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Northwood’s Alcaraz Tabbed “Freshman of the Year,” NU’s Colestock Named “Coach of the Year”
BAY CITY, Mich. - Wayne State University senior
Kristina Goranskaya (Thornhill, Ont./Northview Heights
Secondary) was named the 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC) women’s tennis “Player of
the Year” by the league’s head coaches in
all-conference balloting. The coaches named Northwood
University’s Susana Alcaraz (Aguascalientes,
Mexico) the league’s “Freshman of the Year,”
while Zane Colestock, head coach of the Northwood
team, earned GLIAC “Coach of the Year” honors.
Goranskaya becomes the second straight Warrior to
be named GLIAC women’s tennis “Player of the
Year” after former teammate Sharon Gill became the first WSU
player to claim the award last season. Goranskaya capped off a
stellar first half of the 2011-12 campaign, going 4-1 at the GLIAC
Tournament and earning First-Team All-GLIAC honors for the third
straight year. She received Second Team All-GLIAC accolades her
freshman season.
This fall, playing the No. 1 singles position for the first time
in her career, the senior posted a 17-2 record including an 11-1
conference mark. Competing at No. 1 doubles, Goranskaya and
freshman Daniela Garcia-Diaz (Cali (Valle, Colombia)/Gimnasio,
Britanico) went 15-4 overall and 10-2 in league play. When the
tennis schedule resumes in the spring, Goranskaya needs six singles
wins to equal Sharon Gill’s (2007-11) school record mark of
84. In addition, she will be three doubles wins away from tying
Gill as WSU’s all-time leader.
Alcaraz led Northwood to its eighth GLIAC
Championship over the last nine years, going undefeated at No. 1
singles and No. 1 doubles while helping the Timberwolves go
unbeaten. She went 14-0 at No. 1 doubles and 12-0 in No. 1
singles for the Timberwolves this season. Alcaraz’s
closest match in doubles was an 8-6 win, while she did not lose a
set in any over her 12 singles victories. In
Northwood’s match against Wayne State, Alcaraz defeated
Goranskaya, 8-1, in doubles and 6-2, 6-2 in singles. She is
the sixth Northwood player over the last eight years to claim GLIAC
“Freshman of the Year” honors.
Colestock guided Northwood to its eighth GLIAC
Championship over the past nine years after leading the
Timberwolves to a 15-0 overall record. Colestock’s team
dominated doubles this season, posting a combined record of
41-1. NU also was very strong in singles as well, going 66-8
(.892). It is the seventh time in his career that Colestock
has earned GLIAC “Coach of the Year” honors. He
has now won 26 combined GLIAC Championships between his men’s
and women’s programs while at Northwood.
Joining Goranskaya and Alcaraz on the 2011 All-GLIAC Women’s
Tennis First Team are: Ohio Dominican University sophomore
Sofia Espana-Perez; Grand Valley State University
senior Tara Hayes; Ferris State University
sophomore Ana Jan; Michigan Technological
University sophomore Natalia Lebedeva; Hillsdale
College junior Bittany Parks; Saginaw Valley State
University junior Yunjiao Shangguan; and Northwood
senior Ekaternia Zhukoven.
A complete list of the 2011 All-GLIAC women’s tennis teams are below:
2011 GLIAC Women’s Tennis Postseason Awards |
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Player of the Year: Kristina Goranskaya - Wayne State |
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Freshman of the Year: Susana Alcaraz - Northwood |
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Coach of the Year: Zane Colestock – Northwood |
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2011 All-GLIAC Women’s Tennis Teams |
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First-Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
Susana Alcaraz |
Northwood |
Fr. |
Aguascalientes, Mexico |
Sofia Espana-Perez |
Ohio Dominican |
So. |
Mexico City, Mexico/Bachillerato Alexander Bain |
Kristina Goranskaya |
Wayne State |
Sr. |
Thornhill, Ontario/Northview Heights |
Tara Hayes |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
Shelby, Twp., Mich./Michigan State |
Ana Jan |
Ferris State |
So. |
Nazor, Croatia/5 Gimnazija Vladimir |
Natalia Lebedeva |
Michigan Tech |
So. |
Nakhodka, Russia |
Brittany Parks |
Hillsdale |
Jr. |
South Lyon, Mich./Oklahoma |
Yunjiao Shangguan |
Saginaw Valley State |
Jr. |
Chengdu, China/Shiyang |
Ekaternia Zhukoven |
Northwood |
Sr. |
Stavropol, Russia |
Second-Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
Malaika Bora Messi |
Tiffin |
Jr. |
Yaounde, Cameroon |
Leah Dancz |
Grand Valley State |
Fr. |
Hudsonville, Mich. |
Morgan Delp |
Hillsdale |
Fr. |
Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic |
Daniela Garcia-Diaz |
Wayne State |
Fr. |
Cali (Valle, Colombia)/Gimnasio, Britanico |
Victoria Goudy |
Ashland |
Sr. |
Lexington, Ohio |
Yahsha Moore |
Wayne State |
Fr. |
West Bloomfield, Mich. |
Svenja Stephan |
Northwood |
Jr. |
Hamburg, Germany |
Erika Sullivan |
Ashland |
Jr. |
Broadview Hts., Ohio/Brecksville-Broadview Hts. |
Ploy Suthijindawong |
Michigan Tech |
Sr. |
Bangkok, Thailand/Duluth Central |
Honorable Mention |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
Paige Cooper |
Ashland |
Sr. |
Mansfield, Ohio/Lexington |
Taylor Cooper |
Tiffin |
Sr. |
Mansfield, Ohio/Lexington |
Erika Ginn |
Lake Erie |
Fr. |
Ashtabula, Ohio/Lakeside |
Ayana Kobayashi |
Northwood |
Jr. |
Shimonoseki-Shi, Japan |
Anne Li Briand |
Wayne State |
Fr. |
Repentigny, Que./Ecole Secondaire Felix-Leclerc |
Morgan Linden |
Hillsdale |
So. |
Sandusky, Ohio/St. Mary Catholic Central |
Aline Mariano |
Ohio Dominican |
Jr. |
Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Objetivo |
Tess Marton |
Lake Superior State |
So. |
Toronto, Ont. |
Niki Shipman |
Grand Valley State |
So. |
Saline, Mich. |
Tabitha Simpson |
Ferris State |
Jr. |
Copley, Ohio/St. Vincent-St.Mary’s |
Chelsea Uganski |
Michigan Tech |
Jr. |
Muskegon, Mich./Whitehall |
Holly Vietzke |
Findlay |
Sr. |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
Meghan Woody |
Saginaw Valley State |
Fr. |
Midland, Mich./Dow |