GORHAM, Maine – Sophomore Alyssa Conley (Windham, Maine) and senior Abby Emerson (Gorham, Maine) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies' Women's Tennis team have each earned All-Little East Conference honors for the 2025 season. Each player was recognized for both her singles performance and their success as a doubles pair. Emerson earned first team honors for singles while Conley was a second team selection. The duo earned first team doubles honors as well. Freshman Payton Thibodeau (Gorham, Maine) was also honored as the Southern Maine representative on the LEC Sportsmanship Team.
 
Emerson went 4-3 at No. 1 singles after missing the first few weeks of the season due to an injury. Two of her losses came against UMass Boston's Zainab Patel, the now three-time LEC Singles Player of the Year. This is the second all-conference selection for Emerson. She previously earned Second Team All-LEC honors for singles in 2023 after posting a 7-3 record.
 
Conley finished the season with a record of 9-3 and went 7-1 in conference action. Her time was split between No. 1 singles, where she went 4-2 to start the season with a 2-0 record in conference play, and No. 2 singles, where she posted a 5-1 record. One of her singles wins in the top lineup slot was a 7-5, 6-1 win over a fellow Second Team All-LEC selection in UMass Dartmouth's Zuri Walters. Her only conference loss on the year was a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Rhode Island College's Haley Peacock, a First Team All-LEC singles selection.
 
In doubles play, the pair went 7-1 overall and 6-1 in conference matches. Their only loss was a 6-3 defeat at the hands of RIC's Erica Botelho Haylie Peacock, the LEC Doubles Team of the Year. The pair is the first doubles team for Southern Maine to earn all-conference honors since the first doubles pair of Emily Boutin and Mary Moran earned first team honors in 2012.
 
Thibodeau finished her freshman campaign with a 6-2 singles record and went 6-4 in doubles action. She went 5-1 in the second singles slot and then went 1-1 at third singles. Thibodeau began the season playing with Conley in the top doubles slot and the pair went 3-1.
 
The Huskies finished the season with a record of 4-9 and reached the LEC Tournament for the first time since 2018.
 
2025 Women's Tennis All-Little East Conference Teams

Singles Player of the Year	Zainab Patel	UMass Boston
Doubles Team of the Year	Erica Botelho / Haley Peacock	Rhode Island College
Rookie of the Year	Faith Owren	Rhode Island College
Coach of the Year	Adam Spring	Rhode Island College
First Team All-LEC
Singles	Aislyn Kelliher	Bridgewater State
Singles	Zainab Patel	UMass Boston
Singles	Arianna De Thomas	Rhode Island College
Singles	Haley Peacock	Rhode Island College
Singles	Erica Botelho	Rhode Island College
Singles	Abigail Emerson	Southern Maine
Doubles	Erica Botelho	Rhode Island College
	Haley Peacock
Doubles	Alyssa Conley	Southern Maine
	Abigail Emerson
Doubles	Althea Bradley	UMass Boston
	Tatiana Malone
Second Team All-LEC
Singles	Morgan Smith	Bridgewater State
Singles	Emelia Houwers	Rhode Island College
Singles	Faith Owren	Rhode Island College
Singles	Althea Bradley	UMass Boston
Singles	Tatiana Malone	UMass Boston
Singles	Zuri Walters	UMass Dartmouth
Singles	Madison Satori	Salem State
Singles	Alyssa Conley	Southern Maine
Doubles	Aislyn Kelliher	Bridgewater State
	Morgan Smith
Doubles	Arianna De Thomas	Rhode Island College
	Emelia Houwers
Doubles	Samantha Bidzerkowny	Salem State
	Delaney Cox
Sportsmanship Team
Hannah Higgins	Bridgewater State
Maya Rubinstein	UMass Boston
Alyson Tobias	UMass Dartmouth
Alyssa Craigie	Plymouth State
Li Hsiu Hou	Rhode Island College
Ryann Tripp	Salem State
Payton Thibodeau	Southern Maine
Madelyn Nonni	VTSU Castleton
Ava Ciampi	Western Connecticut