Fresno State had two singles players and one doubles team earn All-WAC honors in 2010.
April 30, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. -
Two Fresno State singles players and one doubles team received All-WAC honors for the 2010 season.
Bulldog seniors Anastasia Petukhova and Renata Kucerkova were named First Team All-WAC in singles for the fourth time in each of their careers. The doubles combo of Laura Pola and Kucerkova picked up Second Team All-WAC honors.
Petukhova is currently the No. 14 singles player in the country and reached as high as No. 4 this spring. She is 11-4 on the season, with seven wins against nationally ranked opponents.
Kucerkova compiled a 7-1 record in the WAC and has climbed the ITA Rankings to No. 87 nationally in singles. She has also defeated four nationally-ranked opponents this season.
In doubles, Kucerkova put together a 6-2 record in WAC play this season. Most recently they knocked off No. 32 Brittany Blalock and Suzie Matzenauer of Sacramento State.
The Bulldogs will be in action against New Mexico State on Friday for the first round of the WAC Tournament.
2010 WAC Women's Tennis Award Winners
First Team All-WAC Singles
Renata Kucerkova, Fresno State
Lauren Megale, Boise State
Maria Mizyuk, Nevada
Gabriela Niculescu, Idaho
Anastasia Petukhova, Fresno State
Pichittra Thongdach, Boise State
First Team All-WAC Doubles
Sophie Kobuch/Katarina Poljakova, Hawai'i
Lauren Megale/Pichittra Thongdach, Boise State
Gabriela Niculescu/Maria Perevoshchikova, Idaho
Second Team All-WAC Singles
Bianca Jochimsen, Boise State
Sophie Kobuch, Hawai'i
Sophia Marks, New Mexico State
Maria Perevoshchikova, Idaho
Vivian ten Dolle, Louisiana Tech
Emma Verberne, Nevada
Second Team All-WAC Doubles
Sophia Marks/Manon Sylvain, Nevada
Maria Mizyuk/Sophie Stevens, Nevada
Laura Pola/Renata Kucerkova, Fresno State
WAC Player of the Year: Pichittra Thongdach, Boise State
WAC Freshman of the Year: Emma Verberne, Nevada
WAC Coach of the Year: Mark Tichenor, Boise State
"We Are Your Team" - Come help the `Dogs earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, as they host the WAC Tournament on April 30-May 2 at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center. For all the up to date information on Fresno State men's tennis stay logged on to gobulldogs.com.
