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Authentic, young, passionate and humble, Natalie Espinal is admirable on and off the court. At the age of just 17, she left her home in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to join the Nova Southeastern women’s tennis team, competing at what she loves and quickly proving how well she can do it – while creating a pathway for her pursuit of a college degree. The payoff for all adversity surmounted is already beginning to manifest, despite the very early stage of her career.
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The Nova Southeastern women’s tennis tandem of Natalie Espinal and Sarah Wardenburg weren’t put off by the challenges of the day on Saturday at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s ITA Cup, earning the Division II National Championship in doubles – a program-first in the team’s first-ever appearance at the tournament. Espinal was also in the singles semifinals but wasn’t able to triumph in the rematch with the nation’s top player. Doubles play continues Sunday with the ITA Cup trophy on the line.
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 The Nova Southeastern men’s soccer program has been recognized as a 2018-19 College Team Academic Award recipient, announced by United Soccer Coaches.

The award, which dates back to 1996, honors men’s and women’s collegiate soccer programs that performed at a high level in the classroom during the academic year by maintaining at least a 3.0 cumulative team grade-point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale.

During 2018-19, the Sharks posted a combined GPA of 3.37, including the highest marks of any of NSU’s seven men’s teams in each of the fall and winter semesters.

“Another opportunity to brag on a great group of student-athletes,” said head coach Matt Watts. “I’m incredibly proud! The boys smashed it out of the park in the 2018-19 season both on and off the pitch. It’s brilliant to see such success in our program, and I know these guys are going to go on to do HUGE things!”

The Sharks were one of eight men’s teams from the Sunshine State Conference to be acknowledged, boasting the third-highest GPA of the select group. In all, a total of 347 men’s programs across all divisions were named to the award list.

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Kicking off her second campaign with a bang, Nova Southeastern women’s tennis sophomore Natalie Espinal joins partner senior Sarah Wardenburg in making even more history for the Sharks. The NSU tandem will be competing at the 2019 ITA Cup in Rome, Georgia next week as the first representatives of the program at the 33-year-old national elite event. FULL RELEASE

For the second-straight week, the Nova Southeastern men and women’s swim teams earned both sides of the Sunshine State Conference Swimmer of the Week Awards, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. On the women’s side, sophomore Sasha Maslova earned the first honor of her career while junior men’s swimmer Magnus Poulsen picked up his third all-time. FULL RELEASE

The start of the summer typically includes students filing out of their dorms and heading back home to be with their family and friends. This is a time of excitement and joy, as the responsibility of school work goes out the window. However, for one senior Shark athlete, the option of going home was simply inexistent. For Venezuelan native Barbara Sansur, the uncertainty and danger in her home country gave her no choice but to stay on campus during the summer. FULL RELEASE

 

The Nova Southeastern men’s and women’s swim teams earned Sunshine State Conference Swimmer of the Week honors on both sides, as junior Emma Sundstedt and senior Vincent Lijoi were awarded this season’s first titles. FULL RELEASE

There will be three former DII baseball players on the national stage in that ballgame, joining 15 other alums of DII programs on the rosters heading into the MLB playoffs. Let’s take a look at how the rosters breakdown this October. FULL RELEASE

On the heels of her season-opening win at the BUBBA Burger Jacksonville Classic, Nova Southeastern sophomore Hanna Ahlander has earned her first career Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week honor, announced by the league office on Monday afternoon. FULL RELEASE