April 29, 2013
IRVING, Texas - Old Dominion University women's tennis senior Diana Ivanova earned second-team All-Conference USA honors, the conference announced on Monday. The voting was conducted by the league's head coaches.
Ivanova, a native of Moscow, Russia, earned her third all-conference honor in her career, as she earned second-team All-CAA honors as a sophomore and first-team honors last year as a junior.
Ivanova went 11-9 on the year, primarily playing at No. 1 singles. At one point during the year, she won eight matches in a row, including a win over No. 43 VCU. In the first round of the Conference USA Championships, she was leading Isabel Fernandez of UAB before the match was stopped.
Old Dominion finished the year with a 13-9 record and defeated UAB in the first round of the C-USA Tournament before falling to eventual champion, Rice.
Tulsa's Samantha Vickers was named the Conference USA Player of the Year, Skylar Kuykendall of Memphis was the Freshman of the Year and Rice's Elizabeth Schmidt was named Coach of the Year.
ALL-C-USA SINGLES TEAM
First Team
Courtney Collins, Memphis
Natalie Beazant, Rice
Dominique Harmath, Rice
Aleksandra Malyarchikova, SMU
Edyta Cieplucha, SMU
Klara Vyskocilova, Tulane
Samantha Vickers, Tulsa
Genevieve Lorbergs, UCF
Second Team
Elena Kordolaimi, Houston
Dominika Zaprazna, Marshall
Alyssa Hibberd, Memphis
Tiffany Welcher, Memphis
Diana Ivanova, Old Dominion
Emma Levy, Tulane
Isaura Enrique, Tulsa
Michelle Farley, Tulsa
Third Team
Melis Tanik, East Carolina
Skylar Kuykendall, Memphis
Caroline Wegner, Memphis
Katie Gater, Rice
Liat Zimmermann, Rice
Vaszilisza Bulgakova, SMU
Isabel Fernandez, UAB
Rebeca Calvillo, UTEP
ALL-C-USA DOUBLES
First Team
Samantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique, Tulsa
Second Team
Natalie Beazant/Dominique Harmath, Rice
Third Team
Stefanie Mikesz/Caroline Wegner, Memphis
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Samantha Vickers, Tulsa
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Skylar Kuykendall, Memphis
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Liat Zimmermann, Rice
SINGLES OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Dominique Harmath, Rice
DOUBLES OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPSamantha Vickers/Isaura Enrique, Tulsa
COACH OF THE YEAR
Elizabeth Schmidt, Rice