COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 24, 2019) Two members of the Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team, Elisa Koonik, and Tessa van Der Ploeg were recognized on Wednesday as the Mountain West announced the 2019 All-Conference Team. The Mountain West awards were selected by the league’s 11 head coaches.
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Koonik and van Der Ploeg were selected to the All-Conference doubles team for the third straight season. The duo joins former Cowgirls Veronica Popovici and Simona Synkova as the only other three-time doubles honorees in school history. van Der Ploeg earned All-Conference honors in singles for the first time in her career. It’s the 11th straight year the Cowgirl Tennis program has been recognized in either singles or doubles.
From Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, van Der Ploeg is a four-year starter for the Cowgirl program. She is currently 16-15 overall and 10-8 in dual action while playing at the number one spot. She has won the last seven out of her last ten matches. Her overall record of 63-55 in singles ranks 12th all-time and she has been selected Mountain West player of the week twice during her career.
Koonik and van Der Ploeg have an overall doubles mark of 15-17 and 10-9 during the spring. The pair went 4-1 in Mountain West play, and have a 16-1 record over the last four years in conference action as a duo. They have 66 career doubles wins which rank seventh all-time in school history.
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The Cowgirls, who are seeded fifth, open up the 2019 Mountain West tournament against the fourth-seeded New Mexico Lobos. The match is set for Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. MT, at the Aztec Tennis Complex in San Diego.
2018-19 Women’s Tennis All-Mountain West Team
SINGLES
**TJ Fumagalli, Jr., Air Force
*Wilhelmina Palmer, So., Boise State
Lilian Poling, Jr., Boise State
Stella Cliffe, Jr., Colorado State
Emily Luetschwager, So., Colorado State
Shir Azran, Fr., Fresno State
Jennifer Timotin, Fr., Fresno State
Ruth Copas, Sr., New Mexico
Nnena Nadozie, So., San Diego State
Shakhnoza Khatamova, Fr., San Diego State
Miyo Kobayashi, Sr., San José State
***Aiwen Zhu, Sr., UNLV
*Izumi Asano, So., UNLV
En-Pei Huang Jr., UNLV
*Sasha Pisareva, So., Utah State
Tessa van Der Ploeg, Sr., Wyoming
All-Mountain West Doubles Team:
TJ Fumagalli/Kristin Kerrigan – Air Force (No. 1)
Lilian Poling/Wilhelmina Palmer – Boise State (No. 1)
Emily Kolbow/Stella Cliffe – Colorado State (No. 1)
Georgia Lawson/Jennifer Timotin – Fresno State (No. 1)
Nnena Nadozie/Alicia Melosch – San Diego State (No. 1)
**Aiwen Zhu/En-Pei Huang – UNLV (No. 1)
Hannah Jones/Alexandra Taylor – Utah State (No. 1)
Tessa van Der Ploeg/Elisa Koonik – Wyoming (No. 1)
Freshman of the Year: Shakhnoza Khatamova, San Diego State
Player of the Year: Aiwen Zhu, Sr., UNLV
*notes two-time selection
**notes three-time selection
***notes four-time selection
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