FRESNO STATE TO REPRESENT WAC IN NCAA TOURNAMENT
Fresno State will represent the WAC in the 2011 NCAA Women’s Tennis Team Championships
The No. 62 Bulldogs (11-13) will head to the campus of Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., where they will face No. 20 Notre Dame (15-9) in the first round of the single-elimination tournament at 10 a.m. (CT) on Friday, May 13.
In the other half of the bracket, No. 14 Northwestern (20-7) hosts IPFW (27-3). The winner of the two first-round matches will play in the second round at noon on Saturday, May 14.
The winner of each first- and second-round site advances to the NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championships May 20-24 at the Taube Tennis Center in Palo Alto, Calif., hosted by Stanford.
FRESNO STATE’S JODOIN SELECTED TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fresno State’s Marianne Jodoin, the WAC Player and Freshman of the Year, has been selected to compete in the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championships. Jodoin is currently ranked No. 58 nationally.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championships was awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125, the NCAA subcommittee applied the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete was the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a record of a minimum of 13 completed singles matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 25-30 at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, Calif., following the conclusion of the team championship which runs May 20-24. Stanford will serve as host.
FRESNO STATE CLAIMS 2011 WAC TOURNAMENT TITLE
Second-seeded Fresno State claimed the 2011 WAC Tennis Tournament title with a 4-3 win over No. 1-seed Boise State. With the win, the Bulldogs earn the WAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
All Tournament Team
Singles
Marianne Jodoin, Fresno State
Sonia Klamczynska, Boise State
Melissa McQueen, Fresno State
Lauren Megale, Boise State
Michelle Okhremchuk, Nevada
Manon Sylvain, New Mexico State
Doubles
Marianne Jodoin/Laura Pola, Fresno State
Lauren Megale/Marlena Pietzuch, Boise State
Florence De Vrye/Michelle Okhremchuk, Nevada
ALL-WAC
The Western Athletic Conference 2011 women’s tennis award winners, as selected by the league’s head coaches, were announced at the WAC Tennis Tournament banquet. Fresno State’s Marianne Jodoin was named both WAC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, while Boise State head coach Beck Roghaar earned Coach of the Year honors.
Jodoin, who is currently ranked No. 55 nationally, went 21-10 on the season and 15-6 in dual meets. She posted a perfect 5-0 mark vs. WAC opponents and is 4-5 on the season vs. ranked opponents. She was named WAC Player of the Week three times this season. Jodoin also teamed with Laura Pola at No. 1 doubles to post an 8-10 overall record. The pair went 4-0 against WAC opponents.
In his first season at the helm, Roghaar led the Broncos to a 15-7 mark, including a 5-1 record against WAC opponents. With a national ranking of No. 70, Boise State is the top seed in this week’s WAC Tournament.
First Team All-WAC Singles
Marianne Jodoin, Fresno State
Katarina Poljakova, Hawai‘i
Lauren Megale, Boise State
Michelle Okhremchuk, Nevada
Laura Pola, Fresno State
Sonia Klamczynska, Boise State
First Team All-WAC Doubles
Marianne Jodoin/Laura Pola, Fresno State
Lauren Megale/Marlena Pietzuch, Boise State
Florence De Vrye/Michelle Okhremchuk, Nevada
Second Team All-WAC Singles
Florence De Vrye, Nevada
Sabastiani Leon Chao, San Jose State
Victoria Lozano, Idaho
Barbara Pinterova, Hawai‘i
Hailey Swenson (Hill), Utah State
Emma Verberne, Nevada
Second Team All-WAC Doubles
Katarina Poljakova/Barbara Pinterova, Hawai‘i
Victoria Lozano/Lauren Simpson, Idaho
Sonia Klamczynska/Elyse Edwards, Boise State
WAC Player of the Year: Marianne Jodoin, Fresno State
WAC Freshman of the Year: Marianne Jodoin, Fresno State
WAC Coach of the Year: Beck Roghaar, Boise State