BUIES CREEK, N.C. – For the fourth-straight year, Karolina Chernaya of Campbell University has earned women's tennis all-conference honors. The senior from Tashkent, Uzbekistan was named to the Big South all-conference singles team released Monday afternoon.
In addition, Campbell sophomore Ana Maria Ortiz has received recognition on the Big South women's tennis all-academic team. The native of Betera, Spain owns a 3.737 grade-point average as an economics major.
Since joining the Campbell program in January 2011, Chernaya has compiled a 75-30 career singles record, just three shy of seventh place on Campbell's all-time victories list. She owns a 23-7 overall record this season, including a 16-4 mark in dual matches and 8-1 record at No.-1 against Big South opponents.
She was one of three Big South players to suffer only one loss at No.-1 singles along with all-conference honoree Andressa Garcia of Winthrop and player of the year Marketa Placha of Charleston Southern. Chernaya dealt Placha her lone loss in conference play, while Placha defeated Garcia, who was the only Big South foe to defeat the Campbell No.-1.
As a freshman in 2011, Chernaya was named Atlantic Sun freshman of the year and to the A-Sun all-conference team. She was selected to both the Big South singles and doubles all-conference squads in 2012 and earned all-league notice in doubles as a junior in 2013.
Chernaya is just the fourth Campbell women's tennis player to earn all-conference honors four times at the Division I level. Andrea Boda (1991-94), Aleksandra Cvetkovic (1992-95) and Teodora Doncheva (1999-2002) each were recognized on the all-league teams four times by either the Big South (1987-94, 2012-present) or Atlantic Sun (1995-2011).
"Karolina certainly has had a great career for us and ranks among our top players of all time in terms of wins and awards," said Campbell head coach David Johnson. "She has earned all-conference recognition previously in addition to freshman of the year. She epitomizes the consummate student-athlete and is well-liked by all her peers. She will be hard to replace."
On the court, Ortiz produced a 4-3 record in Big South Conference singles play, 11-16 on the season. In doubles, she paired with Ewa Telenga to post a 7-1 record at the third position.
The Camels (13-8, 6-3 Big South) will meet fifth seed Coastal Carolina (17-6, 5-4) Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in the quarterfinal round of the Big South Championship at Boiling Springs, N.C. The winner will advance to most likely meet regular season champ Charleston Southern in Wednesday's 2:30 p.m. semifinal.
2014 Big South Women's Tennis All-Conference
All-Conference Singles
Marketa Placha, Charleston Southern
Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
Yvonne Hubler, Charleston Southern
Karolina Chernaya, Campbell
Libby Scott, Coastal Carolina
Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
Alice Garcia, Winthrop
Honami Yazawa, Coastal Carolina
Caitlin Cridland, Winthrop
All-Conference Doubles
Yvonne Hubler and Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
Andressa Garcia and Alice Garcia, Winthrop
Libby Scott and Dominique De Wit, Coastal Carolina
Belen Rivera and Brittany Yang, Liberty
Women's Tennis Flight Winners
No. 1 singles – Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
No. 2 singles – Yvonne Hubler, Charleston Southern
No. 3 singles – Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
No. 4 singles – Nicolin Luecke, Charleston Southern
No. 5 singles – Rokia Sacko, Gardner-Webb
No. 6 singles – Monica Aguado, Winthrop
No. 1 doubles – Yvonne Hubler/Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
No. 2 doubles – Belen Rivera/Brittany Yang, Liberty
No. 3 doubles – Cameron Richard/Valerie Thong, Liberty
All-Academic Team
Ana Maria Ortiz, Campbell
Yvonne Hubler, Charleston Southern
Dominique De Wit, Coastal Carolina
Rokia Sacko, Gardner-Webb
Brittany Yang, Liberty
Sarah Moomau, Longwood
Lucia Leahy, Presbyterian
Taylor Newman, Radford
Zoe Hamel, UNC Asheville
Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
Player of the Year
Marketa Placha, Charleston Southern
Freshman of the Year
Honami Yazawa, Coastal Carolina
Scholar –Athlete of the Year
Dominique De Wit, Coastal Carolina
Coach of the Year
Mike Baker, Charleston Southern
