June 3, 2010
BATON ROUGE, La. - Nicholls State University Head Coach Jim Hunter was named the LSWA men's tennis Coach of the Year, while Dmitry Kozionov picked up LSWA Freshman of the Year honors, announced the organization on Thursday morning.
The LSWA (Louisiana Sports Writers Association) also placed Kozionov on the All-Louisiana First Team on the men's side with junior Radu Ionescu and senior Phenyo Matongeach netting Honorable Mention recognition.
On the women's side, junior Florina Nosca was selected to the Second Team, and junior Natalia Zamora was an Honorable Mention selection.
"This is a great honor for our teams, and the individuals recognized," said Hunter. "Our teams really put in the extra effort to be better than their opponents, and I'm proud of all of them for their accomplishments this season."
Kozionov posted a 15-4 record in singles play, including a 4-1 record from the No. 5 spot in the lineup. Overall Kozionov was 7-0 from the No. 4 slot and 3-0 at No. 3. Ionescu and Matong both posted double digit wins in singles play with Ionescu sporting a 12-8 record, playing all but two matches from the No. 1 spot. Matong finished 13-7.
Nosca was 15-6 overall with all of her play coming at No. 1 singles, including an 8-5 record in Southland action. Zamora finished the season 17-4, playing all but one match from the No. 2 position. Nosca and Zamora did also combine for a 9-2 doubles record.
Coach Hunter finished the season with both the men's and women's squads above the .500 mark, making him one of five coaches nationally to guide two teams to winning records. Hunter, who receives the LSWA award for the third time in his career, led the men's team to its best overall record (14-6) and most wins (14) in school history this past season, and saw his team end its season in the Southland Conference Tournament for the second consecutive season. The women missed the tournament due to a tie breaker.
The complete LSWA teams are below.
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,
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,
Neal Skupski/LSU/So./Liverpool, England/17 singles wins, NCAA Singles Entry
Player of the Year - Neal Skupski, LSU
Freshman of the Year - Dmitry Kozionov, Nicholls State
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.
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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
Keri Frankenberger/LSU/Fr./Gainesville, Fla./25-14 record, 2nd team SEC
Mariam Kurdadze/Tulane/So./Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia/1st team C-USA
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
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
Florina Nosca/Nicholls/Jr./Bralia, Romania/15-6 record, 14 doubles wins
*Vivian Polak/Louisiana-Monroe/Jr./Barendrecht, Netherlands/20-3 record, All-SBC
Bianca Schultz/Northwestern State/Jr./Ballinger, Germany/17-3 record, All-SLC
Whitney Wolf/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
