April 27, 2004

FORT WORTH, Texas - The 24th-ranked TCU women's tennis team had three players named to the 2004 All-Conference USA Teams announced Tuesday morning by the league office. Tulane led the conference taking home six all-league selections as well as Player of the Year (Jenny Kuhn), Coach of the Year (David Schumacher) and Outstanding Singles Player of the Championship (Jenny Kuhn) awards. DePaul's Gergana Ganeva was named Freshman of the Year.

For the second year in a row, the Frogs' No. 1 doubles team garnered the Outstanding Doubles Team accolade, this year going to senior Saber Pierce and freshman Ana Cetnik, who are currently ranked 28th by the ITA. During the Frogs' tournament run, Pierce and Cetnik notched a perfect 3-0 mark at the No. 1 spot. In the finals, the tandem claimed a 9-8 victory over Tulane's 46th-ranked team of Julie Smekodub and Darya Ivanov of Tulane, helping the Horned Frogs to a runner-up finish at the C-USA Championship.

Senior Paty Aburto, currently ranked 52nd by the ITA, earned her third straight All-C-USA First Team honor after posting a 14-8 spring record, including a 12-4 mark at first singles. She was also named C-USA Player of the Week twice during the season. Joining Aburto, Kuhn and Ganeva on the first team were Houston's Miranda Foley, Tulane's Maria Ivanov and USF's Gabriela Duch.

Pierce and Cetnik were named to the All-C-USA Second Team in addition to their doubles team accolade. Pierce, who tallied a team-best 20-3 spring record, earned third-team honors the previous two years, and was awarded C-USA Player of the Week honors twice in 2004. Cetnik put together a 16-6 win-loss record in her first season as a Frog. As a doubles team, the tandem earned an 18-5 record for a .783 winning percentage.

In addition to Pierce and Cetnik, Louisville's Michele Spiess, Tulane's Darya Ivanov, Dorottya Magas and Smekodub were named to the second team. The third team included DePaul's Marina Parshinkova, Memphis' Marlene Dirnstorfer, Houston's Biljana Dimovska, Marquette's Veronica Garcia Briseno, Southern Miss' Nicola Slater and Tulane's Nancy Kockott.

First-Team All-Conference USA
Gergana Ganeva, DePaul
Miranda Foley, Houston
Gabriela Duch, USF
Paty Aburto, TCU
Maria Ivanov, Tulane
Jenny Kuhn, Tulane

Second-Team All-Conference USA
Michele Spiess, Louisville
Ana Cetnik, TCU
Saber Pierce, TCU
Darya Ivanov, Tulane
Dorottya Magas, Tulane
Julie Smekodub, Tulane

Third-Team All-Conference USA
Marina Parashkevova, DePaul
Biljana Dimovska, Houston
Veronica Garcia Briseno, Marquette
Marlene Dirnstorfer, Memphis
Nicola Slater, Southern Miss
Nancy Kockott, Tulane

Coach of the Year
David Schumacher, Tulane

Player of the Year
Jenny Kuhn, Tulane

Freshman of the Year
Gergana Ganeva, DePaul

Outstanding Singles Player of the Championship
Jenny Kuhn, Tulane

Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship
Saber Pierce and Ana Cetnik, TCU