WEST WINDSOR, NJ (Apr. 24, 2025) – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced the 2025 Women’s Tennis postseason Major Award winners and All-MAAC Teams, voted on by the league’s nine head coaches.
Quinnipiac University highlighted major awards, sweeping all three honors, while boasting a league-high of seven All-MAAC Team selections.
Quinnipiac’s Willow Renton headlined major award winners, claiming MAAC Player of the Year and MAAC Rookie of the Year accolades. The first year Bobcat who hails from Goshen, Kentucky was the only unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team at singles and she was also voted to the All-MAAC First Team at the doubles position with teammate Caitlin Flower. During her rookie campaign, Renton combined to go 15-1 in MAAC action, at #1 singles and #1 doubles. At #1 doubles, she and Flower went a perfect 8-0 on the season, losing only two or less games each set. At the top singles position, Renton went 7-1 in 2025. Overall, she posted a 19-13 spring record. Furthermore, Renton was a two-time MAAC Player of the Week choice this year, winning the awards on March 5 and April 2.
Winning 2025 MAAC Coach of the Year honors was Bobcat’s head coach, Paula Miller. Miller has now been named as the league’s top coach amongst her peers eight times, also garnering the awards in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023. In 2025, Miller’s Bobcats went a perfect 8-0 in the MAAC, the program’s ninth perfect conference regular season since joining the MAAC in 2013-14, while also clinching the program’s 10th MAAC Regular Season title. Quinnipiac improved to 67-2 in regular season conference play since joining the league, and nine out of the 10 regular season crowns have been won outright.
The full list of major awards winners and All-MAAC Teams are below.
| 2025 Women’s Tennis Major Awards |
| Awards |
Player |
School |
| Player of the Year |
Willow Renton |
Quinnipiac |
| Rookie of the Year |
Willow Renton |
Quinnipiac |
| Coach of the Year |
Paula Miller |
Quinnipiac |
| All-MAAC First Team |
| Player |
Class |
Position |
School |
| Victoria Mandma |
Fr. |
Singles |
Fairfield |
| Anna Neyestani |
So. |
Singles |
Fairfield |
| Isabel Garcia Torra |
Fr. |
Singles |
Niagara |
| Willow Renton* |
Fr. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Laila Fishman |
So. |
Singles |
Rider |
| Ola Irla Bartyzel |
FY. |
Singles |
Sacred Heart |
| Laia Giralt |
Sr. |
Singles |
Siena |
| Maria Gell/Victoria Mandma |
Fr./Fr. |
Doubles |
Fairfield |
| Maria Melo/Isabel Garcia |
So./Fr. |
Doubles |
Niagara |
| Willow Renton/Caitlin Flower |
Fr./So. |
Doubles |
Quinnipiac |
| Ola Irla Bartyzel/Aina Garriga Martinez |
FY./Sr. |
Doubles |
Sacred Heart |
| All-MAAC Second Team |
| Player |
Class |
Position |
School |
| Maeve Cassidy |
So. |
Singles |
Fairfield |
| Caterina Assi |
So. |
Singles |
Marist |
| Cloe Clements-Sorde |
Jr. |
Singles |
Marist |
| Caitlin Flower |
So. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Caroline Schulson |
So. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Vera Sekerina |
Jr. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Anagha Shankar |
So. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Maria Buss |
Fr. |
Singles |
Rider |
| Hana Hofmanova |
So. |
Singles |
Sacred Heart |
| Anna Neyestani/Lily Malinowski |
So./So. |
Doubles |
Fairfield |
| Anagha Shankar/Vera Sekerina |
So./Jr. |
Doubles |
Quinnipiac |
| Laia Giralt/Manuela Gomez |
Sr./So. |
Doubles |
Siena |
*Denote Unanimous Selection
The 2025 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships are a six-team, single-elimination championships taking place on April 25-27 at Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor, NJ. The 2025 Championships will be the 13
th consecutive time the event is held at Mercer County Park Tennis Center dating back to the 2012 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships. For all information regarding the 2025 MAAC Men's & Women’s Tennis Championships, please visit
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
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