BAY CITY, Mich. - Michigan Tech junior Kwang Suthijindawong has been selected Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Women's Tennis "Player of the Year" by league coaches as she continued a flawless career singles mark. Northwood's Alisa Reshetnikova was named "Freshman of the Year", while Wayne State's Sheila Snyder was voted "Coach of the Year".
Kwang Suthijindawong, the Huskies' No. 1 player, completed her third perfect season in GLIAC singles by defeating Matina Matic 6-3, 7-6 (0). Suthijindawong is now 36-0 in her GLIAC career. Suthijindawong is a three-time all-conference first team honoree.
Alisa Reshetnikova stepped right into the Northwood lineup and became one of the top players in the GLIAC. She finished the regular season 14-4 overall (7-1 singles, 7-3 doubles), all of which were played at the top of the lineup. When she was healthy, Northwood was undefeated on the season.
Sheila Snyder, in her 26th season at the helm of the Wayne State University women's tennis program, led the Warriors to their first GLIAC title since 1982 by guiding her squad to a 12-0 regular-season conference mark. Snyder's teams have qualified for the NCAA tournament eight of the past 10 years with the 2014 squad being the first in program history to reach the Sweet Sixteen. WSU has reached the GLIAC Tournament championship match each of the last two seasons. Snyder has recorded 280 match victories in her illustrious women's tennis coaching career in Detroit.
A complete list of the 2014 All-GLIAC women's tennis teams is below:
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2014 All-GLIAC Women's Tennis Teams |
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All-GLIAC First Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
| Shawnee-Anne Brelsford | Ferris State | Jr. | Brisbane, Australia / Redcliffe State |
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Kwang Suthijindawong |
Michigan Tech |
Jr. |
Bangkok, Thailand / Duluth (Minn.) East |
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Leah Dancz |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
Hudsonville, Mich. |
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Sofya Logunova |
Walsh |
So. |
Praha, Czech Republic/Russian Embassy School-Prague |
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Noelly Longi Nsimba |
Ferris State |
Fr. |
Montreal, Quebec / Edouard-Montpetit |
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Andrea Mitrache |
Wayne State |
So. |
Sterling Heights, Mich. / Warren Cousino |
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Yahsha Moore |
Wayne State |
Sr. |
West Bloomfield, Mich. |
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Caroline Nelhage |
Tiffin |
So. |
Lindome, Sweden |
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Alisa Reshetnikova |
Northwood |
Fr. |
Izhevski, Russia |
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All-GLIAC Second Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
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Daria Bondareva |
Walsh |
So. |
Sankt-Petersburg, Russia |
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Morgan Delp |
Hillsdale |
Sr. |
Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic |
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Kali Phillips |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
Harbor Springs, Mich. / Petoskey |
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Anne Li Briand |
Wayne State |
Sr. |
Repentigny, Que. / Ecole Secondaire Felix-Leclerc |
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Sandra Cvetanovic |
Michigan Tech |
Fr. |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Izabella Ismailova |
Saginaw Valley State |
So. |
Almaty, Kazakhstan / Military College of Sports |
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Nastya Puchkina |
Northwood |
Sr. |
Seversk, Russia |
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Carola Orna |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
Verona, Italy / William Carey |
| Valentina Mazzolla | Tiffin | Jr. | Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
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Honorable Mention Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
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Martina Baca |
Ashland |
Jr. |
Quito, Ecuado |
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Olga Martinsone |
Ferris State |
So. |
Riga, Latvia / Riga 60th |
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Anita Djordjevic |
Findlay |
Sr. |
Belgrade, Serbia / Florida International |
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Allie Sweeney |
Grand Valley State |
Fr. |
Port Huron, Mich. / Port Huron North |
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Lindsay Peirce |
Hillsdale |
Jr. |
St. Joseph, Mich. / St. Joseph |
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Erin Anderson-Scott |
Lake Superior State |
Sr. |
Hamilton, New Zealand / St. Peters School Cambridge |
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Emiliia Tenizbaeva
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Michigan Tech |
Jr.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Anastasia Kazub |
Northwood |
Fr. |
Ozery, Russia |
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Ana Pico |
Ohio Dominican |
So. |
A Coruna, Spain / 2* Bachillerato |
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Erin Doud |
Saginaw Valley State |
Jr. |
Northville, Mich. / Northville |
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Caroline Harpainter |
Tiffin |
So. |
Essenbach, Germany / Univ. of Akron |
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Alish Angle |
Walsh |
Sr. |
Lexington, Ohio / Lexington |
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Julia Kamenko |
Wayne State |
Jr. |
Toronto, Ont. / Vaughan S.S. |