Nicolina Tessitore
5'7''
Height
Freshman
Class
Wallingford, Conn.
Hometown
Choate Rosemary Hall
High School
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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