The South Atlantic Conference Announces 2022 Women's Tennis Annual Awards
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Newberry's Zulay Castaneda was voted the 2022 South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Year, while Anderson's Catherine Blouin was voted the Conference's Freshman of the Year. In addition, Queens' head coach Billy Boykin was named the Coach of the Year, the SAC office announced today.
Castaneda, a senior from Panama City, Panama, is one of the top-ranked players in the SAC at No. 15 nationally. She holds an 18-1 record in singles play and finished the regular season with a perfect 12-0 record against conference opponents. Castaneda also helped lead Newberry to a No. 16 national ranking this season.
Blouin, a freshman from Augusta, Ga., posted 14-7 singles and doubles records playing mainly No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, and is ranked No. 56 nationally in singles play. With her help, the Trojans are currently ranked No. 43 nationally.
Boykin earns his first SAC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year honor after guiding the Royals to a share of the SAC Regular Season Title and a 13-1 overall record, going 11-1 in league play, this season. Currently, the Royals are ranked No.11 in the ITA National Rankings.
Joining Castaneda and Blouin on the All-SAC first team singles squad are Wingate's Camilla Ciaccia, Queens' Viktorija Veselinova and Jill Morse, and Carson-Newman's Ana Carla Resende.
The All-SAC first team doubles honorees are Morse and Marie Bertran De Balanda from Queens, Ciaccia and Suzuka Sambyajugari from Wingate, and Newberry's Nastassia Chamoun and Lucy Spice.
2022 SAC Women's Tennis All-Conference
First Team Doubles
Jill Morse/Marie Bertran De Balanda, Queens
Camilla Ciaccia/Suzuka Sambyakugari, Wingate
Nastassia Chamoun/Lucy Spice, Newberry
Second Team Doubles
Ana Carla Resende/Summer Reeves, Carson-Newman
Gemma Southwick / Lucy Whelan, Lenoir-Rhyne
Chloe Kosmrlj/Alex Lopez, Wingate
Third Team Doubles
Catherine Blouin/Laura Alvarez Tello, Anderson
Valentina Ascarrunz and Julia Valls, Lincoln Memorial
Liza Akimenko/Katya Akimenko, UVA Wise
First Team Singles
Zulay Castaneda, Newberry
Camilla Ciaccia, Wingate
Ana Carla Resende, Carson-Newman
Viktorija Veselinova, Queens
Jill Morse, Queens
Catherine Blouin, Anderson
Second Team Singles
Nastassia Chamoun, Newberry
Anna Greer, Anderson
Liza Akimenko, UVA Wise
Jessica Binzari, Coker
Gemma Southwick, Lenoir-Rhyne
Tabitha Howe, Tusculum
Third Team Singles
Anamaria Kiszner-Luca, Limestone
Hanna Axelsson, Queens
Violetta Khisamova, Carson-Newman
Valentina Ascarrunz, Lincoln Memorial
Evgeniya Pugina, Lenoir-Rhyne
Julia Valls, Lincoln Memorial
Player of the Year
Zulay Castaneda, Newberry
Freshman of the Year
Catherine Blouin, Anderson
Coach of the Year
Billy Boykin, Queens
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