Tiffin's Nelhage Tabbed "Freshman of the Year," TU's Conley Named "Coach of the Year"
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BAY CITY, Mich. -
Northwood University senior Darina Berkova (Ceske
Budejovic, Czech Republic) was named the 2013 Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) 
women's tennis "Athlete of the Year" by the league's head coaches
in all-conference balloting. The coaches named Tiffin
University's Caroline Nelhage (Lindome, Sweden)
the league's "Freshman of the Year," while Phil
Conley, head coach of the Tiffin University team, earned
GLIAC "Coach of the Year" honors.
Berkova, a senior from Ceske
Budejovic, Czech Republic, led Northwood to its third straight
GLIAC Championship, finishing the fall season with a 23-5 overall
record at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. She posted a 13-0
record at the top singles position, winning all of her matches in
straight sets. For her career, Berkova has a record of 73-7
overall in singles and 133-24 overall. Berkova finishes her career
as a four-time First Team All-GLIAC honoree and a two-time GLIAC
Player of the Year (2009, 2013).
Nelhage, a freshman from
Lindome, Sweden, had a sensational
debut for the Dragons this fall, posting an unbeaten record in
both singles and doubles. Nelhage went 18-0 in singles, including a
14-0 mark in conference play, while also registering a 20-0 record
in doubles play with teammate Chelsea Beck. She is the first
Dragons player to post an unbeaten 
season in women's tennis and helped lead the Dragons to the most
season wins in their history with 16.
Conley, in his fifth year as
Head Coach of the Dragons, enjoyed a record-setting season. He
helped guide the Dragons to the most season wins in school history
as the team finished the fall with a 16-4 record and a third place
regular season finish in the GLIAC with a 12-2 mark. The third
place finish is the best finish ever for Tiffin in the GLIAC, while
their 12 GLIAC victories are twice as many as they had one year
ago.
A complete list of the 2013 All-GLIAC women's
tennis teams is below:
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2013 All-GLIAC Women's Tennis Teams |
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First-Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
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Darina Berkova |
Northwood |
Sr. |
Ceske Budejovic, Czech Republic |
|
Izabella Ismailova |
Saginaw Valley State |
Fr. |
Almaty, Kazakhstan / Military College of Sport |
|
Natalia Lebedeva |
Michigan Tech |
Sr. |
Nakhodka, Russia |
|
Sofya Logunova |
Walsh |
Fr. |
Praha, Czech Republic/Russian Embassy School-Prague |
|
Malaika Bora Messi |
Tiffin |
Sr. |
Yaounde, Cameroon |
|
Yahsha Moore |
Wayne State |
Jr. |
West Bloomfield, Mich. |
|
Caroline Nelhage |
Tiffin |
Fr. |
Lindome, Sweden |
|
Zdenka Pozo |
Ashland |
Jr. |
Cochabamba, Bolivia/Cochabamba Cooperative |
|
Kwang Suthijindawong |
Michigan Tech |
So. |
Bangkok, Thailand / Duluth (Minn.) East |
|
Second-Team |
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|
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
|
Daria Bondereva |
Walsh |
Fr. |
Sankt-Petersburg, Russia |
|
Morgan Delp |
Hillsdale |
Jr. |
Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic |
|
Sydney Delp |
Hillsdale |
So. |
Toledo, Ohio /Central Catholic |
|
Ana Jan |
Ferris State |
Sr. |
Nazor, Croatia/5 Gimnazija Vladimir |
|
Anastasiia Kazub |
Northwood |
Fr. |
Ozery, Russia |
|
Valentina Mazzolla |
Tiffin |
So. |
Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
|
Nastya Puchkina |
Northwood |
Jr. |
Seversk, Russia |
|
Kali Phillips |
Grand Valley State |
Jr. |
Harbor Springs, Mich. / Petoskey |
|
Lexi Rice |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
Augusta, Mich./Gull Lake |
|
Honorable Mention Team |
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|
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High School |
|
Kira Kotova |
Ashland |
Sr. |
Moscow, Russia /#1535 |
|
Gabby Demchenko |
Ferris State |
Fr. |
Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson |
|
Tijana Raicevic |
Findlay |
So. |
Belgrade, Serbia / Youngstown St. Univ. |
|
Niki Shipman |
Grand Valley State |
Sr. |
Saline, Mich. |
|
Lindsay Peirce |
Hillsdale |
So. |
St, Joseph, Mich. / St. Joseph |
| Jordyn Parrigan |
Lake Erie |
Sr.
|
Shelby, Ohio/Shelby
|
|
Sarah Awe |
Lake Superior State |
So. |
Washington Township, Mich. / Romeo |
|
Asia Harris |
Malone |
So. |
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio / Valley Christian Academy |
|
Emiliya Tenizbaeva
|
Michigan Tech |
So.
|
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
|
|
Anastasia Kazub |
Northwood |
Fr. |
Ozery, Russia |
|
Regina Cambero |
Ohio Dominican |
So. |
San Luis Potosi, Mexico / Instituto Lomas del Real |
|
Meghan Woody |
Saginaw Valley State |
Jr. |
Midland, Mich. / Dow |
|
Chelsea Beck |
Tiffin |
Jr. |
Port Clinton, Ohio |
|
Alish Angle |
Walsh |
Jr. |
Lexington, Ohio / Lexington |
|
Anne Li Brand |
Wayne State |
Jr. |
Repentigny, Que. / École Secondaire Félix-Lecler |
