Vestal, N.Y. - The Stony Brook women's tennis team is heading back to the NCAA Tournament for a fourth straight season after defeating Albany, 4-0, in the America East Championship final Sunday at Binghamton.

"This was an incredible season," coach Gary Glassman said. "I told the ladies in February that something special was going on. They validated that every day in practice. In addition to being very talented, they are an extremely focused, mature and committed team. Those qualities surfaced during pressure situations and helped them to accomplish almost every goal they set for themselves. I could not be more proud of this team."

Senior Polina Movchan (Kiev, Ukraine) was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player for the second straight season.

Senior Cassandra Dix (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) garnered the America East's Elite 18 award for exemplifying excellence on the court and in the classroom.

Stony Brook captured the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 3. Freshmen Elizabeth Tsvetkov (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Kristina Vozniak (Kiev, Ukraine) earned an 8-3 victory over the Albany duo of Hermans/Ognjenovic at No. 3.

The duo of sophomore Nadia Smergut (New York, N.Y.) and junior Louise Badoche (Paris, France) claimed an 8-4 win at No. 1 to capture the point.

The Seawolves recorded singles victories at No. 2, 4 and 5. Tsvetkov, Vozniak and sophomore Adey Osabuohien (Hazel Crest, Ill.) led the charge. Vozniak's win at No. 2, 6-4, 6-0, was the title-clinching victory.

Stony Brook will learn its first round opponent on Tuesday, April 28 at 5 p.m. with the airing of the NCAA Tournament selection show.

No. 1 Stony Brook 4, No. 3 Albany 0
Doubles
1. Smergut/Badoche (SBU) def. Scott/Torres (UA) 8-4
2. Movchan/Nikolaeva (SBU) led Kukkonen/Sala (UA) 7-4 DNF
3. Vozniak/Tsvetkov (SBU) def. Hermans/Ognjenovic (UA) 8-3

Singles
1. Polina Movchan (SBU) led Dajana Ognjenovic (UA) 6-1, 5-3 DNF
2. Kristina Vozniak (SBU) def. Mireille Hermans (UA) 6-4, 6-0
3. Nadia Smergut (SBU) led Alba Sala (UA) 7-5, 4-2 DNF
4. Adey Osabuohien (SBU) def. Cheryl Kukkonen, (UA) 6-0, 6-1
5. Elizabeth Tsvetkov (SBU) def. Ana Glumac (UA) 6-0, 6-2
6. Paulina Torres (UA) led Louise Badoche (SBU) 6-0, 3-5 DNF