PHILADELPHIA, PA - Caldwell College senior Oksana Manoukian earned the singles title at the 2006 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Tennis Individual Championships at the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Center in Philadelphia. The doubles championship was won by the tandem of junior Lauren Neill and freshman Rupali Parekh of Holy Family.

Manoukian was able to win the singles tournament after her opponent in the final, junior Maddie Smith of Philadelphia University, was forced to retire due to an injury sustained in the second set. Manoukian, the #2 seed for the tournament, lost the first set, 2-6, then won the second set, 6-4, before Smith was forced to retire.

Manoukian defeated Philadelphia's Katie Stracquatanio (10-3) in the first round, Quena Borres of Holy Family in the quarterfinals (10-0) and Parekh in the semifinals (6-2, 7-6) to reach the title match.

Smith, who was the top seed, was able to advance by defeating fourth-seeded Neill, 6-2, 6-1, in a semifinal match earlier in the day.

Neill and Parekh won their doubles championship by upending the Georgian Court tandem of Dunja Dunda and Alexa Wilkinson by a score of 8-4.

At the conclusion of the tournament, Manoukian, Smith, Neill, Parekh, Dunja and Wilkinson were named to the 2006 All-CACC team. Manoukian was named the Player of the Year and Parekh earned Rookie of the Year accolades. Holy Family head coach, Albert Stroble, was voted by his peers as the Coach of the Year and USP was given the annual Team Sportsmanship Award.

2006 All-CACC Team

Oksana Manoukian, Caldwell

Maddie Smith, Philadelphia

Lauren Neill, Holy Family

Rupali Parekh, Holy Family

Dunja Dunda, Georgian Court

Alexa Wilkinson, Georgian Court

Player of the Year: Oksana Manoukian, Caldwell

Rookie of the Year: Rupali Parekh, Holy Family

Coach of the Year: Albert Stroble, Holy Family

Team Sportsmanship Award: USP