1998.  Long Island finally broke through in 2009, defeating Quinnipiac, 4-1, for its first league crown. The Blackbirds repeated in 2010, but for the first time since 2003, Quinnipiac was not the opponent.  LIU defeated FDU, 4-2, in the title match.  Quinnipiac came back a year later to snare its sixth crown with a 4-3 triumph over FDU. FDU finished on top in 2012, winning its first NEC title since the 1988 season, then repeated in 2013 with a 4-3 thriller over the Bobcats. The Knights three-peated in 2014, making the Knights the fourth program to win at least three straight championships. Bryant won its first NEC title in 2015. FDU won its sixth championship in 2016. LIU returned to the top in 2017, then won three more to become the fourth team in NEC history to capture four straight titles. Bryant took home its second championship in 2022. LIU returned with a vengeance in 2023, tying Mount's record with its seventh NEC crown. FDU made it a lucky seven as well one year later. Saint Francis finally broke through in 2026, capturing the program's first crown after reaching the NEC final in two of the previous three years.

LIU's Selma Babic, a two-time NEC Player of the Year, became the first player in league history to qualify and compete in the NCAA Women's Singles Tournament after appearing in the ITA rankings in 2010.  Former Long Island star Maria Vago won a conference-record three straight flight "A" titles (1992-94), while achieving lofty national rankings.  Central Connecticut State's Erin Hill set an NEC singles performance record with her 97.3% winning percentage in 1997.