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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
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