UMW Tennis Player Picked for NCAA Tourney

• By Clint Often, UMW Sports Information

Goimarac Named to NCAA Tennis Singles Championship

University of Mary Washington senior tennis player Courtney Goimarac (Hudson, Ohio, Hudson) has been invited to participate in the 2011 NCAA Singles Championships, beginning Friday at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College in Claremont, California. 

The individual championships consist of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams. The selection of teams and individuals for the championships was based on won-lost record, strength of schedule and eligibility and availability of student-athletes.

The team championship will be held May 24-26, and the singles and doubles championships will be held May 27-29. The finals will be held at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in Claremont, Calif.

The draw for the individual championships will be done by the men's and women's tennis committees and will be released on the last day of the team championships. 

The 2010 singles title went to Julia Browne of Tufts while Kendra Higgins and Chrissy Hu of Chicago took the doubles title.

Cutler, Gibbons Named to Rowing Scholar-Athlete Squad

University of Mary Washington junior Lindsay Cutler (Springfield, Va., Lake Braddock) and senior Marielle Gibbons (West Chester, Pa., West Chester East) have been named to the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association's scholar-athlete team for 2011. All student-athletes who achieved the criteria described below have been named CRCA National Scholar-Athlete.

REQUIREMENTS

The student-athlete has met all eligibility rules as defined by her institution.
* The student-athlete was in her 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of eligibility
* The student-athlete rowed in her institution's NCAA or IRA eligible boat(s) for a minimum of 75% of the current spring races or racing in a regional conference event.
*The Head Coach of the student-athletes institution was a member in good standing of the CRCA as of May 1, 2011.

CRITERIA
• The student-athlete has had a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher for her career (through the fall semester/quarter for the current competition year).