Stevens Institute of Technology Women's Tennis

Steve Gachko is in his 21st season as the head coach of the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s tennis team in 2025-26. Gachko served as the head coach of both the men's and women's programs prior to 2020 and compiled a 370-203 record combined between the two teams. Since 2020, he has amassed a 68-28 mark as the men's head coach. He was the ITA National Men’s Coach of the Year award in 2015. He is the winningest women’s and men’s tennis coach in program history.   Gachko has won 13 conference Coach of the Year awards, and his teams have finished over .500 in all but three of his 20 total seasons. Additionally, Gachko was awarded the USTA/ITA Campus & Community Outreach Award in recognitions for service to the community and leading community-based tennis programs. MEN’S TEAM:  2025: Second Round 2024: Second Round 2023: Second Round 2022: Second Round 2021: Second Round 2019: Second Round  2018: Second Round  2017: First Round  2016: Second Round  2015: Second Round  2014: Second Round  2013: Round of 16 2012: Second Round  2011: Second Round  2010: Second Round  2008: Second Round  2007: First Round WOMEN’S TEAM: 2019: Second Round  2016: Ben Foran – NCAA and ITA All-American  2016: Matthew Heinrich – NCAA and ITA All-American  2015: Ben Foran – ITA All-American  2015: Matthew Heinrich – NCAA and ITA All-American  2014: Matthew Heinrich – NCAA Player of the Year & ITA Player of the Year 2013: Jessica Borque – ITA All-American 2013: Lisa Tessitore – ITA All-American 2024-25: Regular Season and Tournament Champions 2024-25: Max-William Kanz - MAC Freedom Player of the Year 2024-25: Aidan Miller - MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year 2023-24: Regular Season and Tournament Champions 2023-24: Vivek Harinarayan - MAC Freedom Player of the Year 2022-23: Regular Season and Tournament Champions 2022-23: Aashi Kulakarni – Player of the Year 2022-23: Coach of the Year 2021-22: Regular Season and Tournament Champions 2021-22: Mark Feliu – Player of the Year 2021-22: Vivek Harinarayan – Rookie of the Year 2021-22: Coach of the Year 2020-21: Regular Season and Tournament Champions 2020-21: Mark Feliu – Player of the Year 2020-21: Aashi Kulakarni – Rookie of the Year 25 MAC Individual Champions: 2021: Vivek Harinarayan – Line One Singles 2021: Matthew Luzzi – Line Two Singles 2021: Sebastian Wroe – Line Three Singles 2021: Andrew He – Line Four Singles 2021: Olof Persson – Line Five Singles 2021: Brian Li – Line Seven Singles 2021: Keegan Morris/Marc Feliu – Line One Doubles 2021: Aashi Kulakarni/Olof Persson – Line Two Doubles 2021: Sebastian Wroe/Troy Zhang – Line Three Doubles 2021: Mark Pabalan/Eloi Pradier – Line Four Doubles 2019: Marc Feliu – Line One Singles 2019: Keegan Morris – Line Two Singles 2019: Mark Kanevsky – Line Three Singles 2019: Philip Szkurdlarski – Line Four Singles 2019: Gabriel Sifuentes – Line Five Singles 2019: Arjun Krishnan – Line Six Singles 2019: Eloi Pradier – Line Seven Singles 2019: Marc Feliu / Keegan Morris – Line One Doubles 2019: Gabriel Sifuentes / Philip Szkudlarski – Line Two Doubles 2019: Mark Kanevsky / Arjun Krishnan – Line Three Doubles 2019: Garrett Kincaid / Brian Li – Line Four Doubles 2019: Audrey Heaberlin – Line Two Singles 2019: Alexis Fuda / Isabella Calandra – Line Two Doubles 2019: Nicole Badalyan / Makenna Sargis – Line Three Doubles 2019: Gabriella Tantillo / Juliette Marchisio – Line Four Doubles 2019: Feliu Gomez – Player of the Year  2018: Danny Polk – Player of the Year  2018: Women’s Coach of the Year  2018: Agatha Malinowski – Player and Rookie of the Year  2017: Will Persson – Player of the Year  2017: Men’s Coach of the Year  2016: Matthew Heinrich – Player of the Year  2016: Women’s Co-Coach of the Year  2016: Men’s Coach of the Year  2015: Matthew Heinrich – Player of the Year  2015: Men’s Coach of the Year  2014: Matthew Heinrich – Player of the Year  2014: Jessica Bourque – Player of the Year  2014: Men’s Coach of the Year  2013: Matthew Heinrich – Player of the Year  2013: Men’s Coach of the Year  2013: Jessica Borque – Player of the Year  2012: Chris Rosensteel – Player of the Year  2012: Men’s Coach of the Year  2011: Chris Rosensteel – Player of the Year  2011: Men’s Coach of the Year  2011: Jessica Bourque – Player of the Year  2010: Men’s Coach of the Year  2008: Men’s Coach of the Year  2007: Dana Bacalla – Player of the Year  2007: Ricky Bawa – Player of the Year  2006: Dana Bacalla – Player of the Year  2006: Ricky Bawa – Player of the Year  2005: Dana Bacalla – Player of the Year  2016: Matthew Heinrich – CoSIDA Academic All-American  2015: Matthew Heinrich – CoSIDA Academic All-American  2014: Jessica Bourque – CoSIDA Academic All-American  2014: Matthew Heinrich – CoSIDA Academic All-American  19 ITA All-Academic Team Awards Men: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2009 Women 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2009 2008 Led Stevens to the MAC Freedom Regular Season and Tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each year as a member of the MAC Freedom Coached the Ducks to a sweep at the 2019 MAC Individual Championships in their first year in the conference Led the Ducks to 10 consecutive Empire 8 Championships and 13 overall conference titles  Helped Matthew Heinrich win the ITA Northeast Singles Regional Title in 2015 as well as Heinrich and Ben Foran win the Doubles Championship  Won a program-record 19 matches in the 2014-15 season   Took the Ducks to their first-ever Round of 16 appearance in 2013  Named ITA National and Northeast Coach of the Year in 2015  Won 12 straight matches in his first season as a head coach  Won their first NCAA Tournament match in 2008, setting off a run of 11 second round appearances in 13 seasons  Coached Stevens to four MAC Individual Titles at the 2019 MAC Individual Championships in 2019 Led the Ducks to 13 consecutive Empire 8 Conference Tournaments, including five straight appearances in the championship match  Helped Stevens win their first Empire 8 Tournament Championship in 2019  Took the Ducks to their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory in 2019  Coached Jessica Bourque and Lisa Tessitore to the 2015 ITA Doubles Northeast Regional Title  Went a perfect 10-0 in the 2014 regular season, including handing Ithaca College its first Empire 8 loss since 2011  Led Dana Bacalla to the finals of the ITA Singles Northeast Regional in 2006  Helped coach several All-Americas en route to both teams finishing in the top-25  During his second year with both programs, the men compiled a 12-3 record while the women recorded an impressive 14-3 mark  Started a co-ed club tennis team from scratch  Earned his bachelor’s degree after a four-year playing career with the Lions tennis program  Guided his players to the 2004 National Campus Championships in Daytona, Fla. before steering his club team to a berth in the national event in San Diego in 2005 

Tory Zawacki Roy joined the Ducks coaching staff in 2024. A two-time All-American at Duke, she was ranked as high as No. 5 nationally in juniors and competed in junior Wimbledon, the Australian Open, and Roland Garros. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 41 in the ITF world junior rankings and No. 400 on the WTA Tour, and a finalist in the US Open Junior Doubles Championships.