White Earns Second NE-10 Player of the Week Award

Walpole, Mass., senior honored after leading Skyhawks to win in fall finale

EASTON, Mass. (October 20, 2011) – Stonehill College senior Leah White (Walpole, Mass./Bishop Feehan) has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Week for women's tennis by the league office this afternoon.

White earns the weekly honor for the second time during the fall season after picking up a pair of top flight wins in Stonehill's 9-0 decision over Le Moyne College on Sunday. She battled past Dolphins senior Caroline Tisdell 6-1, 0-6, 7-6 (7-5) at No. 1 singles after teaming up with junior Jennifer Denyes (Bradenton, Fla./St. Stephen Episcopal) for an 8-1 decision at No. 1 doubles.

White is a combined 8-4 in singles and doubles play fall portion of the schedule for Stonehill. She is 4-2 in singles play, posting a 4-1 mark at No. 1 singles, including a 4-0 clip in Northeast-10 action, as her lone loss is a setback at Division I Providence. White is 4-2 in doubles play, teaming up with Denyes for a 3-1 mark at No. 1 doubles after splitting two matches with fellow senior Amy Toegemann (Narragansett, R.I./The Lincoln School).

White, who won the B singles bracket at the ITA East Regional in 2009, is a combined four time All-Northeast-10 Conference selection in singles and doubles play. The 2008 NE-10 Freshman of the Year earned first team All-Conference honors as a freshman and second team honors her junior year at No. 3 singles. She is also a two time second team All-Conference selection at No. 2 doubles, also winning the B doubles bracket at the 2010 ITA East Regional with sophomore Kaitlyn Martin (Medway, Mass./Medway) who she also teamed up with to win the B flight doubles title at the Salve Regina Grass Courts Invitational at the International Tennis Hall of Fame the week before.

White has posted a combined career record of 94-28 (.771), including a 44-11 (.800) clip in singles play and a 50-17 (.746) career mark in doubles play. In Northeast-10 play, White is 30-2 (.938) over her career for NE-10 singles play to go with a 30-3 (.909) doubles clip. She is 7-1 in her career at No. 1 singles after Sunday's win.

Stonehill (4-1, 4-0 NE-10) is off until the spring semester, with that schedule to be released online at www.stonehillskyhawks.com in the coming weeks.