Nicolina Tessitore

2022-23

• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Finished the season 8-10 playing primarily at 8

2021-22

• Compiled a record of 7-1 in her debut season with the Cavaliers
• Won three matches at the MASC Championships over Georgetown
• Won her exhibition match with Drexel’s Katerina Cummings at the MASC Championships
• Notched a win over No.3 Princeton’s Anna Goodman at the CSA Team Championships
• Played exhibition matches at the 10 position against Columbia and Dartmouth

Background

• Runner-up finish at the 2019 Girls II Class A New England Prep Championships with Choate
• 2018 recipient of the Choate Athletic Department’s Wallis/Sullivan Award for Greatest Contribution to Athletics
• 2019 Choate Squash Tom Generous Award
• Has played for US Squash since 2013, including being a top-10 finisher at the 2018 Hong Kong Open
• Ranked as high as No. 8 in the U-17 national rankings
• Seventh-place finish at the 2019 West Coast Junior Championship and sixth at the 2019 Spector Philadelphia Junior Championship
• Former high school teammate of current Cavalier freshman Meagan Best

Personal

• Daughter of Rebecca and Joe Tessitore
• Has an older brother, John Tessitore, who plays football at Boston College
• Her father Joe Tessitore, is a sportscaster for ABC and ESPN