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May 18, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Women's College Tennis
Rider's Torres MAAC Coach of Year
Caitlin Crawbuck All-MAAC
LAWRENCEVILLE-Ed Torres, the Rider University head tennis coach since 1995, was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's tennis Coach of the Year.
Torres led Rider to its first ever MAAC semi-finals this season.
Sophomore Caitlin Crawbuck (Jacobstown/N. Burlington Regional) was named to the second team All-MAAC for third singles.
Crawbuck was 9-0 in singles in the spring season, 7-0 at third singles and 2-0 at second singles. In the fall, Crawbuck was 9-1 in singles, including 5-0 at third singles, 2-0 at second singles and 2-1 at fourth singles.
A member of the Rider Athletics Hall of Fame, Torres graduated from Rider in 1955 with a career record of 43-1 as the team's number one singles player. Torres still competes on the national level, and in 1995 was ranked first in New Jersey in the men's 55 years old and over division, and second in the Middle States Tennis Association in the men's 60 years and older division.
In October of 2004, Torres played on the USTA New Jersey and Middle States doubles Championship Team in the men's over 50 "3.5" doubles league. In 1996 Torres won a gold medal in singles at the National Senior Games in the 60-65 year old category in Tucson, Arizona. In 1993, Torres won a bronze medal at the National Senior Games in Baton Rouge, LA, after winning a gold medal in 1991 at the Nationals in Syracuse.
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