Fatichkova Earns All-ECC First-Team Praise

10/24/2014 10:37:00 AM

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Oct. 24, 2014) - On Friday, junior Didi Fatchikova (Sofia, Bulgaria) of the LIU Post women's tennis team was tabbed as an All-East Coast Conference first-team selection.

In her first year in Brookville, Fatchikova proved to be a powerful presence in both singles and doubles play for the Pioneers. She compiled a 9-2 singles record during the regular season, winning nine flights in a row from Sept. 5 through Oct. 17. Fatchikova and teammate Lucie Chrastecka (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic), who was an All-ECC second-team honoree in 2013, sported an 8-1 overall mark as the top doubles tandem for the green and gold.

Fatchikova and the Pioneers have qualified for the ECC Tournament as the No. 4 seed, and will face top-seeded NYIT on Friday in Flushing at 11 a.m.

2014 ECC Women's Tennis All-Conference
First Team
Sara Burinato, NYIT (Sr., Barcelona, Spain)
Didi Fatchikova, LIU Post (Jr., Sofia, Bulgaria)
Peerada Looareesuwan, District of Columbia (Jr, Bangkok, Thailand)
Yevgeniya Plevako, Queens (Sr., Astana, Kazakhstan)
Alessia Rossetti, NYIT (So., Minusio, Switzerland)
Gabriela Siembab, NYIT (So., Chrzanow, Poland)

Second Team
Cami Abdallah, Queens (So., Rabat, Morocco)
Melanie Benyadi, NYIT (So., Saint Etienne, France)
Alexandra Borgenhoff, NYIT (Jr., Alingsas, Switzerland)
Laura Dimante, District of Columbia (Riga, Latvia)
Andrea Samson, Queens (Jr., Key Biscayne, Fla.)
Angelika Sobiecka, Queens (So., Mwani, Poland)

Player of the Year: Sara Burinato, NYIT
Rookie of the Year: Laura Dimante, District of Columbia
Coach of the Year: Alan Nagel, Queens