SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference announced the 2023 women's tennis postseason awards on Wednesday, April 19. Postseason balloting was conducted by the league's eight head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
Wofford's
Breda Brennan and
Brianna Wilbur were selected to the All-Southern Conference second team, while Brennan was also the recipient of the Sportsmanship Award.
Brennan, a sophomore from Limerick, Ireland, earned second team honors at the #2 singles position. She was 11-8 overall on the season in singles play and 7-9 in doubles play. All singles were played at the #2 position, where she was 6-2 in Southern Conference matches. She played matches at all three doubles positions and had three different partners, however she primarily was at the #2 position with
Emma Sorensen. Brennan also becomes the fourth Terrier to be the recipient of the Sportsmanship Award, joining Audrey Coventry (2013), Catherine Martin (2017), and Jenna Vroman (2021).
Wilbur, a junior from San Antonio, Texas, earned second team honors at the #3 singles position. She was 16-6 overall in singles and 11-10 in doubles play. In Southern Conference matches, she was 6-2 with all eight matches played at the #3 position.
The Terriers will open play at the 2023 Southern Conference Tournament on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Wofford, the #6 seed, will face the #3 seed Samford.
2023 Southern Conference Player of the Year
Laylo Bakhodirova, Sr., ETSU
2023 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
Isabella Sambola, Western Carolina
2023 Southern Conference Coach of the Year
Ricky Rojas, ETSU
2023 Southern Conference Sportsmanship Award
Breda Brennan, So., Wofford
2023 All-Southern Conference Women's Tennis
First team
Singles
Laylo Bakhodirova, ETSU
Fernanda Carvajal, ETSU
Ellie Schulson, Furman
Teodora Ristic, Mercer
Mary Weston Courville, Mercer
Alexis Lopez, Samford
Doubles
Laylo Bakhodirova/Mariya Shumeika, ETSU
Fernanda Carvajal/Daniela Rivera, ETSU
Jess Dawson/Sara Snyder, Furman
Mary Weston Courville/Teodora Ristic, Mercer
Second team
Singles (by position)
No. 1 – Jessie Young, Chattanooga
No. 2 – Breda Brennan, Wofford
No. 3 – Brianna Wilbur, Wofford
No. 4 – Rozalie Dohnalova, Chattanooga
No. 5 – Daniela Rivera, ETSU
No. 6 – Luca Victoria Vocke, Furman
Doubles
No. 1 – Caroline Gibbens/Jessie Young, Chattanooga
No. 2 – Rozalie Dohnalova/Lucia Melendez, Chattanooga
No. 3 – Jade Groen/Andrea Redondo, Western Carolina
All-Freshman
Luca Victoria Vocke, Furman
Marina de Diego Quinones, Mercer
Cameron Rogin, Samford
Jade Groen, Western Carolina
Leilany Ipunesso, Western Carolina
Isabella Sambola, Western Carolina
