NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Women's Tennis announced the 2025-26 postseason awards on Friday with six Christopher Newport players earning All-Conference honors. Headlining the group of selections was Emma Carver earning the C2C Rookie of the Year plaque while earning first team All-C2C plaudits in both singles and doubles. 

Carver is the first Captain since Raine Weis (2022) to earn Conference Rookie of the Year and becomes the eighth CNU player to earn the prestigious award in program history. She is one of three CNU players to garner first team recognition in both disciplines as Carver was joined by sophomore Kendal Chang and junior Kylie Schaefer. Rounding out the first team All-C2C picks in singles was sophomore Lindsey Bergelin while senior Eva Taylor and junior Samantha Robertson each collected second team honors. Taylor also earned a spot on the first team doubles squad with Carver as her partner. 

In her first year as a Captain, Carver established herself as a top option in the starting lineup for 16 of the 20 total matches this season. Playing primarily at No. 5 singles, Carver piled up eight wins including a three-match winning streak at the end of the year to help CNU capture the conference championship. She added wins against six nationally-ranked teams during the Spring season.

In doubles play, the freshman paired with four partners to capture ten wins in doubles action. While playing with All-C2C doubles partner Eva Taylor, the rookie of the Year went 6-2 with a 1-0 mark at No. 2 and a 5-2 record at No. 3. Taylor also earned second team All-Conference honors in singles after registering 10 wins across three lines from 3-5 for the Captains. 

Earning first team All-C2C recognition in both singles and doubles are the 2026 NCAA National Qualifiers in Kendal Chang and Kylie Schaefer. Chang is a four-time All-Conference pick with a first team singles and second team doubles pick as a freshman. Schaefer is now a six-time All-Conference pick with two first team and one second team singles certificates paired with two first team and one second team doubles nods. 

This year, Chang led the Captains with 15 singles wins while playing on the top two lines. She was 15-13 overall including a 4-6 mark at No. 1 an a 7-2 record at No. 2 singles. She has piled up 30 wins over her first two years while adding 27 doubles victories. Chang and Schaefer have gone 9-4 together in doubles play, all at No. 1 this Spring. Schaefer ranks second on the team with 13 singles wins while splitting time on the top two lines with Chang, going 5-5 at No. 1 singles and 6-3 in matches at No. 2 singles. 

Rounding out the first team All-Conference players in singles action is sophomore Lindsey Bergelin, who finished her second year with a career-high nine wins. She posted a 1-0 mark at No. 4, 1-3 record at No. 5, and 7-5 record at No. 6 this Spring. Earning second team All-C2C recognition in singles was Samantha Robertson, hauling in the accolade after a seven-win season including six between No. 3 and 4. 

The Captains closed out the year with a 9-11 overall record and are ranked No. 9 in the Atlantic South regional rankings and No. 30 nationally in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. 

2025-26 Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Women's Tennis All-Conference Awards
Player of the Year: Addison Felts, Mary Washington
Doubles Team of the Year: Addison Felts/Natalie Kim, Mary Washington
Rookie of the Year: Emma Carver, Christopher Newport
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Addison Felts, Mary Washington
Coaching Staff of the Year: Alexandra Covington, Mary Washington
 

2026 All-C2C First Team Singles
NAME	YR.	POS.	TEAM	HOMETOWN	PREVIOUS ALL-C2C HONORS
Addison Felts	Jr.	1st	Mary Washington	Norfolk, Va.	1st in '25
Kylie Schaefer	Jr.	1st	Christopher Newport	Roanoke, Va.	DPOY & 1st in '25, 2nd in '24
Kendal Chang	So.	2nd	Christopher Newport	Fredericksburg, Va.	1st in '25
Natalie Kim	So.	2nd	Mary Washington	Centreville, Va.	ROY & 1st in '25
Sarah Sandoval Banuelos	Fr.	3rd	Mary Washington	Guadalajara, Mexico
Sophia Broomall	So.	4th	Mary Washington	Charleston, S.C.
Emma Carver	Fr.	5th	Christopher Newport	Denver, N.C.
Lindsey Bergelin	So.	6th	Christopher Newport	Linville, N.C.	2nd in '25
2026 All-C2C Second Team Singles
NAME	YR.	POS.	TEAM	HOMETOWN	PREVIOUS ALL-C2C HONORS
Gibelle Beaujon	Jr.	1st	Salisbury	Willemstad, Curacao	1st in '25, ROY & 1st in '24
Chloe Wu	Jr.	1st	UC Santa Cruz	Hacienda Heights, Calif.
Cleo Solomon	Jr.	2nd	Salisbury	Waldorf, Md.
Lucy Yung	Fr.	2nd	UC Santa Cruz	Cupertino, Calif.
Eva Taylor	Sr.	3rd	Christopher Newport	Raleigh, N.C.
Samantha Robertson	Jr.	4th	Christopher Newport	Rocky River, Ohio	2nd in '25, 2nd in '24
Evie Snyder	Jr.	5th	Mary Washington	Dover, Del.
Naomi Feltman	Fr.	6th	Mary Washington	Statesboro, Ga.
2026 All-C2C First Team Doubles
NAME	YR.	POS.	TEAM	HOMETOWN	PREVIOUS ALL-C2C HONORS
Addison Felts	Jr.	1st	Mary Washington	Norfolk, Va.	1st in '25
Natalie Kim	So.		Mary Washington	Centreville, Va.	ROY & 1st in '25
Kendal Chang	So.	1st	Christopher Newport	Fredericksburg, Va.	1st in '25
Kylie Schaefer	Jr.		Christopher Newport	Roanoke, Va.	DPOY & 1st in '25, 2nd in '24
Jacey Copeland	Jr.	2nd	Mary Washington	Spring, Texas
Sophia Broomall	So.		Mary Washington	Charleston, S.C.
Emma Carver	Fr.	3rd	Christopher Newport	Denver, N.C.
Eva Taylor	Sr.		Christopher Newport	Raleigh, N.C.
2026 All-C2C Second Team Doubles
NAME	YR.	POS.	TEAM	HOMETOWN	PREVIOUS ALL-C2C HONORS
Chloe Wu	Jr.	1st	UC Santa Cruz	Hacienda Heights, Calif.
Lucy Yung	Fr.		UC Santa Cruz	Cupertino, Calif.
Cleo Solomon	Jr.	1st	Salisbury	Waldorf, Md.
Gibelle Beaujon	Jr.		Salisbury	Willemstad, Curacao	1st in '25, ROY & 1st in '24
Meleja Horelick	Fr.	2nd	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Monica, Calif.
Chloe Khachadourian	Fr.		UC Santa Cruz	San Mateo, Calif.
Mady Holman	Fr.	3rd	Mary Washington	Alpharetta, Ga.
Sarah Sandoval Banuelos	Fr.		Mary Washington	Guadalajara, Mexico