New Paltz, NY — The State University of New York New Paltz women's tennis program announced its incoming class for the 2025 season Wednesday.
 
The Hawks are coming off another dominant campaign where they hoisted their third straight SUNYAC trophy. They look to make it a four-peat in their final season in the SUNYAC and they add a strong freshmen class to aid in those efforts.
 
Although they lost two staples within the program in graduating seniors Isabel van der Veen (first doubles, third singles) and Amirah Alston (fourth singles), they return their top player in senior Justine Stanejko, including four of their six singles players.
 
With the four additions, SUNY New Paltz women's tennis can boast arguably its deepest roster on paper to date.
 
Read more about each Hawk below:

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Patrycja Filonik '29 
Second Singles/First Doubles
Brooklyn, NY
Beacon (NYC) High School
Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning
 
Filonik is a two-gold star player, as ranked by Tennis Recruiting Network.
 
She was a four-year starter for the Blue Demons, who went 29-3 in PSAL Division A- Manhattan/Bronx. Beacon finished first in Division A in 2024 and 2023. The team won the PSAL A Competitive Level championship in 2023-24 and 2021-22, making the semifinals in 2024-25 and 2023.
 
In 2024-25 Filonik went 9-1 at second singles and was 2-0 in the PSAL playoffs. She was the No. 3 seed PSAL 2A Competitive Level Tournament, reaching the semifinal round.
 
In 2023-24, she was 7-0 at second singles and 5-0 at first doubles, going 3-0 in the PSAL playoffs. She was the number one seed in the PSAL A Competitive Level Tournament and was the PSAL A Competitive Level doubles champion.  
 
In 2022-23 Filonik was 3-0 at second singles, 1-0 in the PSAL playoffs. She was the No. 2 seed in the PSAL A Competitive Level Tournament, losing in the semifinals. Playing first doubles, she was 6-1 and 1-0 in the PSAL Tournament. Filonik and her partner were the runner-up in varsity doubles at the Mayor Dinkins Cup Tournament.
 
As a first-year player in 2021-22, she was 1-0 at second singles and 8-0 in first doubles, going 3-0 in the PSAL playoff. She earned the No. 1 seed in the PSAL A Competitive Level Tournament.
 
In 2023 and 2024 Filonik was selected to the on-court ball crew at the USTA US Open Championships.


Samantha Ostrander '29
Singles/Doubles
Glenville, NY
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School
Sportime Schenectady
 
Ostrander is a two-gold star player, as ranked by Tennis Recruiting Network.
 
The Glenville, NY native was also selected as a Times Union First Team Doubles All-Star in 2024-25 and a Times Union First Team Singles All-Star in 2023-24.
 
In 2024-25 UTR Sports ranked Ostrander as the No. 2 singles player in New York's Capital District.
 
Ostrander and her partner were the 2024-25 Section 2, Class A doubles champions and participated in the NYSPHSAA Championship, where they finished seventh in New York State. Ostrander was a member of the Spartans 2023-24 Section 2, Class A championship team and was a semifinalist in the Section 2 singles championship.

 


Alexandra Krol '29
Singles/Doubles
Greenvale, NY
Roslyn High School
 
Krol was a four-year player for the Bulldogs. As a senior, she compiled a 9-5 singles record and with partner Chloe Gross was 8-2 in doubles play. They were named to Newsday's 2024-25 All Long Island Girls Tennis Team.
 
She and Gross were finalists in the 2024-25 Nassau County Girls Doubles Championship and qualified for the 2024-25 NYSPHSAA Tournament. In the state tournament, Krol and Gross finished with a 4-1 record and placed fifth in New York State.











Lula Brown-Vann '29
Singles
Brooklyn, NY
Leman Manhattan Preparatory School
USTA/HJTEP
 
Brown-Vann is a two-gold star player as ranked by Tennis Recruiting Network.
 
A three-year varsity player for Leman Manhattan Preparatory School, Brown-Vann helped lead the Bulls to the 2024-25 finals of the tough Athletic Conference of Independent Schools league in only their second year of league play.
 
In 2023-24, Brown-Vann went 5-0 in singles play in her first year of  ACIS play. 
 







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