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UNCG places four on All-SoCon First Team
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Alex Whitehead, Stephanie Macfarlane, Niltooli Wilkins and Lucy Dougherty all found themselves on the Southern Conference First Team for doubles and Wilkins performed the same feat in singles the conference office announced on Tuesday. Postseason balloting was conducted by the league's head coaches who were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
Wilkins, a transfer from Minnesota, led the Spartans this season at the No. 1 singles position as she went 17-2 to earn first-team All-SoCon honors. She went 9-1 in the SoCon this season in singles with her only loss coming to No. 72 Monica Arguello, who won SoCon Player of the Year honors. Her only other loss this season in singles came against No. 14 Zoe De Bruycker from No. 4 North Carolina.
Wilkins also was impressive this season in doubles with Dougherty at No. 2 to earn first-team All-SoCon honors. The tandem went 16-2 this season in doubles, including a perfect 9-0 record in conference matches this season. Wilkins joined Samford's Taylor Morgan as the only student-athlete on the first team for both singles and doubles.
Whitehead, who earned second-team honors in singles and doubles last season, was named first-team this season with Macfarlane at No. 1 doubles. The duo has won 12 matches in a row and hasn't loss since an 8-5 setback on March 3 to No. 5 Lauren McHale and Shinann Featherston from No. 4 North Carolina.
The Spartans received a first-round bye and the No. 2 seed in this week's Southern Conference Championship and will face the winner of No. 7 Georgia Southern and No. 10 Western Carolina on Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
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2011 SoCon Women's Tennis Postseason Awards
First Team
Singles
Emma Hayman, College of Charleston
Christin Newman, College of Charleston
Jordan Johnston, Elon
Monica Arguello, Furman
Niltooli Wilkins, UNCG
Taylor Morgan, Samford
Doubles
Alex Whitehead/Stephanie Macfarlane, UNCG
Niltooli Wilkins/Lucy Dougherty, UNCG
Taylor Morgan/Lindsey Mallory, Samford
Second Team
Singles (by position)
No. 1 – Jenna Nurik, Chattanooga
No. 2 – Andrie Meiring, Samford
No. 3 – Caroline Newman, College of Charleston
No. 4 – Kristin Lewis, Samford
No. 5 – Kelly Kambourelis, College of Charleston
No. 6 – Lindsey Mallory, Samford
Keely Mulligan, College of Charleston
Doubles (by position)
No. 1 – Emma Hayman/Irene Viana, CofC
No. 2 – Kinsey Casey/Katie Lee, CofC
No. 3 – Monica Arguello/Jennifer Betts, Furman
All-Freshman
Jordan Johnston, Elon
Margaret Boyette, Furman
Katherine Oudin, Furman
Paola Garrido, Georgia Southern
Kristin Lewis, Samford
Alexa Flynn, Chattanooga
Player of the Year
Monica Arguello, Furman
Freshman of the Year
Jordan Johnston, Elon
Sportsmanship Award
Jenna Nurik, Chattanooga
Coach of the Year
Angelo Anastopoulo, College of Charleston
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