University of Delaware Athletics
Pilkington Garners CAA Rookie of the Year Award; Travis Named Coach of the Year
5/2/2017 3:30:00 PM | Women's Tennis
RICHMOND, Va. – Five Blue Hens were recognized Tuesday by the Colonial Athletic Association with postseason women's tennis accolades.
Laura TravisSophomore Sara Komer (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) was named to the Singles Second Team while graduate student Denny LaMachia (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) and junior Amanda Studnicki (Normal, Ill./Normal West) earned Doubles Second Team accolades.
Pilkington, the program's first-ever conference Rookie of the Year, compiled 24 singles victories this season, which was tied-for the second-most ever by a Delaware freshman and fourth-most for any Blue Hens player. She posted an impressive 13-4 mark at No. 1 singles in dual matches and also contributed 18 wins in doubles this season. Her First Team Award is also the first-ever for a Delaware women's tennis player in the CAA.
Travis guided Delaware to its most wins (12) since 2012-13, including a 4-2 mark against conference foes, which was also the best record since 2012-13. The Hens captured 10 of their final 12 regular season matches. The CAA Coach of the Year honor is also the first-ever for Travis, who was previously named the North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year in 1994-95 and 1995-96.
Komer wrapped her second season in a Blue Hens uniform as a Second Team honoree by posting a dual match singles record of 17-2, which included a 13-match win streak.
LaMachia and Studnicki, the team's co-captains, led the way in top-flight doubles action with a 14-10 record, including a 6-3 mark in CAA play.
LaMachia was also named to the CAA All-Academic Team for the second straight season.
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