CORTLAND, N.Y. - The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) has announced the 2014 Tennis Coach of the Year, Peter Cahill MVP and All-Conference teams, Tuesday afternoon as voted on by the conference coaches.

Geneseo's head coach, Jim Chen has been selected as the 2014 SUNYAC Tennis Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.

Chen led the Knights to a perfect 10-0 campaign. The program won the SUNYAC Tournament Championship for the fourth straight year, beating New Paltz in the final 5-0. It was Geneseo's eighth conference title and sixth under Chen.

Geneseo also took home more hardware, as junior Marylen Santos was honored with the Peter Cahill MVP award. She posted a 3-0 singles record in SUNYAC and was 13-3 overall at first singles. The Jamaica, NY native also went 3-0 in conference divisional play at first doubles and 15-3 overall. She was a key component for the Knights throughout the 2014 SUNYAC Tournament, posting a 3-0 first doubles record with partner Mai Hashimoto. Santos was also named to the 2014 All-Conference first team for first singles and first doubles for the second straight year.

Marylen is a pre-med major on the Dean's list and the captain of the Geneseo tennis team. Her teammates and coach characterize her as a "responsible, caring, friendly, intelligent, creative, and someone who knows how to get the team focused.” Coach Chen shared that she is the first to practice, the last to leave and off the court she motivates her teammates to participate in charitable events like volunteering at the Theresa House, the Geneseo hospice home, walks for cancer, and leaf raking for the elderly. Marylen also volunteers to help incoming freshmen and helps keep the connection between tennis alumnae and the current team.

“Marylen is a person of character and integrity, the face of an accomplished scholar-athlete, a dedicated Geneseo student, and an elite tennis player,” Coach Chen said. “She is one of, if not the best, player that I have coached in my 16 years as assistant and head coach.”
 
Cahill taught and coached at SUNY Cortland for 30 years. In 1998 he became the Women's Tennis Coach and won the next five of seven SUNYAC Championships. Peter was selected as SUNYAC Women's Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2005. He passed away on November 17, 2006.

2014 Tennis All-Conference Teams (PDF)
 

First Team
Name, School	Yr.	Flight	Hometown/High School
Marylen Santos, Geneseo	Jr.	1st Singles	Jamaica/St. Francis Prep
Cat Crummey, Geneseo	Jr.	2nd Singles	Loudonville/Shaker
Veronika Paikin, New Paltz	So.	3rd Singles	North Woodmere/George W. Hewlett
Dexuan Yuan, Geneseo	Sr.	4th Singles	Flushing/Benjamin Cardozo
Carol Tyson, New Paltz	Fr.	5th Singles	Clinton Corners/Rhinebeck
Laura Tierney, New Paltz	Jr.	6th Singles	Bereley Heights, NJ/Susquehanna Valley
Marylen Santos, Geneseo	Jr.	1st Doubles	Jamaica/St. Francis Prep
Mai Hashimoto, Geneseo	Jr.	1st Doubles	Chigasaki, Japan/Kanagawa Shogoh
Cat Crummey, Geneseo	Jr.	2nd Doubles	Loudonville/Shaker
Amanda Rosati, Geneseo	Sr.	2nd Doubles	Albany/Academy of the Holy Names
Maggie Hale, Geneseo	So.	3rd Doubles	Perry/Perry
Minxuan Yuan, Geneseo	Sr.	3rd Doubles	Flushing/Benjamin Cardozo
Second Team
Name, School	Yr.	Flight	Hometown/High School
Brynn Sussman, Oneonta	Sr.	1st Singles	Highland Mills/Monroe-Woodbury
Brittany Grandville, New Paltz	Fr.	2nd Singles	Tappan/Tappan Zee
Amanda Rosati, Geneseo	Sr.	3rd Singles	Albany/Academy of the Holy Names
Samantha Malak, Brockport	So.	4th Singles	Clinton/Clinton
Beth O'Rourke, Brockport	So.	5th Singles	Camden/Camden
Mai Hashimoto, Geneseo	Jr.	6th Singles	Chigasaki, Japan/Kanagawa Shogoh
Jessica Schmidt, New Paltz	Sr.	1st Doubles	Commack/Commack
Veronika Paikin, New Paltz	So.	1st Doubles	North Woodmere/George W. Hewlett
Devin Tracy, New Paltz	Sr.	2nd Doubles	Great River/East Islip
Sara O'Brien, New Paltz	Fr.	2nd Doubles	Orangeburg/Tappan Zee
Brittany Grandville, New Paltz	Fr.	3rd Doubles	Tappan/Tappan Zee
Olivia Ammirati, New Paltz	So.	3rd Doubles	Huntington/Huntington
SUNYAC Coach of the Year	Jim Chen, Geneseo
Peter Cahill MVP	Marylen Santos, Geneseo