NORFOLK, Va. – Yuliia Starodubtseva, Holly Hutchinson and Tatsiana Sasnouskaya of the Old Dominion women's tennis team earned VaSID All-State honors on Tuesday afternoon. Starodubtseva garnered First Team accolades for singles, while Hutchinson and Sasnouskaya were named to the All-State Singles Second Team. Hutchinson/Sasnouskaya also were tagged on the All-State Doubles Second Team.
Starodubtseva was named the C-USA Player of the Year, while garnering All-Conference USA First Team accolades for singles, as well as doubles. The Kakhovka, Ukraine native ended the season as the highest ranked singles player in Conference USA after compiling an 11-2 record for the year. Starodubtseva took down No. 15 nationally ranked Carolyn Campana of Wake Forest in three sets (6-0, 4-6, 6-3), marking the first singles win in the NCAA Tournament for the program since 2004.
Hutchinson was named to the All-Conference USA Singles and Doubles First Team. Hutchinson played No. 1 singles throughout her entire career at ODU and was nationally ranked in singles and in doubles this season. She acquired Outstanding Singles Player of the C-USA Championship this year, while helping lead the Monarchs to their first ever C-USA Tournament title and third ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
Hutchinson/Sasnouskaya were named to the All-Conference USA Doubles First Team, after compiling a 12-4 record for the season and were nationally ranked by the ITA. This tandem went 3-0 at the 2021 Conference USA Championships and were 7-0 against regional opponents, 9-2 in non-conference matches, 3-0 at home, 5-1 on the road and 4-1 in neutral site matches. This duo defeated VCU's No. 83 nationally ranked Delgado/Witmus twice (6-0 and 6-1) this past season.
2021 VaSID Women's Tennis All-State Honors:
Player of the Year: Emma Navarro, Virginia
Rookie of the Year: Emma Navarro, Virginia
Coach of the Year: Sara O'Leary, Virginia
All-State First Team:
Singles:
Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado, VCU
Rosie Johanson, Virginia
Emma Navarro, Virginia
Mila Saric, William & Mary
Yuliia Starodubtseva, Old Dominion
Natasha Subhash, Virginia
Doubles:
Emma Navarro/Rosie Johanson, Virginia
Mila Saric/Vitoria Okuyama, William & Mary
Natasha Subhash/Sofia Munera, Virginia
All-State Second Team:
Singles:
Daria Afanasyeva, James Madison
Holly Hutchinson, Old Dominion
Salma Loudili, Radford
Esther Lovato, Liberty
Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Old Dominion
Dessi Zlateva, Richmond
Doubles:
Daria Afanasyeva/Alexis Franco, James Madison
Alexandra Almborg/Eloise Saraty, Liberty
Holly Hutchinson/Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Old Dominion
Starodubtseva, Hutchinson and Sasnouskaya Earn All-State Honors
