ST. JOSEPH – A remarkable turnaround season by the Missouri Western women’s tennis team has been capped by the program’s first All-MIAA selection in more than 10 years.
Meara Smith has been named All-MIAA honorable mention at the No. 6 singles position. The junior from Kansas City, Kansas, helped her team to its best finish in recent memory.
As a team, the Griffons went 11-10 overall and 4-6 in the MIAA. That overall record was a 10-game improvement over the 2014 win total and more wins than the previous three seasons combined. Smith was a big part of that success. She went 9-3 in singles action, including winning eight of her last nine singles matches. She was also 2-0 at No. 3 doubles with Ceara Boldridge and Lindsay Beger. Those nine wins gave Smith 12 for her career, tied for the fourth most in the program since 2008.
2015 ALL-MIAA WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Fanni Varga, Southwest Baptist
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Maria Josie Zehnder, Southwest Baptist
Co-COACH OF THE YEAR
Amanda Stone, Northeastern State & John Bryant, Southwest Baptist
Co-SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Alina Gorina, Central Oklahoma & Tawni Griffey, Emporia State
FIRST TEAM
1S: Fanni Varga, Southwest Baptist
2S: Patricia Husakova, Northeastern State
3S: Molly Worden, Northeastern State
4S: Valeriia Efimenko, Northeastern State
5S: Barbora Jirickova, Northeastern State
6S: Kari Emery, Nebraska-Kearney
1D: Kristina Savchenkov/Patricia Husakova, Northeastern State
2D: Maria Josie Zehnder/Lani Tuemmers, Southwest Baptist
3D: Kari Emery/Emma Neil, Nebraska-Kearney
SECOND TEAM
1S: Camila Quesada, Northwest Missouri
2S: Maria Josie Zehnder, Southwest Baptist
3S: Paula Jimenez, Nebraska-Kearney
4S: Aniek Kolen, Northwest Missouri
5S: Emily Semo, Central Oklahoma
6S: Marianne Hull, Northwest Missouri
1D: Fanni Varga/Christina Zentai, Southwest Baptist
2D: Molly Worden/Valeriia Efimenko, Northeastern State
3D: Barbora Jirickova/Easton Parker, Northeastern State
Honorable Mention
#1S: Kristina Savchenkov, NSU; Alina Gorina, UCO
#2S: Christina Zentai, SBU; Lorena Rivas Jarolim, NWMSU; Brittney Ricci, FHSU
#3S: Lani Tuemmers, SBU; Margaux Jaquet, NWMSU
#4S: Kaley Clark, ESU; Emma Neil, UNK
#5S: Stephanie Mannix, NWMSU; Amy Fugit, ESU; Zorana Jovanovic, SBU
#6S: Lucia Cerchlanova, NSU; Meara Smith, MWSU; Daria Panferova, NSU
#1D: Camila Quesada/Lorena Rivas Jarolim, NWMSU; Casyn Buchman/Jodie Blackim, WU
#2D: Paula Jimenez/Kristin Weems, UNK
#3D: Stephanie Mannix/Aniek Kolen, NWMSU; Beatrix Federer/Zorana Jovanovic, SBU; Natasa Brnovic/Olya Burak, UCO
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