June 3, 2010

RUSTON - Louisiana Tech freshman tennis standout Vivian ten Dolle was named honorable mention all-state by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Thursday.

Undefeated Martina Rubesova of Northwestern State and LSU's No. 1 player Neal Skupski captured player of the year honors as the LSWA announced its 2010 All-Louisiana College men's and women's tennis teams.

The teams were selected based on nominations made by the tennis playing schools in the state and voted on by an LSWA panel. All statistics and voting are based on play through each team's conference tournament appearance.

Originally from Gelderland in the Netherlands, ten Dolle was the only freshman in the Western Athletic Conference to compete in the number one position for her team as she was solid in the that position all season for the Techsters.

She collected an 18-11 overall singles record on the year with a 13-9 record in dual match play and 5-2 in tournament play. The talented freshman totaled a 3-3 record in WAC singles play while helping the Techster tennis team to the program's first ever WAC match win after topping the San Jose State team 5-2 on April 10 of this year.

She also garnered second team all-WAC honors this year, the first Lady Techster tennis player to receive such accolades since 2002 when Anabella Duque also accomplished the feat.

LSWA 2010 Men's Collegiate All-Louisiana Tennis Team

Name/School/Year/Hometown/Notes

Hassan Abbas/Xavier/Jr./Saltaire, England/22-8 record, GCAC Newcomer

Sebastian Carlsson/LSU/Jr./Uppsala, Sweden/20-16 record, ITA-Arthur Ashe Leadership Award

Steffon Giles-Osborn/Xavier/So./Atlanta, Ga./GCAC Player of the Year

Dmitry Kozionov/Nicholls/Fr./Ivhevsk, Russia/15-4 record, SLC Freshman of Year

Thomas Krzyszkowski/Louisiana-Lafayette/So./Gdyna, Poland/17-4 record, success at 1, 2, 3

Neal Skupski/LSU/So./Liverpool, England/17 singles wins, NCAA Singles Entry

Player of the Year - Neal Skupski, LSU

Newcomer of the Year - Hassan Abbas, Xavier

Coach of the Year - Jim Hunter, Nicholls State

Honorable Mention - Radu Ionescu, Nicholls - Junior, Bucharest, Romania; Phenyo Matong, Nicholls - Senior, Gaborone, Botswana; Rodrigo Rappaccioli - Tulane -- Fr., Managua, Nicaragua. --

LSWA 2010 Women's Collegiate All-Louisiana Tennis Team

First Team

Name/School/Year/Hometown/Notes

Claire Clark/Louisiana-Monroe/Jr./Bossier City, La./1st team Sun Belt; 22-1 in singles

Keri Frankenberger/LSU/Fr./Gainesville, Fla./25-14 record, 2nd team SEC, SEC Freshman team

Mariam Kurdadze/Tulane/So./Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia/1st team C-USA; 6th in Southern Region

Kathrin Lange/Northwestern State/Jr./Emmingen, Germany/17-4 record, 1st team All-SLC

Anatesia Opata/Xavier/Sr./Lawrenceville, Ga./21-8 record, GCAC POY two times

Martina Rubesova/Northwestern State/So./Usti na Laben, Czech Republic/18-0, All-SLC, NCAA invitee

Player of the Year - Martina Rubesova, Northwestern State

Freshman of the Year - Keri Frankenberger, LSU

Newcomer of the Year - Martina Rubesova, Northwestern State

Coach of the Year - Patric DuBois, Northwestern State

Second Team

Name/School/Year/Hometown/Notes

*Kaitlin Burns/LSU/Fr./Wilmington, N.C./20-18 record

*Morgane Dadot/Southeastern Louisiana/So./Reunion, France/15-6 record

Angelina Callis/Xavier/Sr./Los Angeles, Calif./23-6 record, All-GCAC 3rd time

Emma Levy/Tulane/Fr./Princeton Junction, N.J./2nd team All C-USA; No. 11 Southern region

Florina Nosca/Nicholls/Jr./Bralia, Romania/15-6 record, 14 doubles wins

*Vivian Polak/Louisiana-Monroe/Jr./Barendrecht, Netherlands/20-3 record, All-SBC doubles

Bianca Schultz/Northwestern State/Jr./Ballinger, Germany/17-3 record, 1st team All-SLC

Whitney Wolfe/LSU/So./Pride, La./18 singles wins, 23 doubles wins *Tied for the position

Honorable Mention -- Audrey Chelini, Southeastern Louisiana - Sophomore - Bordeaux, France; Vivian ten Dolle- Louisiana Tech- FR.- Gelderland, Netherlands; Monica Winkel, ULM - Sophomore, Bornaire, Netherlands Antilles; Natalia Zamora, Nicholls - Junior, Pueblo, Mexico