NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S TENNIS

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

FALL 2007
WEEK ENDING 10/14/07

PLAYER OF THE WEEK  

Jackie Shtemberg, The College of New Jersey
Sophomore
Franklin Lakes, NJ/Ramapo

Shtemberg earns NJAC Player of the Week honors for the third time this season after winning the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Women’s Singles National Championship at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center in Mobile, AL. She entered as the second-seed in singles play, and advanced to the championship match where she posted a 6-3, 6-4 win over top-seeded Siobhan Finicane of Ponoma-Pitzer College to become the first female student-athlete at TCNJ to win a national ITA singles crown. She also teamed with Christina Contrafatto to earn ITA All-American honors in doubles by placing seventh. Shtemberg is now 42-5 on her career in singles play while teaming with Contrafatto to produce a 37-10 career doubles mark.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK  

Nicole Rodriguez, Richard Stockton College
Freshman
North Bergen, NJ/North Bergen

Rodriguez earns NJAC Rookie of the Week honors after competing at the NJAIAW Championships hosted by Drew University in Madison. After falling in her first round match of the Flight D main draw, she rebounded to win the championship of the Flight D Consolation bracket. Rodriguez posted three straight victories including a 6-4, 2-6, (10-8) victory in the final to claim the consolation bracket crown.

PREVIOUS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - FALL 2007

 Player Rookie

Week 1

Lindsey Formisano
Richard Stockton
Kelly Fitzsimmons
TCNJ

Week 2

Jackie Shtemberg
TCNJ
No Nominations

Week 3

Jackie Shtemberg
TCNJ
Amanda Berg
TCNJ

Week 4

Kelli Williams
Richard Stockton
Amanda Berg
TCNJ

Week 5

Nicole Rubinetti
Rutgers-Newark
Amanda Berg
TCNJ

Week 6

Jackie Shtemberg
TCNJ
Nicole Rodriguez
Richard Stockton