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Charlotte, N.C. - Three Gardner-Webb women's tennis players earned postseason honors from the Big South Conference, it was announced this evening at the awards ceremony held at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, as Alice Hopkins, Erica White, and Ioana Oprea each were honored.
The Big South tabbed Hopkins (Birmingham, England) as the Conference's Freshman of the Year.
Hopkins posted a 19-2 record in singles play, the most for a Gardner-Webb freshman under head coach Jim Corn. She was instrumental in Gardner-Webb's 4-4 Conference mark, as Hopkins went 7-1 in League singles action. Hopkins' 19 singles wins this season are the most for a Runnin' Bulldog player in the past four seasons. She helped the Runnin' Bulldogs in doubles play as well, teaming up with Yasmin Doost for a 10-9 record at No. 2 doubles.
Hopkins and junior Erica White (Charleston, W.V.) each earned All-Conference singles honors for their stellar play this season. White went 15-6 in singles play this season, all at the No. 1 position for GWU. She tacked on 13 wins alongside doubles partner Ronia Hutterli during the 2012 season.
Oprea (Bucharest, Romania) was named to the Big South All-Academic Team, rewarding her hard work and dedication throughout her career as a student-athlete. On the court, Oprea was 16-4 in singles play, holding down the No. 3 spot throughout the season for the Runnin' Bulldogs. She added 9 doubles wins alongside Jenny Lunde this season.
Gardner-Webb, the No. 5 seed for the upcoming Big South Tournament, takes on No. 4 Radford for a 1st Round matchup at approximately 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.
2012 BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE WOMEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE AND AWARD WINNERS
All-Academic Team
Anais Gomar, Campbell
Lindsay Krause, Presbyterian College
Giovanna Portioli, Winthrop
Zoe Hamel, UNC Asheville
Carol Lobel, Liberty
Diana Mortlock, Coastal Carolina
Ioana Oprea, Gardner-Webb
Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
Petra Dajevic, Radford
Women's Tennis Flight Winners
No. 1 Singles - Yasmine Alkema, Winthrop
No. 2 Singles - Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
No. 3 Singles - Sandra Herrera, Winthrop
No. 4 Singles - Giovanna Portioli, Winthrop
Katie Fosnacht, Coastal Carolina
No. 5 Singles - Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
No. 6 Singles - Monica Aguado, Winthrop
No. 1 Doubles - Yasmine Alkema/Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
No. 2 Doubles - Sandra Herrera/Giovanna Portioli, Winthrop
No. 3 Doubles - Maria Hesketh/Kourtney Kowal, Coastal Carolina
All-Conference Singles
Yasmine Alkema, Winthrop
Erica White, Gardner-Webb
Sandra Herrera, Winthrop
Olga Makhova, Charleston Southern
Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
Miki Bunea, Coastal Carolina
Alice Hopkins, Gardner-Webb
Karolina Chernaya, Campbell
All-Conference Doubles
Sandra Herrera/Giovanna Portioli, Winthrop
Miki Bunea/Diana Mortlock, Coastal Carolina
Borislava Nikolova/Karolina Chernaya, Campbell
Yasmine Alkema/Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
Olga Makhova/Marija Dzakovic, Charleston Southern
Player of the Year
Yasmine Alkema, Winthrop *
Freshman of the Year
Alice Hopkins, Gardner-Webb
Scholar Athlete of the Year
Diana Mortlock, Coastal Carolina
Coach of the Year
Bruce Harrison, Radford
