Note: Our full girls tennis statewide postseason honors package is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 10, but we wanted to release our conference honors early.
Here is the publishing schedule:
Nov. 5
BCSL, Big North, CAL, Colonial, CVC
Nov. 6
GMC, HCIAL, NJAC, NJIC, Olympic
Nov. 7
SEC, Shore, Skyland, TCC, Union
Nov. 10
Player of the Year, Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, All-State, All-Group
NORTH JERESY INTERSCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE SEASON IN REVIEW, 2025
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Lilian Cole
Cole led the way for Glen Rock at second-singles and was one of a few players in all of NJ girls tennis to never lose in the 2025 season.
She was dominant throughout the season and when it mattered most for Glen Rock. During the Panthers’ run in the sectional tournament, Cole dropped just three games with all three coming against Kanishka Prasanna of Pascack Hills.
In the group semifinal round, Cole rolled through the competition and dropped just two games. Against Whippany Park in the group final, Cole battled an equally strong Amanda Wickenheisser and took the win 6-4, 6-2.
COACH OF THE YEAR: Mark V. Schroback, Secaucus
Schroback led Secaucus to a huge turnaround season from 2024 to 2025. Last season, Secaucus had just five wins, was in fourth place in the Meadowlands Division and had the second-least win total overall.
Now, Secaucus was perfect in divisional play with 10 wins and took the division title with a 19-2 overall record. 19 overall wins likely makes that the most in program history.
Additionally, Secaucus made it back into the sectional tournament where it made it all the way to the quarterfinal round.
TEAM OF THE YEAR: Glen Rock
Glen Rock was on of the most dominant public schools in girls tennis this season.
On top of having a perfect season, the Panthers had only dropped a total of 4.5 matches in the entire season, dropping two matches in a 3-2 win against Ridgewood on Sept. 9.
Glen Rock also won the Group 1 title this season on top of everything else. The Panthers were a unit this season on the backs of Keira Lin, Cole and Sofie Nakon in the singles flights and Elizabeth Shulkin/Isabella Lin and Sophia Lehr/Sara Quiroz at the doubles flights.
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