2008 Woodie Awards
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Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: Sports
Student athletes from conference champion Southwest Baptist and runner-up Northwest Missouri State claimed first-team honors in six of the nine flights on the 2008 All-MIAA Women's Tennis Team as selected by the league's coaches.
Southwest Baptist (16-7, 5-2 MIAA) captured its first MIAA championship with a 5-3 win over Northwest (21-4, 7-0 MIAA). The SBU Lady Bearcats had two players recognized in three flights while the Northwest Bearcats had four players honored in three flights.
Senior Iveta Wolfgramm and sophomore Johanna Olsson teamed up to earn first-team at No. 2 doubles for SBU, and each was first-team in singles -- Wolfgramm at No. 2 and Olsson at No. 3. Olsson was a unanimous choice in singles.
Wolfgramm and Olsson are 12-3 at No. 2 doubles and 6-1 in conference play. Wolfgramm (16-5 overall) and Olsson (16-2) each posted 7-0 records in MIAA singles play.
Northwest senior Kristina Vucenov was the coaches' choice at No. 1 singles while sophomore teammate Lisa Pendrak gained recognition at No. 6 singles. The duo of juniors Lina Gomez and Jordan Lipira were a unanimous selection of the coaches at No. 3 doubles.
Vucenov is 20-3 in No. 1 singles and 7-0 in conference regular season play before going 2-1 in the MIAA Tournament. Pendrak is 18-4 in dual singles play, 7-1 in the No. 6 flight and 6-0 against conference foes.
Gomez and Lipira, who each also picked up second-team singles honors, are 17-1 in No. 3 doubles play and won their first 12 of the season in dual match action.
Senior Natalie Villaflor of Emporia State (13-4, 4-3 MIAA) joined Wolfgramm and Olsson in getting two first-team selections.
She was the coaches' choice at No. 2 singles after starting out by winning 14 in a row before retiring due to an injury against Missouri Western's Laura Rutten in a consolation match at the MIAA Tournament.
Villaflor and senior Marcela Bayon were unanimous selections for No. 1 doubles. They were 15-2, having a string of 14 straight wins snapped by the second-team No. 1 doubles team of seniors Diana Goldsmith and Amber Raindl of Washburn (12-6, 4-3 MIAA) in the MIAA Tournament.
Southwest Baptist (16-7, 5-2 MIAA) captured its first MIAA championship with a 5-3 win over Northwest (21-4, 7-0 MIAA). The SBU Lady Bearcats had two players recognized in three flights while the Northwest Bearcats had four players honored in three flights.
Senior Iveta Wolfgramm and sophomore Johanna Olsson teamed up to earn first-team at No. 2 doubles for SBU, and each was first-team in singles -- Wolfgramm at No. 2 and Olsson at No. 3. Olsson was a unanimous choice in singles.
Wolfgramm and Olsson are 12-3 at No. 2 doubles and 6-1 in conference play. Wolfgramm (16-5 overall) and Olsson (16-2) each posted 7-0 records in MIAA singles play.
Northwest senior Kristina Vucenov was the coaches' choice at No. 1 singles while sophomore teammate Lisa Pendrak gained recognition at No. 6 singles. The duo of juniors Lina Gomez and Jordan Lipira were a unanimous selection of the coaches at No. 3 doubles.
Vucenov is 20-3 in No. 1 singles and 7-0 in conference regular season play before going 2-1 in the MIAA Tournament. Pendrak is 18-4 in dual singles play, 7-1 in the No. 6 flight and 6-0 against conference foes.
Gomez and Lipira, who each also picked up second-team singles honors, are 17-1 in No. 3 doubles play and won their first 12 of the season in dual match action.
Senior Natalie Villaflor of Emporia State (13-4, 4-3 MIAA) joined Wolfgramm and Olsson in getting two first-team selections.
She was the coaches' choice at No. 2 singles after starting out by winning 14 in a row before retiring due to an injury against Missouri Western's Laura Rutten in a consolation match at the MIAA Tournament.
Villaflor and senior Marcela Bayon were unanimous selections for No. 1 doubles. They were 15-2, having a string of 14 straight wins snapped by the second-team No. 1 doubles team of seniors Diana Goldsmith and Amber Raindl of Washburn (12-6, 4-3 MIAA) in the MIAA Tournament.
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