Indianapolis, Ind. - (4/27/2016) – Expected to return to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II East Regional Tournament for a five consecutive season, the Chestnut Hill College men's and women's tennis team eagerly await the field announcements which are respectively scheduled for 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3. The NCAA Division II Selection Shows will air on NCAA.com and can be accessed using the provided link.
 
For the fourth straight year, the Chestnut Hill College men served as tournament host and challenger to the #1 Concordia College (NY) in the recently completed Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship Final. The Clippers used a 3-0 sweep of doubles play to defeat #2 Chestnut Hill College in a 5-1 final. Senior Henry Boyle (London, England) recorded the Griffins' lone point, 7-5, 6-1, at number six singles; it was the first championship-match point earned by Chestnut Hill College. The Griffins offered two competitors to the 2016 CACC Men's Tennis All-Tournament Team in freshman Pierre Kohler (Les Sables d'Olonne, France) and junior Jonathan Ducretot (Antibes, France). Kohler was named to the All-CACC First Team as the league's Rookie of the Year earlier in the week. He was joined on the all-conference first team roster by sophomore Lucas Bocaletto (Itatiba, Brazil). Kohler (#4) and Bocaletto (#15) both ranked among the ITA East Region's singles competitors. As the ITA East Region #2 individual, Kohler is currently 17-2 (.895) in singles play. In doubles, he found success with partner, Ducretot in over 61% (16-10, .615) of the time. The duo is currently 13-8 in dual match play and has ranked as high as the #3 team in the ITA East Region this year. Bocaletto is a 7-12 (.368) in singles play (6-10 @ #1) and ranked #15 in the same ITA poll. He and his doubles partner Pedro Festugato Regalin (Caxias do Sul, Brazil), earned a #8 position.
 
For the Chestnut Hill College women's tennis team, a #4 ITA East Regional slotting was nothing new as the Scarlet and Gold has maintained that position since the initial November 17, 2015, poll. The Griffins also appeared at #5 in the NCAA East Regional Rankings, flip-flopping with Adelphi University who trailed them in the ITA team standings. In the singles standings, junior Laure-Anne Josso (Vannes, France) and freshman Lara Scholtze (Bod Hamburg, Germany) ranked back-to-back at #9 and #10, respectively, while senior captain Iman Williams-Mulesa (Pickering, Ontario) returned to the poll for the first time since her sophomore season with a #19 slotting. As a team, Williams-Mulesa and Scholtze ranked at #7, three places higher than they did in the March 16, 2016, poll. All three were all-conference performers with Josso and Scholtze garnering All-CACC First Team laurels and Williams-Mulesa earning an All-CACC Second Team selection. For the third time in four years, Chestnut Hill College took their best shot at #1 Concordia College (NY) in another thrilling CACC Championship Tournament on the campus tennis courts. The CACC All-Tournament Team efforts of seniors, Williams-Mulesa and Axé Owens (Trenton, N.J.) headlined the weekend for the Griffins, who fell to the Clippers in a 5-0 final.