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Bucknell's Bellini Honored on Academic All-PL Team
5/11/2022 3:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Bucknell's Daniela Bellini was recognized on the Academic All-Patriot League Team, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
Bellini, a senior captain and computer engineering major, was voted to her second-straight Academic All-Patriot League Team for her excellence on the court and in the classroom. Earlier this week, she became a three-time All-Patriot League Tennis Player; she made the 2022 and 2019 First Teams and the 2021 Second Team.
During the 2021-22 campaign, Bellini went 16-10 (11-6 dual) in singles and 22-8 (14-7 dual) in doubles matches. Bellini, who won back-to-back Patriot League Tennis Player of the Week awards during league play, went an unbeaten 5-0 in Patriot League dual matches. She also earned a hard-fought 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 decision over Loyola's Olivia Tracey in the Patriot League quarterfinals.
Bellini partnered with first-year standout Whitney King for a sterling 22-5 record in doubles matches; their 22 wins gave them the 10th spot in the program's single-season listing.
Over the course of her collegiate career, Bellini won 50 career singles matches, good for 16th in school history, and 55 career doubles matches, good for 11th in the Bison annals. With 105 career combined victories, she became the 17th Bison to eclipse the century mark. Notably, she has competed at first singles for her entire time in Lewisburg and has played on both the top and second doubles courts.
Off the tennis court, Bellini served as a research assistant in the environmental engineering department and a grader in the mathematics department. She also was a treasurer for the Bucknell Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and an executive board member for the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Earlier this spring, Bellini won Bucknell's John F. Zeller Award, which is presented for outstanding contributions to Bison Athletics, while exemplifying the best of Bucknell in the manner that John Zeller did in his 68 years of service to the University.
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Caroline Vincent, Army West Point, Sr.   Â
Academic All-Patriot League TeamÂ
Caroline Vincent, Army West Point, Sr.Â
Erica Di Battista, Boston University, Jr.Â
Daniela Bellini, Bucknell, Sr.Â
Jessica Siegel, Lafayette, Jr.Â
Abby Decker, Loyola Maryland, Sr.Â
Jillian Taggart, Navy, Jr.
Bellini, a senior captain and computer engineering major, was voted to her second-straight Academic All-Patriot League Team for her excellence on the court and in the classroom. Earlier this week, she became a three-time All-Patriot League Tennis Player; she made the 2022 and 2019 First Teams and the 2021 Second Team.
During the 2021-22 campaign, Bellini went 16-10 (11-6 dual) in singles and 22-8 (14-7 dual) in doubles matches. Bellini, who won back-to-back Patriot League Tennis Player of the Week awards during league play, went an unbeaten 5-0 in Patriot League dual matches. She also earned a hard-fought 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 decision over Loyola's Olivia Tracey in the Patriot League quarterfinals.
Bellini partnered with first-year standout Whitney King for a sterling 22-5 record in doubles matches; their 22 wins gave them the 10th spot in the program's single-season listing.
Over the course of her collegiate career, Bellini won 50 career singles matches, good for 16th in school history, and 55 career doubles matches, good for 11th in the Bison annals. With 105 career combined victories, she became the 17th Bison to eclipse the century mark. Notably, she has competed at first singles for her entire time in Lewisburg and has played on both the top and second doubles courts.
Off the tennis court, Bellini served as a research assistant in the environmental engineering department and a grader in the mathematics department. She also was a treasurer for the Bucknell Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and an executive board member for the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Earlier this spring, Bellini won Bucknell's John F. Zeller Award, which is presented for outstanding contributions to Bison Athletics, while exemplifying the best of Bucknell in the manner that John Zeller did in his 68 years of service to the University.
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Caroline Vincent, Army West Point, Sr.   Â
Academic All-Patriot League TeamÂ
Caroline Vincent, Army West Point, Sr.Â
Erica Di Battista, Boston University, Jr.Â
Daniela Bellini, Bucknell, Sr.Â
Jessica Siegel, Lafayette, Jr.Â
Abby Decker, Loyola Maryland, Sr.Â
Jillian Taggart, Navy, Jr.
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