PITMAN, NJ --- The College of New Jersey senior Charlotte Roarty (Interlaken, NJ/High Technology/Shore Regional) and New Jersey City University freshman Sophia Jurina (Munich, Germany/Carl-Spitzweg-Gymnasium) have been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Player and Rookie of the Year respectively for the 2023 season.

Their selections highlighted the 10-member NJAC Women’s Tennis All-Conference Team which was announced on April 27. All selections were made by a vote of the league’s seven head coaches and were based on conference-only match results.

Roarty was named the NJAC Player of the Year for the third straight year after posting a perfect 6-0 record in top-flight NJAC singles play and owns a 15-2 overall singles record this spring. She is also currently ranked as the No. 3 singles player in Region 2. Roarty once again teamed with Jenny Landells to produce a perfect 6-0 mark in top-flight NJAC doubles play this season and the duo is also ranked No. 3 in Region 2 doubles. Earlier this year, the duo advanced to the ITA Northeast Regional semifinals. In her four seasons in Ewing, Roarty has recorded a combined 47-0 record in NJAC singles and doubles play. 

A three-time NJAC Rookie of the Week selection, Jurina wrapped up her rookie season with a 6-0 record in NJAC singles play between the No. 3 and No. 4 spots. She won two matches by 6-0, 6-0 scores and all her matches in straight sets. She currently owns a 10-3 overall singles record. Jurina went 5-1 in doubles play, splitting time between No. 2 and No. 3. In three matches paired with Vanshita Malhotra at No. 2, the pair won all three including handing TCNJ its first conference doubles loss in a decade. She was also paired twice with Mar Julia and once with Lockslea Mayers at No. 3 doubles, winning two of the three matches.

TCNJ head coach Scott Dicheck was selected as the Flo Labenski Coach of the Year by his peers for the 13th time in his career. He led the Lions to the 2023 NJAC regular season title with a 6-0 mark and the top seed in the NJAC Women’s Tennis Tournament. In 23 seasons at the helm of the Lions program, Dicheck has extended TCNJ’s conference win streak to 208-0, the longest known active conference streak in the nation, with 128 of those wins during his tenure. 
 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Charlotte Roarty, TCNJ
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Sophia Jurina, NJCU
FLO LABENSKI COACH OF THE YEAR: Scott Dicheck, TCNJ