On Sunday, May 19, after prevailing over St. Mary’s of Lancaster, the Red-Tailed Hawks were named the 2013 Division II Champions for the Monsignor Martin Girls’ Athletic League. Team captain Emily Glick ’13 and her teammate Anna Fretz ’16 also won the Doubles Championship after a grueling three-set finals match.
Sem’s strong showing in this year’s All-Catholic High School Tennis Championships capped off a terrific season for the varsity team, which enjoyed 11 wins and suffered only 1 loss. New to the coaching staff this year were Head Coach Andrea Abels and Assistant Coach Kacie Mills.
Coach Abels credited the stamina and dedication of the players for the team's success. She also pointed to the support and help of Helen Marlette and Gerry Neff, the grandmother of team captain Sydney Rice ’13.
For Coach Abels, highlights of the spring 2013 season included having Sem’s top three singles players (Sydney Rice ’13, Megan Lee ’15 and Katie Lee ‘15) and two doubles teams (Emily Glick ’13 and Anna Fretz ’16 plus Kaitlin Hughes ’16 and Sara Schmidle ’14) compete in the quarter finals of the MML Championships. She noted the thrill of having Sem’s number-one doubles team of Emily and Anna win their finals match, which she described as “nail-biting."
The coach also expressed her gratitude for being able to get to know all of the student-athletes and watch them develop into a dynamic Division II championship team by the end of the season. "Although we will be losing some of our seasoned veteran players this year, we have a wealth of young talent that will carry the torch and continue to make Sem a top contender in the league for years to come,” she added.
Back: Assistant Coach Kacie Mills, Kaitlin Hughes '16, Sara Schmidle '14, Gina Sterman '15, Danielle Little '16,
Katie Lee '15, Megan Lee '15, Yanying "Yara" Yang '15, Katherine Thomas '14, Gerry Neff, Head Coach Andrea Abels;
Front (kneeling): Anna Fretz '16, Captain Emily Glick '13, Captain Sydney Rice '13, Jiahui "Christy" Jiang '15
(Absent: Julia Douglas '15, Alida Tabaro '13, Angelina Buscaglia '13)
We congratulate and thank Coach Abels, Coach Mills and the entire varsity team for an exciting season of Sem tennis!
Although Sem is nonsectarian, the school is a proud member of the Monsignor Martin Girls’ Athletic League for varsity and junior varsity interscholastic sports competition.
Founded in 1851, Buffalo Seminary, or Sem, is an independent day and boarding school for college-bound girls. Located at 205 Bidwell Parkway in the historic Elmwood Village neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y., Sem offers more opportunities for girls through an independent, nonsectarian, college-preparatory curriculum. Sem is a member of The New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS), The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS) and The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), as well as an affiliate charter member of the Online School for Girls (OSG). To learn more, visit www.BuffaloSeminary.org.