May 1, 2007

Irvine, Calif. - Three Pacific women's tennis players, senior Vana Mrazovic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro), sophomore Jolanta Twarowska (Hamburg, Germany), and freshman Svenja Arens (Bensburg, Germany), earned All-Big West honors, as announced May 1st.

Mrazovic earned second team All-Big West in singles, while adding an honorable mention honor in doubles with partner Arens. Mrazovic ended the season 10-9 at the No. 1 singles position for the Tigers, while teaming with Arens for a 12-7 doubles mark, including 10-6 at No. 2 doubles and 2-1 at No. 1.

Individually, Arens and Twarowska earned honorable mention singles honors. Arens posted an 11-11 record, which includes an impressive 10-6 mark at No. 3 singles. Twarowska posted a 7-12 mark, but played some of her best tennis to close the season. At the Big West Championships, Jolanta defeated Cal State Northridge's Kanykey Koichumanova, ending the first team All-Big West selection's then 13-match winning steak.

For Mrazovic, the honors marked the sixth and seventh of her playing career, while Arens and Twarowska were each honored for the first time.

FIRST TEAM - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
Stephanie Bengson Jr. Long Beach State
Becky Bernhard Jr. UC Irvine
Brittany Blalock Fr. Cal Poly
Hannah Grady So. Long Beach State
Silvia Gutierrez Sr. Cal State Northridge
Kanykey Koichumanova Jr. Cal State Northridge
Katy Williams So. Long Beach State

SECOND TEAM - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
Inna Agababian Jr. UC Irvine
Carina Bjornstrom Fr. UC Santa Barbara
Carol Erickson Sr. Cal Poly
Gina Le Sr. Cal State Fullerton
Vana Mrazovic Sr. Pacific
Marta Simic Jr. UC Santa Barbara

HONORABLE MENTION - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
Svenja Arens Fr. Pacific
Jessica Broadfoot Jr. UC Irvine
Clare Fermin So. UC Irvine
Canna Furuta Jr. Cal State Northridge
Jolanta Twarowska So. Pacific

FIRST TEAM - DOUBLES Name School Silvia Gutierrez/Kanykey Koichumanova Cal State Northridge
Stephanie Bengson/Katy Williams Long Beach State
Hannah Grady/Jessica Weeks Long Beach State
Becky Bernhard/Clare Fermin UC Irvine

SECOND TEAM - DOUBLES
Name School
Gina Le/Mai-Ly Tran Cal State Fullerton
Inna Agababian/Jessica Broadfoot UC Irvine
Erynne Oki/Donna McCullough UC Riverside
Marta Simic/Charlotte Scatliffe UC Santa Barbara

HONORABLE MENTION - DOUBLES
Name School
Vana Mrazovic/Svenja Arens Pacific
Carina Bjornstrom/Asagi Onaga UC Santa Barbara
Canna Furuta/Kanykey Koichumanova Cal State Northridge

2007 BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR Hannah Grady, Long Beach State

2007 BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR Mike Edles, UC Irvine

2007 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Brittany Blalock, Cal Poly