BRYANT'S SOLOMON NAMED NORTHEAST-10 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF YEAR
Six Named All-Conference

     SMITHFIELD, RI - The Bryant University women's tennis team placed six players on the 2006 Northeast-10 Conference Women's Tennis All-Conference team the conference announced today.  Leading the way once again was junior Sacha Solomon (Bourne, Mass.) who was named the NE-10 Vern Cox Player of the Year for the third-straight season.  Solomon, a first team all-conference selection for the third year in-a-row, posted a perfect 12-0 record in conference play once again this year at No. 1 singles for the Bulldogs - entering Saturday's conference semifinal match with Bentley.

     Solomon was joined on the conference first team by teammates Alex Spence (Lynnfield, Mass.) and Annette Jervasi (Colchester, Conn.).  Spence was 12-0 at No. 2 singles this year (12-2 overall) and also received the conference's F. Paul Bogan Memorial Sportsmanship Award.   Jervasi, a junior, was 12-1 in conference play at No. 3 singles for the Bulldogs.

    Senior Alanna Santanello (North Providence, RI) and sophomore Michelle Burke (Barrington, RI) were named second team all-conference by the NE-10 while sophomore Lauren Mullen (Braintree, Mass.) too home third team all-conference honors. 

     The Bulldogs also snapped up three doubles honors as the tandem of Spence and Santanello joined the doubles team of Mullen and Burke on the conference's first team doubles team.  The No. 1 doubles team of Solomon and Jervasi were named to the conference's second team all-conference doubles for 2006.